Tales from the Crypt: A Bitcoin Podcast

Marty sits down with Jose Lemus from Ibex to discuss integrating the lightning network with businesses, barriers to adoption, cross-border payments, and more. Jose on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jllemus Ibex: https://www.poweredbyibex.io/ 5:30 - Bitcoin Park riffing 7:37 - What’s up at Ibex? 22:24 - Impact of instant settlement 26:21 - Lightning Network, AI, Internet of Things 34:07 - What’s taking adoption so long? 36:49 - Bitcoin’s unique combination of properties 45:57 - Burden of compliance 49:45 - Fiat is the money of force 52:44 - KYC is the illicit activity 1:02:38 - Mexico partnership 1:03:44 - The purpose of financial products 1:12:36 - Bitcoin is a tween 1:17:30 - Don’t get distracted by bull markets 1:29:14 - Marty’s excited about energy and AI 1:35:36 - Wrapping up Shoutout to our sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Unchained⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠River⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠CrowdHealth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bitco

Marty sits down with Ed Dowd to discuss jab injuries, RFK Jr, the peak of clown world extending ever upward, and more. Ed Dowd on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DowdEdward 8:33 - The clown world peak keeps rising 15:41 - RFK Jr and the jab injury event horizon 25:17 - Distractions 29:00 - Debt event horizon has already passed 33:26 - Trust in the system degrading 37:05 - Bitcoin 38:42 - The CIA disapproves 38:53- Broken money and psyops 45:46 - Individual state power 49:29 - Three Letter Agencies don’t want this heard 54:31 - Hard times before good times 56:37 - Strong families 1:03:50 - Final note on RFK Jr 1:07:12 - I am Spartacus Shoutout to our sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Unchained⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠River⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠CrowdHealth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bitcoin Talent Co⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TFTC Merch is Available: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Shop Now⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join the TFTC Movement: Main ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Marty sits down with Dan Gould to discuss Payjoin Dev Kit, how coinjoins protect privacy, and the experience of developing on Bitcoin. Dan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitgould Payjoin Dev Kit: https://payjoindevkit.org/ 9:16 - Dan’s history 14:39 - Explaining CoinJoins 21:36 - How Payjoin reduces dox threat and reduces fees 35:09 - TURN servers 39:49 - How are PSBTs involved in Payjoin 42:45 - How coin selection is determined 36:30 - Separating PDK from BDK 50:03 - Completing BDK 53:38 - Payjoin’s role going forward 57:54 - Chain surveillance and prosecuting CoinJoins 1:03:51 - Right to privacy 1:08:18 - Multi receiver PayJoin 1:09:42 - Less frustration on Bitcoin development 1:15:18 - Will Bitcoin reach sufficient ossification? 1:18:25 - Plugs and wrapping Shoutout to our sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Unchained⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠River⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠CrowdHealth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bitcoin Talent Co⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Marty sits down with Sam Wouters to discuss Bitcoin's rate of adoption for cross-border payments. Sam on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SDWouters Sam's report on River blog: https://blog.river.com/bitcoin-vs-the-156-trillion-global-payments-industry/ 0:00 - Intro 2:30 - Finding bitcoin through Runescape 9:22 - New educational resources in Bitcoin 13:27 - Diving into Sam’s report 17:51 - Structure of the report 21:39 - Chapter 1: Cross-border payments industry 31:53 - Comparing Bitcoin and internet adoption 41:37 - Remittance education 48:31 - Getting into charts on remittance volume 56:18 - Chapter 2: Global bitcoin adoption 1:07:58 - Motivation for adoption 1:13:39 - Chapter 3: Cross-border Bitcoin payments 1:23:13 - What makes bitcoin better for remittance 1:26:28 - Lightning services 1:30:26 - Bitcoin for payments 1:33:32 - Google search traffic for Bitcoin 1:39:17 - B2C 1:44:35 - Chapter 4: Growing cross-border Bitcoin payments 1:51:36 - Adoption funnel 1:55:33 - Marty tries to quote himself before wrappin

