Tales from the Crypt: A Bitcoin Podcast

Join Marty as he sits down with Bitcoin Core contributor Fabian Jahr to discuss: - Fabian's year since leaving the Chaincode residency - His OKCoin grant - The importance of code review - An optimal review:PR ratio for devs - Signet - gettxoutsetinfo and Supply Gate - PR Review Club - How to best fund devs - much more Follow Fabian on Twitter Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app.

Join Marty as he sits down with Chris Bendiksen, Head of Research at Coinshares, to discuss: - Consciousness - Time - Mining - Hashrate derivatives - Asynchronous time + Proof of Work - TOOL - Free will - Education - Bitcoin's benefits to a portfolio - Energy consumption - much more Follow Chris on Twitter Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app.

Join Marty as he sits down with Luke Gromen, founder of Forrest for the Trees research firm, to discuss: - The Dollar as a rubber band ruler - The Fed's catch-22 - Bankruptcy via inflation - Debt/GDP - Apolitical alternatives to the Dollar - Money + energy - much more Follow Luke on Twitter Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app.

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Ongoing bsv dust attack - OXT research alleged wasabi vulnerability - Strike adds cashback - Hash rate hits ATH then floods in Sichuan - Tor statement on recent exit node attacks - Tor proposal for possible DoS mitigations - cypherpunklabs.com allows you to easily fund Tor nodes - BitMEX adding KYC - Specter v0.6.1 - myNode v0.2.14 - Zeus v0.3.1 - BTCPay Server v1.0.5.5 - Lily Wallet v1.0.0 - lnd v0.11-beta - Schnorr explainer series by suredbits - Raspiblitz on bitcoinmagazine stream - Lancium sues Layer 1 - BlockFi raises $50M, rumored valuation of $400M - Cryptovoices monetary base update Shoutout to our sponsors: Unchained Capital. Check out their white glove vault concierge service that will take you from zero to secure multisig setup in no time. Use the code TFTC and receive $50 off that package that includes 2 Trezor Model Ts and $1,000 in your vault. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contrib

Join Marty and Matt as they sit down with Alex Leishman and Andrew Benson, co-founders of River Financial, to discuss: - Starting a company with your cousin - Expanding River to 30 states - River's foray into Hawaii - Hawaii's regulatory history with Bitcoin - Onboarding and educating high net worth individuals - Building out River's software stack - Thoughts on chain surveillance companies - Interacting with a banking system that isn't open 24/7/365 - much more Follow Alex on Twitter Follow Andrew on Twitter Check out River Financial Check out the article we discussed Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app.

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - numbers run, yams fucked, fees sliced - malicious tor exit node attacks - microstrategy macro strategy - portnoy and winklevii - whirlpool and postmix spending FAQ - bisq v1.3.7 - psbt toolkit v0.1.1 - c-lightning v0.9.0-1 - nodl dojo and one v0.1.1d - Fully Noded v0.1.68 - ledger nano s and nano x firmware updates - Full datasheet for the secure chip used by Coldcard MK3 leaked - Nigerians using bitcoin - Lily multisig demo - Specter multisig demo - MintGox 006 - Sep 13 - 2PM ET - DOJ seizes terrorist funds - US CBP increases electronic surveillance powers at borders Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app. Unchained Capital. Head over to www.unchained-capital.com/vaults and check out their 2-of-3 multisig vaults.

Join Marty as he sits down with Lyn Alden, founder of Lyn Alden Investment Strategy, to discuss: - QE's affect on inequality - The Triffin Dilemma - The double edged sword of the reserve currency of the world - Inflation metrics - Why Lyn is interested in Bitcoin - How the world would look different on a Bitcoin Standard - much more Follow Lyn on Twitter Check out the article we discussed Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app.

Join Marty and Matt as they sit down with Clark Moody, data don, to discuss: - The early days of bitcoin data - Making a dashboard of bitcoin data - What bitcoin data can tell you - The polarization in America - Secession - How easy money leads to more lawyers and laws - Will Marxism come to America? - An optimistic path forward - much more Follow Clark on Twitter Check out Clark's dashboard Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app.

