Tales from the Crypt: A Bitcoin Podcast

Join Marty as he sits down with Jeff Vandrew, founder of the Keykeeper IRA, to discuss: - Jeff's essay on Post-Capitalism - Distributism - Marxism - Social Democracy - Socialism - Localism - Externalities - much more Follow Jeff on Twitter Shoutout to our sponsor: Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse you download the app. Subscribe to our YouTube channel: tftc.tv Contribute to the show: https://tftc.io/contribute/

Join Marty as he sits down with Alexander Leishman, Co-Founder of River Financial, to discuss: - Building River - Being a Bitcoin-only business - Dollar Cost Averaging - Complex systems - Bitcoin and American values - KYC/AML hypocrisy - much more Follow Alexander on Twitter Check out River Financial Shoutout to our sponsor: Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse you download the app. Subscribe to our YouTube channel: tftc.tv Contribute to the show: https://tftc.io/contribute/

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Bitcoin's first 11 years - NthKey: use your iPhone as part of a multisig setup - Nodl Dojo first impressions - Samourai Whirlpool 0.10.0 released - MyNode adds whirlpool support, dojo coming soon - Satreon: a non custodial lightning network powered alternative to Patreon - Metal seed storage reviews - Introducing A Framework for Privacy in eCommerce via Bitcoin - Difficulties with verifiable open hardware 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 you download the app. Unchained Capital. Head over to www.unchained-capital.com/vaults and checkout their 2-of-3 multisig vaults. GiveWell. Learn how much good your donation can do by visiting GiveWell.org/tftc. They accept traditional payment methods, Bitcoin, and several other cryptocurrencies

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - BitBox02 brute force vulnerability disclosed, update to firmware V5.0.0 asap (h/t @freedomisntsafe) - BLW on Android adds support for hosted channels - Argentina local bitcoins volume hits ATHs amid further capital controls - As expected CSW makes excuses ahead of "tulip trust" access date - Ethereum Co-Founder Jeffrey Wilcke dumps $11.5M worth of ETH from premine - The Venezuelan Petro update - HK Police freeze $9M raised by activists via Spark Alliance - Popular chat app ToTok removed from app store due to concerns it is a UAE spy tool - US gov issues warning to service members asking them not to use DNA testing services - @dergigi releases 21 Lessons book - Kiara Bickers (@kiarabickers) releases Bitcoin Clarity book - Proof of Keys next week - John Newbery thread - German gold capital controls 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 you downlo

Join Marty as he sits down with Dave Collum, Professor of Organic Chemistry at Cornell University, to discuss: - Climate Change - Bitcoin - Jeffrey Epstein - Inflation - The Fed - much more Follow Dave on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavidBCollum Check out Dave's 2019 Year in Review Shoutout to our sponsor: Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse you download the app. Subscribe to our YouTube channel: tftc.tv Contribute to the show: https://tftc.io/contribute/

Join Marty as he sits down with Urbit ambassador to Bitcoin, Bitcoin Sign Guy, to discuss: - Urbit Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse you download the app. Subscribe to our YouTube channel: tftc.tv Contribute to the show: https://tftc.io/contribute/

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Bottle Pay shuts down rather than implement KYC per upcoming AMLD5 regulation - Binance Singapore allegedly flagging accounts that CoinJoin after withdrawal - Phoenix lightning wallet by ACINQ launches on Android - c-lightning 0.8.0 released - Wasabi Wallet V1.1.10 released - Coldcard firmware 3.0.6 released - Ronin UI for Samourai Dojo - Trace Mayer on CoinJoin usage - BTCPay integration with M5Stack - cheap point of sale option - Alex Gladstein in Coindesk, Quillette, Tor blog - Polo adds no KYC option - Direct deposits delayed nationwide due to Fed glitch - NYTimes report on location tracking using phone apps 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 you download the app. Unchained Capital. Head over to www.unchained-capital.com/vaults and checkout their 2-of-3 multisig vaults. GiveWell. Learn how much good your donation can do by visiting Give

Join Marty as he sits down with Parker Lewis to discuss: - What is QE? - The Fed's balance sheet over the last decade - Unwinding the balance sheet - Repo market madness - Source of the repo liquidity crunch - Moving forward - much more Follow Parker on Twitter: https://twitter.com/parkeralewis Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse you download the app. Subscribe to our YouTube channel: tftc.tv Contribute to the show: https://tftc.io/contribute/

