Tales from the Crypt: A Bitcoin Podcast

Join Marty as he sits down with Sam Means and Michael Rhee to discuss Wavlake, the current issues with the music industry, and how to orange pill people with cool products. Follow them on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sammeans https://twitter.com/rheedio https://twitter.com/wavlake Check out Wavlake: https://wavlake.com/ Check out Lightning Store: https://lightning.store/ 6:14 - Technical issues right out the gate 8:04 - Artist monetization struggles 11:43 - Wavlake explained 15:02 - The publishing company model 19:48 - V4V audience interaction 21:56 - V4V artist profit 25:01 - Other models to integrate 29:17 - Building a music index 33:17 - Changing the artist mindset 38:34 - Podcasts vs music 43:50 - Orange pilling through music 46:38 - Nostr 57:41 - Artists are sick of the current model 1:03:07 - Playing the slow game 1:06:50 - Wavlake causing incentive change 1:10:56 - Using V4V to improve recommendations 1:13:16 - Future of LN 1:17:20 - V4V boosts are growing in general 1:22:54 - Lightning store 1:2

Join Marty as he sits down with Viktor from IVPN to discuss online privacy and the surveillance traps set by online companies, including most VPNs. Follow Viktor on Twitter: https://twitter.com/vonthedock Check out IVPN: https://www.ivpn.net/ 6:10 - VPN convention 10:42 - VPNs explained 16:23 - VPN traps 19:23 - TOR 23:10 - Running your own VPN 26:30 - Vetting VPN services 35:23 - Wireguard 39:28 - Paying for a VPN privately 42:09 - LN privacy and Monero 45:33 - Fedimint 53:14 - Viktor's story, don't be a coomer 1:05:55 - Attacks on IVPN 1:07:59 - How the current internet makes VPNs necessary 1:12:22 - Expanding IVPN 1:17:34 - State attack vectors on VPNs 1:22:50 - Final thoughts 1:26:02 - Plugs Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital River TFTC Merch is Available: Shop Now Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel Clips YT Channel Website Twitter Instagram Follow Marty Bent: Twitter Newsletter Podcast

Join Marty as he sits down with Ed Dowd to discuss excess deaths in recent times, the ever changing narratives surrounding Covid and the jabs, and how to move forward as the credibility of institutions crumbles. Find Ed's book here 5:10 - Update on findings in the last 10 months 10:29 - The censorship is obvious now 12:29 - What is the censorship hiding? 15:26 - Continuous jabs seem to only make things worse 17:43 - Making peace after the social conflict 20:50 - Collapsing workforce 23:37 - The deaths are getting conspicuous 28:42 - The system may be preparing for a takeover 33:05 - Bitcoin and its psyop impersonators 35:40 - Hedge fund 38:05 - Opportunities for entrepreneurs 40:04 - Everyone's on medication 45:29 - Will the NPCs ever catch on? 48:36 - Will the country start to fragment? 51:31 - Energy disaster 54:50 - Final thoughts Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital River TFTC Merch is Available: Shop Now Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel Clips YT Channel Website Twitter Instagram Follo

Join Marty as he sits down with Charles Mayfield to discuss Farrow Skincare, animal vs plant-based fats, and regenerative farming. Follow Charles on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drchuckfit Check out Farrow: https://farrow.life/ 8:02 - Opening riff 11:54 - Intro to Farrow 16:58 - Why lard 20:16 - Making the first Farrow cream 24:35 - Science behind animal based skin products 26:32 - Sunburns and sunscreen 36:00 - Why is skincare important? 38:05 - Perils of mainstream skincare 43:23 - Fossil fuels 47:38 - Regenerative farming 54:30 - Ignoring the nature of complex systems 1:01:44 - Scalability of regenerative farming 1:04:13 - Red tape 1:12:30 - Vilification of healthy food 1:17:53 - Seed oil origins 1:23:01 - The power of marketing 1:24:39 The call of nature 1:26:26 - Catching on to the lies 1:31:44 - Humans have the power to reverse their destruction 1:33:41 - Allan Savory 1:37:13 - Fixing the money 1:41:12 - More mechanics of regen farming 1:48:43 - Respecting the animal 1:51:30 - Plugs 1:53:57 - Adap

