TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast

<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Tuur Demeester, Founder of Adamant Capital, to discuss Tuur's journey to Bitcoin, the founding of Adamant Research then Adamant Capital, how to leverage Bitcoin to short USD, Bitcoin's parallels with The Reformation.</p> <p>Follow Tuur on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/TuurDemeester">https://twitter.com/TuurDemeester</a></p> <p>Follow Marty on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/TuurDemeester">https://twitter.com/MartyBent</a></p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsor:</p> <p>Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $5 and contribute $5 to <a href="https://owlslacrosse.org/">OWLS Lacrosse</a> you download the app.</p>

<p>Join Marty as he sits down with James Chiang, currently spending his Summer at Chaincode Labs, to discuss James' journey to Bitcoin, his experience with Libbitcoin, how Libbitcoin compares to Bitcoin Core, working in the renewable energy sector, working on a Python library for Taproot, and much more. </p> <p>Checkout <a href="https://teachbitcoin.io/">https://teachbitcoin.io/</a></p> <p>Follow James on Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/digi_james">https://twitter.com/digi_james</a></p> <p>Follow Marty on Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/digi_james">https://twitter.com/MartyBent</a></p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsor:</p> <p>Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $5 and contribute $5 to <a href="https://owlslacrosse.org/">OWLS Lacrosse</a> you download the app.</p>

<p>Join Marty and Matt as they sit down with BitcoinTINA & Alpha Zeta to talk about the current market conditions, where Bitcoin sits, whether or not Bitcoin is a risk-on or risk-off trade, and the fact that Bitcoin is a fundamental financial tech innovation. </p> <p>Check out Alpha Zeta's portfolio tracker: <a href="http://www.thewarden.io/index.html">http://www.thewarden.io/index.html</a></p> <p>Follow BitcoinTINA on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/alphaazeta">https://twitter.com/BitcoinTINA</a></p> <p>Follow Alpha Zeta on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/alphaazeta">https://twitter.com/alphaazeta</a></p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsor:</p> <p>Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $5 and contribute $5 to <a href="https://owlslacrosse.org/">OWLS Lacrosse</a> you download the app.</p>

<p>This week Marty and Matt discuss:</p> <p>- Bitcoin vaults - <a href="https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2019-August/017229.html">https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2019-August/017229.html</a></p> <p>- Yuan peg - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCH_-fcCoK4&feature=youtu.be">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCH_-fcCoK4&feature=youtu.be</a></p> <p>- Big blocks and tradeoffs - <a href="https://twitter.com/BitMEXResearch/status/1157667091719380992">https://twitter.com/BitMEXResearch/status/1157667091719380992</a></p> <p>- Binance KYC leak - <a href="https://www.coindesk.com/a-bitcoin-extortion-gone-wrong-inside-binances-negotiations-with-its-kyc-hacker">https://www.coindesk.com/a-bitcoin-extortion-gone-wrong-inside-binances-negotiations-with-its-kyc-hacker</a></p> <p>- Is anything priced in?</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p>Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $5 and contribute $5 to <a href="https://owlslacrosse.org/">OWLS Lacrosse</a> you download the app. </p> <p>Unchained Capital. Head over to www.unchained-capital.com/vaults and checkout their 2-of-3 multisig vaults. You get 3-months free of Saifedean Ammous' The Bitcoin Standard Research Bulletin when you sign up. </p> <p>Subscribe to our YouTube channel:</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtdbWsnfA08KhSUO4amVLaQ?view_as=subscriber">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtdbWsnfA08KhSUO4amVLaQ?view_as=subscriber</a></p>

<p>This week Marty and Matt discuss: </p> <p>- JoinMarket, fidelity bonds, and privacy - <a href="https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2019-July/017169.html">https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2019-July/017169.html</a></p> <p>- Capital One data breach - <a href="https://www.cnet.com/how-to/capital-one-data-breach-what-you-can-do-following-the-banking-hack/">https://www.cnet.com/how-to/capital-one-data-breach-what-you-can-do-following-the-banking-hack/</a></p> <p>- Zap update + full node - <a href="https://github.com/LN-Zap/zap-desktop/releases/tag/v0.5.2-beta">https://github.com/LN-Zap/zap-desktop/releases/tag/v0.5.2-beta</a></p> <p>- Fold App Kickbacks - <a href="https://medium.com/in-the-fold/introducing-fold-kickbacks-5b1d255621b3">https://medium.com/in-the-fold/introducing-fold-kickbacks-5b1d255621b3</a></p> <p>- "Stacking sats"</p> <p>- Hong Kong - <a href="https://twitter.com/alessabocchi/status/1156513770254012416?s=20">https://twitter.com/alessabocchi/status/1156513770254012416?s=20</a></p> <p>- Fortnite World Cup - <a href="https://twitter.com/matt_odell/status/1155838643094917121">https://twitter.com/matt_odell/status/1155838643094917121</a></p> <p>- much more </p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p>Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $5 and contribute $5 to <a href="https://owlslacrosse.org/">OWLS Lacrosse</a> you download the app. </p> <p>Unchained Capital. Head over to www.unchained-capital.com/vaults and checkout their 2-of-3 multisig vaults. You get 3-months free of Saifedean Ammous' The Bitcoin Standard Research Bulletin when you sign up.</p>

<p>Join Marty and Matt as they sit down with Richard Myers, who is working on "Bitcoin's last mile" via mesh networks at GoTenna and Global Mesh Labs, to discuss:</p> <p>- ByteABit, Richard's P2P mobile Bitcoin exchange</p> <p>- Mesh networks, GoTenn, LOT49, and Global Mesh Labs</p> <p>- Cashless societies</p> <p>- Deflation</p> <p>- much more</p> <p>Follow Richard on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/remyers_">https://twitter.com/remyers_</a></p> <p>Follow Matt on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/remyers_">https://twitter.com/matt_odell</a></p> <p>Follow Marty on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/remyers_">https://twitter.com/MartyBent</a></p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsor:</p> <p>Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $5 and contribute $5 to <a href="https://owlslacrosse.org/">OWLS Lacrosse</a> you download the app.</p>