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Tor Project response to "zero day" disclosures - Ledger App Isolation Bypass - disclosure - ledger response - 17 year old arrested for twitter hack - Threat of KYC bitcoinmagazine panel - RoninDojo on OC Bitcoin Network - Bitcoin Core v0.20.1 - RTL v0.8.3-beta - ACINQ Phoenix v1.3.2 - c-lightning v0.9.0 - RaspiBlitz v1.6 - nix-bitcoin v0.0.12 - BlueWallet v5.5.2 - BlueWallet Desktop Alpha - Specter v0.6.0 - Wasabi v1.1.12 - ColdCard v3.1.8 - Lily Wallet Update tease - Trezor Model T v2.3.2 and Model one v1.9.2 - Lightning Labs terminal - Rudefox Burrow - This Month in Bitcoin Privacy - WORDS July Bitcoin Journal - Using HodlHodl by bitcoinqna - HRF three new grants - OKCoin funds Marco Falke - Cashapp going moon bound - Casa offers non custodial bitcoin buys Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app.

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Ledger personal info hacked - Chainalysis public dashboard (Use a VPN or Tor) - Murch post on enterprise UTXO management - Alchemy of Hashpower - Minsc scripting language - softfork activations breakdown - myNode v0.2.12 - Tor Browser v9.5.3 - Fidelity bitcoin investment thesis - Bakkt ATH volume - CME ATH open interest - Support bitcoin devs Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app. Unchained Capital. Head over to www.unchained-capital.com/vaults and check out their 2-of-3 multisig vaults.

Join Marty as he sits down with Whitney Webb to discuss: - Epstein + Deutschebank - The history of Kroll Associates - The global intelligence community - Private intelligence companies - The blending of the State + Big Tech - Human trafficking - NGOs as a front for trafficking - The 2020 Election and potential shenanigans - 9/11 - Why Whitney covers these stories - much more Follow Whitney on Twitter Check out Whitney's Patreon Check out Unlimited Hangout Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app.

Join Marty as he sits down with Vijay Boyapati to discuss: - Tales of moving gold across borders - The Bullish Case for Bitcoin - Austrian Economics - The riots - Jevons Paradox - Bitcoin is in its embryo-tic stage - much more Follow Vijay on Twitter Check out The Bullish Case for Bitcoin Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app.

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - More thoughts on samourai postmix address reuse issue from last week - Wasabi blog on twitter hack posted then deleted - OXTResearch analysis of twitter hacker's wasabi usage - Major exchanges working on a KYC data sharing agreement to satisfy demands from FATF - BitMEX provides $50K grant to Jeremy Rubin - US Banks can now custody bitcoin - Utreexo demonstration release - RaspiBlitz v1.6 release candidate 3 add IP2TOR - Eye of Satoshi v0.1.0 - Aaron Van Wirdum on Taproot activation - Testing and improving asmap - myNode Stack by bitcoinqna - Samourai Stack by bitcoinqna - Great threads from @dannydiekroeger - EFF Atlas of Surveillance - CIA can launch offensive cyber attacks more easily now Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app. Unchained Capital. Head over to www.unchained-capital.com/vaults and check out their 2-o

Join Marty as he sits down with Zach Herbert, Co-founder of Foundation Devices, to discuss: - Zach's experience at Obelisk - Nuance of hardware manufacturing in China v. US - Tradeoffs made by the predominant hardware wallets - Why airgapping is important - The Passport - QR code standards and statelessness - How Bitcoin incentivizes open hardware - The importance of making hardware locally - Future products from Foundation Devices - much more Follow Zach on Twitter Follow Foundation Devices on Twitter Checkout Foundation Devices' site Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app.