Marty sits down with Luke Gromen to discuss inflation catching up with the world. Luke on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LukeGromen 0:00 - Intro 6:33 - UK inflation 11:02 - American banking crisis lull 18:12 - Structural problems in energy 25:56 - Liquidity issues with massive bank accounts 31:33 - Debt ceiling 33:13 - Retirement and target date funds 40:18 The Ukraine distraction 45:54 - Collapse in skilled labor and infrastructure 50:41 - Taking on troubled times 54:55 - Bitcoin’s interaction with energy 57:05 - Landing on the wrong side of stagflation 59:19 - Bitcoin eliminates banking BS 1:01:34 - Treasury bond duration risk 1:06:22 - 40 year bull market over, gold and Bitcoin win 1:13:51 - Wrapping Shoutout to our sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Unchained⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠River⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠CrowdHealth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bitcoin Talent Co⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TFTC Merch is Available: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Shop Now⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Marty sits down with Townsend Lansing to discuss BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF. Townsend on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TownsendLansing 0:00 - Intro 8:40 - Inflation hitting the UK 11:07 - Introducing Townsend, Blackrock ETF 19:10 - SEC approval 25:23 - APA 26:46 - How Bitcoin market could be affected 29:28 - People becoming aware of crypto risk 31:23 - How the grantor trust works 35:50 - ETF liquidity 42:12 - Bitcoin’s better security 45:30 - Will bitcoin financial products be treated differently? 48:05 - Approval is unlikely 49:52 - Bitcoin’s impact on finance 51:13 - Wrapping up Shoutout to our sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Unchained⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠River⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠CrowdHealth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bitcoin Talent Co⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TFTC Merch is Available: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Shop Now⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join the TFTC Movement: Main ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YT Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Clips ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YT Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Marty sits down with John Titus to discuss the liquidity crisis caused by the Fed. John's Substack: https://bestevidence.substack.com/ Best Evidence on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@BestEvidence 5:30 - Killer whales and banks lacking liquidity 16:13 - The Fed is at the center 21:01 - Coordinated consolidation effort 26:28- The strength of cash 33:57 - John’s origin story 39:09 - Fix the money, fix the world 42:20 - Dollar endgame 45:06 - John on Bitcoin 49:38 - The system is run by those who hate you 52:54 - Life expectancy decline 55:35 - Tyranny thrives in the fear of resistance 58:39 - Wrapping up Shoutout to our sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Unchained⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠River⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠CrowdHealth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bitcoin Talent Co⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TFTC Merch is Available: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Shop Now⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join the TFTC Movement: Main ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YT Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Clips ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YT Cha

Marty sits down with Austin Mitchell, Lisa Scott, and Alan Schroeder from Synota to discuss bringing energy providers over to Bitcoin and LN. Synota on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Synota_ 6:35 - Meet Synota 14:05 - Payment settlement struggles for utilites 16:56 - How Synota integrates 23:47 - Financing possibilities 26:20 - Utilities grokking bitcoin 34:07 - Effects of decentralizing the grid 45:22 - The team’s orange pilling 49:41 - Mining industry is maturing 55:56 - Efficiency impact of instant payments 1:01:11 - Mining permanent funds 1:05:03 - Issues building on lightning 1:10:57 - Wrapping up Shoutout to our sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Unchained⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠River⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠CrowdHealth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bitcoin Talent Co⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TFTC Merch is Available: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Shop Now⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join the TFTC Movement: Main ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YT Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Clips ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YT Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Marty sits down with Balaji Srinivasan for the longest episode of TFTC yet, going in depth on the nature of the incoming fiat crisis. Balaji on Twitter: https://twitter.com/balajis 6:13 - How does the debt ceiling contribute to the fiat crisis? 9:48 - Reality check 21:38 - History is running in reverse 25:09 - The unipolar moment is over 38:05 - America is 3 tribes 44:42 - Democracy has 4 definitions 55:33 - India adopting pragmatic democracy 59:08 - China won’t go away 1:07:03 - USSA 1:36:11 - How America gets its strength back 1:43:16 - Dollar nationalists, social media politics 1:53:20 - It’s not one nation, it’s two parties with verbal footsoldiers 2:07:15 - The Gray tribe 2:35:47 - Blue losing media control 2:39:46 - Recap, Blue’s remaining power 2:45:48 - The tribal filter on the banking situation 3:01:36 - The declining US empire 3:13:13 - Blue America’s infrastructure highlights 3:16:40 - Exiting through Bitcoin 3:20:18 - We’ve lost our moon shoes 3:22:24 - The writing’s on the wall and states have in