Join Marty as he sits down with Adam Popescu to discuss the impact of the hydroelectric power plant and associated Bitcoin mine in Congo's Virunga National Park. Follow Adam on Twitter Read Adam's article 5:11 - Why Virunga? 11:51 - Importance of energy for improving human life 13:57 - Setting the scene 20:45 - Involvement of a Belgian Prince 25:46 - Jobs provided by the hydroelectric plant 27:55 - The Bitcoin mine 30:32 - Risk of violent threats to the Bitcoin mine 38:02- The lives in Africa improved by Bitcoin 39:53 - How the Virunga mine improves Bitcoin's image 44:38 - Disagreements on the value of regulation 47:51 - Fix the money, fix the world 51:17 - Plugs and wrapping up Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital River TFTC Merch is Available: Shop Now Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel Clips YT Channel Website Twitter Instagram Follow Marty Bent: Twitter Newsletter Podcast

Join Marty as he sits down with James O'Beirne to discuss the OP_VAULT proposal, the way Bitcoin Core is governed, and some bearish vibes. Follow James on Twitter 6:23 - Opening riff 9:45 - OP_VAULT 12:18 - Origins of covenants 16:02 - Further iterations and designing the best vault 21:18 - Explaining vaults 25:36 - UTXO batching 27:32 - Use cases 32:29 - Ideal UX 37:03 - Feedback on the opcode 42:22 - Zooming out on implications 43:47 - Back to mailing list feedback 45:48 - When is the BIP coming? 48:09 - Bitcoin core governance 55:55 - Bitcoin ossification 59:32 - How should governance change? 1:06:43 - New blood in Core project 1:10:04 - Bearish vibes 1:16:51 - Is there room for project managers? 1:20:13 - Supporting new developers 1:29:53 - Bearish again 1:32:17 - Back to OP_VAULT 1:37:30 - Plugs and closing riff Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital River TFTC Merch is Available: Shop Now Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel Clips YT Channel Website Twitter Instagram Follow Marty Bent: Twitt

Join Marty as he sits down with Graham Krizek to discuss the progress of Voltage over the last 2 years, how the lightning network's doing, and where it's going from here. Follow Graham on Twitter Check out Voltage 6:47 - Back on the show after 2 years 9:06 - What's Voltage? 14:23 - Witnessing growth of Voltage and LN 17:43 - What have been LN's biggest strides? 19:44 - Could LN fail? 22:50 - VLS 25:17 - Favorite LN implementation? 27:10 - It's not really one network 30:06 - PTLCs 32:38 - There's lot's left new people to do 34:53 - Learning from and educating customers 41:07 - Making liquidity easier 45:09 - Flow and Surge 49:30 - Voltage privacy 50:16 - Competition for Voltage 55:45 - How's bitcoin doing in general? 58:44 - How does a Bitcoin company handle a potential long bear market? 1:01:43 - Conference fatigue 1:02:59 - Emerging markets driving adoption 1:06:53 - AI and value4value 1:10:29 - Will wallets consolidate? 1:11:48 - Future for Voltage 1:17:31 - Parting words Shoutout to our sponsors: Unc

Join Marty as he sits down with Rick V to discuss his 3D printed space heater mod for miners, the story of CryptoCloaks, and what it's like running a Bitcoin-based business. CryptoCloaks on Twitter CryptoCloaks Website 5:58 - Coffee rip! 8:23 - Questions on 3D printing 15:35 - CryptoCloaks 19:59 - Story of the space heater 23:36 - Temp limits on 3D printed parts 24:46 - What space heater ASICs can do for hash distribution 27:45 - Rick's Bitcoin story 30:43 - Everyone Bitcoiner should have a 3D printer 35:05 - Where 3D printing is going 38:15 - AI 44:22 - Back to CryptoCloaks 50:07 - UK store 51:01 - Word for entrepreneurs 53:47 - Running a bitcoin based business 1:03:16 - Narrative battle 1:10:05 - Ring drones 1:11:43 - What's next for CryptoCloaks 1:13:48 - Plugs 1:14:45 - Mining tangent 1:18:11 - Outro Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital River TFTC Merch is Available: Shop Now Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel Clips YT Channel Website Twitter Instagram Follow Marty Bent: Twitter Newslett