Join Marty as he sits down with Ethan Vera, Hashrate Merchant at Luxor Mining, to discuss: - Mining pools - Their historical lack of transparency - Pool fee negotiations - ASIC hardware lifecycles and their effect on decentralization - Market making for hashrate futures + their effect on transparency - Profit switching between chains - Whitelisted pools - Hashrateindex.com - much more Follow Ethan on Twitter Check out Luxor Mining Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app.

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - samourai post mix address reuse disclosure & patch samourai team shinobi - Timing attacks on Lightning Network - Twitter hacked - difficulty hits new ATH - taproot activation - coinbase selling surveillance software to Secret Service and [IRS](https://www.theblockcrypto.com/amp/post/71261/coinbase-is-selling-blockchain-analytics-software-to-the-us-secret-service & https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/71890/irs-coinbase-blockchain-analytics) - Zap Desktop v07.0 & v0.7.1 - Zeus v0.3.0 - Bisq v1.3.6 - BTCPay Server v1.0.5.3 - Specter v0.5.5 - Ronin Dojo v1.5 - Samourai Dojo v1.7.0 - Tallycoin v2.1 - blockchain dot com wallet fingerprinting analysis of marketshare - Bitcoin Mining Hashrate and Power Analysis - Zap raises $3.5M - Paradigm provides funding to Anthony Towns - List of ongoing dev funding by @polylunar_ - Animated QR code demo by Blockchain Commons - Russian Activists using bitcoin - Microsoft and the police state - Mitre Corp surveillance p

Join Marty and Matt as they sit down with Kevin Mulcrone, founder of Lily Wallet, to discuss: - Free Banking Systems of the past - The Civil War + banking in America - Building Lily Wallet - Lily's plans for the future - Live music + blue grass - much more Follow Kevin on Twitter Checkout his website Checkout Lily Wallet Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app.

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Square crypto provides grant to steve myers - IRS is seeking surveillance tools to track lightning network transactions - Coldcard 101 by bitcoinqna - Coldcard guides by kisbitcoin - myNode v0.2.11 - Samourai Whirlpool CLI v0.10.7 - Electrum v4.0.2 - Eclair v0.4.1 - RTL v0.8.0 - Raspiblitz v1.6 RC2 - @getumbrel teases new dedicated node software suite - UK FCA bitcoin research report - hardmoneyfilm.com - Iran gives bitcoin miners one month to register with the state - Venezuelan military seize 315 ASICs - PSBT signing in fully noded - PSBT Toolkit by benthecarman - Coincenter bitcoin privacy explainer - Crowdfunded distributed bitcoin awareness project - Coinbase trying to IPO - Signal downloads surge in HK as new draconian laws go into effect - USDC blacklists address with $100k USD - Tether has blacklisted $5.5 million in USDT this year - Marty's favorite app Tiktok pumps doge - Boltz Channel Creation Swap Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App.

Join Marty as he sits down with Jeff Vandrew, Founder of The KeyKeeper IRA, to discuss: - COVID-19 - The government's reaction to the virus - Masks as a way to isolate - The media and COVID19 data - Herd immunity - The bubbling Cultural Revolution - The professional managerial class - Elite overproduction - Why this is all a class issue - MMT - much more Follow Jeff on Twitter Reading materials that Jeff mentioned: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/20/reed-d20.html http://communia.blog/why-are-stocks-going-up-when-everything-is-going-awry/ https://nationalpost.com/opinion/peter-turchin-how-elite-overproduction-and-lawyer-glut-could-ruin-the-u-s Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app.

Join Marty as he sits down with Randy Brito, Co-Founder of Locha Mesh and Bitcoin Venezuela, to discuss: - Starting Bitcoin Venezuela - Co-founding Locha Mesh - The importance of mesh networks - How mesh networks have been used in Venezuela - How to incentivize individuals to use mesh networks - The Turpial device - Bitcoin as a tool to find individual happiness - Getting funding - much more Follow Randy on Twitter Check out Locha Mesh Check out to Bitcoin Venezuela