Sinopsis
Tales from the Crypt is a podcast hosted by Marty Bent about Bitcoin. Join Marty, Editor in Chief of "the best newsletter in crypto", as he sits down to discuss Bitcoin with interesting people. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tales-from-the-crypt/support
Episodios
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#472: Amos Miller And The Encroachment Of The Nanny State with Chris Hume
08/01/2024 Duración: 01h06minMarty sits down with Chris Hume to discuss the recent raid of Amos Miller and the encroachment of the state on all parts of life. Chris on Twitter: https://twitter.com/chrishume1689 The Lancaster Patriot: https://www.thelancasterpatriot.com/ Lancaster Patriot on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheLanPatriot 0:00 - Intro 6:17 - Amos Miller raided 10:42 - State dislikes independent communities 14:28 - The problem of positive law 19:01 - The state removes your choices 24:59 - “Raw” milk and choosing for yourself 29:00 - Forgoing convenience 32:01 - Those who enable tyranny 40:02 - Money printing gives the state leverage 48:47 - Statism vs Christianity 1:00:52 - Pushing back 1:04:45 - Wrapping up Shoutout to our sponsors: River Unchained CrowdHealth
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#471: Fighting The Digital Dollar And AI Surveillance with Whitney Webb & Mark Goodwin
30/12/2023 Duración: 02h43minMarty sits down with Whitney Webb and Mark Goodwin to discuss their new piece on Farmington and the digital dollar. Unlimited Hangout Article: https://unlimitedhangout.com/2023/12/investigative-reports/unmasking-farmington-ftx-fluent-finance-and-the-coming-digital-dollar/ Whitney on Twitter: https://twitter.com/_whitneywebb Mark on Twitter: https://twitter.com/markgoodw_in 0:00 - Intro 6:17 - Exposition on Farmington and Fluent Finance 12:47 - Stablecoins 21:18 - Transitioning to CBDC 35:30 - Crisis as pretense for surveillance and war 53:59 - Digital ID 1:04:02 - Powell’s not your pal 1:07:37 - Figuring out the de facto CBDC 1:13:41 - Manufactured consent psyops 1:18:46 - National figureheads 1:28:56 - Social media warzone 1:37:04 - Preventing Bitcoin co-opting 1:49:13 - They’ll profile and surveil everyone 1:59:05 - Fighting AI-controlled life 2:25:37 - Building alternatives 2:34:50 - Wrapping up Shoutout to our sponsors: River
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#470: Bitcoin's Finite Supply Is The Breakthrough with Dhruv Bansal
22/12/2023 Duración: 02h33minMarty sits down with Dhruv Bansal to discuss his article on the foundational ideas of Bitcoin, as well as an in-depth conversation about AI. Dhruv on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dhruvbansal Dhruv's article: https://tftc.io/satoshi-nakamoto-unchained/ Shoutout to our sponsors: River Unchained CrowdHealth Bitcoin Talent Co TFTC Merch is Available: Shop Now Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel Clips YT Channel
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#469: Bitcoin And The Great Financial Crisis with Parker Lewis
20/12/2023 Duración: 01h46minMarty sits down with Parker Lewis to discuss his new book Gradually, Then Suddenly, and highlight Bitcoin in the framing of the financial crisis of 2008. Parker on Twitter: https://twitter.com/parkeralewis Get the book: https://thesaifhouse.com/ 0:00 - Intro 7:07 - Liz Warren and CBDCs 16:55 - 2008 crisis still echoes 22:17 - Marty’s experience of the crisis 29:00 - Metting people where they are 35:27 - Satoshi was keyed in 38:29 - It’s personal for everyone 53:01 - Bitcoin, not Blockchain 57:41 - Bitcoin is not for criminals 59:28 - Dollar is not patriotic 1:07:50 - Sound money is freedom 1:13:49 - Bitcoin in future crises 1:22:59 - How much will they print next time? 1:26:08 - Replacing an unfathomable behemoth 1:38:10 - Can’t stop the signal 1:44:11 - Wrapping up Shoutout to our sponsors: River Unchained Cr
