TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast
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#440: Climate Change Is A Bad Excuse with Anas Alhajji
<p>Marty sits down with Anas Alhajji to discuss energy markets, climate change regulation and subsidies, and whether de-dollarization will push nations toward Bitcoin.</p> <p>Anas on Twitter: https://twitter.com/anasalhajji</p> <p>Anas on Substack: https://anasalhajjieoa.substack.com/</p> <p>5:30 - India and UAE oil trade<br /> 13:27 - COP 28 and climate change excuses<br /> 27:46 - Climate change religion<br /> 31:05 - Dishonest numbers<br /> 37:05 - Shale oil underperforming<br /> 42:02 - “Green” energy can only win by force<br /> 48:11 - Why we Bitcoin<br /> 49:46 - Near future energy market<br /> 56:16 - Impact of subsidies<br /> 58:59 - Immigration and Climate arguments don’t mix<br /> 1:03:48 - Dollar shortage and Bitcoin</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://unchained.com/concierge/">Unchained</a></p> <p><a href="https://river.com/tftc">River</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc">CrowdHealth</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bitcointalent.co/">Bitcoin Talent Co</a></p> <p>TFTC Merch is Available:</p> <p><a href="https://merch.tftc.io/">Shop Now</a></p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:</p> <p>Main <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">YT Channel</a></p> <p>Clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">YT Channel</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/">Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">Instagram</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">Newsletter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">Podcast</a></p>
#439: Mining, Memes and Meetups with Thomas Pacchia
<p>Marty sits down with Thomas Pacchia for a chat before the pubkey mining meetup.</p> <p>Thomas on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tpacchia</p> <p>Pubkey: https://pubkey.bar/</p> <p>5:30 - Is DeFi borked?<br /> 11:13 - Blockspace scarcity<br /> 21:56 - Will shitcoin cycles continue?<br /> 28:42 - No soft landing<br /> 32:01 - Large scale investors<br /> 42:27 - Mining meetup<br /> 53:06 - What drives hashrate growth from here?<br /> 58:18 - Treasury management<br /> 1:00:55 - Pool monetization<br /> 1:09:51 - Scammers and hamsters<br /> 1:12:48 - NYC Bitcoin makes Marty bullish<br /> 1:23:05 - Memes and NFTs<br /> 1:28:58 - Derailment and riffing<br /> 1:36:29 - Bitcoin conferences and new Pubkey locations<br /> 1:44:08 - Hex and hardware wallets<br /> 1:46:58 - Reminiscing from our prison cells in 2030</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://unchained.com/concierge/">Unchained</a></p> <p><a href="https://river.com/tftc">River</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc">CrowdHealth</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bitcointalent.co/">Bitcoin Talent Co</a></p> <p>TFTC Merch is Available:</p> <p><a href="https://merch.tftc.io/">Shop Now</a></p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:</p> <p>Main <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">YT Channel</a></p> <p>Clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">YT Channel</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/">Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">Instagram</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">Newsletter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">Podcast</a></p>
#438: Cycling Toward A Bitcoin Boom with Tuur Demeester
<p>Marty sits down with Tuur Demeester to discuss the factors pushing Bitcoin forward in its cycle.</p> <p>Tuur on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TuurDemeester</p> <p>0:00 - Intro<br /> 5:30 - Aliens<br /> 11:35 - Bitcoin cycles<br /> 18:04 - Is the next cycle different?<br /> 20:21 - Will crypto stay dead?<br /> 24:12 - Old ideas, new ideas, and startups<br /> 33:44 - Regulatory landscape<br /> 38:27 - Financial “innovations” from crypto<br /> 42:31 - Bitcoin politics<br /> 46:29 - Implications of decentralized custody<br /> 54:23 - Multiple fronts of chaos<br /> 1:02:04 - How far can inflation go?<br /> 1:10:04 - Bitcoin is the escape hatch<br /> 1:12:13 - Nation state adoption<br /> 1:15:29 - Next bull market<br /> 1:26:29 - Fedimints and AI<br /> 1:34:38 - Bullish on Texas<br /> 1:47:28 - We’re gonna win</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://unchained.com/concierge/">Unchained</a></p> <p><a href="https://river.com/tftc">River</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc">CrowdHealth</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bitcointalent.co/">Bitcoin Talent Co</a></p> <p>TFTC Merch is Available:</p> <p><a href="https://merch.tftc.io/">Shop Now</a></p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:</p> <p>Main <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">YT Channel</a></p> <p>Clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">YT Channel</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/">Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">Instagram</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">Newsletter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">Podcast</a></p>
#437: History Doesn't Rhyme, It Repeats with Dave Collum & Rudy Havenstein
<p>Marty sits down with Dave Collum and Rudy Havenstein and tries to keep Marty Jones under control.</p> <p>Dave on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavidBCollum</p> <p>Rudy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RudyHavenstein</p> <p>5:30 - Bants<br /> 11:41 - Background<br /> 27:20 - Banking crisis lull<br /> 33:12 - Media collapse and Twitter<br /> 48:43 - Evil rulers<br /> 1:15:10 - Corporate press and those they hate<br /> 1:22:35 - Younger generations<br /> 1:30:21 - Forth turning and inflation<br /> 1:58:20 - CBDCs vs Bitcoin<br /> 2:03:49 - Final words from Rudy<br /> 2:05:39 - Rabbit holes on rabbit holes</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://unchained.com/concierge/">Unchained</a></p> <p><a href="https://river.com/tftc">River</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc">CrowdHealth</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bitcointalent.co/">Bitcoin Talent Co</a></p> <p>TFTC Merch is Available:</p> <p><a href="https://merch.tftc.io/">Shop Now</a></p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:</p> <p>Main <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">YT Channel</a></p> <p>Clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">YT Channel</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/">Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">Instagram</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">Newsletter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">Podcast</a></p>
#436: Building Sound Finance For Sound Money with Atomic Finance
<p>Marty sits down with Tony Cai and Matt Black from Atomic Finance to discuss returns on Bitcoin, DLCs, and the future of Bitcoin's scaling.</p> <p>Tony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TonyCai_</p> <p>Matt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/matthewjablack</p> <p>Atomic Finance: https://atomic.finance/</p> <p>5:30 - Atomic Finance origins<br /> 15:44 - What’s wrong with defi?<br /> 21:15 - Explaining DLCs<br /> 25:26 - How Atomic uses DLCs<br /> 28:39 - Risks<br /> 34:13 - Atomic’s oracle<br /> 37:39 - State of DLCs and lightning<br /> 44:51 - Plans for Atomic<br /> 47:46 - Ethereum’s centralization<br /> 50:26 - Order of operations in Bitcoin adoption<br /> 54:04 - Scaling Bitcoin and ossification<br /> 1:04:59 - Staking reputation on BIPs<br /> 1:14:28 - A lot at stake<br /> 1:21:00 - Wrapping</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://unchained.com/concierge/">Unchained</a></p> <p><a href="https://river.com/tftc">River</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc">CrowdHealth</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bitcointalent.co/">Bitcoin Talent Co</a></p> <p>TFTC Merch is Available:</p> <p><a href="https://merch.tftc.io/">Shop Now</a></p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:</p> <p>Main <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">YT Channel</a></p> <p>Clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">YT Channel</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/">Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">Instagram</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">Newsletter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">Podcast</a></p>
#435: Bitcoin Solves the Payments Problem in AI with Kody Low
<p>Marty sits down with Kody Low to discuss Fedimints, Lightning, and how they can be applied to power AI tools.</p> <p>Kody on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kodylow</p> <p>Check out Fedi: https://www.fedi.xyz/</p> <p>Join the #Ai4ALL hackathon https://bolt.fun/tournaments/ai4all/overview</p> <p>0:00 - Intro<br /> 5:30 - Marty Barbell Bender<br /> 7:10 - Kody’s background, every Bitcoiner a dev<br /> 13:59 - What layer is Fedi?<br /> 19:38 - Explaining Fedimint<br /> 25:43 - What do Fedimints fix about lightning?<br /> 30:23 - Expanding on federation<br /> 34:46 - Scaling Bitcoin for the world<br /> 38:56 - Federated operating system<br /> 49:23 - How it works for guardians<br /> 57:57 - Privacy<br /> 1:00:41 - Synth dollar trading<br /> 1:11:18 - AI/Lightning intersection<br /> 1:20:33 - L402 and M2M payments<br /> 1:35:53 - Lightning’s headstart on crypto<br /> 1:38:24 - Avoiding Bitcoin’s volitility with Fedi<br /> 1:41:02 - Bitcoin is the best money<br /> 1:49:10 - Pushing AI companies to Lightning<br /> 1:52:02 - Answer the call, freaks<br /> 1:55:25 - Privacy and gpu hosting<br /> 2:05:27 - Wrapping up</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:<br /> <a href="https://unchained.com/concierge/">Unchained</a><br /> <a href="https://river.com/tftc">River</a><br /> <a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc">CrowdHealth</a><br /> <a href="https://www.bitcointalent.co/">Bitcoin Talent Co</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bitcointalent.co/"></a>TFTC Merch is Available:<br /> <a href="https://merch.tftc.io/">Shop Now</a></p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:<br /> Main <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">YT Channel</a><br /> Clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">YT Channel</a><br /> <a href="https://tftc.io/">Website</a><br /> <a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">Twitter</a><br /> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">Instagram</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:<br /> <a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">Twitter</a><br /> <a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">Newsletter</a><br /> <a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">Podcast</a></p>
#434: Capital in the 21st Century with Allen Farrington