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Marty sits down with Matt Dines from Build to discuss the retirement landscape and how to handle a large scale transition to Bitcoin as a primary store of value. Matt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BuildCIO Check out Build: https://buildbitcoin.com/ 8:17 - What’s happening to retirement funds 11:49 - Balance sheets of the American household 26:23 - History of retirement accounts 30:30 - The post-Covid financial landscape 34:52 - Retirement account participation 46:14 - Legislation isn’t the answer 50:09 - Primary residence ownership and mortgage backed securities 55:39 - Target Date Funds 1:01:28 - US bond market selloff 1:09:45 - Near-dated TDF vs inflation 1:13:12 - Investment/retirement industry isn’t keeping up 1:17:59 - Bridging the gap to Bitcoin with Build 1:32:15 - Bitcoin lending 1:46:36 - Unchained 1:53:57 - Explaining the mindset 2:02:31 - The flywheel of truth 2:08:12 - Wrapping up Shoutout to our sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Unchained⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠River⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Marty sits down with James Poulos to discuss the tyranny of the digital age. James on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jamespoulos Human Forever: https://canonic.xyz/books/1YV9yExbmJ9mgBXNM81TouJuDtqxH2PpL 6:00 - Rising transhumanism 12:37 - Defining the humanity we fight for 19:54 - Breaking people apart 29:14 - False gods 34:23 - Fighting on the digital level 38:39 - Changing the tide 47:50 - The moment of humility 50:31 - Return to traditional family 56:55 - Focusing attention 58:26 - Being human is better 1:00:44 - Judging yourself first 1:02:55 - Sloth 1:12:04 - Wrapping up Shoutout to our sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Unchained⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠River⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠CrowdHealth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bitcoin Talent Co⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TFTC Merch is Available: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Shop Now⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join the TFTC Movement: Main ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YT Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Clips ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YT Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Marty sits down with Dr. Michael Rectenwald to discuss the The Great Reset, stakeholder capitalism, CBDCs, and asserting autonomy against a neo-feudal future. Michael's website: https://www.michaelrectenwald.com/ Michael's Mises presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGg9j-qCNt0 8:07 - Michael’s presentation on Great Reset 10:29 - Stakeholder capitalism 14:15 - ESG leads to corporate rule 18:32 - Mock the rulers 20:23 - Neo-techno-feudalism while infrastructure breaks 24:03 - Refusing CBDCs, Bitcoin and gold 27:21 - Bitcoiners at Mises and Bitcoin FUD 29:45 - The lies are being noticed 32:28 - Control through social credit and social perception 36:55 - The letter agencies cause the problems they claim to solve 38:04 - Asserting autonomy 44:37 - Bank failures will be the CBDC trigger 46:42 - Defending against ideological onslaught 51:05 - Fighting evil 54:20 - Wrapping up, plugs Shoutout to our sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Unchained⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠River⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠CrowdHealt

Marty sits down with Lyle Pratt, founder and CEO of Vida, to talk about what he's building. Lyle on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lylepratt Check out Vida: https://vida.page/ 12:48 - What’s Vida? 16:56 - Lyle’s history 20:51 - Telecom architecture and using bitcoin to solve problems 27:57 - New tools like AI, Nostr, and LN 32:30 - Current state of lightning 33:46 - Vida demo with some difficulties 35:45 - Monetizing your attention 37:41 - The Vida team 44:56 - Vida can be a better Restream 50:44 - Lightning adoption is a bright light in a dark future 1:01:12 - Future Nostr integration 1:05:28 - Leveraging AI 1:10:29 - Explaining LLMs 1:16:46 - Living in interesting times 1:27:20 - Resource demands of AI 1:31:03 - Thank God For Bitcoin 1:36:31 - Wrapping up Shoutout to our sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Unchained⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠River⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠CrowdHealth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bitcoin Talent Co⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TFTC Merch is Available: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Shop Now⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join the