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#468: Q3 2023 Monetary Base Update with Matthew Mežinskis
12/12/2023 Duración: 02h03minMarty sits down with Matthew Mežinskis to discuss the Q3 2023 Monetary Base Update Matthew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/1basemoney 0:00 - Intro 6:17 - Marty’s late 8:35 - Bitcoin power curve 25:28 - Top 5 currencies 30:35 - Bitcoin vs currencies 34:11 - Dollar’s relative strength growing 38:48 - Network update 44:49 - Sovereign mining and pool censorship 52:18 - Why money must be kept decentralized 1:01:45 - ETF Trojan horse 1:03:45 - Argentina 1:27:22 - European security 1:30:16 - Defense startups 1:37:34 - Texit 1:43:07 - Deterrence and cold war history 2:02:31 - Wrapping up Shoutout to our sponsors: River https://river.com/tftc Unchained https://unchained.com/concierge/ CrowdHealth https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc Bitcoin Talent Co https://www.bitcointalent.co/ TFTC Merch is Available Shop Now: https://merch.tftc.io Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos Clips YT Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ Website https://tftc.io/ Twitter
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#467: The ETF Will Push Bitcoin To $500k with Fred Krueger
12/12/2023 Duración: 02h05minMarty sits down with Fred Krueger to discuss the upcoming Bitcoin ETF and the impact of institutional money entering Bitcoin. Fred on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dotkrueger 0:00 - Intro 6:01 - The scale of ETFs 13:35 - The pace of incoming money 20:48 - Perspective of an ETF buyer 28:16 - Will the ETF change the cycles? 36:33 - Bitcoin improving payments 40:13 - Financial degradation 47:06 - Inflation from the perspective of the wealthy 51:39 - Apathy towards Bitcoin 1:00:56 - Older generations hold the wealth 1:12:14 - Bull vibes will return with ETF 1:17:19 - ETFs will have the largest stacks 1:29:14 - Playing it safe 1:35:57 - Fred represents the majority 1:38:11 - Block size and other dev issues 1:42:14 - Money printer go brrr 1:46:55 - Likely date for the ETF 1:49:22 - How Fred got into Bitcoin 1:53:57 - The Anti-SBF event 2:02:02 - ETF is inevitable 2:03:55 - Wrapping up Shoutout to our sponsors: River
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#466: Bitcoin on the Geopolitical Chessboard with Kane McGukin
11/12/2023 Duración: 01h19minMarty sits down with Kane McGukin to discuss the changing geopolitical landscape. Kane on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kanemcgukin 0:00 - Intro 5:29 - Kane’s background 9:26 - China’s geopolitical standing 28:01 - Hyperconnected world changes things 33:22 - Transitional state 38:50 - Messianic money 42:00 - Weaponized dollar 48:56 - What should America do? 54:31 - Teaching values and skills 1:05:58 - Propaganda and tinfoil 1:11:01 - Optimism 1:17:50 - Wrapping up Shoutout to our sponsors: River https://river.com/tftc Unchained https://unchained.com/concierge/ CrowdHealth https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc Bitcoin Talent Co https://www.bitcointalent.co/ TFTC Merch is Available Shop Now: https://merch.tftc.io Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos Clips YT Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ Website https://tftc.io/ Twitter https://twitter.com/tftc21 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tftc.io/ Follow Marty Bent: Twitter https://twitter.com
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Bitcoin For Business: Fanatics
