TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast

Marty Bent

TFTC is a podcast hosted by Marty Bent about Bitcoin. Join Marty, Editor in Chief of "the best newsletter in Bitcoin", as he sits down to discuss Bitcoin with interesting people.

  • 1 hour 29 minutes
    #569: Building A Scaling Solution For Bitcoin With Alex Bergeron

    Marty sits down with Alex Bergeron to discuss Ark Labs.


    Alex on Twitter: https://x.com/bergealex4

    Ark Labs: https://arklabs.to/


    0:00 - Intro

    0:36 - Will the strategic reserve stop soft forks?

    15:50 - Unchained

    16:50 - Ark

    25:10 - Zaprite & SOTE

    26:43 - How Ark works

    1:03:57 - Product market fit

    1:13:31- Things take time to build

    1:20:31 - Meta protocols

    1:26:35 - Wrap up

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    30 December 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 1 hour 37 minutes
    #568: Building A Way Around Govt Digital ID with John Carvalho

    Marty sits down with John Carvalho to discuss his BIP on bitcoin units and an update on Pubky.


    Links:

    https://pubky.app/

    https://pubky.org/

    https://x.com/BitcoinErrorLog



    0:00 - Intro

    0:36 - John's BIP

    10:16 - Millisats

    14:30 - Unchained

    15:30 - Optimizing against govt controlled btc

    22:30 - OP_VAULT and fork consensus

    36:53 - Zaprite & SOTE

    38:26 - Pubky

    45:21 - Government digital ID

    54:10 - Nostr's vs X vs Bluesky

    1:00:00 - Why Nostr needs an ID solution

    1:03:13 - Atomic Economy

    1:08:08 - Tether

    1:12:15 - Bitfinex stolen coins

    1:14:13 - MSTR

    1:21:20 - Core dev incentives

    1:25:39 - John's hot take history

    1:29:29 - Bluesky culture

    1:33:15 - Giving people what they don’t know they want

    1:35:52 - Wrapup


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    27 December 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 2 hours 46 minutes
    #567: You’ve Been Lied To Your Whole Life! with WAR MODE

    Marty and Will Cole sit down to orange pill Bill and Spud from WAR MODE.


    WAR MODE: https://warmode.libsyn.com/

    0:00 - Intro 0:36 - Here to be orange pilled 4:35 - Don’t F up the money 11:03 - Unchained 12:04 - Early bitcoin and basic value prop 17:07 - Inflation lies 25:09 - How we got to the modern system 31:19 - Zaprite & SOTE 32:52 - Bitcoin’s good for everyone and everything’s good for bitcoin 40:27 - Bitcoin, not blockchain 47:30 - Monetization & Triffin dilemma 50:21 - Mining, energy and the halving 56:52 - Fixing the money 1:00:38 - What miners and nodes do 1:10:42 - Emergent organization and early internet 1:15:01 - Bitcoin storage and risks of bank custody 1:24:32 - Big banks are far more criminal than bitcoin users 1:28:11 - The financial system is a web of lies 1:38:31 - Bitcoin is the white pill, it’s never too late 1:51:19 - F you money beats censorship 1:59:13 - The only winning move is to play 2:07:30 - Volatility - Weimar gold 2:09:11 - Bitcoin lending and regulatory attack 2:16:27 - China ban and Texas energy 2:21:41 - Q 2:23:54 - Divine intervention 2:28:52 - Conspiracy theories 2:34:49 - Freeing the enslaved American people


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    23 December 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 1 hour 20 minutes
    Bitcoin Alpha E005: Why Quantum Computing Can't Kill Bitcoin with Matt Corallo

    The Ten31 crew sit down with Matt Corallo to talk about Google's Willow quantum chip.


    0:00 - Disclaimer

    0:24 - Matt Corallo addresses the quantum chip scare

    34:19 - Expected value calculation in quantum scenario

    45:34 - Bitcoin MENA and nation state adoption

    56:45 - Bitcoinization of finance

    1:02:18 - MSTR

    1:11:00 - Yield is a scary word in bitcoin

    1:17:35 - 100k milestone

    20 December 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 2 hours 3 minutes
    #566: Q3 2024 Monetary Base Update with Matthew Mežinskis

    Marty sits down with Matthew Mežinskis to discuss the Q3 2024 monetary base update.


    Matthew on Twitter: https://x.com/1basemoney

    Porkopolis Economics: https://www.porkopolis.io/

    0:00 - Intro

    0:36- ATH, 4 currencies left in the way

    4:50 - The Trump wave

    10:44 - chart - Getting gold/btc on Fed balance sheet

    24:20 - Unchained

    25:11 - Optimally acquiring strategic reserve

    30:38 - Zaprite & SOTE

    32:11 - Triffin Dilemma and spending cuts

    38:55 - How hard money helps central banks

    43:23 - Yield curve/Fed policy mismatch

    49:22 - Russian bitcoin

    54:26 - Trump's cabinet and Scott Bessent

    58:16 - Supercycle?