<p>This week Marty and Matt discuss:</p> <p>-BTCPayServer - <a href="https://stephanlivera.com/episodes/">https://stephanlivera.com/episodes/</a></p> <p>- Wasabi & Samourai</p> <p>- Ethereum hashrate down 42% from ATH, bitcoin hashrate at ATH: https://www.longhash.com/news/ethereum-is-becoming-increasingly-vulnerable-to-attack</p> <p>- Coldcard + Wasabi video, class on the 26th at Chaincode - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM2uhyROpAQ&feature=youtu.be">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM2uhyROpAQ&feature=youtu.be</a></p> <p>- New Cash App UI</p> <p>- Ohmm - https://twitter.com/UpstreamDataInc/status/1152233409277648897?s=20</p> <p>- Hong Kong protests take violent turn: https://twitter.com/mrjasonchoi/status/1152973052046524420?s=20</p> <p>- Nodl Electrumx - https://twitter.com/BitcoinSchiller/status/1154400652979818498?s=20</p> <p>- Parker Lewis' Gradually, Then Suddenly - <a href="https://www.unchained-capital.com/blog/dollar-crisis-to-bitcoin/">https://www.unchained-capital.com/blog/dollar-crisis-to-bitcoin/</a></p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p>Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $5 and contribute $5 to <a href="https://owlslacrosse.org/">OWLS Lacrosse</a> you download the app. </p> <p>Unchained Capital. Head over to www.unchained-capital.com/vaults and checkout their 2-of-3 multisig vaults. You get 3-months free of Saifedean Ammous' The Bitcoin Standard Research Bulletin when you sign up.</p>

<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Conner Brown to discuss how he became interested in Bitcoin, philosophy, the intersubjective nature of money, Kanye West, and much more. </p> <p>Follow Conner on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/_ConnerBrown_">https://twitter.com/_ConnerBrown_</a></p> <p>Follow Marty on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/_ConnerBrown_">https://twitter.com/MartyBent</a></p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsor:</p> <p>Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $5 and contribute $5 to <a href="https://owlslacrosse.org/">OWLS Lacrosse</a> you download the app.</p>

<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Ben Hunt (with a guest appearance from James O'Beirne) to discuss some of the running themes from <a href="https://www.epsilontheory.com/">Epsilon Theory</a>, how they relate to Bitcoin, and why Bitcoiners may be fighting a losing battle. </p> <p>Follow Ben on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/EpsilonTheory">https://twitter.com/EpsilonTheory</a></p> <p>Follow James on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/jamesob">https://twitter.com/jamesob</a></p> <p>Follow Marty on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/MartyBent">https://twitter.com/MartyBent</a></p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p>Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $5 and contribute $5 to <a href="https://owlslacrosse.org/">OWLS Lacrosse</a> you download the app.</p>

<p>This week Marty and Matt discuss:</p> <p>- This week in Bitcoin - https://twitter.com/matt_odell/status/1150840995808010241?s=19</p> <p>- Wasabi - https://twitter.com/matt_odell/status/1151882688053334016?s=19</p> <p>- C-Lightning - https://medium.com/blockstream/new-release-c-lightning-0-7-1-9fca65debeb2</p> <p>- Binance staking XLM - https://www.binance.com/en/support/articles/360030727092 - https://twitter.com/matt_odell/status/947551556546760704?s=19 </p> <p>- ETH on BCH - https://ethresear.ch/t/bitcoin-cash-a-short-term-data-availability-layer-for-ethereum/5735</p> <p>- Much more </p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p>Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $5 and contribute $5 to <a href="https://owlslacrosse.org/">OWLS Lacrosse</a> you download the app. </p> <p>Unchained Capital. Head over to www.unchained-capital.com/vaults and checkout their 2-of-3 multisig vaults. You get 3-months free of Saifedean Ammous' The Bitcoin Standard Research Bulletin when you sign up.</p>

<p>Join Marty as he sits down with DAL, AKA Paranoid Bull, to discuss his journey through the markets, systemic risk, political risk, the world's current disconnection from reality and how Bitcoin play into it all. </p> <p>Check out Odin River's mission: <a href="https://medium.com/odin-river/odin-river-31ddc131a22">https://medium.com/odin-river/odin-river-31ddc131a22</a></p> <p>Follow DAL on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/paranoidbull">https://twitter.com/paranoidbull</a></p> <p>Follow Marty on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/paranoidbull">https://twitter.com/MartyBent</a></p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsor, Cash App. </p> <p>Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $5 and contribute $5 to <a href="https://owlslacrosse.org/">OWLS Lacrosse</a> you download the app.</p>

<p>Join Marty and Matt as they sit down with Francis Pouliot and BTC Sessions from Bull Bitcoin to discuss the Montreal Bitcoin scene throughout the years, consulting in the "Blockchain" space, SegWit2x, the common mission Bitcoiners have, and much more. </p> <p>Check out Bull Bitcoin: <a href="https://bullbitcoin.com/">https://bullbitcoin.com/</a></p> <p>Follow Francis on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/francispouliot_">https://twitter.com/francispouliot_</a></p> <p>Follow BTCSessions on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/BTCsessions">https://twitter.com/BTCsessions</a></p> <p>Follow Matt on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/matt_odell">https://twitter.com/matt_odell</a></p> <p>Follow Marty on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/MartyBent">https://twitter.com/MartyBent</a></p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsor, Cash App. </p> <p>Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $5 and contribute $5 to <a href="https://owlslacrosse.org/">OWLS Lacrosse</a> you download the app.</p>

<p>Marty, Matt and Murad breakdown the implications of Donald J. Trump and Federal Reserve Chairman Powell's comments on Bitcoin. </p> <p>Links discussed: </p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1149472282584072192">https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1149472282584072192</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/StopAndDecrypt/status/1149703537871355904">https://twitter.com/StopAndDecrypt/status/1149703537871355904</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/SquawkCNBC/status/1149629984157261825">https://twitter.com/SquawkCNBC/status/1149629984157261825</a></p>

<p>This week Marty and Matt discuss:</p> <p>- Coldcard </p> <p>- Nodl update</p> <p>- Wasabi update</p> <p>- Samourai 0.99.81 - https://blog.samouraiwallet.com/post/186208584657/introducing-09981-enter-the-dojo</p> <p>- Miner trying to inflate the supply - <a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-523/">https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-523/</a></p> <p>- History of the DAO hack</p> <p>- Eclair update - <a href="https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/releases/tag/v0.3.1">https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/releases/tag/v0.3.1</a> </p> <p>- Surveillance tech creeps forward <a href="https://twitter.com/matt_odell/status/1148222460724207616">https://twitter.com/matt_odell/status/1148222460724207616</a></p> <p>- Much more</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p>Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $5 and contribute $5 to <a href="https://owlslacrosse.org/">OWLS Lacrosse</a> you download the app. </p> <p>Unchained Capital. Head over to www.unchained-capital.com/vaults and checkout their 2-of-3 multisig vaults. You get 3-months free of Saifedean Ammous' The Bitcoin Standard Research Bulletin when you sign up.</p>

