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TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast

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.

Copyright: © Marty Bent

Latest Episodes:

#571: We’re Gonna Buy Bitcoin And China Will Pay For It with Parker Lewis Jan 06, 2025

Show notes

Marty kicks off the new year with Parker Lewis.

Parker on Twitter: https://x.com/parkeralewis

0:00 - Intro

0:36 - Crossfit

2:27 - Recapping the debt problem

17:23 - Unchained & Fold

19:16 - Yield curve discrepancy

23:21 - DOGE can’t help much

30:00 - Zaprite & SOTE

31:32 - Trump’s plans and the Fed

48:40 - Bitcoin and inflation are insufficiently understood

1:10:29 - H1B psyop and Sam Hyde

1:15:25 - Silicon Valley mindset

1:21:08 - We’re gonna get Shane Gillis

1:30:04 - Countering Tucker’s CIA arguments

1:40:03 - Quantum tangent

1:42:59 - Crypto bananas

1:47:16 - Manifesting victory

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#570: Bitcoin's Path Is More Bullish Than Ever with Nik Bhatia Jan 03, 2025

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Marty sits down with Nik Bhatia to discuss his upcoming book and bitcoin's unprecedented setup in the macro environment.

Nik on Twitter: https://x.com/timevalueofbtc

Bitcoin Age: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DQK2RQ5J

Bitcoin Layer video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDAFY8rx-Kg

0:00 - Intro

0:36 - Strategic reserve

8:45 - Does bitcoin threaten the dollar?

12:51 - Bitcoin began more open than the internet did

16:40 - Unchained

17:41 - Strengthening America

21:31 - MSTR, buying bitcoin with new money

35:18 - - Zaprite & Sote

36:51 The investor-initiated chain

44:31 - How sustainable is the bond strategy?

52:31 - Bitcoin inside of sovereign bond structure

57:10 - Critics don’t see the wider context

1:03:31 - Bitcoin is the best survival tool

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#569: Building A Scaling Solution For Bitcoin With Alex Bergeron Dec 30, 2024

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Marty sits down with Alex Bergeron to discuss Ark Labs.

Alex on Twitter: https://x.com/bergealex4

Ark Labs: https://arklabs.to/

0:00 - Intro

0:36 - Will the strategic reserve stop soft forks?

15:50 - Unchained

16:50 - Ark

25:10 - Zaprite & SOTE

26:43 - How Ark works

1:03:57 - Product market fit

1:13:31- Things take time to build

1:20:31 - Meta protocols

1:26:35 - Wrap up

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#568: Building A Way Around Govt Digital ID with John Carvalho Dec 27, 2024

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Marty sits down with John Carvalho to discuss his BIP on bitcoin units and an update on Pubky.

Links:

https://pubky.app/

https://pubky.org/

https://x.com/BitcoinErrorLog

0:00 - Intro

0:36 - John's BIP

10:16 - Millisats

14:30 - Unchained

15:30 - Optimizing against govt controlled btc

22:30 - OP_VAULT and fork consensus

36:53 - Zaprite & SOTE

38:26 - Pubky

45:21 - Government digital ID

54:10 - Nostr's vs X vs Bluesky

1:00:00 - Why Nostr needs an ID solution

1:03:13 - Atomic Economy

1:08:08 - Tether

1:12:15 - Bitfinex stolen coins

1:14:13 - MSTR

1:21:20 - Core dev incentives

1:25:39 - John's hot take history

1:29:29 - Bluesky culture

1:33:15 - Giving people what they don’t know they want

1:35:52 - Wrapup

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#567: You’ve Been Lied To Your Whole Life! with WAR MODE Dec 23, 2024

Show notes

Marty and Will Cole sit down to orange pill Bill and Spud from WAR MODE.

WAR MODE: https://warmode.libsyn.com/

0:00 - Intro 0:36 - Here to be orange pilled 4:35 - Don’t F up the money 11:03 - Unchained 12:04 - Early bitcoin and basic value prop 17:07 - Inflation lies 25:09 - How we got to the modern system 31:19 - Zaprite & SOTE 32:52 - Bitcoin’s good for everyone and everything’s good for bitcoin 40:27 - Bitcoin, not blockchain 47:30 - Monetization & Triffin dilemma 50:21 - Mining, energy and the halving 56:52 - Fixing the money 1:00:38 - What miners and nodes do 1:10:42 - Emergent organization and early internet 1:15:01 - Bitcoin storage and risks of bank custody 1:24:32 - Big banks are far more criminal than bitcoin users 1:28:11 - The financial system is a web of lies 1:38:31 - Bitcoin is the white pill, it’s never too late 1:51:19 - F you money beats censorship 1:59:13 - The only winning move is to play 2:07:30 - Volatility - Weimar gold 2:09:11 - Bitcoin lending and regulatory attack 2:16:27 - China ban and Texas energy 2:21:41 - Q 2:23:54 - Divine intervention 2:28:52 - Conspiracy theories 2:34:49 - Freeing the enslaved American people

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Bitcoin Alpha E005: Why Quantum Computing Can't Kill Bitcoin with Matt Corallo Dec 20, 2024

Show notes

The Ten31 crew sit down with Matt Corallo to talk about Google's Willow quantum chip.