Marty sits down with Obi Nwosu to talk about the origins of Fedi, an explaination of Fedimints, antifragile freedom technology. Obi on Twitter: https://twitter.com/obi Fedi: https://www.fedi.xyz/ 8:26 - Austin’s a nice place 12:32 - Comparing the beginnings of Coinfloor and Fedi 22:00 - Explaining Fedi 34:19 - Applications made possible by Fedi 40:59 - Fedi ambassadors 46:20 - The freedom made possible by Fedi 53:12 - Fedipools and off-grid mining 57:38 - The antifragile nature of Bitcoin 1:07:36 - Has the mission gotten more urgent? 1:13:53 - Wrapping up Shoutout to our sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Unchained⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠River⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠CrowdHealth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bitcoin Talent Co⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TFTC Merch is Available: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Shop Now⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join the TFTC Movement: Main ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YT Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Clips ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YT Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Marty sits down with Peter St Onge to discuss the all aspects of the impending economic strife and why there's plenty of hope on the other end. Peter on Twitter: https://twitter.com/profstonge Peter's Substack: https://stonge.substack.com/ Heritage Foundation: https://www.heritage.org/ Mises Institue: https://mises.org/ 9:27 - Starting with Modern Monetary Theory 14:54 - Fed policy heading off a cliff 24:39 - Approaching the debt ceiling and unemployment 33:28 - A whitepilled take on imminent collapse 39:57 - They pushed too far too early 44:53 - Hidden purpose behind the lies 55:45 - What happens without the state 59:43 - What the state has devoured and destroyed 1:09:29 - BS Environment policy and cronyism 1:14:45 - Bitcoin adoption and the convolution if banks 1:26:00 - Full/fractional reserve banking 1:35:48 - When will the US default? 1:42:44 - Energy nonsense and mocking the rulers 1:55:28 - Wrapping up Shoutout to our sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Unchained⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠River⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Marty sits down with Lee Slusher for a sober analysis of the war. Lee on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeeBTConsulting Lee's Substack:https://deepdivewithleeslusher.substack.com/ Lee's website: http://lee-bt.com/ 6:24- Lee’s background 9:43 - War in Ukraine and possible outcomes 16:30 - History leading up to current war 21:13 - Derussification 24:02 - Comparing Ukranian and Russian military 31:43 - Western intervention 38:38 - War’s role in economic crisis and US election 43:23 - Afghanistan 50:04 - If we fight Russia and lose 55:01 - US and EU need to solve their own problems 1:04:16 - How do we get back on the right track 1:11:55 - Taiwan 1:26:37 - Realistic evaluation 1:32:51 - Wrapping up, plugs Shoutout to our sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Unchained⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠River⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠CrowdHealth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bitcoin Talent Co⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TFTC Merch is Available: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Shop Now⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join the TFTC Movement: Main ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YT Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Clips ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YT Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠

Marty sits down again with Whitney Webb to discuss failing banks funneling toward JP Morgan and how CBDCs are leading to a transhumanist future. Whitney on Twitter: https://twitter.com/_whitneywebb Whitney's Website: https://unlimitedhangout.com/ 9:17 - Ninja launch 12:11 - Banks failing and consolidating 19:02 - Story of Jamie Dimon 26:38 - Reexamining 2008 31:10 - CBDCs, biometrics and control 40:11 - JP Morgan, Wexner and Crown 44:59 - WSJ callout 50:36 - Noam Chomsky 54:55 - Are people waking up? 1:07:16 - Satan and transhumanism 1:22:18 - Google and Disney 1:28:12 - Whitney's talk at Bitcoin Miami 1:32:02 - Nobody's saving you 1:35:49 - Wrapping up Shoutout to our sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Unchained⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠River⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠CrowdHealth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bitcoin Talent Co⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TFTC Merch is Available: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Shop Now⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join the TFTC Movement: Main ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YT Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Clips ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YT Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠

Marty sits down with Steve Barbour before the first Nakamoto Forum debate to talk about energy, mining, and replacing the US Dollar. Steve on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SGBarbour Upstream Data: https://blog.upstreamdata.ca/ 7:30 - Bitcoin dev conflict of interest 19:18 - Bitcoin reaching maturity 21:01 - Russian mining 25:37 - Fiat IOUs 28:30 - The state of US mining 34:25 - Will "Coal" Cole 38:09 - Upstream's progress since Steve's last pod 47:06 - Hydro is better for portability 55:31 - New design 59:53 - Is coal the future? 1:04:48 - Hydrocarbons debate 1:08:33 - Lizard men 1:10:57 - Mock the rulers 1:19:03 - Fiat dying 1:25:01 - Wrapping up Shoutout to our sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Unchained⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠River⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠CrowdHealth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bitcoin Talent Co⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TFTC Merch is Available: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Shop Now⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join the TFTC Movement: Main ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YT Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Clips ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YT Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instag

Marty sits down with Peruvian Bull to discuss how the world will move away from the USD reserve. Peruvian Bull on Twitter: https://twitter.com/peruvian_bull Check out Dollar Endgame: https://thedollarendgame.com/ 12:01 - Starting out writing on Reddit 17:48 - Is the dollar currently in its endgame? 23:02 - Weaponizing dollar against Russia hurt US 25:19 - Past the debt event horizon 33:45 - Bitcoin reserve 36:21 - Will BRICS BUCS gain traction? 41:06 - A great opportunity for bitcoiners 44:01 - Nations missing the Bitcoin bus 49:40 - Converting individuals to Bitcoin 52:02 - Why Latin America understands intuitively 55:43 - SUPERSTONK 58:42 - Suffering in the streets 1:00:51 - Price post-hyperbitcoinization 1:03:57 - Societal impact of hyperbitcoinization 1:10:24 - The next 3 months 1:17:01 - technical difficulties 1:17:59 - Dollar losing network effect 1:21:42 - Plugs Shoutout to our sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Unchained⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠River⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠CrowdHealth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bitcoin Talent Co⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TFTC