<p>Marty sits down with Allen Farrington from Axiom to discuss his perspective on capital allocation and how it is affected by Bitcoin.</p> <p>Allen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/allenf32</p> <p>Allen on Medium: https://allenfarrington.medium.com/</p> <p>5:30 - Introducing Axiom<br /> 9:43 - Cost of capital<br /> 14:26 - Debt is not universally bad<br /> 16:59 - Capital as a tool<br /> 18:51 - The goal of capital allocation<br /> 22:13 - Affecting individual savings<br /> 26:06 - Capital flowchart and long term thinking<br /> 37:18 - Bitcoin doesn’t allow fiat games<br /> 44:47 - Bitcoin mining illustrating the point<br /> 58:09 - Impact of lightning’s instant settlement<br /> 1:06:26 - Building a long term company<br /> 1:14:46 - Temperance during the boom<br /> 1:18:46 - Liquid BTC<br /> 1:27:28 - Axiom and further upcoming writing<br /> 1:41:04 - Wrapping up</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://unchained.com/concierge/">Unchained</a></p> <p><a href="https://river.com/tftc">River</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc">CrowdHealth</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bitcointalent.co/">Bitcoin Talent Co</a></p> <p>TFTC Merch is Available:</p> <p><a href="https://merch.tftc.io/">Shop Now</a></p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:</p> <p>Main <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">YT Channel</a></p> <p>Clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">YT Channel</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/">Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">Instagram</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">Newsletter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">Podcast</a></p>
#433: Lightning Network at the Enterprise Level with Jose Lemus
<p>Marty sits down with Jose Lemus from Ibex to discuss integrating the lightning network with businesses, barriers to adoption, cross-border payments, and more.</p> <p>Jose on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jllemus</p> <p>Ibex: https://www.poweredbyibex.io/</p> <p>5:30 - Bitcoin Park riffing<br /> 7:37 - What’s up at Ibex?<br /> 22:24 - Impact of instant settlement<br /> 26:21 - Lightning Network, AI, Internet of Things<br /> 34:07 - What’s taking adoption so long?<br /> 36:49 - Bitcoin’s unique combination of properties<br /> 45:57 - Burden of compliance<br /> 49:45 - Fiat is the money of force<br /> 52:44 - KYC is the illicit activity<br /> 1:02:38 - Mexico partnership<br /> 1:03:44 - The purpose of financial products<br /> 1:12:36 - Bitcoin is a tween<br /> 1:17:30 - Don’t get distracted by bull markets<br /> 1:29:14 - Marty’s excited about energy and AI<br /> 1:35:36 - Wrapping up</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://unchained.com/concierge/">Unchained</a></p> <p><a href="https://river.com/tftc">River</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc">CrowdHealth</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bitcointalent.co/">Bitcoin Talent Co</a></p> <p>TFTC Merch is Available:</p> <p><a href="https://merch.tftc.io/">Shop Now</a></p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:</p> <p>Main <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">YT Channel</a></p> <p>Clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">YT Channel</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/">Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">Instagram</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">Newsletter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">Podcast</a></p>
#432: Jab Injury Event Horizon with Ed Dowd
<p>Marty sits down with Ed Dowd to discuss jab injuries, RFK Jr, the peak of clown world extending ever upward, and more.</p> <p>Ed Dowd on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DowdEdward</p> <p>8:33 - The clown world peak keeps rising<br /> 15:41 - RFK Jr and the jab injury event horizon<br /> 25:17 - Distractions<br /> 29:00 - Debt event horizon has already passed<br /> 33:26 - Trust in the system degrading<br /> 37:05 - Bitcoin<br /> 38:42 - The CIA disapproves<br /> 38:53- Broken money and psyops<br /> 45:46 - Individual state power<br /> 49:29 - Three Letter Agencies don’t want this heard<br /> 54:31 - Hard times before good times<br /> 56:37 - Strong families<br /> 1:03:50 - Final note on RFK Jr<br /> 1:07:12 - I am Spartacus</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://unchained.com/concierge/">Unchained</a></p> <p><a href="https://river.com/tftc">River</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc">CrowdHealth</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bitcointalent.co/">Bitcoin Talent Co</a></p> <p>TFTC Merch is Available:</p> <p><a href="https://merch.tftc.io/">Shop Now</a></p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:</p> <p>Main <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">YT Channel</a></p> <p>Clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">YT Channel</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/">Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">Instagram</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">Newsletter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">Podcast</a></p>
#431: Bitcoin Privacy and the Payjoin Dev Kit with Dan Gould
<p>Marty sits down with Dan Gould to discuss Payjoin Dev Kit, how coinjoins protect privacy, and the experience of developing on Bitcoin.</p> <p>Dan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitgould</p> <p>Payjoin Dev Kit: https://payjoindevkit.org/</p> <p>9:16 - Dan’s history</p> <p>14:39 - Explaining CoinJoins</p> <p>21:36 - How Payjoin reduces dox threat and reduces fees</p> <p>35:09 - TURN servers</p> <p>39:49 - How are PSBTs involved in Payjoin</p> <p>42:45 - How coin selection is determined</p> <p>36:30 - Separating PDK from BDK</p> <p>50:03 - Completing BDK</p> <p>53:38 - Payjoin’s role going forward</p> <p>57:54 - Chain surveillance and prosecuting CoinJoins</p> <p>1:03:51 - Right to privacy</p> <p>1:08:18 - Multi receiver PayJoin</p> <p>1:09:42 - Less frustration on Bitcoin development</p> <p>1:15:18 - Will Bitcoin reach sufficient ossification?</p> <p>1:18:25 - Plugs and wrapping</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://unchained.com/concierge/">Unchained</a></p> <p><a href="https://river.com/tftc">River</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc">CrowdHealth</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bitcointalent.co/">Bitcoin Talent Co</a></p> <p>TFTC Merch is Available:</p> <p><a href="https://merch.tftc.io/">Shop Now</a></p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:</p> <p>Main <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">YT Channel</a></p> <p>Clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">YT Channel</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/">Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">Instagram</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">Newsletter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">Podcast</a></p>
#430: Bitcoin vs the $156 Trillion Global Payments Industry with Sam Wouters
<p>Marty sits down with Sam Wouters to discuss Bitcoin's rate of adoption for cross-border payments.</p> <p>Sam on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SDWouters</p> <p>Sam's report on River blog: https://blog.river.com/bitcoin-vs-the-156-trillion-global-payments-industry/</p> <p>0:00 - Intro<br /> 2:30 - Finding bitcoin through Runescape<br /> 9:22 - New educational resources in Bitcoin<br /> 13:27 - Diving into Sam’s report<br /> 17:51 - Structure of the report<br /> 21:39 - Chapter 1: Cross-border payments industry<br /> 31:53 - Comparing Bitcoin and internet adoption<br /> 41:37 - Remittance education<br /> 48:31 - Getting into charts on remittance volume<br /> 56:18 - Chapter 2: Global bitcoin adoption<br /> 1:07:58 - Motivation for adoption<br /> 1:13:39 - Chapter 3: Cross-border Bitcoin payments<br /> 1:23:13 - What makes bitcoin better for remittance<br /> 1:26:28 - Lightning services<br /> 1:30:26 - Bitcoin for payments<br /> 1:33:32 - Google search traffic for Bitcoin<br /> 1:39:17 - B2C<br /> 1:44:35 - Chapter 4: Growing cross-border Bitcoin payments<br /> 1:51:36 - Adoption funnel<br /> 1:55:33 - Marty tries to quote himself before wrapping up</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://unchained.com/concierge/">Unchained</a></p> <p><a href="https://river.com/tftc">River</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc">CrowdHealth</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bitcointalent.co/">Bitcoin Talent Co</a></p> <p>TFTC Merch is Available:</p> <p><a href="https://merch.tftc.io/">Shop Now</a></p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:</p> <p>Main <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">YT Channel</a></p> <p>Clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">YT Channel</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/">Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">Instagram</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">Newsletter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">Podcast</a></p>
#429: Is The Inflation Problem Really Solved? with Luke Gromen
<p>Marty sits down with Luke Gromen to discuss inflation catching up with the world.</p> <p>Luke on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LukeGromen</p> <p>0:00 - Intro<br /> 6:33 - UK inflation<br /> 11:02 - American banking crisis lull<br /> 18:12 - Structural problems in energy<br /> 25:56 - Liquidity issues with massive bank accounts<br /> 31:33 - Debt ceiling<br /> 33:13 - Retirement and target date funds<br /> 40:18 The Ukraine distraction<br /> 45:54 - Collapse in skilled labor and infrastructure<br /> 50:41 - Taking on troubled times<br /> 54:55 - Bitcoin’s interaction with energy<br /> 57:05 - Landing on the wrong side of stagflation<br /> 59:19 - Bitcoin eliminates banking BS<br /> 1:01:34 - Treasury bond duration risk<br /> 1:06:22 - 40 year bull market over, gold and Bitcoin win<br /> 1:13:51 - Wrapping</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://unchained.com/concierge/">Unchained</a></p> <p><a href="https://river.com/tftc">River</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc">CrowdHealth</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bitcointalent.co/">Bitcoin Talent Co</a></p> <p>TFTC Merch is Available:</p> <p><a href="https://merch.tftc.io/">Shop Now</a></p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:</p> <p>Main <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">YT Channel</a></p> <p>Clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">YT Channel</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/">Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">Instagram</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">Newsletter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">Podcast</a></p>
#428: Examining BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF with Townsend Lansing
<p>Marty sits down with Townsend Lansing to discuss BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF.</p> <p>Townsend on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TownsendLansing</p> <p>0:00 - Intro<br /> 8:40 - Inflation hitting the UK<br /> 11:07 - Introducing Townsend, Blackrock ETF<br /> 19:10 - SEC approval<br /> 25:23 - APA<br /> 26:46 - How Bitcoin market could be affected<br /> 29:28 - People becoming aware of crypto risk<br /> 31:23 - How the grantor trust works<br /> 35:50 - ETF liquidity<br /> 42:12 - Bitcoin’s better security<br /> 45:30 - Will bitcoin financial products be treated differently?<br /> 48:05 - Approval is unlikely<br /> 49:52 - Bitcoin’s impact on finance<br /> 51:13 - Wrapping up</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://unchained.com/concierge/">Unchained</a></p> <p><a href="https://river.com/tftc">River</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc">CrowdHealth</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bitcointalent.co/">Bitcoin Talent Co</a></p> <p>TFTC Merch is Available:</p> <p><a href="https://merch.tftc.io/">Shop Now</a></p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:</p> <p>Main <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">YT Channel</a></p> <p>Clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">YT Channel</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/">Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">Instagram</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">Newsletter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">Podcast</a></p>