0:00 - Disclaimer

0:24 - Matt Corallo addresses the quantum chip scare

34:19 - Expected value calculation in quantum scenario

45:34 - Bitcoin MENA and nation state adoption

56:45 - Bitcoinization of finance

1:02:18 - MSTR

1:11:00 - Yield is a scary word in bitcoin

1:17:35 - 100k milestone

#566: Q3 2024 Monetary Base Update with Matthew Mežinskis Dec 18, 2024

Show notes

Marty sits down with Matthew Mežinskis to discuss the Q3 2024 monetary base update.

Matthew on Twitter: https://x.com/1basemoney

Porkopolis Economics: https://www.porkopolis.io/

0:00 - Intro

0:36- ATH, 4 currencies left in the way

4:50 - The Trump wave

10:44 - chart - Getting gold/btc on Fed balance sheet

24:20 - Unchained

25:11 - Optimally acquiring strategic reserve

30:38 - Zaprite & SOTE

32:11 - Triffin Dilemma and spending cuts

38:55 - How hard money helps central banks

43:23 - Yield curve/Fed policy mismatch

49:22 - Russian bitcoin

54:26 - Trump's cabinet and Scott Bessent

58:16 - Supercycle?

1:05:51 - Power curve

1:08:55 - Saylor's convertible notes

1:1545 - Base money

1:25:29 - Breton Woods 2.0?

1:42:30 - Fiat money exponential growth

1:46:44 - Job market

1:52:39 - Bitcoin Lindy effect

2:01:00 - Wrap up

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#565: Bitcoin Credit Innovations with Andrew Hohns Dec 16, 2024

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Marty sits down at PubKey with Andrew Hohns to discuss Battery Finance.

0:00 - Intro

0:36 - Squawk Box

4:27 - Why Andrew caught onto bitcoin

10:39 - Unchained

11:29 - Saylor’s dematerialization idea

15:45 - Supercharging real estate

25:09 - Zaprite & SOTE

26:42 - Adoptions cycles for borrowers

31:31 - Duration curve

38:24 - Bitcoin will be critical as other assets demonetize

40:50 - Loans result in long term hodl

46:23 - 100k significance & price prediction

54:39 - Custody question

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#564: Retiring Early With Bitcoin with Trey Sellers Dec 11, 2024

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Marty sits down with Trey Sellers to discuss how Unchained will be moving forward in light of the recent $100k breakthrough.

Trey on Twitter: https://x.com/ts_hodl

0:00 - Intro

0:36 - Marty on Tucker and Andrew Hohns on CNBC

3:59 - Guiding hodlers and pioneering collab custody

14:04 - Unchained

14:54 - 100k changes the frame

17:46 - Where does Unchained go next?

21:27 - Zaprite & SOTE

23:00 - Large capital bringing in the supercycle

26:57 - FIRE framework

41:30 - Signature white glove service

47:01 - The bitcoin rabbit hole cascade

49:15 - Lloyd Blankfein on bitcoin in geopolitics

52:43 - Bitcoin credit products

55:00 - Unchained event

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#563: Holding The Keys To Your Speech with Miljan Braticevic Dec 09, 2024

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Marty sits down with Miljan Braticevic to discuss Primal 2.0.

Miljan on Primal: https://primal.net/miljan

0:00 - Intro

0:36 - Nostr is more than social media

10:04 - Why Nostr is better

20:50 - Bitkey & Coinkite

23:10 - Building Primal with open source ethos

27:52 - Power user functionality

37:08 - Doomscroll algo vs custom feeds

44:53 - Zaprite & SOTE

46:26 - Nostr in the context of Elon’s site

51:23 - Nostr/bitcoin symbiosis and snowball adoption

1:02:00 - Fountain/Primal and how Nostr promotes cooperation

1:07:09 - Why openness will outcompete centralization

1:12:48 - Bitcoiners are the best set of users for Nostr to start on

1:21:10 - What will bring the suddenly moment?

1:26:21 - Get your legend status

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