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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#512: Unlocking the Sound Money Mindset with Ian Carroll
07/06/2024 Duración: 01h37minMarty sits down with Ian Carroll to discuss the series of connections one makes once orange pilled. Ian on Twitter: https://x.com/Cancelcloco 0:00 - Intro 0:50 - Trump and Fauci 10:57 - Intel agencies 14:22 - River & Unchained 15:38 - People are being forced to notice 19:17 - Optimism 22:17 - Evil masterminds and incompetents 29:38 - Ian’s research and perspective 33:30 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite 35:07 - Currency wars 39:52 - Fix the money, fix the world 48:32 - Wallets, not ballots 51:31 - Strong towns and local business 54:37 - Poisonous food/healthcare loop 58:07 - Fiat standard 1:01:21 - The system is learning too 1:04:02 - Sound money mindset 1:11:18 - Pod 2.0 and Nostr 1:15:48 - Censorship resistance 1:19:54 - We’re so early 1:24:03 - Unrealized bank losses 1:28:29 - Truth For The Commoner Shoutout to our sponsors: River
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#511: Delegation and Time Hacking with Rod Roudi
03/06/2024 Duración: 01h27minMarty sits down with Rod Roudi to discuss bitcoin meetups, entrepreneurship, leveraging your time, and more. Rod on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitkite Bitcoin Park:; https://bitcoinpark.com/ POD256: https://twitter.com/pod256 0:00 - Intro 0:50 - Opening riff 6:45 - Tennessee Bitcoin 14:24 - River & Unchained 15:40 - Grassroots adoption 20:11 - Bitcoin Brainstorm 26:29 - Best way for number to go up 35:36 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite 37:14 - Doomscrolling 41:29 - Leveraging time 51:20 - Delegation and scheduling 1:06:08 - More meetups, more podcasts 1:11:31 - TFTC rewards 1:15:48 - Incorporating alpha 1:21:55 - Home screen apps Shoutout to our sponsors: River Unchained
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#510: Bitcoin and Market Anomalies with Cathie Wood
30/05/2024 Duración: 01h09minMarty sits down with Cathie Wood to discuss bitcoin in the context of historic trends and convergent technology. Cathie on Twitter: https://x.com/cathiedwood Bitcoin Brainstorm: https://www.youtube.com/@ARKInvest2015 Bitcoin Monthly: https://www.ark-invest.com/the-bitcoin-monthly/ 0:00 - Intro 0:50 - Bitcoin’s monetization compared to past trends 3:59 - Sovereign bitcoin funds 9:35 - River & Unchained 10:50 - Why is bitcoin outpacing gold 14:55 - Sharpe ratio convinces institutional investors 17:26 - Elections and consumer sentiment 25:56 - Inflation and money velocity 32:35 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite 34:12 - Is the level of chaos unprecedented? 39:18 - AI and bitcoin 43:12 - Internet money 46:09 - Energy narratives 50:23 - Converging technologies 57:43 - Ark ETF and bitcoin dev support 1:06:24 - Plugs Shoutout to our sponsors: River
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#509: Sustaining Bitcoin For Generations with Michael Goldstein
22/05/2024 Duración: 02h13minMarty sits down with Michael Goldstein to discuss the Nakamoto Institute, timeless ideas, and bitcoin rhetoric. Learn about the Satoshi Nakamoto Institute design fundraiser: https://news.nakamotoinstitute.org/p/help-give-sni-timeless-beauty Support the Satoshi Nakamoto Institute design fundraiser: https://pay.zaprite.com/pl_saYgrVYmCi Michael on Twitter: https://x.com/bitstein Michael on Nostr: https://primal.net/bitstein Nakamoto Institute: http://nakamotoinstitute.org/ Nakamoto Institute on Twitter: https://x.com/NakamotoInst Nakamoto Institute on Nostr: https://primal.net/sni 0:00 - Intro 0:50 - Nakamoto Institute origins 5:42 - Timeless ideas 12:08 - River & Unchained 13:24 - Popularity drivers for Austrian econ 22:26 - Distractions from bitcoin as money 27:39 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite 29:16 - Framing fiat’s weakness 36:28 - Art of Bitcoin Rhetoric 43:11 - Don’t let haters dictate terms 50:08 - “Trust in human institutions” 1:01:29 - The power of effective messaging 1:19:40 - Highlighting solut
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#508: How The Government Is Killing Small Farms with Dustin Kittle