#427: Killer Whale Liquidity Crisis with John Titus
<p>Marty sits down with John Titus to discuss the liquidity crisis caused by the Fed.</p> <p>John's Substack: https://bestevidence.substack.com/</p> <p>Best Evidence on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@BestEvidence</p> <p>5:30 - Killer whales and banks lacking liquidity<br /> 16:13 - The Fed is at the center<br /> 21:01 - Coordinated consolidation effort<br /> 26:28- The strength of cash<br /> 33:57 - John’s origin story<br /> 39:09 - Fix the money, fix the world<br /> 42:20 - Dollar endgame<br /> 45:06 - John on Bitcoin<br /> 49:38 - The system is run by those who hate you<br /> 52:54 - Life expectancy decline<br /> 55:35 - Tyranny thrives in the fear of resistance<br /> 58:39 - Wrapping up</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://unchained.com/concierge/">Unchained</a></p> <p><a href="https://river.com/tftc">River</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc">CrowdHealth</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bitcointalent.co/">Bitcoin Talent Co</a></p> <p>TFTC Merch is Available:</p> <p><a href="https://merch.tftc.io/">Shop Now</a></p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:</p> <p>Main <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">YT Channel</a></p> <p>Clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">YT Channel</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/">Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">Instagram</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">Newsletter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">Podcast</a></p>
#426: Bringing Lightning To Utilities with Synota
<p>Marty sits down with Austin Mitchell, Lisa Scott, and Alan Schroeder from Synota to discuss bringing energy providers over to Bitcoin and LN. Synota on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Synota_</p> <p>6:35 - Meet Synota<br /> 14:05 - Payment settlement struggles for utilites<br /> 16:56 - How Synota integrates<br /> 23:47 - Financing possibilities<br /> 26:20 - Utilities grokking bitcoin<br /> 34:07 - Effects of decentralizing the grid<br /> 45:22 - The team’s orange pilling<br /> 49:41 - Mining industry is maturing<br /> 55:56 - Efficiency impact of instant payments<br /> 1:01:11 - Mining permanent funds<br /> 1:05:03 - Issues building on lightning<br /> 1:10:57 - Wrapping up</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://unchained.com/concierge/">Unchained</a></p> <p><a href="https://river.com/tftc">River</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc">CrowdHealth</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bitcointalent.co/">Bitcoin Talent Co</a></p> <p>TFTC Merch is Available:</p> <p><a href="https://merch.tftc.io/">Shop Now</a></p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:</p> <p>Main <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">YT Channel</a></p> <p>Clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">YT Channel</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/">Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">Instagram</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">Newsletter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">Podcast</a></p>
#425: Fiat Crisis with Balaji Srinivasan
<p>Marty sits down with Balaji Srinivasan for the longest episode of TFTC yet, going in depth on the nature of the incoming fiat crisis.</p> <p>Balaji on Twitter: https://twitter.com/balajis</p> <p>6:13 - How does the debt ceiling contribute to the fiat crisis?<br /> 9:48 - Reality check<br /> 21:38 - History is running in reverse<br /> 25:09 - The unipolar moment is over<br /> 38:05 - America is 3 tribes<br /> 44:42 - Democracy has 4 definitions<br /> 55:33 - India adopting pragmatic democracy<br /> 59:08 - China won’t go away<br /> 1:07:03 - USSA<br /> 1:36:11 - How America gets its strength back<br /> 1:43:16 - Dollar nationalists, social media politics<br /> 1:53:20 - It’s not one nation, it’s two parties with verbal footsoldiers<br /> 2:07:15 - The Gray tribe<br /> 2:35:47 - Blue losing media control<br /> 2:39:46 - Recap, Blue’s remaining power<br /> 2:45:48 - The tribal filter on the banking situation<br /> 3:01:36 - The declining US empire<br /> 3:13:13 - Blue America’s infrastructure highlights<br /> 3:16:40 - Exiting through Bitcoin<br /> 3:20:18 - We’ve lost our moon shoes<br /> 3:22:24 - The writing’s on the wall and states have incentive to exit early<br /> 3:42:53 - People robbed by cantillon cities are likely to get mad<br /> 3:48:13 - Fed now is a CBDC no matter what they say<br /> 4:05:15 - Civil unrest precursors<br /> 4:08:24 - Hiding insolvency<br /> 4:11:13 - History mirroring<br /> 4:17:04 - Reflecting on a long show, doling white pills</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://unchained.com/concierge/">Unchained</a></p> <p><a href="https://river.com/tftc">River</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc">CrowdHealth</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bitcointalent.co/">Bitcoin Talent Co</a></p> <p>TFTC Merch is Available:</p> <p><a href="https://merch.tftc.io/">Shop Now</a></p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:</p> <p>Main <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">YT Channel</a></p> <p>Clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">YT Channel</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/">Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">Instagram</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">Newsletter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">Podcast</a></p>
#424: Q1 2023 Monetary Base Update with Matthew Mežinskis
<p>Follow along with the charts: https://twitter.com/1basemoney/status/1664179527784734720?s=20 Matthew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/1basemoney</p> <p>8:12 - Baltic hockey<br /> 17:17 - Debt ceiling bye bye<br /> 22:55 - New basemoney drop!<br /> 36:19 - Bitcoin base vs top fiat, reverse repo<br /> 49:41 - Bank failures<br /> 1:01:54 - Treasury markets<br /> 1:05:34 - Fannie & Freddie debt numbers<br /> 1:09:32 - Balaji says FedNow is a CBDC<br /> 1:17:02 - Sidebar on children<br /> 1:18:19 - Back on topic, centralization will continue<br /> 1:23:45 - Sovereign sat and gold stacking<br /> 1:34:41 - Quick stats<br /> 1:35:56 - Full reserve in Texas<br /> 1:45:37 - Wrapping up</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://unchained.com/concierge/">Unchained</a></p> <p><a href="https://river.com/tftc">River</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc">CrowdHealth</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bitcointalent.co/">Bitcoin Talent Co</a></p> <p>TFTC Merch is Available:</p> <p><a href="https://merch.tftc.io/">Shop Now</a></p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:</p> <p>Main <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">YT Channel</a></p> <p>Clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">YT Channel</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/">Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">Instagram</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">Newsletter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">Podcast</a></p>
#423: Retirement Funds In The Age Of Bitcoin with Matt Dines
<p>Marty sits down with Matt Dines from Build to discuss the retirement landscape and how to handle a large scale transition to Bitcoin as a primary store of value.</p> <p>Matt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BuildCIO</p> <p>Check out Build: https://buildbitcoin.com/</p> <p>8:17 - What’s happening to retirement funds<br /> 11:49 - Balance sheets of the American household<br /> 26:23 - History of retirement accounts<br /> 30:30 - The post-Covid financial landscape<br /> 34:52 - Retirement account participation<br /> 46:14 - Legislation isn’t the answer<br /> 50:09 - Primary residence ownership and mortgage backed securities<br /> 55:39 - Target Date Funds<br /> 1:01:28 - US bond market selloff<br /> 1:09:45 - Near-dated TDF vs inflation<br /> 1:13:12 - Investment/retirement industry isn’t keeping up<br /> 1:17:59 - Bridging the gap to Bitcoin with Build<br /> 1:32:15 - Bitcoin lending<br /> 1:46:36 - Unchained<br /> 1:53:57 - Explaining the mindset<br /> 2:02:31 - The flywheel of truth<br /> 2:08:12 - Wrapping up</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://unchained.com/concierge/">Unchained</a></p> <p><a href="https://river.com/tftc">River</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc">CrowdHealth</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bitcointalent.co/">Bitcoin Talent Co</a></p> <p>TFTC Merch is Available:</p> <p><a href="https://merch.tftc.io/">Shop Now</a></p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:</p> <p>Main <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">YT Channel</a></p> <p>Clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">YT Channel</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/">Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">Instagram</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">Newsletter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">Podcast</a></p>
#422: Human Forever with James Poulos
<p>Marty sits down with James Poulos to discuss the tyranny of the digital age.</p> <p>James on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jamespoulos</p> <p>Human Forever: https://canonic.xyz/books/1YV9yExbmJ9mgBXNM81TouJuDtqxH2PpL</p> <p>6:00 - Rising transhumanism<br /> 12:37 - Defining the humanity we fight for<br /> 19:54 - Breaking people apart<br /> 29:14 - False gods<br /> 34:23 - Fighting on the digital level<br /> 38:39 - Changing the tide<br /> 47:50 - The moment of humility<br /> 50:31 - Return to traditional family<br /> 56:55 - Focusing attention<br /> 58:26 - Being human is better<br /> 1:00:44 - Judging yourself first<br /> 1:02:55 - Sloth<br /> 1:12:04 - Wrapping up</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://unchained.com/concierge/">Unchained</a></p> <p><a href="https://river.com/tftc">River</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc">CrowdHealth</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bitcointalent.co/">Bitcoin Talent Co</a></p> <p>TFTC Merch is Available:</p> <p><a href="https://merch.tftc.io/">Shop Now</a></p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:</p> <p>Main <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">YT Channel</a></p> <p>Clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">YT Channel</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/">Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">Instagram</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">Newsletter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">Podcast</a></p>
#421: Rejecting The Great Reset with Michael Rectenwald
<p>Marty sits down with Dr. Michael Rectenwald to discuss the The Great Reset, stakeholder capitalism, CBDCs, and asserting autonomy against a neo-feudal future.</p> <p>Michael's website: https://www.michaelrectenwald.com/</p> <p>Michael's Mises presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGg9j-qCNt0</p> <p>8:07 - Michael’s presentation on Great Reset<br /> 10:29 - Stakeholder capitalism<br /> 14:15 - ESG leads to corporate rule<br /> 18:32 - Mock the rulers<br /> 20:23 - Neo-techno-feudalism while infrastructure breaks<br /> 24:03 - Refusing CBDCs, Bitcoin and gold<br /> 27:21 - Bitcoiners at Mises and Bitcoin FUD<br /> 29:45 - The lies are being noticed<br /> 32:28 - Control through social credit and social perception<br /> 36:55 - The letter agencies cause the problems they claim to solve<br /> 38:04 - Asserting autonomy<br /> 44:37 - Bank failures will be the CBDC trigger<br /> 46:42 - Defending against ideological onslaught<br /> 51:05 - Fighting evil<br /> 54:20 - Wrapping up, plugs</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://unchained.com/concierge/">Unchained</a></p> <p><a href="https://river.com/tftc">River</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc">CrowdHealth</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bitcointalent.co/">Bitcoin Talent Co</a></p> <p>TFTC Merch is Available:</p> <p><a href="https://merch.tftc.io/">Shop Now</a></p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:</p> <p>Main <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">YT Channel</a></p> <p>Clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">YT Channel</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/">Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">Instagram</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">Newsletter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">Podcast</a></p>
#420: Powering Livestreaming With Sats Through Vida with Lyle Pratt
<p>Marty sits down with Lyle Pratt, founder and CEO of Vida, to talk about what he's building. Lyle on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lylepratt Check out Vida: https://vida.page/</p> <p>12:48 - What’s Vida?<br /> 16:56 - Lyle’s history<br /> 20:51 - Telecom architecture and using bitcoin to solve problems<br /> 27:57 - New tools like AI, Nostr, and LN<br /> 32:30 - Current state of lightning<br /> 33:46 - Vida demo with some difficulties<br /> 35:45 - Monetizing your attention<br /> 37:41 - The Vida team<br /> 44:56 - Vida can be a better Restream<br /> 50:44 - Lightning adoption is a bright light in a dark future<br /> 1:01:12 - Future Nostr integration<br /> 1:05:28 - Leveraging AI<br /> 1:10:29 - Explaining LLMs<br /> 1:16:46 - Living in interesting times<br /> 1:27:20 - Resource demands of AI<br /> 1:31:03 - Thank God For Bitcoin<br /> 1:36:31 - Wrapping up</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://unchained.com/concierge/">Unchained</a></p> <p><a href="https://river.com/tftc">River</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc">CrowdHealth</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bitcointalent.co/">Bitcoin Talent Co</a></p> <p>TFTC Merch is Available:</p> <p><a href="https://merch.tftc.io/">Shop Now</a></p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:</p> <p>Main <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">YT Channel</a></p> <p>Clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">YT Channel</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/">Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">Instagram</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">Newsletter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">Podcast</a></p>
#419: Fedi Is Connecting Communities With Freedom Technology with Obi Nwosu
<p>Marty sits down with Obi Nwosu to talk about the origins of Fedi, an explaination of Fedimints, antifragile freedom technology.</p> <p>Obi on Twitter: https://twitter.com/obi</p> <p>Fedi: https://www.fedi.xyz/</p> <p>8:26 - Austin’s a nice place<br /> 12:32 - Comparing the beginnings of Coinfloor and Fedi<br /> 22:00 - Explaining Fedi<br /> 34:19 - Applications made possible by Fedi<br /> 40:59 - Fedi ambassadors<br /> 46:20 - The freedom made possible by Fedi<br /> 53:12 - Fedipools and off-grid mining<br /> 57:38 - The antifragile nature of Bitcoin<br /> 1:07:36 - Has the mission gotten more urgent?<br /> 1:13:53 - Wrapping up</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://unchained.com/concierge/">Unchained</a></p> <p><a href="https://river.com/tftc">River</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc">CrowdHealth</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bitcointalent.co/">Bitcoin Talent Co</a></p> <p>TFTC Merch is Available:</p> <p><a href="https://merch.tftc.io/">Shop Now</a></p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:</p> <p>Main <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">YT Channel</a></p> <p>Clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">YT Channel</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/">Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">Instagram</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">Newsletter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">Podcast</a></p>
#418: A First Principles Breakdown of the Monetary Crisis with Peter St Onge
<p>Marty sits down with Peter St Onge to discuss the all aspects of the impending economic strife and why there's plenty of hope on the other end.</p> <p>Peter on Twitter: https://twitter.com/profstonge</p> <p>Peter's Substack: https://stonge.substack.com/</p> <p>Heritage Foundation: https://www.heritage.org/</p> <p>Mises Institue: https://mises.org/</p> <p>9:27 - Starting with Modern Monetary Theory<br /> 14:54 - Fed policy heading off a cliff<br /> 24:39 - Approaching the debt ceiling and unemployment<br /> 33:28 - A whitepilled take on imminent collapse<br /> 39:57 - They pushed too far too early<br /> 44:53 - Hidden purpose behind the lies<br /> 55:45 - What happens without the state<br /> 59:43 - What the state has devoured and destroyed<br /> 1:09:29 - BS Environment policy and cronyism<br /> 1:14:45 - Bitcoin adoption and the convolution if banks<br /> 1:26:00 - Full/fractional reserve banking<br /> 1:35:48 - When will the US default?<br /> 1:42:44 - Energy nonsense and mocking the rulers<br /> 1:55:28 - Wrapping up</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://unchained.com/concierge/">Unchained</a></p> <p><a href="https://river.com/tftc">River</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc">CrowdHealth</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bitcointalent.co/">Bitcoin Talent Co</a></p> <p>TFTC Merch is Available:</p> <p><a href="https://merch.tftc.io/">Shop Now</a></p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:</p> <p>Main <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">YT Channel</a></p> <p>Clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">YT Channel</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/">Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">Instagram</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">Newsletter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">Podcast</a></p>
#417: An Ex-Intelligence Officer's View on Ukraine with Lee Slusher
<p>Marty sits down with Lee Slusher for a sober analysis of the war.</p> <p>Lee on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeeBTConsulting</p> <p>Lee's Substack:https://deepdivewithleeslusher.substack.com/</p> <p>Lee's website: http://lee-bt.com/</p> <p>6:24- Lee’s background</p> <p>9:43 - War in Ukraine and possible outcomes</p> <p>16:30 - History leading up to current war</p> <p>21:13 - Derussification</p> <p>24:02 - Comparing Ukranian and Russian military</p> <p>31:43 - Western intervention</p> <p>38:38 - War’s role in economic crisis and US election</p> <p>43:23 - Afghanistan</p> <p>50:04 - If we fight Russia and lose</p> <p>55:01 - US and EU need to solve their own problems</p> <p>1:04:16 - How do we get back on the right track</p> <p>1:11:55 - Taiwan</p> <p>1:26:37 - Realistic evaluation</p> <p>1:32:51 - Wrapping up, plugs</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://unchained.com/concierge/">Unchained</a></p> <p><a href="https://river.com/tftc">River</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc">CrowdHealth</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bitcointalent.co/">Bitcoin Talent Co</a></p> <p>TFTC Merch is Available:</p> <p><a href="https://merch.tftc.io/">Shop Now</a></p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:</p> <p>Main <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">YT Channel</a></p> <p>Clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">YT Channel</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/">Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">Instagram</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">Newsletter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">Podcast</a></p>
#416: The Scramble To Push A CBDC Future with Whitney Webb
<p>Marty sits down again with Whitney Webb to discuss failing banks funneling toward JP Morgan and how CBDCs are leading to a transhumanist future.</p> <p>Whitney on Twitter: https://twitter.com/_whitneywebb</p> <p>Whitney's Website: https://unlimitedhangout.com/</p> <p>9:17 - Ninja launch<br /> 12:11 - Banks failing and consolidating<br /> 19:02 - Story of Jamie Dimon<br /> 26:38 - Reexamining 2008<br /> 31:10 - CBDCs, biometrics and control<br /> 40:11 - JP Morgan, Wexner and Crown<br /> 44:59 - WSJ callout<br /> 50:36 - Noam Chomsky<br /> 54:55 - Are people waking up?<br /> 1:07:16 - Satan and transhumanism<br /> 1:22:18 - Google and Disney<br /> 1:28:12 - Whitney's talk at Bitcoin Miami<br /> 1:32:02 - Nobody's saving you<br /> 1:35:49 - Wrapping up</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://unchained.com/concierge/">Unchained</a></p> <p><a href="https://river.com/tftc">River</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc">CrowdHealth</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bitcointalent.co/">Bitcoin Talent Co</a></p> <p>TFTC Merch is Available:</p> <p><a href="https://merch.tftc.io/">Shop Now</a></p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:</p> <p>Main <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">YT Channel</a></p> <p>Clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">YT Channel</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/">Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">Instagram</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">Newsletter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">Podcast</a></p>
#415: Coal Is The Future with Steve Barbour
<p>Marty sits down with Steve Barbour before the first Nakamoto Forum debate to talk about energy, mining, and replacing the US Dollar.</p> <p>Steve on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SGBarbour</p> <p>Upstream Data: https://blog.upstreamdata.ca/</p> <p>7:30 - Bitcoin dev conflict of interest<br /> 19:18 - Bitcoin reaching maturity<br /> 21:01 - Russian mining<br /> 25:37 - Fiat IOUs<br /> 28:30 - The state of US mining<br /> 34:25 - Will "Coal" Cole<br /> 38:09 - Upstream's progress since Steve's last pod<br /> 47:06 - Hydro is better for portability<br /> 55:31 - New design<br /> 59:53 - Is coal the future?<br /> 1:04:48 - Hydrocarbons debate<br /> 1:08:33 - Lizard men<br /> 1:10:57 - Mock the rulers<br /> 1:19:03 - Fiat dying<br /> 1:25:01 - Wrapping up</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://unchained.com/concierge/">Unchained</a></p> <p><a href="https://river.com/tftc">River</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc">CrowdHealth</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bitcointalent.co/">Bitcoin Talent Co</a></p> <p>TFTC Merch is Available:</p> <p><a href="https://merch.tftc.io/">Shop Now</a></p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:</p> <p>Main <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">YT Channel</a></p> <p>Clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">YT Channel</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/">Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">Instagram</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">Newsletter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">Podcast</a></p>
#414: The Dollar Endgame Theory with Peruvian Bull
<p>Marty sits down with Peruvian Bull to discuss how the world will move away from the USD reserve.</p> <p>Peruvian Bull on Twitter: https://twitter.com/peruvian_bull</p> <p>Check out Dollar Endgame: https://thedollarendgame.com/</p> <p>12:01 - Starting out writing on Reddit<br /> 17:48 - Is the dollar currently in its endgame?<br /> 23:02 - Weaponizing dollar against Russia hurt US<br /> 25:19 - Past the debt event horizon<br /> 33:45 - Bitcoin reserve<br /> 36:21 - Will BRICS BUCS gain traction?<br /> 41:06 - A great opportunity for bitcoiners<br /> 44:01 - Nations missing the Bitcoin bus<br /> 49:40 - Converting individuals to Bitcoin<br /> 52:02 - Why Latin America understands intuitively<br /> 55:43 - SUPERSTONK<br /> 58:42 - Suffering in the streets<br /> 1:00:51 - Price post-hyperbitcoinization<br /> 1:03:57 - Societal impact of hyperbitcoinization<br /> 1:10:24 - The next 3 months<br /> 1:17:01 - technical difficulties<br /> 1:17:59 - Dollar losing network effect<br /> 1:21:42 - Plugs</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://unchained.com/concierge/">Unchained</a></p> <p><a href="https://river.com/tftc">River</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc">CrowdHealth</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bitcointalent.co/">Bitcoin Talent Co</a></p> <p>TFTC Merch is Available:</p> <p><a href="https://merch.tftc.io/">Shop Now</a></p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:</p> <p>Main <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">YT Channel</a></p> <p>Clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">YT Channel</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/">Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">Instagram</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">Newsletter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">Podcast</a></p>
#413: Resisting mRNA Food with Charles Mayfield
<p>Marty sits down with Charles Mayfield to talk about Keto Con, the wonders of pig biology, and the destruction of food and agriculture wrought by corporations and legislation.</p> <p>Charles on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrChuckFit</p> <p>Farrow: https://farrow.life/</p> <p>11:01 - Marty field tested the skin food<br /> 12:20 - Keto Con<br /> 16:58 - Epic Dermis<br /> 20:59 - Why Farrow<br /> 24:34 - Pigs<br /> 34:05 - Untrustworthy institutions<br /> 41:10 - Poison in the livestock<br /> 45:43 - Insidious legislature<br /> 51:01 - Looking at more accurate health markers<br /> 1:00:26 - Big Pharma and Big Ag<br /> 1:05:57- Resisting mRNA food<br /> 1:10:31 - Life insurance story<br /> 1:12:15 - Instilling urgency<br /> 1:16:40 - Symbiosis<br /> 1:22:56 - Blackpill/Whitepill<br /> 1:29:58 - Mock the rulers<br /> 1:33:52 - 3 years of madness<br /> 1:40:47 - Health is wealth<br /> 1:43:43 - Big week for Farrow<br /> 1:47:46 - Marty is a glowing god of goodness</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://unchained.com/concierge/">Unchained</a></p> <p><a href="https://river.com/tftc">River</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc">CrowdHealth</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bitcointalent.co/">Bitcoin Talent Co</a></p> <p>TFTC Merch is Available:</p> <p><a href="https://merch.tftc.io/">Shop Now</a></p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:</p> <p>Main <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">YT Channel</a></p> <p>Clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">YT Channel</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/">Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">Instagram</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">Newsletter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">Podcast</a></p>
#412: Speaking Out For Those Injured By The Jabs with Michael Koss and Joel Wallskog
<p>Marty sits down with Michael Koss and Dr. Joel Wallskog for a discussion of injuries from the Covid-19 shot, React19, and the Dartmouth College roundtable.</p> <p>Michael on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mkoss126</p> <p>Joel on Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/WallskogJoel</p> <p>React19 roundtable at Dartmouth: https://react19.org/DartC19/</p> <p>9:47 - Michael's background - Dartmouth roundtable<br /> 18:30 - Joel's background - React19<br /> 27:34 - Politicization of the jab<br /> 29:25 - Doubling down on bad decisions<br /> 32:13 - Justice for crimes against humanity<br /> 35:29 - Regulators' lost credibility<br /> 42:15 - Incompetence or malice?<br /> 49:47 - Fixing incentives<br /> 56:55 - Bringing it back to bitcoin<br /> 1:03:50 - Speaking to the silent majority<br /> 1:12:17 - Wrapping up</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://unchained.com/concierge/">Unchained</a></p> <p><a href="https://river.com/tftc">River</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc">CrowdHealth</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bitcointalent.co/">Bitcoin Talent Co</a></p> <p>TFTC Merch is Available:</p> <p><a href="https://merch.tftc.io/">Shop Now</a></p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:</p> <p>Main <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">YT Channel</a></p> <p>Clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">YT Channel</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/">Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">Instagram</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">Newsletter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">Podcast</a></p>
#411: How OnRamp is Bringing Bitcoin Multisig to Financial Products with Michael Tanguma & Jesse Meyers
<p>Marty sits down with Michael Tanguma and Jesse Meyers to talk about OnRamp.</p> <p>Check out OnRamp: http://onrampbitcoin.com/</p> <p>Michael on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MTanguma</p> <p>Jesse on Twitter: https://twitter.com/croesus_btc</p> <p>0:00 - Intro<br /> 5:26 - Marty's chair is stolen<br /> 7:11 - OnRamp's use case and problems to solve<br /> 14:28 - Legal structure of OnRamp<br /> 19:30 - Difficulty in educating on self custody<br /> 31:10 - Decentralized control<br /> 41:55 - How will OnRamp's launch impact the market?<br /> 51:59 - The adoption curve<br /> 55:01 - Qualified custodians vs collaborative custody<br /> 1:00:36 - A new industry model<br /> 1:10:16 - OnRamp's educational mission<br /> 1:20:20 - OnRamp's content platform and new podcast<br /> 1:26:27 - Plugs </p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://unchained.com/concierge/">Unchained</a></p> <p><a href="https://river.com/tftc">River</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc">CrowdHealth</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bitcointalent.co/">Bitcoin Talent Co</a></p> <p>TFTC Merch is Available:</p> <p><a href="https://merch.tftc.io/">Shop Now</a></p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:</p> <p>Main <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">YT Channel</a></p> <p>Clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">YT Channel</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/">Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">Instagram</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">Newsletter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">Podcast</a></p>
#410: The Fed Is Trying To Bring Down The European Banks with Tom Luongo
<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Tom Luongo to discuss the role the banking crisis plays in the inter-cabal squabble.</p> <p>Tom Luongo on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TFL1728</p> <p>Tom's website: https://tomluongo.me/</p> <p>8:14 - What the hell is going on?<br /> 13:08 - Communicating ideas<br /> 20:04 - Intentions of the Fed and big American banks<br /> 31:39 - Europe in trouble as rates raise<br /> 38:41 - Pivot to BRICS<br /> 42:20 - FIMA<br /> 47:52 - Keeping a finger on the pulse<br /> 51:03 - Multi-vector attack on America<br /> 55:36 - Trump's indictment and the need for trust<br /> 58:37 - Tom's take on Bitcoin<br /> 1:02:01 - Stablecoins<br /> 1:04:48 - Can the Fed fix what they've created?<br /> 1:15:17 - Shaping reality with headlines<br /> 1:17:08 - Credit where credit is due<br /> 1:20:03 - The Fed on Bitcoin and crypto<br /> 1:25:06 - Congealed energy<br /> 1:28:51 - Keep your eggs in more baskets</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://unchained.com/concierge/">Unchained Capital</a></p> <p><a href="https://river.com/tftc">River</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc">CrowdHealth</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bitcointalent.co/">Bitcoin Talent Co</a></p> <p>TFTC Merch is Available:</p> <p><a href="https://merch.tftc.io/">Shop Now</a></p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:</p> <p>Main <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">YT Channel</a></p> <p>Clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">YT Channel</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/">Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">Instagram</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">Newsletter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">Podcast</a></p>
#409: Talking Value 4 Value with the Podfather Adam Curry
