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Tales from the Crypt #66: Parker Lewis Apr 09, 2019

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Join Marty as he sits down with Parker Lewis, Head of Business Development at Unchained Capital, to discuss Unchained's mission and product suite, and reflect on the Federal Reserve's continuously shifting policy over the last twelve years. Parker's knowledge of what was going on at the Fed as the '07/'08 crisis was unfolding and during its aftermath is rare and something all of you freaks could learn from.

Follow Parker on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/parkeralewis

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Check out Unchained Capital: https://www.unchained-capital.com

Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2019.04.01 Apr 05, 2019

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This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- Eclair Correction

- Price talk

- Cumberland OTC desk 10+ bids over 1000 bitcoin on Monday - https://www.theblockcrypto.com/tiny/cumberlands-otc-desk-reports-mini-surge-of-large-btc-orders-in-a-single-hour-late-monday-night/

- Fee talk - https://twitter.com/matt_odell/status/1113949215829430275

- Nodl - https://twitter.com/matt_odell/status/1113806561921708032

- Boltz inbound capacity tool https://medium.com/boltzhq/announcing-the-first-boltz-release-6cb630701432

- Pierre inbound capacity tool https://lightningpowerusers.com/home/

- Veriblock ICO sold out in seconds - https://medium.com/@ambroidcrypto/veriblock-deep-dive-49c533e9c5e7

- Bitcoin 2019 Conference - https://www.bitcoin2019conference.com/

- BitBlockBoom Conference [Promo: RHR] - https://bitblockboom.com/

- NVT Signal - https://twitter.com/woonomic/status/1113971442801094658?s=19

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Tales from the Crypt #65: Johnny Dilley, Tom Garrambone & Matt Odell Apr 02, 2019

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Join Marty as he sits down with Johnny Dilley (Founder of Mempool Partners), Tom Garrambone (Founder of Tetras Capital), and Matt Odell (Bitcoiner) to have a roundtable discussion covering; Capitalism v. Socialism, Bitmain, 21co, nature, dinosaurs, what could kill Bitcoin, and much more.

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Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2019.03.25 Mar 29, 2019

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This week Marty and Matt Discuss:

- Coinbase, stake is on the menu

- Steve Barbour WSJ article

- BSV

- Bitmain IPO not happening

- ryanofsky PR merged

- Gemini bech32 + Blockstream explorer

- Eclair mainnet full release

- Craig Wright is a fraud

- Dream Market shutting down

- BitMex LN research

Shoutout to this week's sponsor, Unchained Capital. Head over to https://www.unchained-capital.com/vaults/?utm_source=Marty%20Bent&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_campaign=Vault%20Launch and check out their 2-of-3 multisig vault product. If you're in NYC on 4/1, head over to Galvanize to check out a live demo: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/unchained-multisig-vault-demo-tickets-59545962577

Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2019.03.18 Mar 21, 2019

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On this week's episode Marty and Matt discuss:

- Square Crypto initiative - https://twitter.com/jack/status/1108487911802966017

- Lightning Loop - https://blog.lightning.engineering/posts/2019/03/20/loop.html

- BlockstreamGreen - https://blockstream.com/2019/03/19/the-all-new-blockstream-green-wallet

- Fed shifting posture - https://twitter.com/byHeatherLong/status/1108427995709165573

- Venezuela sanctions payment processors - https://www.theblockcrypto.com/tiny/u-s-considers-sanctions-prohibiting-payment-processing-services-in-venezuela/

- ETH ProgPow - https://twitter.com/TuurDemeester/status/1108561560304316421

- Bitcoin Optech - https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2019/03/19/

- Hash rate - https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty

- FUD debunking

Shoutout to this week's sponsor, Unchained Capital. Head over to https://www.unchained-capital.com/vaults/?utm_source=MartyBentNewsletter and check out their multisig vault setup which let's you maintain control and sovereignty over your BTC while providing a solution that keeps you worry free!