21/05/2024 Duración: 01h14minMarty sits down with Dustin Kittle to discuss how the Farm Credit Administration is destroying the family farm. Dustin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dustinkittle 0:00 - Intro 0:50 - The farm credit system 9:28 - River & Unchained 10:44 - Dustin’s situation and the lenders’ liquidity crisis 20:51 - The people responsible? 26:19 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite 27:56 - Motivations and goals 33:15 - Ruthless tactics 39:51 - FCA’s integral role 48:26 - Last stand of the farmers 55:46 - Educating consumers and supporting farmers 1:01:19 - Herding us toward hyper-centralized food 1:08:44 - Next steps 1:12:09 - Wrapping on a monologue Shoutout to our sponsors: River Unchained
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#507: How Live Nation Scams Artists and Their Fans with Sam Means & Michael Rhee
20/05/2024 Duración: 01h37minMarty sits down with Sam and Michael from Wavlake to discuss the magic of concerts and how Ticketbot can help loosen Live Nation's grip on the industry. Sam on Twitter: https://x.com/sammeans Michael on Twitter: https://x.com/rheedio Wavlake: https://wavlake.com/ Wavlake app: https://app.wavlake.com/ 0:00 - Intro 0:50- Opening riff 3:58 - Kendrick vs Drake 10:56 - River & Unchained 12:12 - Stories about music 33:11 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite 34:48 - The Live Nation problem 48:06 - Ticketbot 1:05:53 - Nostr’s pace of progress 1:22:06 - Overlooked elements of Nostr 1:29:23 - Come to Nashville! 1:33:23 - Wrapping on best concert Shoutout to our sponsors: River Unchained
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#506: Q1 2024 Monetary Base Update with Matthew Mežinskis
15/05/2024 Duración: 02h17minMarty sits down once again with Matthew Mežinskis for the Q1 2024 monetary base update. Matthew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/1basemoney 0:50 - Power law trend is trending 5:42 - Govt attacking bitcoin 11:47 - Sponsors 1 13:02 - US debt and inflation 24:27 - Monetary base vs hard assets 34:05 - Top 5 currencies 37:06 - M3 45:58 - Outside money 52:17 - Sponsors 2 53:54 - Monetized debt and MMT 1:05:57 - Late stage central planning 1:10:06 - Bitcoin free banking 1:13:51 - Bitcoin price chart 1:23:37 - Bitcoin network and fee market 1:30:28 - Antpool 1:39:56 - MineOne and nationalization of hash 1:50:23 - ASIC commodification 1:54:29 - Nukes and tyranny 2:04:23 - Last chart 2:08:28 - Final thoughts Shoutout to our sponsors: River Unchained
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#505: Jerome Powell, Tether and Peak Oil with Tom Luongo
13/05/2024 Duración: 01h38minTom Luongo returns once again to discuss geopolitics. Tom on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TFL1728 Tom's Website: https://tomluongo.me/ 0:00 - Intro 0:50 - Larry Fink 6:18 - Sovereigntists vs Davos 14:00 - Sponsors 1 15:16 - Powell’s domestic concerns 18:39 - Bank of Japan 25:22 - Gold 30:00 - Tether 34:40 - Tom’s hivemind 36:31 - Sponsors 2 38:08 - KYC 44:31 - Yuval Harari clip 49:23 - The cracks are showing 58:32 - Sound money 1:06:30 - Oil 1:15:35 - Throw out the spreadsheet 1:21:42 - Israel parallels with Russia 1:29:26 - Recognizing manipulation Shoutout to our sponsors: River Unchained Zaprite Gradually, Then Suddenly
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#504: Bitcoin Is More American Than The Dollar with Parker Lewis
09/05/2024 Duración: 01h15minMarty sits down with Parker Lewis to discuss how fiat money corrupts the structure of the US government and how bitcoin fixes this. Parker on Twitter: https://twitter.com/parkeralewis 0:00 - Intro 0:50 - Welcome back to Tales From The Fridge 1:49 - US/Japan swap line 7:32 - Dollar is undermining the US 10:14 - Sponsors 1 11:30 - Framing bitcoin and the dollar correctly 17:37 - Importance of America’s government structure 26:59 - Hamilton describing the slippery slope 34:46 - Self-funding uniparty 41:44 - Sponsors 2 43:21 - Owning the frame 52:43 - How bitcoin decentralizes power 1:03:07 - Sticking to truth 1:14:00 - Final message Shoutout to our sponsors: River Unchained
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#503: The Bitcoin Stack with Dhruv Bansal,Ryan Gentry & Allen Farrington