<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Adam Curry to discuss Podcasting 2.0, Value 4 Value, Bitcoin, energy, culture, and much more.</p> <p>Adam Curry on Twitter: https://twitter.com/adamcurry</p> <p>No Agenda Show: https://www.noagendashow.net/</p> <p>Pod<br /> 8:57 - Opening Riff<br /> 14:51 - Information Freedom<br /> 18:57 - Bitcoin responsibility and remembering your keys<br /> 24:19 - Patriot Act 2.0 and thinking local<br /> 28:25 - Mining and energy<br /> 38:30 - Trans politics and transhumanism<br /> 52:41 - Nostr<br /> 55:50 - v4v<br /> 1:08:43 - Joe Rogan<br /> 1:13:23 - Go make children<br /> 1:15:50 - Modern dating<br /> 1:18:08 - Comedy mothership<br /> 1:21:22 - Elon, CBDCs and AI<br /> 1:33:27 - Habla<br /> 1:36:00 - Self hosting and running nodes<br /> 1:38:56 - v4v electric boogaloo<br /> 1:46:29 - Thank God for Bitcoin<br /> 1:54:59 - No Agenda<br /> 1:58:59 - These timestamps took a lot of condensing<br /> 2:00:11 - Drugs, digital and pharmaceutical<br /> 2:08:05 - v4v thunderdome<br /> 2:29:12 - Truth For The Commoner<br /> 2:30:56 - Meetups<br /> 2:30:58 - We're gonna win</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://unchained.com/concierge/">Unchained Capital</a></p> <p><a href="https://river.com/tftc">River</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc">CrowdHealth</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bitcointalent.co/">Bitcoin Talent Co</a></p> <p>TFTC Merch is Available:</p> <p><a href="https://merch.tftc.io/">Shop Now</a></p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:</p> <p>Main <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">YT Channel</a></p> <p>Clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">YT Channel</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/">Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">Instagram</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">Newsletter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">Podcast</a></p>
#408: The Truth About Renewable Energy with Brian Gitt
<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Brian Gitt to discuss the flawed ideological approach behind ESG mandates and renewable energies.</p> <p>Brian Gitt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianGitt</p> <p>Brian's website: https://briangitt.com/</p> <p>5:23 - California emissions and electric cars<br /> 14:08 - Material supply for EVs<br /> 16:21 - California's oil hypocrisy<br /> 21:15 - EGS mandates don't preserve environment or help human life<br /> 27:06 - Nuclear safety<br /> 32:48 - Small modular reactors<br /> 48:52 - Wind and solar subsidies<br /> 52:52 - Ranting on batteries<br /> 55:08 - Unreliable and inefficient renewables<br /> 1:04:05 - Top down ideological policy<br /> 1:09:27 - Regulations are the root of the problem<br /> 1:14:11 - Questioning beliefs and educating<br /> 1:19:25 - Money and energy are the backbone<br /> 1:25:23 - Speaking out<br /> 1:29:56 - Plugs, wrapping up</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://unchained.com/concierge/">Unchained Capital</a></p> <p><a href="https://river.com/tftc">River</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc">CrowdHealth</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bitcointalent.co/">Bitcoin Talent Co</a></p> <p>TFTC Merch is Available:</p> <p><a href="https://merch.tftc.io/">Shop Now</a></p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:</p> <p>Main <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">YT Channel</a></p> <p>Clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">YT Channel</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/">Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">Instagram</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">Newsletter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">Podcast</a></p>
#407: FedNow is not a CBDC with Matthew Mežinskis
<p>Sitting down with Matthew Mežinskis to discuss the Q4 2022 Monetary Base update, the banking crisis, CBDCs, and more</p> <p>Follow Matthew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/crypto_voices</p> <p>9:14 - Q4 update, just in time for Q1<br /> 13:32 - Bitcoin price<br /> 22:29 - The results of raising interest<br /> 24:42 - Bond duration risk<br /> 32:30 - QE5<br /> 34:40 - Choke Point 2.0<br /> 38:14 - Balaji's price prediction<br /> 46:53 - FedNow<br /> 55:04 - CDBC destroying big banks<br /> 1:00:09 - US state rights<br /> 1:05:21 - Flaring natural gas<br /> 1:11:00 - Blood in the water, Bitcoin is the way out<br /> 1:19:18 - Custodia Bank<br /> 1:27:17 - Black markets and civil disobedience<br /> 1:31:09 - Monetary base<br /> 1:39:09 - Back to CBDCs<br /> 1:45:33 - Bitcoin's rank in monetary base<br /> 1:47:22 - We're gonna win<br /> 1:59:39 - Gold and Silver<br /> 2:06:19 - Wrapping up</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://unchained.com/concierge/">Unchained Capital</a></p> <p><a href="https://river.com/tftc">River</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc">CrowdHealth</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bitcointalent.co/">Bitcoin Talent Co</a></p> <p>TFTC Merch is Available:</p> <p><a href="https://merch.tftc.io/">Shop Now</a></p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:</p> <p>Main <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">YT Channel</a></p> <p>Clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">YT Channel</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/">Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">Instagram</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">Newsletter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">Podcast</a></p>
#406: Debt-Based Colonialism and Structural Adjustment with Alex Gladstein
<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Alex Gladstein to discuss how the IMF and World Bank harness debt to funnel resources from poor nations to rich ones.</p> <p>Alex's article on Bitcoin Magazine: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/imf-world-bank-repress-poor-countries</p> <p>Alex's Essays: https://alexgladstein.com/</p> <p>Alex Gladstein at HRF: https://hrf.org/team/alex-gladstein/</p> <p>5:26 - In town for SXSW talking about CFA franc<br /> 10:06 - Colonial exploitation<br /> 17:21 - Transfer of control of energy<br /> 19:51 - Outsourcing the cost<br /> 28:24 - The unrecorded losses<br /> 36:38 - Structural Adjustment<br /> 42:36 - What it could look like without the current system<br /> 49:32 - Double standard<br /> 52:51 - Bitcoin fixes this<br /> 1:01:13 - No political solution<br /> 1:04:16 - Odious debt<br /> 1:10:10 - Biological effect of wage deflation<br /> 1:12:30 - Bitcoin fixes this - again<br /> 1:20:00 - Wrapping up</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://unchained.com/concierge/">Unchained Capital</a></p> <p><a href="https://river.com/tftc">River</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc">CrowdHealth</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bitcointalent.co/">Bitcoin Talent Co</a></p> <p>TFTC Merch is Available:</p> <p><a href="https://merch.tftc.io/">Shop Now</a></p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:</p> <p>Main <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">YT Channel</a></p> <p>Clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">YT Channel</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/">Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">Instagram</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">Newsletter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">Podcast</a></p>
#405: The Biden Laptop Report with Garrett Ziegler
<p>Sitting down with Garrett Ziegler to discuss the Biden laptop.</p> <p>Follow Marco Polo on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarcoPolo501c3</p> <p>5:26 - Investigating the Biden family<br /> 14:53 - Firsthand sources<br /> 17:20 - Foreign interests<br /> 26:54 - Hunter the political whore<br /> 29:31 - Not a democrat/republican issue<br /> 34:58 - Legal action against the laptop shop<br /> 38:45 - Fake info<br /> 41:41 - Plausibility of forgetting the laptop<br /> 45:06 - Laundering money through Ukraine VC<br /> 48:51 - Joe is the main story<br /> 52:28 - IPhone backup<br /> 56:33 - What are intentions of the agencies?<br /> 58:23 - Joe's dementia<br /> 1:01:24 - What can be done<br /> 1:05:05 - What Americans should take away<br /> 1:07:55 - Secret daughters<br /> 1:09:52 - Gerontocracy<br /> 1:15:36 - Hope for the future<br /> 1:18:16 - International trade<br /> 1:22:46 - Climate nonsense<br /> 1:26:06 - Truth For The Commoner<br /> 1:31:42 - Garrett won't apologize<br /> 1:34:24 - Wrap up/plugs</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://unchained.com/concierge/">Unchained Capital</a></p> <p><a href="https://river.com/tftc">River</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc">CrowdHealth</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bitcointalent.co/">Bitcoin Talent Co</a></p> <p>TFTC Merch is Available:</p> <p><a href="https://merch.tftc.io/">Shop Now</a></p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:</p> <p>Main <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">YT Channel</a></p> <p>Clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">YT Channel</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/">Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">Instagram</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">Newsletter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">Podcast</a></p>
#404: Thinking Beyond the Crowd with Konstantin Kisin
<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Konstantin Kisin to discuss woke culture, covid hysteria, comedy, Ukraine, and more.</p> <p>Follow Konstantin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/KonstantinKisin</p> <p>Check out Triggernometry https://www.youtube.com/c/Triggerpod</p> <p>6:06 - Thinking beyond the crowd<br /> 9:08 - The democratic response to Covid<br /> 14:57 - The next few years will shape the next half century<br /> 20:05 - Flaws in Bitcoin<br /> 27:13 - Escaping the Current Thing dichotomy<br /> 32:24 - Generational differences<br /> 36:51 - Calming the urgency to assess<br /> 45:51 - Comedy<br /> 49:41 - State of the UK<br /> 51:21 - People are tiring of woke culture<br /> 52:54 - Ukraine<br /> 1:04:54 - Baltic history<br /> 1:09:00 - Hong Kong<br /> 1:11:13 - Dangers of nihilism<br /> 1:16:21 - Plugs and wrapping up</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://unchained.com/concierge/">Unchained Capital</a></p> <p><a href="https://river.com/tftc">River</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc">CrowdHealth</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bitcointalent.co/">Bitcoin Talent Co</a></p> <p>TFTC Merch is Available:</p> <p><a href="https://merch.tftc.io/">Shop Now</a></p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:</p> <p>Main <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">YT Channel</a></p> <p>Clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">YT Channel</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/">Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">Instagram</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">Newsletter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">Podcast</a></p>
#403: Dissecting the Banking Crisis with Parker Lewis
<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Parker Lewis to break down the causes of the banking crisis from first principles.</p> <p>Follow Parker on Twitter: https://twitter.com/parkeralewis</p> <p>9:15 - Is it happening?<br /> 11:40 - The Fed caused bank failures, not crypto<br /> 19:15 - SVB balance sheet<br /> 24:49 - History of bank cash assets<br /> 30:07 - How QE is done without QE<br /> 38:51 - The cycles accelerate every time<br /> 44:52 - The system is built for moral hazard<br /> 49:39 - Trust in traditional money is failing<br /> 57:06 - Will Bitcoin be blamed?<br /> 1:00:54 - Bitcoiners shouldn't waste their time<br /> 1:03:42 - Bitcoin's most important next steps<br /> 1:09:57 - Bitcoin Takeover<br /> 1:13:34 - Bitcoin is more important than ever<br /> 1:18:12 - QE5 is here<br /> 1:23:13 - Wrapping up</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://unchained.com/concierge/">Unchained Capital</a></p> <p><a href="https://river.com/tftc">River</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc">CrowdHealth</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bitcointalent.co/">Bitcoin Talent Co</a></p> <p>TFTC Merch is Available:</p> <p><a href="https://merch.tftc.io/">Shop Now</a></p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:</p> <p>Main <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">YT Channel</a></p> <p>Clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">YT Channel</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/">Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">Instagram</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">Newsletter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">Podcast</a></p>