06/12/2023 Duración: 01h08minLou turns the questions on Marty to find out how businesses can embrace Bitcoin. 0:00 - Intro 7:20 - Why are we here? 13:29 - What is Fanatics? 19:54 - FanCash should be Bitcoin 29:58 - Introducing Bitcoin through rewards 33:04 - Chargebacks and international onboarding 37:29 - Bitcoin is can enable better UX flow 41:39 - NFTs don’t work 48:30 - New media monetization models 53:26 - Protection from censorship 58:36 - Trust still required 1:02:17 - Saving your business in a recession 1:05:21 - Debrief, comment your suggestions! Shoutout to our sponsors: River https://river.com/tftc Unchained https://unchained.com/concierge/ CrowdHealth https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc Bitcoin Talent Co https://www.bitcointalent.co/ TFTC Merch is Available Shop Now: https://merch.tftc.io Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/TFTC21/videos Clips YT Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUQcW3jxfQfEUS8kqR5pJtQ Website https://tftc.io/ Twitter https://twitter.com/tftc21 Instagram https://www.inst
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#465: Five Pillars of Product Management with Will Cole
04/12/2023 Duración: 01h28minMarty sits down with Will Cole to discuss his new writing on the five invariant elements of product management and how to build an effective strategy for your company. Will on Twitter: https://twitter.com/willcole 0:00 - Intro 6:17 - Marty is sleepy 11:07 - Stories behind Will’s writing 19:10 - Invariants and levels of abstraction 30:25 - Why a product manager exists 33:57 - Think, then do 36:30 - Running through the invariants and strategy doc 42:41 - Timeline 46:55 - Minimizing meetings with good writing 48:53 - Iterating vs incrementing 56:44 - Who has better and worse product management? 1:00:24 - Managing growth 1:08:48 - Cmon Marty write the doc 1:12:46 - Design patterns 1:16:41 - BIPs 1:22:15 - Staying on the cutting edge 1:24:25 - Come and PM for Bitcoin companies Shoutout to our sponsors: River Unchained C
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#464: The Emergence of the Network of Keys with Matt from Unchained
01/12/2023 Duración: 01h36minMarty sits down with Matt from Unchained to discuss key networks and setting new industry standards for Bitcoin custody. 0:00 - Intro 6:17 - Matt’s backstory (go birds) 12:56 - Challenges overcome at Unchained 19:43 - The role of keys in Bitcoin 21:53 - Preparing for the next bull 23:42 - Misconceptions about keys 26:41 - UX gaps 29:18 - Structures built on key networks 34:15 - Countering bad optics for regulators 37:29 - Predictions 42:27 - Recognition of multisig 47:59 - ETFs and Coinbase 54:41 - Multi-jurisdiction 58:07 - Blinded xpubs and deepfakes 1:05:56 - Incoming developments in Bitcoin 1:08:48 - Are you an ordinals enjoyer? 1:11:32 - MPC vs multisig 1:17:52 - Shitcoin cycles 1:21:43 - Here for tech or money? 1:26:26 - Saving Philly 1:34:02 - Wrapping up Shoutout to our sponsors: River Unchained CrowdHealth
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#463: Orange Pilling AI & Bitcoin Times Energy Edition with Aleks Svetski
30/11/2023 Duración: 01h51minMarty sits down with Aleks Svetski to discuss Spirit of Satoshi, the Bitcoin-focused AI project, as well as the upcoming edition of the Bitcoin Times. Svetski on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SvetskiWrites Spirit of Satoshi: https://www.spiritofsatoshi.ai/ Bitcoin Times: https://bitcointimes.io/ 0:00 - Intro 6:52 - Riffing 9:53 - What is Spirit of Satoshi? 18:12 - AGI 24:04 - Closed/open source AI 33:38 - Building your own language model 41:04 - AI’s opinions are based on its master 45:02 - Data cleanliness and hallucination 52:58 - 1000 minds vs the Borg 58:59 - A wealth of data 1:03:54 - Biden’s AI executive order 1:05:26 - AI agents and Bitcoin 1:12:23 - ASICs 1:16:36 - Energy 1:21:09 - Bitcoin Times Energy Edition, ESG 1:32:16 - Bitcoin is energy 1:39:29 - Conquering mindset 1:49:21 - Wrapping up Shoutout to our sponsors: River Unchained
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#462: Government Spending Leads To Hyperinflation with Peter St Onge