04/05/2024 Duración: 01h39minMarty sits down with Dhruv, Ryan and Allen to discuss their new article on decentralizing the internet with Bitcoin. Dhruv on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dhruvbansal Ryan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RyanTheGentry Allen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/allenf32 0:00 - Intro 5:05 - Adding context 9:47 - Layer Zero 17:15 - Difficulty adjustment 23:32 - Layer One 32:42 - Layer Two - Lightning 43:31 - Gradually, Then Suddenly 44:10 - High layers improve low layers 50:40 - Unlocking the potential of lightning 55:40 - Design methodology 1:00:50 - Ordinals, out-of-band transactions 1:06:25 - Nostr 1:12:20 - Sphinx chat 1:17:24 - Ethereum’s backwards priorities 1:19:49 - AI interaction with bitcoin 1:25:09 - Unforseeable use cases 1:36:23 - Wrapping up Shoutout to our sponsors: River
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#502: How Bitcoin Fixes Elections with Carliño
03/05/2024 Duración: 01h41minMarty sits down with Carliño to discuss the events that led to Simple Proof and bitcoin being used to verify Guatemala's election. Carliño on Twitter: https://twitter.com/carlostoriello Digital Witness: https://digitalwitness.io Find Carliño on Nostr: npub14advhxua8w78gl2z7q8c4s20htxkzq4cu5mhj34ep0puf7smyqzszrd7qq 0:00 - Intro 5:05 - Riffing 9:24 - Poverty is the enemy 15:57 - Getting OFAC listed and discovering bitcoin 24:03 - Austrian influence and the state of Guatemala 29:21 - Events leading to Simple Proof 42:31 - Simple Proof in practice 49:09 - Utilizing Stakwork 54:39 - Mitigating bias 1:00:05 - After the election 1:09:04 - Funneling gamified auditors to bitcoin 1:14:09 - Next elections and implementing in American counties 1:26:05 - Election statistics, bleep the thing 1:31:39 - Reciepts of truth 1:39:18 - Darkest before the dawn Shoutout to our sponsors: River
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#501: Bitcoin Mining Pools Are Critically Centralized with Matt Corallo
24/04/2024 Duración: 01h13minMarty sits down with Matt Corallo to discuss the Antpool situation and how the centralization issue can be solved. Matt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheBlueMatt 0:00 - Intro 1:27 - The pool problem 14:42 - Miners haven’t switched 22:04 - Miner priorities 27:38 - Taking action 40:11 - Gradually, Then Suddenly 40:50 - Addressing bias 42:59 - Is switching difficult? 46:14 - Nuclear option if someone takes control 51:30 - Solutions 1:00:51 - Complacency 1:06:40 - Go test StratumV2 1:09:48 - Bitcoin success percentage and wrapping up Shoutout to our sponsors: River Unchained Zaprite
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#500: Investigating Fiat Food with Matthew Lysiak
23/04/2024 Duración: 01h38minMarty sits down with Matthew Lysiak to discuss his new book, Fiat Food. Matthew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Matthewlysiak Buy Fiat Food: https://academy.saifedean.com/product/fiat-food-hardcover/ 0:00 - Intro 5:05 - Mass shootings and mental illness 9:58 - Origins of Fiat Food and The Saif House 15:04 - 7th Day Adventists and Kellogg 19:37 - How 1971 corrupted science 32:06 - Gradually, Then Suddenly 32:45 - Legacy media distortion 42:21 - Environmental guilt 48:48 - Heart health psyop and food pyramid 1:00:21 - Friends of the money printer 1:06:25 - Covid and food as methods of control 1:20:35 - Media defection 1:27:39 - Modern obesity 1:31:12 - Reception of the book 1:37:24 - Book plug Shoutout to our sponsors: River Unchained
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#499: Debt Slavery and the Carbon Credit Coup with Whitney Webb and Mark Goodwin
17/04/2024 Duración: 02h19minMarty sits down with Whitney Webb and Mark Goodwin to discuss the latest methods employed by the digital panopticon. Whitney on Twitter: https://twitter.com/_whitneywebb Mark on Twitter: https://twitter.com/markgoodw_in 0:00 - Intro 5:05 - Explaining the article 13:33 - Satellogic 17:41 - Private/public cabal 26:51 - Steve Mnuchin 38:40 - Highlighting the public/private smokescreen 48:06 - Gradually, Then Suddenly 48:45 - RSK 57:34 - Carbon dictatorship 1:20:41 - Stablecoin mafia 1:36:08 - Preventing bitcoin’s corruption 1:50:40 - Bitcoin ethos whitepill 2:01:51 - Fear tactics and censorship 2:14:12 - Final thoughts Shoutout to our sponsors: River Unchained Zaprite
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#498: Musings Of A “Right Wing Radical” with Ben Braddock