<p>Join Marty and Matt as they sit down with Aleksander Svetski, founder of Amber, to discuss his journey to Bitcoin, lessons from trading, lessons from being a door to door salesman, why Bitcoin not Blockchain, putting up with scammers, and much more. </p> <p>Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $5 and contribute $5 to <a href="https://owlslacrosse.org/">OWLS Lacrosse</a> you download the app. </p> <p>Liking the show and want to contribute? You can do so by going to <a href="https://tftc.io/contribute/">https://tftc.io/contribute/</a></p>

<p>This week Marty and Matt sit down on the 4th of July to discuss:</p> <p>- Bitcoin's revolutionary nature</p> <p>- Sats App announced by Casa <a href="https://blog.keys.casa/announcing-sats-app-with-satsback/">https://blog.keys.casa/announcing-sats-app-with-satsback/</a></p> <p>- 300 tickets sold for Bitcoin2020</p> <p>- LND 0.7 released https://twitter.com/lightning/status/1146107267592445952?s=19</p> <p>-Zap desktop 0.5 released https://medium.com/@JimmyMow/announcing-zap-desktop-0-5-0-beta-7622672ce582</p> <p>- Coldcard v2.1.1 update adds dice support https://twitter.com/COLDCARDwallet/status/1146410794315390977?s=19</p> <p>- US House of Reps Committee of Financial Services asks Facebook to hold off on Libra https://financialservices.house.gov/uploadedfiles/07.02.2019_-_fb_ltr.pdf</p> <p>- Cloudflare went down due to faulty upgrade https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/02/a-cloudflare-outage-is-impacting-sites-everywhere/</p> <p>- Whirlpool desktop 0.7 released with full tor support https://twitter.com/SamouraiWallet/status/1145998882947682304</p> <p>- Hong Kong</p> <p>- Chinese border guards put spyware on phones at Xinjiang border https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/02/chinese-border-guards-surveillance-app-tourists-phones</p> <p>- Bitcoin as a safe haven in FT https://www.ft.com/content/f7643858-98f8-11e9-9573-ee5cbb98ed36</p> <p>Shoutout to this week's sponsors:</p> <p>Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $5 and contribute $5 to <a href="https://owlslacrosse.org/">OWLS Lacrosse</a> you download the app. </p> <p>Unchained Capital. Head over to www.unchained-capital.com/vaults and checkout their 2-of-3 multisig vaults. You get 3-months free of Saifedean Ammous' The Bitcoin Standard Research Bulletin when you sign up.</p>

<p>Join Marty and Matt as they sit down with Ketominer and Askuwheteau, the team behind Nodl.it, to discuss how Nodl came to be, their recent partnership with Samourai Wallet, the freedom that Bitcoin enables, potentially moving from hardware to software in the future, the new Raspberry Pi, and much more. </p> <p>Check out Nodl: <a href="https://nodl.it/">https://nodl.it/</a></p> <p>Follow Ketominer on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ketominer">https://twitter.com/ketominer</a></p> <p>Follow Askuwheteau on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/IAskuwheteau">https://twitter.com/IAskuwheteau</a></p> <p>Follow Matt on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ketominer">https://twitter.com/matt_odell</a></p> <p>Follow Marty on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ketominer">https://twitter.com/MartyBent</a></p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsor, Cash App. Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $5 and contribute $5 to <a href="https://owlslacrosse.org/">OWLS Lacrosse</a> when you download the app.</p>

<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Dan Held, Co-Founder of Interchange, to discuss his paper on Bitcoin's future security, the importance of sharpening narratives, the false narratives that seem to persist, and much more. </p> <p>Follow Dan on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/danheld">https://twitter.com/danheld</a></p> <p>Follow Marty on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/danheld">https://twitter.com/MartyBent</a></p> <p>Shoutout to this week's sponsors:</p> <p>Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $5 and contribute $5 to a charity of our choice when you download the app. </p> <p>Unchained Capital. Head over to www.unchained-capital.com/vaults and checkout their 2-of-3 multisig vaults. You get 3-months free of Saifedean Ammous' The Bitcoin Standard Research Bulletin when you sign up.</p>

<p>Join Marty and Matt as they are joined by Pierre Rochard, Bitcoin Sign Guy & Francis Pouliot with a special appearance from Paul Sztorc as they discuss:</p> <p>- FATF Guidelines</p> <p>- Iranians mining Bitcoin in mosques</p> <p>- COLDCARD new upgrades </p> <p>- Libra</p> <p>- CoinJoining</p> <p>- Much more…</p>

<p>This week Marty & Matt discuss:</p> <p>- Libra https://libra.org/en-US/</p> <p>- Cash App deposits go live, fund cash card with bitcoin https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-507/</p> <p>- Whirlpool public beta release https://github.com/Samourai-Wallet/Whirlpool</p> <p>-Binance to block US citizens</p> <p>-Lightning labs mobile app release https://blog.lightning.engineering/announcement/2019/06/19/mobile-app.html</p> <p>- Firefox vulnerability update to 67.0.3 ASAP https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/18/18684272/firefox-zero-day-flaw-browser-attacks-crypto-patch</p> <p>- Cellebrite states they can crack current all popular phones with physical access https://t.co/WHsaDxzoXz?amp=1</p> <p>- Hashrate ATH</p> <p>- dcabtc.com tool by @JohnCantrell97</p> <p>- US vs Russia cyber cold war escalates https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/15/us/politics/trump-cyber-russia-grid.html</p> <p>Shoutout to this week's sponsors:</p> <p>Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today.</p> <p>Unchained Capital. Head over to www.unchained-capital.com/vaults and checkout their 2-of-3 multisig vaults. You get 3-months free of Saifedean Ammous' The Bitcoin Standard Research Bulletin when you sign up.</p>

<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Andrew Poelstra, Head of Research at Blockstream, to discuss Cryptography, how small of a field it is, how it's culture compares to Bitcoin's development culture, Taproot, MuSig, MiniSketch, Schnorr signatures, and much much more. </p> <p>Checkout Andrew's work: <a href="https://github.com/apoelstra">https://github.com/apoelstra</a></p> <p>Follow Marty on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/MartyBent">https://twitter.com/MartyBent</a></p> <p>Shoutout to this week's sponsor, Cash App. </p> <p>Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today.</p>