28/11/2023 Duración: 01h19minMarty sits down with Peter St Onge to discuss government incompetence, hyperinflation events, predictions for the 2024 election, and more. Peter on Twitter: https://twitter.com/profstonge 0:00 - Intro 6:46 - Bitcoin banning attempts and govt incompetence 15:12 - EVs 17:23 - Treasury auction and hyperinflation events 33:08 - Sovereign debt 37:15 - Swiss banks liquidity crisis 42:44 - The internet is bank run jet fuel 46:29 - Milei and dollarization of Argentina 50:04 - Fiat is always doomed 53:36 - “Far right” labels 1:00:16 - 2024 election 1:03:39 - The stakes are real 1:09:14 - White pill Shoutout to our sponsors: River Unchained CrowdHealth Bitcoin Talent Co TFTC Merch is Available: Shop N
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#461: Defecting from Corrupt Healthcare with Andy Schoonover
17/11/2023 Duración: 01h25minMarty sits down with Andy Schoonover to discuss CrowdHealth's new Lightning wallet integration, as well as how CrowdHealth has been doing in the last year. Andy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SchoonoverAndy CrowdHealth: https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc 0:00 - Intro 7:23 - It’s been a year 14:22 - Doctors are excited 18:22 - The government owns the system 22:29 - Insurance is impersonal 28:23 - Bitcoin and LN 34:13 - Bitcoin doctors 42:49 - What’s the catch? 48:29 - How many people does it take for change? 51:22 - Relationship with employers 55:28 - Metabolic health and strong communities 1:04:09 - Defectors from the corrupt system 1:08:21 - Spreading knowledge 1:13:01 - CrowdHealth profitability 1:15:50 - CH’s relationship with TFTC 1:20:23 - Press the hard button 1:24:21 - We’re gonna win Shoutout to our sponsors: River Unchained
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#460: Deconstructing the Censorship Industrial Complex with Mike Benz
14/11/2023 Duración: 01h06minMarty sits down with Mike Benz, the executive director of the Foundation for Freedom Online to discuss digital censorship, corporate control, prosecution of uncooperative politicians, and more. Mike on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MikeBenzCyber FFO website: https://foundationforfreedomonline.com/ 0:00 - Intro 6:17 - Censorship Industrial Complex 13:06 - Turning point in 2016 15:08 - Twitter files and wrongspeak terminology 22:44 - NGO participation 26:07 - Corporate control 32:30 - Russian gas 37:15 - Biden laptop 43:09 - Justice Department can kill you 48:40 - Destabilization ops 53:07 - End goal of control 57:33 - Methods of resistance 1:01:11 - Monetary censorship and Bitcoin 1:04:11 - We’re gonna win Shoutout to our sponsors: River Unchained CrowdHealth Bitcoin Talent Co
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#459: An 8-Month Taliban Holiday with Lord Miles
07/11/2023 Duración: 01h28minMarty sits down with Lord Miles to talk about his time in Taliban custody and his plans for further adventures. Lord Miles on Twitter: https://twitter.com/real_lord_miles Miles's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LordMiles 0:00 - Intro 6:03 - How Miles was betrayed 11:18 - 8 month detainment (holiday) 22:32 - End of detainment and Taliban misconceptions 30:23 - Govts and dealing with money 35:14 - Lovely holiday locations 38:01 - Nashville shooter 40:59 - Gold mine 48:27 - Wankers and grifters 54:55 - Next holidays 1:07:23 - BBQ, raw milk and baldmaxxing 1:20:18 - Living for adventure and harassing the system 1:26:04 - Plugs Shoutout to our sponsors: River Unchained CrowdHealth Bitcoin Talent Co TFTC Merch is Available:
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#458: Climate Narratives Are Failing with Tom Nelson