Join Marty as he sits down with David Collum to recap 2022. The discuss Ukraine, the recession, and so much jab shit-talking we didn't even bother putting this on YouTube. Follow David on Twitter 9:30 - Hocking loogies and snapping necks 13:58 - Rumors that the 3rd jab compromises immunity 17:02 - Brett Weinstein on Rogan 18:20 - Fauci 20:55 - Vax disaster 26:02 - dog 26:07 - Attitudes and responsibility of the medical community 30:45 - Only conclusion left is deliberate malice 36:04 - Australian data on birthrate 38:27 - Sportsball players dying in the field 42:13 - Speak out, get got 44:45 - Azov Regiment, MK Ultra, and Hollywood pedos 56:34 - SBF 1:04:44 - They tried to kill us with Covid 1:06:33- Who's in control and how much control do they have? 1:16:41 - Trans mind sickness 1:26:11 - Trudeau and Castro 1:27:29 - Where's the financial chaos going? 1:39:41 - Gold 1:49:55 - What's up with Japan? 2:00:00 - Inflation 2:09:30 - A story of redonkulous financial degeneracy 2:14:19 - Remember IndyMac? 2:18:

Join Marty as he sits down with jb55 to get an update on Nostr, the 14 bitcoin grant from Jack Dorsey, and how the grant will be allocated and the strange moves out of Twitter to box out competitors. Follow jb55 on Twitter Check out Damus 8:11 - @Jack funded Nostr 12:22 - What is Nostr anyway? 614:25 - How to spin up a Nostr relay 16:18 - State of Nostr 18:27 - How Jack's donation is being used 21:12 - fiatjaf 23:13 - How are people interacting with Nostr? 23:06 - Building clients and the future of Nostr 25:52 - BOLT11 invoicing 29:56 - Delegation 33:25 - Minds social network 34:33 - Things that need work in Nostr 36:06 - Private key scraping 37:33 - Personal Nostr signing devices 39:17 - fiatjaf's monthly bounty 41:32 - Open source community 42:25 - Building Nostr to return to the old internet 49:57 - Three Letter Agencies controlling social media 54:38 - Wrapping up Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital Braiins CrowdHealth Upstream Data TFTC Merch is Available: Shop Now Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT

Join Marty as he sits down with Sjors to discuss a million little bitcoin rabbit holes. Follow Sjors on Twitter Check out the Sjors's book 7:00 - A wild Sjors appears in Austin! 10:08 - Senator Warren's DAAML bill 13:46 - Miners could start self censoring 20:24 - Forced labour 22:28 - Who interested in passing DAAML? 24:09 - Warren's terminology of "money transmission" 25:25 - Can this kill Bitcoin? 30:30 - State of Bitcoin development 33:08 - Utreexo and the growing blockchain 39:44 - Erlay 46:39 - Back to Utreexo and blockchain growth 50:44 - Foreshadowing a new blocksize war 55:10 - Building Bitcoin with future humanity in mind 58:06 - Bitcoin full node is a ship of Theseus 1:01:25 - Sjors backstory: Physics and Ducks 1:04:52 - Sjors backstory: Gold and Bitcoin 1:08:07 - Javascript dependency circus 1:09:07 - Geeks project 1:16:44 - Defending your node 1:20:07 - Separating wallets from nodes 1:25:28 - Miniscript 1:31:39 - How's Taproot doing? 1:34:27 - Are devs spread too thin? 1:36:09 - Bitcoin: A Work

Join Marty as he sits down with Jesse to discuss the shitcoin mindset, the core value of Bitcoin, and the financial debasement that threatens us. Follow Jesse on Twitter 9:15 - Nyms and names 10:10 - Unlearning shitcoinery 16:53 - Copying digital scarcity devalues it 21:28 - Crypto is becoming more scammy over time 28:54 - The crypto cult leaders 32:18 - Why yuppies can't grok bitcoin 38:36 - Crypto feeds off of early internet mindset 44:51 - Resisting inflation with hard money 52:50 - Digital revolution of value 55:10 - Progression of better money 1:03:58 - The degeneration of fiat world 1:12:10 - The progression of America's debasement of money 1:20:33 - Past the financial event horizon 1:30:53 - Weak men in hard times 1:33:09 - The peaceful revolution 1:36:56 - Take ownership 1:43:51 - Is the contagion still contagious? 1:49:29 - Plugs Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital Braiins Upstream Data TFTC Merch is Available: Shop Now Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel Clips YT Channel Website Twitter

Join Marty as he sits back down with Matthew Mežinskis of Porkopolis Economics to discuss the Q2 2022 monetary base update. Follow Matthew Mežinskis on Twitter Read everything discussed at: Porkopolis Economics 5:54 - Criminal charges against member of Swiss government 12:35 - Damages from vaccination 16:35 - German military confirms jab worsens health 18:51 - Connection to WEF and Davos 22:57 - The state of Switzerland 27:38 - Opinion on Bitcoin 34:06 - Pascal's history 37:20 - African governments 40:28 - Christine Lagarde 42:05 - Ukraine 49:42 - What happens next in finance 54:40 - Jab is about control 1:00:54 - Call to action Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital Braiins Upstream Data TFTC Merch is Available: Shop Now Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel Clips YT Channel Website Twitter Instagram Follow Marty Bent: Twitter Newsletter Podcast