<p>Join Marty + Matt as they sit down with John Carvalho, CCO of Bitrefill, to discuss his history in Bitcoin, all the dope stuff Bitrefill is working on, Bitcoin's fungibility, Bitcoin culture, and much much more.</p> <p>Checkout Bitrefill: <a href="https://www.bitrefill.com/">https://www.bitrefill.com/</a></p> <p>Follow John on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/BitcoinErrorLog">https://twitter.com/BitcoinErrorLog</a></p> <p>Follow Marty on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/BitcoinErrorLog">https://twitter.com/MartyBent</a></p> <p>Follow Matt on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/BitcoinErrorLog">https://twitter.com/matt_odell</a></p> <p>Shoutout to this week's sponsor, Cash App. </p> <p>Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today.</p>

<p>This week Marty and Matt discuss:</p> <p>- Proposed ban on Bitcoin in India</p> <p>- Home mining https://twitter.com/Karnickleon/status/1138906263230828544?s=19</p> <p>- Nodl + Samourai collab https://twitter.com/stephanlivera/status/1138048466075054080?s=19</p> <p>- Global Mesh Labs https://twitter.com/stephanlivera/status/1138048466075054080?s=19</p> <p>- Zap on Android https://twitter.com/stephanlivera/status/1138048466075054080?s=19</p> <p>- Hong Kong <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBl05xNq_AU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBl05xNq_AU</a></p> <p>- Italy <a href="https://twitter.com/Schuldensuehner/status/1138709519184175104">https://twitter.com/Schuldensuehner/status/1138709519184175104</a></p> <p>- Will O'Beirne's new Joule upgrade <a href="https://medium.com/@wbobeirne/introducing-joule-allowances-2b08bec75e3a">https://medium.com/@wbobeirne/introducing-joule-allowances-2b08bec75e3a</a></p> <p>Shoutout to this week's sponsor, Cash App.</p> <p>Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today.</p>

<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Lawrence Nahum, Founder of GreenAddress + Chief Architect at Blockstream, to discuss approaching Bitcoin development, the history of GreenAddress, what he's working on at Blockstream, helping to make it so everyone can run a node with ABCore, and much more. </p> <p>Checkout GreenAddress' GitHub and contribute to ABCore if you can: <a href="https://github.com/greenaddress">https://github.com/greenaddress</a></p> <p>Follow Lawrence on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/LarryBitcoin">https://twitter.com/LarryBitcoin</a> </p> <p>Follow Marty on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/LarryBitcoin">https://twitter.com/MartyBent</a></p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsor: </p> <p>Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today.</p>

<p>This week Marty and Matt discuss: </p> <p>- Rooftop RHR in SF - code "tftc25"</p> <p>- First 100 person CoinJoin https://blockstream.info/tx/e4a789d16a24a6643dfee06e018ad27648b896daae6a3577ae0f4eddcc4d9174</p> <p>- 6102 Bitcoin hodl privacy leak overview https://github.com/6102bitcoin/FAQ/blob/master/hodl-privacy.md</p> <p>- Ring cameras creeping https://www.cnet.com/google-amp/news/amazons-helping-police-build-a-surveillance-network-with-ring-doorbells/</p> <p>- SEC files suit against Kik https://www.theblockcrypto.com/2019/06/05/skeptics-lens-not-defending-crypto-anymore/ https://www.sec.gov/litigation/complaints/2019/comp-pr2019-87.pdf</p> <p>- Initial rollout of LN Watchtowers https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/watchtowers-are-coming-lightning#click=https://t.co/5VuAHhvsoq</p> <p>- Samourai Dojo open sourced and released https://blog.samouraiwallet.com/post/185312260292/introducing-samourai-dojo-10-open-source-and/</p> <p>- Utreexo proposal https://eprint.iacr.org/2019/611.pdf</p> <p>- "Buy" stocks and ETFs with bitcoin using Abra in 150+ countries (not US) https://twitter.com/AbraGlobal/status/1133697009381138434?s=19</p> <p>- Statechains <a href="https://medium.com/@RubenSomsen/statechains-non-custodial-off-chain-bitcoin-transfer-1ae4845a4a39">https://medium.com/@RubenSomsen/statechains-non-custodial-off-chain-bitcoin-transfer-1ae4845a4a39</a></p> <p>- Weird YouTube AI <a href="https://twitter.com/Max_Fisher/status/1135529605530411008">https://twitter.com/Max_Fisher/status/1135529605530411008</a></p> <p>- Fed to cut rates? <a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-499/">https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-499/</a></p> <p>Shoutout to this week's sponsors:</p> <p>Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today.</p> <p>Unchained Capital. Head over to www.unchained-capital.com/vaults and checkout their 2-of-3 multisig vaults. You get 3-months free of Saifedean Ammous' The Bitcoin Standard Research Bulletin when you sign up.</p>

<p>Join Marty as he sits down with David Bailey, CEO of BTC Media, to discuss the early days of Bitcoin, how BTC Media came to be, the state of discourse around Bitcoin, how people are underestimating Bitcoin's TAM, and much more.</p> <p>Follow David on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/davidfbailey?lang=en">https://twitter.com/davidfbailey</a></p> <p>Follow Marty on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/davidfbailey?lang=en">https://twitter.com/MartyBent</a></p> <p>Thinking about heading to the Bitcoin 2019 Conference? Use the promo code "RHR" for a discount at checkout: <a href="https://www.bitcoin2019conference.com/">https://www.bitcoin2019conference.com</a></p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsor, Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today.</p>

<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Alex Gladstein, Chief Strategy Officer of the Human Rights Foundation and the Oslo Freedom Forum, to discuss how Alex ended up at the HRF, how authoritarian regimes use digital panopticons to control their subjects, why Bitcoin is such an important project, and why we can't mess it up.</p> <p>Checkout Alex's speech from MCC: https://youtu.be/CyieujRFk3g?t=13786</p> <p>Follow Alex on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/gladstein">https://twitter.com/gladstein</a></p> <p>Follow Marty on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/gladstein">https://twitter.com/MartyBent</a></p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsor, Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today.</p>