15/04/2024 Duración: 02h42minMarty sits down with Ben Braddock to discuss everything from micro to macro. Ben on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GraduatedBen IM—1776: https://im1776.com/ 0:00 - Intro 5:05 - MS-13 8:13 - El Salvador and rule of law 12:47 - Media control and narrative shifts 30:51 - Covid lockdown’s financial motives 36:35 - Places to escape to 41:11 - Inflation is exhausting 52:37 - MAID and spiritual starvation 55:25 - They’re not sending their best 1:02:16 - Gradually, Then Suddenly 1:02:56 - Manosphere and nationalism 1:14:54 - Connecting over distance 1:22:35 - Cities and aesthetics 1:34:10 - Environmentalism 1:42:12 - IM—1776 and journalism 1:48:46 - Politicians 1:58:03 - Austin 2:06:41 - California water cycle 2:12:39 - Energy/mining 1:18:31 - Competency crisis and price system interference 2:36:47 - Eclipse and final thoughts Shoutout to our sponsors: River
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#497: Bitcoin Will Power Up The Future Of Finance with Andrew Hohns
10/04/2024 Duración: 01h52minMarty sits down with Andrew Hohns to discuss how Bitcoin changes the world of finance. https://www.unicefusa.org/about-unicef-usa/leadership/national-board-directors/andrew-hohns 0:00 - Intro 5:05 - Andrew’s background 19:30 - Discovering bitcoin 25:44 - Alloying bitcoin with credit 34:49 - Positive impact of Bitcoin’s unique use cases 49:18 - Debt crisis 58:15 - Gradually, Then Suddenly 58:54 - High/low time preference 1:04:32 - Applying bitcoin to financing 1:12:49 - Inflation 1:29:16 - Americans should embrace their bitcoin advantage 1:45:46 - Wrapping on Bitcoin Jawn Shoutout to our sponsors: River Unchained Zaprite
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#496: The World’s First Blue Light Free Computer with Anjan Katta & Tristan Scott
08/04/2024 Duración: 01h21minMarty sits down with Anjan Katta and Tristan Scott to discuss the Daylight computer. Anjan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnjanKatta Tristan Scott: https://twitter.com/bitcoinand_beef Daylight: https://daylightcomputer.com/ 0:00 - Intro 5:05 - Light and temperature 16:31 - Honesty 21:57 - Wisdom 25:56 - Creating Daylight 32:12 - Gradually, Then Suddenly 32:52 - Hardware has more impact than software 41:44 - Don’t start a hardware company 47:02 - Getting the screen made 59:10 - Fiat culture 1:06:42 - How Daylight succeeds 1:17:41 - Amusing Ourselves To Death Shoutout to our sponsors: River Unchained Zaprite B
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#495: What’s REALLY Going On In The Oil Wars with Anas Alhajji
05/04/2024 Duración: 01h21minMarty sits down with Anas Alhajji to discuss the many facets of the global conflict over energy. Anas on Twitter: https://twitter.com/anasalhajji Anas's Website: https://www.anasalhajji.com/ Daily Energy Report: https://afalhajji.substack.com/ 0:00 - Intro 5:05 - Strategic petroleum reserves 20:30 - LNG 40:04 - Gradually, Then Suddenly 40:43 - Media portrayal and OPEC+ view of Russia 48:32 - Red Sea 59:12 - Venezuela and Guyana 1:08:31 - Media narrative battles 1:13:07 - Predictions 1:19:16 - Wrapping up Shoutout to our sponsors: River Unchained Zaprite Bitcoin Talent Co
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#494: Adding Fifteen Years To Your Life with P.D. Mangan
02/04/2024 Duración: 01h11minMarty sits down with P.D. Mangan to discuss metabolic health, the consequences of easy fixes, fiat food, and more. P.D. Mangan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mangan150 0:00 - Intro 5:05 - Metabolic health 10:41 - Workout intensity 16:03 - Ozempic 23:27 - Hunger and eating patterns 28:56 - Meat myths, studies, and unhealthy experts 35:43 - Gradually, Then Suddenly 36:22 - Advice and misconceptions 46:00 - Chronic disease and fiat food 58:13 - A health crisis is expensive 1:02:37 - Years gained/lost Shoutout to our sponsors: River Unchained Zaprite Bitcoin Talent Co
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#493: Fixing Big Ag with Jeff Smith
26/03/2024 Duración: 01h33minMarty sits down with Jeff Smith to discuss the state of ranching and the agriculture industry. Colorado Craft Beef: https://coloradocraftbeef.com/ 0:00 - Intro 5:05 - Bitcoin and ranching 13:37 - Starting Colorado Craft Beef 23:41 - Regulatory risk 29:04 - Taking care of the land 33:23 - Gradually, Then Suddenly 34:02 - Scaling in competition with large corps 39:00 - Orange pilling 55:34 - Weaponized fiat and food 1:00:34 - Competency crisis 1:12:32 - Yummy steaks 1:18:30 - Back to scaling 1:27:43 - Perspective and hope 1:32:59 - Wrapping up Shoutout to our sponsors: River Unchained Zaprite Bitcoin Talent Co