#402: The Fed Is Losing Money with Lyn Alden
<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Lyn Alden to discuss the state of the Federal Reserve and inflation.</p> <p>Follow Lyn on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LynAldenContact</p> <p>7:12 - The myth of inflation and unemployment<br /> 13:39 - The problem with CPI as a metric<br /> 21:59 - Does the US have the fiscal capability to handle Fed policy?<br /> 26:04 - Nations abandoning USD reserve<br /> 31:30 - Bitcoin not yet big enough to settle international trade<br /> 34:07 - Lyn's view on current bitcoin<br /> 38:03 - Fedi pools and other centralizing factors<br /> 41:06 - Emerging markets driving adoption<br /> 44:44 - Supply side issues<br /> 47:38 - Fed unprofitable<br /> 51:39 - Glimmers of hope<br /> 55:52 - Will energy policy change?<br /> 1:08:58 - War drums<br /> 1:13:30 - Highlighting the solutions through Bitcoin<br /> 1:15:41 - Fed blindspots<br /> 1:20:16 - Wrapping up, plugs</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://unchained.com/concierge/">Unchained Capital</a></p> <p><a href="https://river.com/tftc">River</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc">CrowdHealth</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bitcointalent.co/">Bitcoin Talent Co</a></p> <p>TFTC Merch is Available:</p> <p><a href="https://merch.tftc.io/">Shop Now</a></p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:</p> <p>Main <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">YT Channel</a></p> <p>Clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">YT Channel</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/">Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">Instagram</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">Newsletter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">Podcast</a></p>
#401: Inflation Hitting The Real Estate Market and Bitcoin Urbanism with Kelly Lannan
<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Kelly Lannan to discuss the condition of infrastructure and the real estate market during this period of inflation, as well as Bitcoin Urbanism.</p> <p>Follow Kelly on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ktlannan</p> <p>9:55 - Riffing on infrastructure</p> <p>17:18 - Current condition of real estate</p> <p>22:43 - Marty asks question, are we in the eye of the storm?</p> <p>27:04 - New home buyers are screwed</p> <p>32:44 - Stopping the cycle with bitcoin</p> <p>35:51 - Inflation is real, believe your lying eyes</p> <p>45:42 - Debt slavery</p> <p>49:03 - No man's land</p> <p>50:46 - Hyperinflation looks near</p> <p>56:57 - Diverting attention</p> <p>1:01:18 - Bitcoin Urbanism</p> <p>1:13:59 - Real estate is a shitcoin</p> <p>1:16:14 - Strong Towns</p> <p>1:19:08 - 15 Minute Cities</p> <p>1:30:06 - The state of digital tech masks how bad it is</p> <p>1:38:08 - California's decline</p> <p>1:45:19 - Bitcoin fixes this</p> <p>1:51:26 - Building on bitcoin</p> <p>1:56:22 - Bullish vibes, plugs, wrapping up</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://unchained.com/concierge/">Unchained Capital</a></p> <p><a href="https://river.com/tftc">River</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc">CrowdHealth</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bitcointalent.co/">Bitcoin Talent Co</a></p> <p>TFTC Merch is Available:</p> <p><a href="https://merch.tftc.io/">Shop Now</a></p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:</p> <p>Main <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">YT Channel</a></p> <p>Clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">YT Channel</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/">Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">Instagram</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">Newsletter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">Podcast</a></p>
#400: We're Gonna Win Against Broken Money and Broken Culture with @sovereignbrah
<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Chase, AKA Sovereign Brah, to discuss broken money, degenerate culture, energy, Bitcoin, and God.</p> <p>Follow Chase on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sovereignbrah</p> <p>0:00 - Intro<br /> 5:37 - Divine Synchronicity<br /> 12:57 - Children are artillery against degenerate culture<br /> 20:58 - Broken money<br /> 27:03 - Debt slavery<br /> 31:30 - Threats to mining<br /> 35:39 - Future of Texas<br /> 38:19 - Ed Dowd's theory<br /> 42:33 - Awakening NPCs<br /> 51:48 - Blackpilled on leaders<br /> 54:35 - Whitepilled on Bitcoin<br /> 59:49 - Streaming sats<br /> 1:06:31 - Censorship resistance<br /> 1:13:44 - We're gonna win<br /> 1:20:35 - Who are we up against?<br /> 1:34:58 - Spreading the word<br /> 1:41:16 - Don't be a coomer<br /> 1:43:29 - Energy humiliation<br /> 1:48:11 - Carbon<br /> 1:54:37 - Nuclear<br /> 2:00:35 - Beef Initiative<br /> 2:01:51 - Wrapping up</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://unchained.com/concierge/">Unchained Capital</a></p> <p><a href="https://river.com/tftc">River</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc">CrowdHealth</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bitcointalent.co/">Bitcoin Talent Co</a></p> <p>TFTC Merch is Available:</p> <p><a href="https://merch.tftc.io/">Shop Now</a></p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:</p> <p>Main <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">YT Channel</a></p> <p>Clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">YT Channel</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/">Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">Instagram</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">Newsletter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">Podcast</a></p>
#399: Bitcoin Mining is Igniting an Engineering Renaissance with Rete and Isaac from Cathedra
<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Rete Browning and Isaac Fithian from Cathedra to discuss the origins of off-grid bitcoin mining, their findings on over/underclocking ASICs, and the direction the mining industry is headed.</p> <p>Check out Cathedra: https://www.cathedra.com/</p> <p>7:38 - Great American Mining: Origins<br /> 18:24 - The state of off grid mining<br /> 22:17 - Designing for diverse domains<br /> 24:01 - Deadly details<br /> 31:09 - Pioneer challenges<br /> 34:57 - Applying bitcoin and mining everywhere<br /> 39:52 - Cathedra research on over/underclocking<br /> 48:29 - How heat affects chips<br /> 53:34 - Finding the sweet spot<br /> 56:47 - The future of mining and energy<br /> 1:12:55 - Changing the ASIC market<br /> 1:19:40 - Bullish vibes, creating an engineering renaissance<br /> 1:31:27 - Wrapping up </p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://unchained.com/concierge/">Unchained Capital</a></p> <p><a href="https://river.com/tftc">River</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc">CrowdHealth</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bitcointalent.co/">Bitcoin Talent Co</a></p> <p>TFTC Merch is Available:</p> <p><a href="https://merch.tftc.io/">Shop Now</a></p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:</p> <p>Main <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">YT Channel</a></p> <p>Clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">YT Channel</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/">Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">Instagram</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">Newsletter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">Podcast</a></p>
#398: Replit, AI, and Bitcoin with Amjad Masad
<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Amjad Masad to discuss Replit, why AI is not to be feared, and how it merges with Bitcoin to provide hope. </p> <p>Follow Amjad on Twitter: https://twitter.com/amasad<br /> Check out Replit: https://replit.com/ </p> <p>5:43- The beginning of Replit<br /> 13:46 - Replit's utility<br /> 15:34 - Replit's goals<br /> 22:03 - The marriage of bounties, bitcoin and AI<br /> 29:09 - Stakwork<br /> 31:37 - Is AI a Pandora's Box?<br /> 41:09 - AI impact on workforce<br /> 44:55 - Incoming social changes<br /> 53:01 - Bitcoin is hope, the way out must be built<br /> 58:17 - What's needed to drive bitcoin adoption?</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://unchained.com/concierge/">Unchained Capital</a></p> <p><a href="https://river.com/tftc">River</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc">CrowdHealth</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bitcointalent.co/">Bitcoin Talent Co</a></p> <p>TFTC Merch is Available:</p> <p><a href="https://merch.tftc.io/">Shop Now</a></p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:</p> <p>Main <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">YT Channel</a></p> <p>Clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">YT Channel</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/">Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">Instagram</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">Newsletter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">Podcast</a></p>
#397: Nostr and Lightning Are The Real Web 3.0 with Myles Snider
<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Myles Snider for a very bullish discussion of Nostr and the Lightning Network.</p> <p>Check out <a href="https://kollider.xyz/">Kollider</a></p> <p>8:40 - Nostr's improved a lot<br /> 17:16 - The business opportunity of Nostr<br /> 19:46 - What makes a good relay?<br /> 24:15 - Nostr+LN is the real web 3.0<br /> 34:30 - Myles's background<br /> 37:35 - Proof of Stake is bad for the soul<br /> 44:28 - Finding LN<br /> 50:35 - Kollider<br /> 1:07:42 - Ordinals<br /> 1:18:37 - Bullish on lightning<br /> 1:35:46 - Nostr wishlist<br /> 1:42:53 - Wrapping up</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://unchained.com/concierge/">Unchained Capital</a></p> <p><a href="https://river.com/tftc">River</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc">CrowdHealth</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bitcointalent.co/">Bitcoin Talent Co</a></p> <p>TFTC Merch is Available:</p> <p><a href="https://merch.tftc.io/">Shop Now</a></p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:</p> <p>Main <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">YT Channel</a></p> <p>Clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">YT Channel</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/">Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">Instagram</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">Newsletter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">Podcast</a></p>
#396: How To Get Hired In Bitcoin with Bitcoin Talent Co.