<p>This week Marty and Matt discuss: </p> <p>- Wasabi update: <a href="https://wasabiwallet.io/">https://wasabiwallet.io/</a></p> <p>- Erlay proposal, https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2019-May/016994.html</p> <p>- New bitcoin ATH in Argentinian peso</p> <p>- 4.1 billion people living under authoritarian regimes according to Oslo Freedom Forum</p> <p>- Proposed FATF regulations - <a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-492/">https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-492/</a></p> <p>- defendcrypto.org</p> <p>- Facebook </p> <p>- Bitrefill + ACINQ 1 BTC channel - <a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-494/">https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-494/</a></p> <p>- Trade Wars</p> <p>- Taxi medallions</p> <p>Shoutout to the MIB Chad Index Funds</p> <p>Shoutout to this week's sponsors:</p> <p>Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today.</p> <p>Unchained Capital. Head over to www.unchained-capital.com/vaults and checkout their 2-of-3 multisig vaults. You get 3-months free of Saifedean Ammous' The Bitcoin Standard Research Bulletin when you sign up.</p>

<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Jack Mallers to discuss Zap, potential futures markets for Bitcoin miners, upgrades to the Lightning Network, cannabis, and much more. </p> <p>Check out Zap: <a href="https://zap.jackmallers.com/">https://zap.jackmallers.com/</a></p> <p>Follow Jack on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/JackMallers">https://twitter.com/JackMallers</a></p> <p>Follow Marty on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/JackMallers">https://twitter.com/MartyBent</a></p> <p>Shout out to this week's sponsors:</p> <p>Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today.</p> <p>21Lectures! If you're looking to learn how to build on top of Bitcoin and LN check out <a href="https://www.21lectures.com/">https://www.21lectures.com/</a> today!</p>

<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Andrew Torba, Founder and CEO of Gab.com, to discuss what it's like to be de-platformed, the Silicon Valley "cognoscenti", building more resilient communication tools, the fight for Free Speech, forking open source software as a business model for Gab, the normalization of deviant values, and much more. </p> <p>Check out Gab: <a href="https://gab.com/">https://gab.com/</a> </p> <p>Follow Gab on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/getongab">https://twitter.com/getongab</a></p> <p>If you like this podcast, subscribe and give us a rating on your local podcasting platform. Every bit helps.</p> <p>Shoutout to this week's sponsor:</p> <p>Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today.</p>

<p>This week Marty and Matt discuss:</p> <p>- Who would you want to tweet about Bitcoin?</p> <p>- LN node update https://1ml.com/node/02d419c9af624d0e7a7c90a60b9ffa35f4934973a9d7d3b4175cc3cc28b7ffcde1</p> <p>- SIM Swaps https://medium.com/coinmonks/the-most-expensive-lesson-of-my-life-details-of-sim-port-hack-35de11517124</p> <p>-lncast.com launch</p> <p>- 60 Minutes https://www.cbs.com/shows/60_minutes/video/HaKmux455gSICzgSiGqzyUPIfGhuxnTG/bitcoin-s-wild-ride/</p> <p>- $8 trillion hidden around the world and Elizabeth Warren wants to tax it https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-05-23/the-wealth-detective-who-finds-the-hidden-money-of-the-super-rich</p> <p>- BestMixer shutdown: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/dutch-authorities-shut-down-bestmixer/</p> <p>- CoinCenter - Non-custodial cryptocurrency mixer developers are not subject to U.S. regulation. - https://coincenter.org/link/non-custodial-cryptocurrency-mixer-developers-are-not-subject-to-u-s-regulation</p> <p>- Bull Bitcoin starts mixing user funds: https://twitter.com/francispouliot_/status/1131309370900402178?s=19</p> <p>- Kraken equity offering at 4B valuation, $1000 min: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/tiny/kraken-is-offering-itself-to-customers-in-chunks-as-small-as-1000-for-its-fundraising-round/</p> <p>- Bitfinex LEO token: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/tiny/bitfinex-to-start-trading-its-exchange-token-leo-on-may-20/</p> <p>- Polo/Circle blocks tokens from US customers, lays off 30 employees https://www.theblockcrypto.com/tiny/poloniex-continues-to-advocate-for-better-crypto-regulation-as-it-goes-on-a-delisting-spree-in-the-us/ https://twitter.com/jerallaire/status/1130912877991333891?s=19</p> <p>Shoutout to this week's listener contributor @mdotbit (<a href="https://twitter.com/mdotbit">https://twitter.com/mdotbit</a>)</p> <p>Shoutout to this week's sponsors. </p> <p>Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today.</p> <p>Unchained Capital. Head over to www.unchained-capital.com/vaults and checkout their 2-of-3 multisig vaults. You get 3-months free of Saifedean Ammous' The Bitcoin Standard Research Bulletin when you sign up.</p>

<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Jan Čapek and Pavel Moravec, Co-CEOs of Slush Pool & Braiins, to discuss their backgrounds, Slush Pool's history, what they're building with BraiinsOS, the nature of reorgs, BetterHash, the dream of a shared foundry, mining futures markets, and much more.</p> <p>Checkout Slush Pool: <a href="https://slushpool.com/">https://slushpool.com/</a></p> <p>Checkout Braiins: <a href="https://braiins-os.org/">https://braiins-os.org/</a></p> <p>Follow Jan on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/janbraiins">https://twitter.com/janbraiins</a></p> <p>Follow Pavel on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/mor_pav">https://twitter.com/mor_pav</a> </p> <p>Follow Marty on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/janbraiins">https://twitter.com/martybent</a></p> <p>Shoutout to this week's sponsor, Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today.</p>

<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Jeff Vandrew, Attorney-CPA-Coder, to discuss Distributism, self-custody Bitcoin IRAs, maintaing BTCPayServer's Python implementation, rent seeking, relearning to code, and much more. </p> <p>Check out Jeff's work: <a href="https://vandrew.com/bitcoin/">https://vandrew.com/bitcoin/</a></p> <p>Follow Jeff on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/vandrewattycpa">https://twitter.com/vandrewattycpa</a></p> <p>Follow Marty on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/vandrewattycpa">https://twitter.com/martybent</a></p> <p>Shoutout to this week's sponsor, Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today.</p>

<p>This week Marty and Matt are joined by Bitcoin Sign Guy to discuss a bunch of stuff. </p> <p>Thank you to this week's sponsors.</p> <p>Unchained Capital. Head over to www.unchained-capital.com/vaults and checkout their 2-of-3 multisig vaults. You get 3-months free of Saifedean Ammous' The Bitcoin Standard Research Bulletin when you sign up. </p> <p>Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today.</p>