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Honeyminer acting sketchy - not your keys, not your coins - Jill Carlson on censorship resistance - Coinjoin usage Wasabi & Samourai chart - SquareCrypto gives grant to a nym - ZmnSCPxj - RIP CryptoDeleted - Exchange tokens are centralized and high risk - Malicious relays on the [Tor network](https://medium.com/@nusenu/the-growing-problem-of-malicious-relays-on-the-tor-network-2f14198af548 & fastrelay.org) - Twitter funding small team to develop a more open platform - Amazon Ring cameras compromised - More than 260k documents leaked by Sprint contractor - War on cash escalates in Greece and Italy - Repo market demand 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 you download the app. Unchained Capital. Head over to www.unchained-capital.com/vaults and checkout their 2-of-3 multisig vaults. GiveWell. Learn how much good your donation can do by visiting

Join Marty as he sits down with Hector Rosekrans, Navy veteran and bitcoiner, to discuss: - Being a Surface Warfare Officer - How the Navy teaches you to think - How Bitcoin may be better at spreading democracy than military might - Self custody'ing your own data - Bitcoin and the Constitution - Nuclear deescalation via Bitcoin mining - How should States lean in to Bitcoin? - much more Follow Hector on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HectorRosekrans Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse you download the app. Subscribe to our YouTube channel: tftc.tv Contribute to the show: https://tftc.io/contribute/

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Bakkt weekly volume all time high - Bakkt ceo Kelly Loeffler tapped as new Georgia senator - The second Boltathon online lightning conference this weekend, tickets are 800k sats - easypaysy bitcoin accounts proposal - On The Brink podcast with former head of Circle OTC desk Dan Matuszewski - Bitfinex adds lightning deposits and withdrawals - A Look at Innovation in Bitcoin’s Technology Stack by Lucas Nuzzi - TFTC with Matt Ahlborg - Interesting reddit discussion about Confidential Transactions - Wasabi v1.1.10 RC1 released - go test it and earn sats - Badass BTCPay cleats by Russel Okung - Great Fold commercial by @bvbtc and @content_noir - BottlePay chat sats launched - Tails 4.1 released - Binance launches no fee Tezos staking undercutting all noncustodial options - Tron backed Poloniex flexes on DGB founder - OP_CHECKTEMPLATEVERIFY Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and

Join Marty as he sits down with Matt Ahlborg, Data Scientist and Founder of Usefultulips.org, to discuss: - Why Matt is interested in P2P trading specifically - How Bitcoin is being used around the world - Developing the Usage Per Economic (Online) Person metric - What it's like cold calling a P2P trader - Why are people using Bitcoin? - What Matt plans to do in the future - much more Follow Matt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MattAhlborg Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse you download the app. Casa. Use promo code “TFTC” to get up to $250 off your Casa membership … or hit their team up membership@team.casa for a free demo, or to put them to the test with your hardest OpSec questions! Subscribe to our YouTube channel: tftc.tv Contribute to the show: https://tftc.io/contribute/

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Bitcoin Core 0.19.0 released - https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-core-0-19-0-released-heres-whats-new - ColdCard firmware 3.0.5 released - Bakkt daily volume - https://twitter.com/BakktBot/status/1200417914744135680?s=20 - Bitmex research analyzes IBD - https://blog.bitmex.com/bitcoins-initial-block-download/ - Telegram's Durov issues scathing statement - https://t.me/durov/109 - Two great pieces from Coindesk's Leigh Cuen https://www.coindesk.com/global-protests-reveal-bitcoins-limitations - https://www.coindesk.com/lebanese-bitcoiners-show-how-to-talk-about-crypto-at-thanksgiving - Nigerians + Bitcoin - https://medium.com/dlabvc/paxful-is-the-most-important-bitcoin-company-you-arent-paying-attention-to-4e699db0c5ca - Great presentation by Alex Gladstein - https://vimeo.com/375118500 - Venezuelans using RuneScape for additional income - https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2019/11/21/venezuelas-paper-currency-is-worthless-so-its-people-seek-virtual-gold - So

Join Marty as he sits down with Chris Arnade, Author of Dignity: Seeking Respect in Back Row America, to discuss: - Traveling through back row America - Cognitive hubs and spatial redistribution - Trading on Wall Street - Connecting with "the other" - Retribution as politics - The importance of community - much more Follow Chris on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Chris_arnade Pick up Dignity: https://www.amazon.com/Dignity-Seeking-Respect-Back-America/dp/0525534733 Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse you download the app. Casa. Use promo code “TFTC” to get up to $250 off your Casa membership … or hit their team up membership@team.casa for a free demo, or to put them to the test with your hardest OpSec questions! Subscribe to our YouTube channel: tftc.tv Contribute to the show: https://tftc.io/contribute/