Tales from the Crypt #64: Carl Dong Mar 19, 2019

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Join Marty as he sits down with Carl Dong, Bitcoin Core contributor currently working at Chaincode Labs, to discuss responsible disclosures, making Bitcoin Core more modular, Guix containers, Dyson spheres and much more!

Follow Carl on Twitter: https://twitter.com/carl_dong

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Check out Carl's PR: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/15277

Tales from the Crypt #63: Zac Prince & Rene van Kesteren Mar 15, 2019

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Join Marty as he sits down with Zac Prince & Rene van Kesteren from Blockfi to discuss their new interest account product, how they manage risk with this particular offering, the nature of risk disclosures, and the utility that Bitcoin provides the world that wasn't possible before its existence.

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Shoutout to this week's sponsor, 21Lectures. Head over to https://21lectures.com to learn more about their courses aimed at helping developers become more familiar/comfortable with BTC/LN development!

Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2019.03.11 Mar 14, 2019

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This week Marty and Matt are joined by Adam Ficsor (@nopara73), Founder of Wasabi Wallet, to discuss:

- The current dust attack against Wasabi users - https://twitter.com/nopara73/status/1105779583410946049

- CoinJoins

- Privacy

- Unchained Capital multisig vaults

- Porn KYC in the UK

- Drop in BTC transactions

- Trezor vulnerabilities

Thanks to this week's sponsor, Unchained Capital. Check out their new multisig vault solution today:

https://www.unchained-capital.com/vaults/?utm_source=MartyBentNewsletter

Tales from the Crypt #62: Jake Chervinsky Mar 12, 2019

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Join Marty as he sits down with Jake Chervinsky, a lawyer with a focus on government enforcement defense and securities litigation, as they discuss the law and how it pertains to Bitcoin and everything created in its wake. Topics covered include, Jake's path to Bitcoin, the concept of light touch regulation, organizations like Coin Center, how the SEC has been treating ICOs, how the SEC may treat these ICOs going forward, and hope for a less Orwellian future.

Shoutout to this week's sponsor, Lolli!

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Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2019.03.04 Mar 07, 2019

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This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- Canadian Revenue Service asking for BTC addresses: https://twitter.com/kyletorpey/status/1103467047412002817

- Ripple, FinCen agreement: https://twitter.com/nic__carter/status/1103356359284805633?s=20

- Is Bitcoin Twitter engagement back at 2015 levels?: https://twitter.com/matt_odell/status/1103673829832970240

- ABCore 0.70 released: https://twitter.com/LarryBitcoin/status/1102255072799535105?s=20

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.greenaddress.abcore

- QE, NIRP creeping

- BlockFi Interest Account: https://twitter.com/BlockFiZac/status/1103293858283245569

https://twitter.com/vandrewattycpa/status/1102953966537752576

- Coinbase: https://twitter.com/coindesk/status/1103443720307912704

- Facebook going private?: https://twitter.com/SarahJamieLewis/status/1103476030503739393?s=19

- Facebook 2fa phone number leak: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/tiny/facebook-faces-criticism-for-handling-of-phone-numbers-required-for-2fa/

- Chinese database surveillance leak, https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/03/massive-database-leak-gives-us-window-chinas-digital-surveillance-state

- QuadrigaCX update, https://www.theblockcrypto.com/2019/03/07/quadrigacx-co-founder-michael-patryn-allegedly-traded-large-positions-on-bitmex/

Shoutout to this week's sponsors:

Honeyminer, head over to stackingsats.com and download Honeyminer today. The one-click solution to mining altcoins to stack sats.

Unchained Capital, if you're in the Austin area on Monday March 11th, 2019 Unchained is demo'ing their new multi-sig vault product. If you're not in Austin, do not worry. The event will be live streamed. Link to attend below:

https://www.meetup.com/Austin-Bitcoin-Developers/events/259337229/

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