<p>Join Marty as he sits down with James O'Beirne, Bitcoin Core contributor, to discuss his assumeutxo proposal, debt, short-term v. long-term thinking, and what it's like being a permabear. </p> <p>Checkout the assumeutxo proposal: <a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/15605">https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/15605</a></p> <p>Follow James on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/jamesob">https://twitter.com/jamesob</a></p> <p>Follow Marty on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/jamesob">https://twitter.com/martybent</a> </p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsor, Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today.</p>

<p>Join Marty and Matt Odell as they sit down with the one man team behind Bittr, the easiest way to stack sats in Europe. We discuss Ruben's path to Bitcoin, his experience getting a Masters in Blockchain from the University of Nicosia, why he built Bittr, what it's like bootstrapping a company, and much more. </p> <p>Check out Bittr: <a href="https://www.getbittr.com/">https://www.getbittr.com/</a></p> <p>Follow Ruben on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/watermaniak">https://twitter.com/watermaniak</a></p> <p>Follow Matt on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/matt_odell">https://twitter.com/matt_odell</a></p> <p>Follow Marty on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/matt_odell">https://twitter.com/martybent</a></p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsor, Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today.</p>

<p>This week Marty and Matt are joined by Murad Mahmudov from Adaptive Capital to discuss:</p> <p>- Binance hack</p> <p>- onlynet=onion in config file - h/t Evan Kaloudis</p> <p>- TFTC.io launch</p> <p>- Our Lightning node was stolen https://1ml.com/node/02d419c9af624d0e7a7c90a60b9ffa35f4934973a9d7d3b4175cc3cc28b7ffcde1</p> <p>- bip-taproot https://github.com/sipa/bips/blob/bip-schnorr/bip-taproot.mediawiki</p> <p>- Wasabi guide bitcoin-only.com @6102bitcoin https://github.com/6102bitcoin/FAQ/blob/master/wasabi.md</p> <p>- Honeyminer Mac release</p> <p>- One entity is responsible for 50% of BCH transactions</p> <p>- Whirpool</p> <p>- Andrew Chow on PSBT <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6xZSRDXUiU&feature=youtu.be">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6xZSRDXUiU&feature=youtu.be</a></p> <p>Shoutout to this week's listener contributor, Pedro. Here's the video he shared https://youtu.be/NO1aDZ6L4NQ?t=1118</p> <p>Thank you to this week's sponsors.</p> <p>Unchained Capital. Head over to www.unchained-capital.com/vaults and checkout their 2-of-3 multisig vaults. You get 3-months free of Saifedean Ammous' The Bitcoin Standard Research Bulletin when you sign up. </p> <p>Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today.</p>

<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Juthica Chou, Co-Founder and COO of LedgerX, to discuss Bitcoin options, what it was like for LedgerX to navigate the regulatory waters throughout the years, LedgerX's Omni platform, and much more. Learn about futures contracts based on block height, backing into projected price probabilities, and how miners hedge their risk.</p> <p>Check out LedgerX: <a href="https://ledgerx.com/">https://ledgerx.com/</a></p> <p>Follow Juthica on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/juthica">https://twitter.com/juthica</a></p> <p>Follow Marty on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">https://twitter.com/martybent</a></p> <p>Shout out to this week's sponsor, Cash App. Download the Cash App today from the App Store or Google Play Store and start #stackingsats</p>

<p>This week Marty and Matt discuss: </p> <p>- Bitcoin v.0.18.0 released https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-core-0180-release-heres-whats-new/</p> <p>- Bitfinex spread increases, https://www.theblockcrypto.com/tiny/bitfinex-plans-to-raise-as-much-as-1-billion-through-an-ieo-shareholder-says/</p> <p>- Cashapp $65.5M quarterly bitcoin sales </p> <p>- Amazon Managed Blockchain https://www.theblockcrypto.com/tiny/amazon-made-its-blockchain-service-available-to-the-public/</p> <p>- #dropgold campaign - dropgold.com</p> <p>- Ethereum is now money according to ethereum.org</p> <p>- CoinJoins as a Percentage of All Bitcoin Payments Have Tripled to 4.09% Over the Past Year https://www.longhash.com/news/coinjoins-as-a-percentage-of-all-bitcoin-payments-have-tripled-to-409-over-the-past-year</p> <p>- Samourai Whirlpool enters mainnet testing phase</p> <p>- Nine in 10 Americans have heard about bitcoin, Blockchain Capital survey finds https://www.theblockcrypto.com/tiny/nine-in-10-americans-heard-about-bitcoin-survey-finds/</p> <p>- Fidelity surveys 400 institutional investors, 22% already have exposure, 47% think exposure makes sense: https://medium.com/@FidelityDigitalAssets/new-research-institutional-investments-likely-to-increase-over-next-5-years-729fb1ca3c52</p> <p>- eTrade joining the party, plans to offer bitcoin trading to its ~5M customers https://twitter.com/nathanielpopper/status/1121868559330598912</p> <p>Shoutout to this week's sponsors:</p> <p>Cash App, head over to the Apple App Store or Google Play and download it today to start #stackingsats</p> <p>Unchained Capital, check out Unchained's 2-of-3 multisig vaults product today and get 3-months free of Saifedean Ammous' The Bitcoin Standard Research Bulletin. <a href="https://www.unchained-capital.com/vaults/?utm_source=MartyBentNewsletter">https://www.unchained-capital.com/vaults/?utm_source=MartyBentNewsletter</a></p>

<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Founder and CEO of TradeLayer, Patrick Dugan, to discuss Patrick's run in with pot smoking bandits in Argentina, what he's building on TradeLayer, how decentralized derivatives markets may help drive demand for Bitcoin, the flow of money, and sovereignty in the Information Age. </p> <p>Check out TradeLayer: <a href="http://tradelayer.org/">http://tradelayer.org/</a></p> <p>Follow Patrick on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/duganist">https://twitter.com/duganist</a></p> <p>Follow Marty on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/MartyBent">https://twitter.com/MartyBent</a></p>

<p>This week Marty and Matt discuss:</p> <p>- Bitfinex gets sued - https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/fbem/DocumentDisplayServlet?documentId=vIexA1b0spKOnK_PLUS_ZUGTJ3A==&system=prod - https://www.bitfinex.com/posts/356</p> <p>- Erisx and TdAmeritrade - https://www.theblockcrypto.com/2019/04/24/erisx-is-testing-its-new-crypto-exchange-and-tdameritrade-is-one-firm-looking-to-link-up-with-the-market/</p> <p>- Ledger Windows phishing attack - https://twitter.com/Ledger/status/1121439219086495745?s=20</p> <p>- Wasabi update - https://github.com/zkSNACKs/WalletWasabi/releases - https://twitter.com/matt_odell/status/1121203954145222662?s=20</p> <p>- Lightning Labs releases Beta Neutrino Lightning App for desktop - https://twitter.com/lightning/status/1120735863225237506?s=20</p> <p>- assumutxo proposal by James O'Beirne - https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2019/04/09/</p> <p>- Satoshi's Treasure update - tinyurl.com/dpravengers</p> <p>- Samsung invests 2.9M into Ledger - https://www.theblockcrypto.com/tiny/samsung-invests-2-9-million-in-ledger/</p> <p>- Gemini integrates SegWit fully - https://www.theblockcrypto.com/tiny/gemini-wallet-now-fully-supports-segwit-protocol/</p> <p>- Bitmain rumored to be abandoning BCH - https://twitter.com/btcking555/status/1121699148523352064</p> <p>- Casa privacy campaign + tor update - https://blog.keys.casa/casa-privacy-and-data-protection-policy/</p> <p>- finalmessage.io</p> <p>- Run a tor relay node! - https://blog.torproject.org/new-guide-running-tor-relay</p> <p>Shoutout to this week's sponsor, 21Lectures! If you're looking to learn how to build on top of Bitcoin and LN check out 21Lectures.com today!</p>

<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Nik Bhatia, who has pushed forward the theory of Lightning Network Reference Rates, to discuss a range of topics including reference rates in the traditional financial sector, LNRR, Bitcoin + Real Estate escrow, Nik's experience producing rap albums and much more. </p> <p>Check out Nik's writing on LNRR: </p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@timevalueofbtc">https://medium.com/@timevalueofbtc</a></p> <p>Follow Nik on Twitter: www.twitter.com/timevalueofbtc</p> <p>Follow Marty on Twitter: www.twitter.com/martybent</p> <p>Shoutout to this week's sponsor, Unchained Capital! Sign up for their multisig vault product today by using the link below and receive a free three-month subscription to Saifedean Ammous' The Bitcoin Standard Research Bulletin. </p> <p><a href="https://www.unchained-capital.com/vaults/?utm_source=MartyBentNewsletter">https://www.unchained-capital.com/vaults/?utm_source=MartyBentNewsletter</a></p>

<p>This week Marty and Matt discuss:</p> <p>- Satoshi's Treasure https://satoshistreasure.xyz/ & <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeawYh0POJhlKjaUM4Gor240vH_yVN9Urni7VjPYlh4Z5rlRA/viewform?usp=sf_link">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeawYh0POJhlKjaUM4Gor240vH_yVN9Urni7VjPYlh4Z5rlRA/viewform?usp=sf_link</a></p> <p>- Reports from CoinMetrics and TradeBlock dispute Reuters $100M whale story - https://tradeblock.com/blog/analyzing-the-bitcoin-price-surge-in-april and https://twitter.com/coinmetrics/status/1118603910522994688?s=20</p> <p>- Wasabi Wallet hardware wallet support in testing - https://github.com/zkSNACKs/WalletWasabi/blob/master/WalletWasabi.Documentation/Guides/20190416HardwareWalletTestingGuide.md</p> <p>- lLND 0.6.0 - static channel backup --- release notes: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/releases --- Channel backup guide: https://wiki.ion.radar.tech/lightning-technology/research/static-channel-backups </p> <p>- Lightning Powernode Launcher will default to Tor https://twitter.com/pierre_rochard/status/1117567495680950272?s=20</p> <p>- Nodl update- <a href="https://1ml.com/node/0331f80652fb840239df8dc99205792bba2e559a05469915804c08420230e23c7c">https://1ml.com/node/0331f80652fb840239df8dc99205792bba2e559a05469915804c08420230e23c7c</a></p> <p>- hodlnaut BTCPay fundraiser - <a href="https://weareallhodlonaut.com/">https://weareallhodlonaut.com/</a></p> <p>- US Sanction Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua - https://www.npr.org/2019/04/18/714552854/trump-administration-announces-measures-against-cuba-venezuela-and-nicaragua</p> <p>- Proof of Solvency piece - <a href="https://medium.com/@nic__carter/how-to-scale-bitcoin-without-changing-a-thing-bc4750dd16c7">https://medium.com/@nic__carter/how-to-scale-bitcoin-without-changing-a-thing-bc4750dd16c7</a> & <a href="https://blog.coinfloor.co.uk/post/183567327051/provable-solvency-report-60-march-2019">https://blog.coinfloor.co.uk/post/183567327051/provable-solvency-report-60-march-2019</a></p> <p>- paywall.link and lightningscratchcard.io</p> <p>Shoutout to this week's sponsor, Unchained Capital. Check out their 2-of-3 multisig vault service today! <a href="https://www.unchained-capital.com/vaults/?utm_source=MartyBentNewsletter">https://www.unchained-capital.com/vaults/?utm_source=MartyBentNewsletter</a></p>

<p>This week Marty and Matt discuss:</p> <p>- Julian Assange https://mailchi.mp/5a9e133f8318/martys-bent-april-11th-2018-issue-460</p> <p>- HODL guide <a href="https://github.com/DriftwoodPalace/guides">https://github.com/DriftwoodPalace/guides</a></p> <p>- Multisig scenarios</p> <p>- Coinbase https://www.theblockcrypto.com/2019/04/10/coinbase-launches-crypto-to-fiat-debit-card-in-the-uk-filling-gap-left-by-shift-shutdown/</p> <p>- LND 0.6.0 release <a href="https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/releases">https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/releases</a></p> <p>- Zap 0.4.1 release <a href="https://github.com/LN-Zap/zap-desktop/releases">https://github.com/LN-Zap/zap-desktop/releases</a></p> <p>- Managing a Lightning Node <a href="https://1ml.com/node/02d419c9af624d0e7a7c90a60b9ffa35f4934973a9d7d3b4175cc3cc28b7ffcde1">https://1ml.com/node/02d419c9af624d0e7a7c90a60b9ffa35f4934973a9d7d3b4175cc3cc28b7ffcde1</a></p> <p>- Binance https://www.theblockcrypto.com/tiny/binance-teams-up-with-ciphertrace-to-up-the-exchanges-compliance-procedures/</p> <p>- Energy waste https://twitter.com/MartyBent/status/1116340276463714305</p> <p>- China bans Bitcoin https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-cryptocurrency/china-says-it-wants-to-eliminate-bitcoin-mining-idUSKCN1RL0C4</p> <p>Shout out to this week's sponsor, Unchained Capital. Check out their 2-of3 multisig vaults today! <a href="https://www.unchained-capital.com/vaults/?utm_source=MartyBentNewsletter">https://www.unchained-capital.com/vaults/?utm_source=MartyBentNewsletter</a></p>