01/11/2023 Duración: 01h20minMarty sits down with Tom Nelson to discuss the ongoing failure of climate change narratives energy policy to correspond with reality. Tom's links: https://t.co/h5ODvIBeWA 0:00 - Intro 6:43 - Riffing on Dave Collum and hurricanes 11:08 - Narratives are failing 18:17 - Charlie Munger 21:07 - AI 23:44 - DC and climate policy 26:34 - Nuclear 30:32 - ESG and mining 33:41 - Green energy kills 42:32 - Hydrocarbons bring life 50:31 - Those who would control you 54:27 - Bitcoin 56:53 - War 59:21 - Podcasting, censorship, and finding new allies 1:09:41 - Go get yourself called a racist 1:19:24 - Wrapping up Shoutout to our sponsors: River Unchained CrowdHealth Bitcoin Talent Co TFTC Merch is Available: Shop Now
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#457: How a Miner Survives a Bitcoin Bear Market with Drew Armstrong & AJ Scalia
26/10/2023 Duración: 01h37minMarty sits down with Drew and AJ from Cathedra to discuss how things have been going in the mining industry. Cathedra: https://cathedra.com/ 0:00 - Intro 5:04 - New York 11:23 - Current doomer status 14:36 - Lessons learned since last bull run 26:24 - Decisions made in 2022 34:20 - Underclocking and maintaining mining efficiency 39:16 - Evaluing mining businesses by hashprice 43:31 - Educating energy providers 48:25 - Cathedra firmware 52:07 - Shifting the bottleneck away from ASICs 58:20 - AI 1:06:46 - Geographic dispersion of hash 1:12:59 - Rising rates and ETFs 1:25:20 - Halvening prediction 1:35:05 - Wrapping up Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained River Bitcoin Talent Co TFTC Merch is Available: Shop Now
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#456: The Path To Hyperinflation with EJ Antoni
24/10/2023 Duración: 01h02minMarty sits down with EJ Antoni to discuss the disastrous policies of the Federal Reserve. EJ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RealEJAntoni 0:00 - Intro 5:48 - Explaining Fed losses 22:16 - Has the Fed lost control? 26:25 - What is the result of total failure? 32:38 - Can higher-for-longer solve the problem? 37:16 - Recession indicators 42:04 - Protecting yourself financially 50:48 - Weimar style hyperinflation 54:21 - Weaponization of the dollar 57:23 - Bitcoin 1:00:24 - Wrapping Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained River Bitcoin Talent Co TFTC Merch is Available: Shop Now Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel
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#455: AI-Powered Tyranny with Whitney Webb
20/10/2023 Duración: 01h54minMarty sits down once again with Whitney Webb to discuss the conflict in the Levant and how the bankers intend to use AI to control your life. Whitney's links: https://linktr.ee/whitneywebb Articles: https://www.mintpressnews.com/untold-story-christian-zionists-power-united-states-israel/260532/ https://bitcoinmagazine.com/print/whitney-webb-bitcoin-and-the-plot-to-destroy-financial-privacy Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained River Bitcoin Talent Co TFTC Merch is Available: Shop Now Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel Clips YT Channel
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#454: An Onramp To The New Custody Standard with Onramp & BitGo
19/10/2023 Duración: 01h32minMarty sits down with Michael Tanguma and Jesse Meyers from Onramp as well as Mitch Kochman from BitGo to discuss their new partnership. Michael on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MTanguma Jesse on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Croesus_BTC Mitch on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mitch_kochman Onramp: https://onrampbitcoin.com/ BitGo: https://www.bitgo.com/ 0:00 - Intro 5:04 - How’s The Last Trade going? 10:06 - OnRamp/BitGo partnership 23:35 - The importance of multi-institution 29:18 - What convinces key agents? 36:53 - The next stage of Bitcoin’s adoption 40:36 - Trillion Dollar Wallets and other fun ideas 45:03 - Bitcoin is for everyone 49:11 - State attacks and multi-jurisdiction 1:01:43 - Adoption, education, ETFs 1:19:05 - Marty backstory 1:22:04 - Mitch backstory and BitGo 1:26:15 - Bitcoin is the spirit of revolution 1:28:56 - Wrapping Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained River