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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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#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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#502: How Bitcoin Fixes Elections with Carliño
Marty sits down with Carliño to discuss the events that led to Simple Proof and bitcoin being used to verify Guatemala's election.
Carliño on Twitter: https://twitter.com/carlostoriello
Digital Witness: https://digitalwitness.io
Find Carliño on Nostr: npub14advhxua8w78gl2z7q8c4s20htxkzq4cu5mhj34ep0puf7smyqzszrd7qq
0:00 - Intro5:05 - Riffing9:24 - Poverty is the enemy15:57 - Getting OFAC listed and discovering bitcoin24:03 - Austrian influence and the state of Guatemala29:21 - Events leading to Simple Proof42:31 - Simple Proof in practice49:09 - Utilizing Stakwork54:39 - Mitigating bias1:00:05 - After the election1:09:04 - Funneling gamified auditors to bitcoin1:14:09 - Next elections and implementing in American counties1:26:05 - Election statistics, bleep the thing1:31:39 - Reciepts of truth1:39:18 - Darkest before the dawn
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#501: Bitcoin Mining Pools Are Critically Centralized with Matt Corallo
Marty sits down with Matt Corallo to discuss the Antpool situation and how the centralization issue can be solved.
Matt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheBlueMatt
0:00 - Intro
1:27 - The pool problem
14:42 - Miners haven’t switched
22:04 - Miner priorities
27:38 - Taking action
40:11 - Gradually, Then Suddenly
40:50 - Addressing bias
42:59 - Is switching difficult?
46:14 - Nuclear option if someone takes control
51:30 - Solutions
1:00:51 - Complacency
1:06:40 - Go test StratumV2
1:09:48 - Bitcoin success percentage and wrapping up
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#500: Investigating Fiat Food with Matthew Lysiak
Marty sits down with Matthew Lysiak to discuss his new book, Fiat Food.
Matthew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Matthewlysiak
Buy Fiat Food: https://academy.saifedean.com/product/fiat-food-hardcover/
0:00 - Intro
5:05 - Mass shootings and mental illness
9:58 - Origins of Fiat Food and The Saif House
15:04 - 7th Day Adventists and Kellogg
19:37 - How 1971 corrupted science
32:06 - Gradually, Then Suddenly
32:45 - Legacy media distortion
42:21 - Environmental guilt
48:48 - Heart health psyop and food pyramid
1:00:21 - Friends of the money printer
1:06:25 - Covid and food as methods of control
1:20:35 - Media defection
1:27:39 - Modern obesity
1:31:12 - Reception of the book
1:37:24 - Book plug
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#499: Debt Slavery and the Carbon Credit Coup with Whitney Webb and Mark Goodwin
Marty sits down with Whitney Webb and Mark Goodwin to discuss the latest methods employed by the digital panopticon.
Whitney on Twitter: https://twitter.com/_whitneywebb
Mark on Twitter: https://twitter.com/markgoodw_in
0:00 - Intro
5:05 - Explaining the article
13:33 - Satellogic
17:41 - Private/public cabal
26:51 - Steve Mnuchin
38:40 - Highlighting the public/private smokescreen
48:06 - Gradually, Then Suddenly
48:45 - RSK
57:34 - Carbon dictatorship
1:20:41 - Stablecoin mafia
1:36:08 - Preventing bitcoin’s corruption
1:50:40 - Bitcoin ethos whitepill
2:01:51 - Fear tactics and censorship
2:14:12 - Final thoughts
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#498: Musings Of A “Right Wing Radical” with Ben Braddock
Marty sits down with Ben Braddock to discuss everything from micro to macro.
Ben on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GraduatedBen
IM—1776: https://im1776.com/
0:00 - Intro5:05 - MS-138:13 - El Salvador and rule of law12:47 - Media control and narrative shifts30:51 - Covid lockdown’s financial motives36:35 - Places to escape to41:11 - Inflation is exhausting52:37 - MAID and spiritual starvation55:25 - They’re not sending their best1:02:16 - Gradually, Then Suddenly1:02:56 - Manosphere and nationalism1:14:54 - Connecting over distance1:22:35 - Cities and aesthetics1:34:10 - Environmentalism1:42:12 - IM—1776 and journalism1:48:46 - Politicians1:58:03 - Austin2:06:41 - California water cycle2:12:39 - Energy/mining1:18:31 - Competency crisis and price system interference2:36:47 - Eclipse and final thoughts
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