<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Parker Lewis, Head of Business Development at Unchained Capital, to discuss Unchained's mission and product suite, and reflect on the Federal Reserve's continuously shifting policy over the last twelve years. Parker's knowledge of what was going on at the Fed as the '07/'08 crisis was unfolding and during its aftermath is rare and something all of you freaks could learn from. </p> <p>Follow Parker on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/parkeralewis</p> <p>Follow Marty on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/martybent</p> <p>Check out Unchained Capital: https://www.unchained-capital.com</p>

<p>This week Marty and Matt discuss:</p> <p>- Eclair Correction</p> <p>- Price talk</p> <p>- Cumberland OTC desk 10+ bids over 1000 bitcoin on Monday - https://www.theblockcrypto.com/tiny/cumberlands-otc-desk-reports-mini-surge-of-large-btc-orders-in-a-single-hour-late-monday-night/</p> <p>- Fee talk - <a href="https://twitter.com/matt_odell/status/1113949215829430275">https://twitter.com/matt_odell/status/1113949215829430275</a></p> <p>- Nodl - https://twitter.com/matt_odell/status/1113806561921708032</p> <p>- Boltz inbound capacity tool https://medium.com/boltzhq/announcing-the-first-boltz-release-6cb630701432</p> <p>- Pierre inbound capacity tool https://lightningpowerusers.com/home/</p> <p>- Veriblock ICO sold out in seconds - <a href="https://medium.com/@ambroidcrypto/veriblock-deep-dive-49c533e9c5e7">https://medium.com/@ambroidcrypto/veriblock-deep-dive-49c533e9c5e7</a></p> <p>- Bitcoin 2019 Conference - <a href="https://www.bitcoin2019conference.com/">https://www.bitcoin2019conference.com/</a></p> <p>- BitBlockBoom Conference [Promo: RHR] - <a href="https://bitblockboom.com/">https://bitblockboom.com/</a></p> <p>- NVT Signal - <a href="https://twitter.com/woonomic/status/1113971442801094658?s=19">https://twitter.com/woonomic/status/1113971442801094658?s=19</a></p> <p>Shoutout to this week's sponsor, Unchained Capital. Sign up and create a multisig vault and receive a FREE three-month subscription to Dr. Saifedean Ammous' <em>The Bitcoin Standard Research Bulletin</em> using this link: <a href="https://www.unchained-capital.com/vaults/?utm_source=MartyBentNewsletter">https://www.unchained-capital.com/vaults/?utm_source=MartyBentNewsletter</a></p>

<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Johnny Dilley (Founder of Mempool Partners), Tom Garrambone (Founder of Tetras Capital), and Matt Odell (Bitcoiner) to have a roundtable discussion covering; Capitalism v. Socialism, Bitmain, 21co, nature, dinosaurs, what could kill Bitcoin, and much more. </p> <p>Check out mempool.io</p> <p>Check out tetras.capital</p> <p>Follow Tom on Twitter: www.twitter.com/tomgarrambone</p> <p>Follow Matt on Twitter: www.twitter.com/matt_odell</p> <p>Follow Marty on Twitter: www.twitter.com/martybent</p> <p>Smash that subscribe button, freaks!</p>

<p>This week Marty and Matt Discuss: </p> <p>- Coinbase, stake is on the menu</p> <p>- Steve Barbour WSJ article</p> <p>- BSV</p> <p>- Bitmain IPO not happening</p> <p>- ryanofsky PR merged</p> <p>- Gemini bech32 + Blockstream explorer</p> <p>- Eclair mainnet full release</p> <p>- Craig Wright is a fraud</p> <p>- Dream Market shutting down</p> <p>- BitMex LN research</p> <p>Shoutout to this week's sponsor, Unchained Capital. Head over to https://www.unchained-capital.com/vaults/?utm_source=Marty%20Bent&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_campaign=Vault%20Launch and check out their 2-of-3 multisig vault product. If you're in NYC on 4/1, head over to Galvanize to check out a live demo: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/unchained-multisig-vault-demo-tickets-59545962577</p>

<p>On this week's episode Marty and Matt discuss:</p> <p>- Square Crypto initiative - https://twitter.com/jack/status/1108487911802966017</p> <p>- Lightning Loop - https://blog.lightning.engineering/posts/2019/03/20/loop.html</p> <p>- BlockstreamGreen - https://blockstream.com/2019/03/19/the-all-new-blockstream-green-wallet</p> <p>- Fed shifting posture - https://twitter.com/byHeatherLong/status/1108427995709165573</p> <p>- Venezuela sanctions payment processors - https://www.theblockcrypto.com/tiny/u-s-considers-sanctions-prohibiting-payment-processing-services-in-venezuela/</p> <p>- ETH ProgPow - https://twitter.com/TuurDemeester/status/1108561560304316421</p> <p>- Bitcoin Optech - https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2019/03/19/</p> <p>- Hash rate - https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty</p> <p>- FUD debunking</p> <p>Shoutout to this week's sponsor, Unchained Capital. Head over to https://www.unchained-capital.com/vaults/?utm_source=MartyBentNewsletter and check out their multisig vault setup which let's you maintain control and sovereignty over your BTC while providing a solution that keeps you worry free!</p>

<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Carl Dong, Bitcoin Core contributor currently working at Chaincode Labs, to discuss responsible disclosures, making Bitcoin Core more modular, Guix containers, Dyson spheres and much more! </p> <p>Follow Carl on Twitter: https://twitter.com/carl_dong</p> <p>Follow Marty on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MartyBent</p> <p>Check out Carl's PR: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/15277</p>