Join Marty as he sits down with Pascal Najadi to discuss bringing criminal charges against a member of the Swiss government for damage done by vaccine mandates. They also dive into the vaccine's connection to the WEF's desire for control and the importance of finding peace in Ukraine. 5:54 - Criminal charges against member of Swiss government 12:35 - Damages from vaccination 16:35 - German military confirms jab worsens health 18:51 - Connection to WEF and Davos 22:57 - The state of Switzerland 27:38 - Opinion on Bitcoin 34:06 - Pascal's history 37:20 - African governments 40:28 - Christine Lagarde 42:05 - Ukraine 49:42 - What happens next in finance 54:40 - Jab is about control 1:00:54 - Call to action Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital Braiins CrowdHealth TFTC Merch is Available: Shop Now Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel Clips YT Channel Website Twitter Instagram Follow Marty Bent: Twitter Newsletter Podcast

Join Marty as he sits down with Sam Abbassi to discuss building Hoseki, the potential austerity of a hyperbitcoinized world, and weird brain stuff. Follow Sam on Twitter Check out Hoseki 6:29 - Sam's crypto origin story 11:14 - Concussions and neuroscience 19:06 - Encountering crypto degeneracy and getting orange pilled 25:24 - Working at Fidelity 35:21 - Marty's writing history 41:01 - AI 44:02 - Are we better off than in medieval times? 47:50 - An austere orange pilled Earth 52:57 - What are the problems in a bitcoin standard? 1:04:53 - Hoseki 1:18:14 - Developing a web of trust in third world countries 1:21:12 - Fiat world 1:26:48 - Proof of reserves 1:38:36 - National divorce 1:43:45 - Feds shouldn't be romanticized 1:46:34 - Last words Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl CrowdHealth TFTC Merch is Available: Shop Now Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel Clips YT Channel Website Twitter Instagram Follow Marty Bent: Twitter Newsletter Podcast

Join Marty as he sits down with Ryan Breslow to discuss Bolt, Love, and the AI Singularity. Follow Ryan on Twitter 6:48 - Stanford Bitcoin Group 11:21 - Building Bolt 15:08 - Pain points in Bolt 17:25 - Making API for merchants 21:15 - Engaging with VCs as a founder 26:46 - What value to look for in an investor 28:36 - Bitcoin companies are long term game 31:38 - Bolt started as a Bitcoin wallet 35:27 - Optimism 43:03 - AI art and the singularity 47:13 - Getting addicted to tech 53:17 - Ryan's new venture, Love 1:02:25 - Final words of wisdom Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl Upstream Data TFTC Merch is Available: Shop Now Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel Clips YT Channel Website Twitter Instagram Follow Marty Bent: Twitter Newsletter Podcast

Join Marty as he sits down with Jason Lowery to discuss whether or not bitcoin is violence. Follow Jason on Twitter Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl Upstream Data CrowdHealth TFTC Merch is Available: Shop Now Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel Clips YT Channel Website Twitter Instagram Follow Marty Bent: Twitter Newsletter Podcast

Join Marty as he sits down with Parker Lewis to discuss the fallout of the FTX collapse. Follow Parker on Twitter Parker's article Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl Upstream Data TFTC Merch is Available: Shop Now Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel Clips YT Channel Website Twitter Instagram Follow Marty Bent: Twitter Newsletter Podcast

Join Marty as he sits down with Phil Geiger to discuss the self custody. The dive into how multisig works, the dangers of platforms like FTX, and the importance of distinguishing between Crypto and Bitcoin. Follow Phil on Twitter Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl CrowdHealth Upstream Data TFTC Merch is Available: Shop Now Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel Clips YT Channel Website Twitter Instagram Follow Marty Bent: Twitter Newsletter Podcast

Join Marty as he sits down with John Carvalho, CEO of Synonym to discuss Bitkit, Hypercore, and Slashtags, before later diving into into the RBF controversy. Follow John on Twitter Check out Synonym And Bitkit Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital Braiins HodlHodl Upstream Data TFTC Merch is Available: Shop Now Join the TFTC Movement: Main YT Channel Clips YT Channel Website Twitter Instagram Follow Marty Bent: Twitter Newsletter Podcast