TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast Marty Bent
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TFTC is a podcast hosted by Marty Bent about Bitcoin. Join Marty, Editor in Chief of "the best newsletter in Bitcoin", as he sits down to discuss Bitcoin with interesting people.
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#508: How The Government Is Killing Small Farms with Dustin Kittle
Marty sits down with Dustin Kittle to discuss how the Farm Credit Administration is destroying the family farm.
Dustin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dustinkittle
0:00 - Intro
0:50 - The farm credit system
9:28 - River & Unchained
10:44 - Dustin’s situation and the lenders’ liquidity crisis
20:51 - The people responsible?
26:19 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite
27:56 - Motivations and goals
33:15 - Ruthless tactics
39:51 - FCA’s integral role
48:26 - Last stand of the farmers
55:46 - Educating consumers and supporting farmers
1:01:19 - Herding us toward hyper-centralized food
1:08:44 - Next steps
1:12:09 - Wrapping on a monologue
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#507: How Live Nation Scams Artists and Their Fans with Sam Means & Michael Rhee
Marty sits down with Sam and Michael from Wavlake to discuss the magic of concerts and how Ticketbot can help loosen Live Nation's grip on the industry.
Sam on Twitter: https://x.com/sammeans
Michael on Twitter: https://x.com/rheedio
Wavlake: https://wavlake.com/
Wavlake app: https://app.wavlake.com/
0:00 - Intro
0:50- Opening riff
3:58 - Kendrick vs Drake
10:56 - River & Unchained
12:12 - Stories about music
33:11 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite
34:48 - The Live Nation problem
48:06 - Ticketbot
1:05:53 - Nostr’s pace of progress
1:22:06 - Overlooked elements of Nostr
1:29:23 - Come to Nashville!
1:33:23 - Wrapping on best concert
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#506: Q1 2024 Monetary Base Update with Matthew Mežinskis
Marty sits down once again with Matthew Mežinskis for the Q1 2024 monetary base update.
Matthew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/1basemoney
0:50 - Power law trend is trending
5:42 - Govt attacking bitcoin
11:47 - Sponsors 1
13:02 - US debt and inflation
24:27 - Monetary base vs hard assets
34:05 - Top 5 currencies
37:06 - M3
45:58 - Outside money
52:17 - Sponsors 2
53:54 - Monetized debt and MMT
1:05:57 - Late stage central planning
1:10:06 - Bitcoin free banking
1:13:51 - Bitcoin price chart
1:23:37 - Bitcoin network and fee market
1:30:28 - Antpool
1:39:56 - MineOne and nationalization of hash
1:50:23 - ASIC commodification
1:54:29 - Nukes and tyranny
2:04:23 - Last chart
2:08:28 - Final thoughts
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#505: Jerome Powell, Tether and Peak Oil with Tom Luongo
Tom Luongo returns once again to discuss geopolitics.
Tom on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TFL1728
Tom's Website: https://tomluongo.me/
0:00 - Intro
0:50 - Larry Fink
6:18 - Sovereigntists vs Davos
14:00 - Sponsors 1
15:16 - Powell’s domestic concerns
18:39 - Bank of Japan
25:22 - Gold
30:00 - Tether
34:40 - Tom’s hivemind
36:31 - Sponsors 2
38:08 - KYC
44:31 - Yuval Harari clip
49:23 - The cracks are showing
58:32 - Sound money
1:06:30 - Oil
1:15:35 - Throw out the spreadsheet
1:21:42 - Israel parallels with Russia
1:29:26 - Recognizing manipulation
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#504: Bitcoin Is More American Than The Dollar with Parker Lewis
Marty sits down with Parker Lewis to discuss how fiat money corrupts the structure of the US government and how bitcoin fixes this.
Parker on Twitter: https://twitter.com/parkeralewis
0:00 - Intro
0:50 - Welcome back to Tales From The Fridge
1:49 - US/Japan swap line
7:32 - Dollar is undermining the US
10:14 - Sponsors 1
11:30 - Framing bitcoin and the dollar correctly
17:37 - Importance of America’s government structure
26:59 - Hamilton describing the slippery slope
34:46 - Self-funding uniparty
41:44 - Sponsors 2
43:21 - Owning the frame
52:43 - How bitcoin decentralizes power
1:03:07 - Sticking to truth
1:14:00 - Final message
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#503: The Bitcoin Stack with Dhruv Bansal,Ryan Gentry & Allen Farrington
Marty sits down with Dhruv, Ryan and Allen to discuss their new article on decentralizing the internet with Bitcoin.
Dhruv on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dhruvbansal
Ryan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RyanTheGentry
Allen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/allenf32
0:00 - Intro
5:05 - Adding context
9:47 - Layer Zero
17:15 - Difficulty adjustment
23:32 - Layer One
32:42 - Layer Two - Lightning
43:31 - Gradually, Then Suddenly
44:10 - High layers improve low layers
50:40 - Unlocking the potential of lightning
55:40 - Design methodology
1:00:50 - Ordinals, out-of-band transactions
1:06:25 - Nostr
1:12:20 - Sphinx chat
1:17:24 - Ethereum’s backwards priorities
1:19:49 - AI interaction with bitcoin
1:25:09 - Unforseeable use cases
1:36:23 - Wrapping up
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