Join Marty as he sits down with Will Reeves, Founder of Fold, to discuss: - How Fold has grown from an app that allowed users to purchase pizza via LN to something much bigger - Building a distributed team - Building on a protocol that is changing and evolving - Bridging the gap between non-technical users and cypherpunks - The switch from ad tech to surveillance tech - California wine - much more Follow Will on Twitter: https://twitter.com/wlrvs Check out Fold: https://foldapp.com/ Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse you download the app. Casa. Use promo code “TFTC” to get up to $250 off your Casa membership … or hit their team up membership@team.casa for a free demo, or to put them to the test with your hardest OpSec questions! Subscribe to our YouTube channel: tftc.tv Contribute to the show: https://tftc.io/contribut

This week Marty & Matt discuss: - BTCPay vault + BTCPay configurator https://github.com/btcpayserver/BTCPayServer.Vault/releases/tag/Vault%2Fv0.0.3 & https://twitter.com/pavlenex/status/1197465294463283200?s=21 - Five corporate sponsors for BTCPay now - Luna node and wallet of satoshi join https://twitter.com/milessuter/status/1196973452306993152?s=21 - Coinmetrics & BitMex Research launch txstats.com - Bottlepay launches developer API https://docs.bottle.dev/ - Matt’s first attempt in front of a camera https://jwp.io/s/O54RhCTj - Donnerlab announces Bitcoin Bounty Hunt FPS game with sats integrated https://twitter.com/donnerlab1/status/1196856002118852611?s=21 - Binance practices responsible UTXO management https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-616/ - @6102bitcoin launches Bitcoin-intro.com - Upgrade your Trezor T before sending transactions https://blog.trezor.io/details-of-the-multisig-change-address-issue-and-its-mitigation-6370ad73ed2a - Zap 0.6.0 desktop released https://medium.com/@JimmyMow/announcing-z

Join Marty and Matt as they sit down with Wiz and m52go from the Bisq project to discuss: - The origins of Bisq - How Bisq works - Mining - Why KYC/AML does more harm than good - Why privacy is important - The Bisq DAO - much more Check out and download Bisq: https://docs.bisq.network/getting-started.html Follow Wiz on Twitter: https://twitter.com/wiz Follow m52go on Twitter: https://twitter.com/m52go Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse you download the app. Casa. Use promo code “TFTC” to get up to $250 off your Casa membership … or hit their team up membership@team.casa for a free demo, or to put them to the test with your hardest OpSec questions! Subscribe to our YouTube channel: tftc.tv Contribute to the show: https://tftc.io/contribute/

Join Marty as he sits down with Trace Mayer to discuss: - Wyoming blockchain legislation - The institution of the nuclear family - Bitcoin + freedom - An update on Bitcoin's 7 network effects - much more Follow Trace on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TraceMayer Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse you download the app. Casa. Use promo code “TFTC” to get up to $250 off your Casa membership … or hit their team up membership@team.casa for a free demo, or to put them to the test with your hardest OpSec questions! Subscribe to our YouTube channel: tftc.tv Contribute to the show: https://tftc.io/contribute/

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Update firmware before using coldcard SD card feature to send transactions https://blog.coinkite.com/troublesome-change/ - Unchained Capital announces Caravan multisig GUI https://www.unchained-capital.com/blog/the-caravan-arrives/ - Stratum V2 initial specs released https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/with-stratum-v2-braiins-plans-big-overhaul-in-pooled-bitcoin-mining - Unknown fund announces $75M bitcoin investment towards privacy https://www.unknown.fund/press-release - Digital Garage provides third grant to BTCPay Foundation worth $30k https://blog.btcpayserver.org/dg-grant-2019/ - Easily create regtest lightning networks with Polar https://github.com/jamaljsr/polar - Boltathon 2 online lightning conference announced Dec. 6-8 https://twitter.com/Boltathon/status/1193935341914226689?s=20 - Zap iOS 0.5.0 adds Tor support https://twitter.com/ln_zap/status/1192841623421542401?s=20 - HUT8 quarterly figures https://web.tmxmoney.com/article.php?newsid=5330196128175970&qm_symb

Join Marty as he sits down with Dan Tapiero, Founder of DTAP Capital and Gold Bullion International, to discuss: - Ray Dalio's recent note - Dan's views on the current macro landscape - Why Bitcoin is already established - Why it's hard for institutional investors to approach - Bitcoin + The American Revoultion - Critical thinking - much more Follow Dan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DTAPCAP Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse you download the app. Casa. Use promo code “TFTC” to get up to $250 off your Casa membership … or hit their team up membership@team.casa for a free demo, or to put them to the test with your hardest OpSec questions! Subscribe to our YouTube channel: tftc.tv Contribute to the show: https://tftc.io/contribute/