<p>Join Marty has he sits down with Andy Thompson and Michael Tanguma from Bitcoin Talent Co. to discuss the process of finding talented individuals to work for bitcoin companies.</p> <p><a href="https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/bitcoin-talent-co/cd3c7ef9-139b-464e-acec-73b24caa340e?utm_source=martybent">Apply with Bitcoin Talent Co </a><br /> Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/theandytee">Andy</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/MTanguma">Michael</a> on Twitter </p> <p>6:52 - Andy's background<br /> 11:00 - Bitcoin's intellectual capital bottleneck<br /> 14:55 - Reaching out for talent<br /> 20:14 - Understanding bitcoiners offers an edge<br /> 23:06 - Education<br /> 27:42 - Recruiters are the first laid off<br /> 29:46 - Recruiting pains in rapidly growing companies<br /> 32:09 - Back to education<br /> 36:25 - Crediting contributors<br /> 40:24 - Addressing concerns of bitcoin being too niche<br /> 44:15 - Everyone's going to need bitcoin knowledge<br /> 49:10 - BTCo just launched, what's next?<br /> 51:22 - The design bounty<br /> 52:56 - Comparison to jobs boards and general recruitment industry<br /> 59:38 - Common blunders in recruiting<br /> 1:05:25 - HEY YOU! Get a bitcoin job!<br /> 1:07:01 - Final thoughts </p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://unchained.com/concierge/">Unchained Capital</a></p> <p><a href="https://river.com/tftc">River</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc">CrowdHealth</a></p> <p>TFTC Merch is Available:</p> <p><a href="https://merch.tftc.io/">Shop Now</a></p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:</p> <p>Main <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">YT Channel</a></p> <p>Clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">YT Channel</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/">Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">Instagram</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">Newsletter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">Podcast</a></p>
#395: How The Jabs Killed Gut Health with Dr. Sabine Hazan
<p>Join Marty has he sits down with Dr. Sabine Hazan to discuss microbiomes, the damaged caused to gut health by both Covid and the vaccine, and standing up for the truth.</p> <p>Follow Dr. Hazan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SabinehazanMD</p> <p>Check out Progenabiome: https://progenabiome.com/</p> <p>Dr. Hazan's book: https://letstalkshit.org/</p> <p>6:31 - Broad explanation of microbiomes<br /> 11:11 - Observations during Covid<br /> 17:17 - Jabs kill microbiome<br /> 21:16 - Trusting compliant messengers over dissonant doctors<br /> 28:47 - Humanity medically shot itself in the foot<br /> 31:13 - How to regrow (and technical hiccups)<br /> 33:14 - Freedom and truth<br /> 40:06 - Keeping your body healthy<br /> 46:43 - Wrapping up, plugs </p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://unchained.com/concierge/">Unchained Capital</a></p> <p><a href="https://river.com/tftc">River</a></p> <p>TFTC Merch is Available:</p> <p><a href="https://merch.tftc.io/">Shop Now</a></p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:</p> <p>Main <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">YT Channel</a></p> <p>Clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">YT Channel</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/">Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">Instagram</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">Newsletter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">Podcast</a></p>
#394: Warrior Cultures, True Friendship, Bitcoin and Austrian Economics with Aleks Svetski
<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Aleks Svetski to discuss vol. 5 of The Bitcoin Times, as well as the impact modernity has had on male bonds, the values Bitcoiners should instill in the future, and narrowing focus as one gets older.</p> <p>Follow Svetski on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SvetskiWrites</p> <p>Check out The Bitcoin Times: https://bitcointimes.io/</p> <p>Pod<br /> 5:22 - The time for wandering is over<br /> 8:08 - Defining friendship<br /> 12:06 - The bonds of warrior cultures<br /> 15:29 - Bushido of Bitcoin<br /> 17:58 - The impact of schooling<br /> 23:11 - Quality over quantity, the value of restraint<br /> 30:13 - Moral corruption<br /> 40:35 - The Bitcoin Times vol. 5: The Austrian Edition<br /> 48:47 - Next edition: Energy<br /> 54:40 - Climate LARPing and "sustainable" energy<br /> 1:05:53 - Order and entropy<br /> 1:08:24 - The Twitter hazard<br /> 1:10:51 - Narrowing focus<br /> 1:16:33 - How to sell running a node<br /> 1:23:52 - Plugs</p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://unchained.com/concierge/">Unchained Capital</a></p> <p><a href="https://river.com/tftc">River</a></p> <p>TFTC Merch is Available:</p> <p><a href="https://merch.tftc.io/">Shop Now</a></p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:</p> <p>Main <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">YT Channel</a></p> <p>Clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">YT Channel</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/">Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">Instagram</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">Newsletter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">Podcast</a></p>
#393: Value 4 Value Music with Sam & Michael from Wavlake
<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Sam Means and Michael Rhee to discuss Wavlake, the current issues with the music industry, and how to orange pill people with cool products. </p> <p>Follow them on Twitter:<br /> <a href="https://twitter.com/sammeans">https://twitter.com/sammeans</a><br /> <a href="https://twitter.com/rheedio">https://twitter.com/rheedio</a><br /> <a href="https://twitter.com/wavlake">https://twitter.com/wavlake</a> </p> <p>Check out Wavlake:<br /> <a href="https://wavlake.com/">https://wavlake.com/</a> </p> <p>Check out Lightning Store:<br /> <a href="https://lightning.store/">https://lightning.store/</a></p> <p>6:14 - Technical issues right out the gate<br /> 8:04 - Artist monetization struggles<br /> 11:43 - Wavlake explained<br /> 15:02 - The publishing company model<br /> 19:48 - V4V audience interaction<br /> 21:56 - V4V artist profit<br /> 25:01 - Other models to integrate<br /> 29:17 - Building a music index<br /> 33:17 - Changing the artist mindset<br /> 38:34 - Podcasts vs music<br /> 43:50 - Orange pilling through music<br /> 46:38 - Nostr<br /> 57:41 - Artists are sick of the current model<br /> 1:03:07 - Playing the slow game<br /> 1:06:50 - Wavlake causing incentive change<br /> 1:10:56 - Using V4V to improve recommendations<br /> 1:13:16 - Future of LN<br /> 1:17:20 - V4V boosts are growing in general<br /> 1:22:54 - Lightning store<br /> 1:28:15 - Plugs and final thoughts </p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://unchained.com/concierge/">Unchained Capital</a></p> <p><a href="https://river.com/tftc">River</a></p> <p>TFTC Merch is Available:</p> <p><a href="https://merch.tftc.io/">Shop Now</a></p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:</p> <p>Main <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">YT Channel</a></p> <p>Clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">YT Channel</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/">Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">Instagram</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">Newsletter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">Podcast</a></p>
#392: Resisting Online Surveillance with Viktor from IVPN
<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Viktor from IVPN to discuss online privacy and the surveillance traps set by online companies, including most VPNs. </p> <p>Follow Viktor on Twitter: https://twitter.com/vonthedock </p> <p>Check out IVPN: https://www.ivpn.net/</p> <p>6:10 - VPN convention<br /> 10:42 - VPNs explained<br /> 16:23 - VPN traps<br /> 19:23 - TOR<br /> 23:10 - Running your own VPN<br /> 26:30 - Vetting VPN services<br /> 35:23 - Wireguard<br /> 39:28 - Paying for a VPN privately<br /> 42:09 - LN privacy and Monero<br /> 45:33 - Fedimint<br /> 53:14 - Viktor's story, don't be a coomer<br /> 1:05:55 - Attacks on IVPN<br /> 1:07:59 - How the current internet makes VPNs necessary<br /> 1:12:22 - Expanding IVPN<br /> 1:17:34 - State attack vectors on VPNs<br /> 1:22:50 - Final thoughts<br /> 1:26:02 - Plugs </p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://unchained.com/concierge/">Unchained Capital</a></p> <p><a href="https://river.com/tftc">River</a></p> <p>TFTC Merch is Available:</p> <p><a href="https://merch.tftc.io/">Shop Now</a></p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:</p> <p>Main <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">YT Channel</a></p> <p>Clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">YT Channel</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/">Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">Instagram</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">Newsletter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">Podcast</a></p>
#391: The Epidemic of Sudden Deaths with Ed Dowd
<p>Join Marty as he sits down with Ed Dowd to discuss excess deaths in recent times, the ever changing narratives surrounding Covid and the jabs, and how to move forward as the credibility of institutions crumbles. </p> <p>Find Ed's book <a href="https://www.skyhorsepublishing.com/9781510776395/cause-unknown/">here</a> </p> <p>5:10 - Update on findings in the last 10 months<br /> 10:29 - The censorship is obvious now<br /> 12:29 - What is the censorship hiding?<br /> 15:26 - Continuous jabs seem to only make things worse<br /> 17:43 - Making peace after the social conflict<br /> 20:50 - Collapsing workforce<br /> 23:37 - The deaths are getting conspicuous<br /> 28:42 - The system may be preparing for a takeover<br /> 33:05 - Bitcoin and its psyop impersonators<br /> 35:40 - Hedge fund<br /> 38:05 - Opportunities for entrepreneurs<br /> 40:04 - Everyone's on medication<br /> 45:29 - Will the NPCs ever catch on?<br /> 48:36 - Will the country start to fragment?<br /> 51:31 - Energy disaster<br /> 54:50 - Final thoughts </p> <p>Shoutout to our sponsors:</p> <p><a href="https://unchained.com/concierge/">Unchained Capital</a></p> <p><a href="https://river.com/tftc">River</a></p> <p>TFTC Merch is Available:</p> <p><a href="https://merch.tftc.io/">Shop Now</a></p> <p>Join the TFTC Movement:</p> <p>Main <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos">YT Channel</a></p> <p>Clips <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ">YT Channel</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/">Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/tftc21">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/">Instagram</a></p> <p>Follow Marty Bent:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/martybent">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/martys-bent/">Newsletter</a></p> <p><a href="https://tftc.io/podcasts/">Podcast</a></p>