    1:05:51 - Power curve

    1:08:55 - Saylor's convertible notes

    1:1545 - Base money

    1:25:29 - Breton Woods 2.0?

    1:42:30 - Fiat money exponential growth

    1:46:44 - Job market

    1:52:39 - Bitcoin Lindy effect

    2:01:00 - Wrap up

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    18 December 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 58 minutes 19 seconds
    #565: Bitcoin Credit Innovations with Andrew Hohns

    Marty sits down at PubKey with Andrew Hohns to discuss Battery Finance.


    0:00 - Intro

    0:36 - Squawk Box

    4:27 - Why Andrew caught onto bitcoin

    10:39 - Unchained

    11:29 - Saylor’s dematerialization idea

    15:45 - Supercharging real estate

    25:09 - Zaprite & SOTE

    26:42 - Adoptions cycles for borrowers

    31:31 - Duration curve

    38:24 - Bitcoin will be critical as other assets demonetize

    40:50 - Loans result in long term hodl

    46:23 - 100k significance & price prediction

    54:39 - Custody question

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    16 December 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 1 hour 1 minute
    #564: Retiring Early With Bitcoin with Trey Sellers

    Marty sits down with Trey Sellers to discuss how Unchained will be moving forward in light of the recent $100k breakthrough.


    Trey on Twitter: https://x.com/ts_hodl



    0:00 - Intro

    0:36 - Marty on Tucker and Andrew Hohns on CNBC

    3:59 - Guiding hodlers and pioneering collab custody

    14:04 - Unchained

    14:54 - 100k changes the frame

    17:46 - Where does Unchained go next?

    21:27 - Zaprite & SOTE

    23:00 - Large capital bringing in the supercycle

    26:57 - FIRE framework

    41:30 - Signature white glove service

    47:01 - The bitcoin rabbit hole cascade

    49:15 - Lloyd Blankfein on bitcoin in geopolitics

    52:43 - Bitcoin credit products

    55:00 - Unchained event


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    11 December 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 1 hour 30 minutes
    #563: Holding The Keys To Your Speech with Miljan Braticevic

    Marty sits down with Miljan Braticevic to discuss Primal 2.0.


    Miljan on Primal: https://primal.net/miljan

    0:00 - Intro

    0:36 - Nostr is more than social media

    10:04 - Why Nostr is better

    20:50 - Bitkey & Coinkite

    23:10 - Building Primal with open source ethos

    27:52 - Power user functionality

    37:08 - Doomscroll algo vs custom feeds

    44:53 - Zaprite & SOTE

    46:26 - Nostr in the context of Elon’s site

    51:23 - Nostr/bitcoin symbiosis and snowball adoption

    1:02:00 - Fountain/Primal and how Nostr promotes cooperation

    1:07:09 - Why openness will outcompete centralization

    1:12:48 - Bitcoiners are the best set of users for Nostr to start on

    1:21:10 - What will bring the suddenly moment?

    1:26:21 - Get your legend status

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    9 December 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 1 hour 18 minutes
    #562: Bitcoin Has Entered The Geopolitical Game with Mel Mattison

    Marty sits down to discuss how Trump may plan to wield bitcoin and an altered Federal Reserve to compete with BRICS.


    Mel on Twitter: https://x.com/MelMattison1

    Mel's Website: https://www.melmattison.com/

    0:00 - Intro

    0:36 - Scott Bessent

    7:42 - History of the Fed

    12:59 - Unchained & Coinkite

    15:18 - Trump indicates plans to change Fed

    29:10 - Zaprite & SOTE

    30:43 - Does BRICS need to play both bitcoin and gold?

    39:35 - How gold and bitcoin could coexist

    43:49 - How will the new policy be implemented?

    53:18 - Sparking volatility and spinning the story

    1:02:21 - We may be entering a new American Renaissance

    1:14:49 - Preparing before the inauguration

    1:16:41 - Plugs

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    6 December 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 1 hour 14 minutes
    #561: The American Renaissance with Matt Cole

    Marty sits down with Matt Cole from Strive to discuss the tidal shift in America driven by bitcoin.


    Matt on Twitter: https://x.com/colemacro

    Strive: https://strive.com/

    0:00 - Intro

    0:36 - ESG/DEI disaster isn’t quite over yet

    13:52 - Unchained & Coinkite

    16:12 - Matt’s background and framing bitcoin for pensions

    25:04 - Career risk of missing bitcoin

    28:52 - Moving the Overton window and helping clients with bitcoin

    33:12 - Zaprite & SOTE

    34:45 - Making the most of bitcoin

    43:07 - How using bitcoin changes your understanding

    48:48 - AI machine payments, regulations and altcoins

    56:34 - Trump admin stepping out of America’s way

    1:03:21 - America has centuries left

    1:13:33 - Wrapup

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    4 December 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 1 hour 23 minutes
    Bitcoin Alpha E004: How AnchorWatch is Redefining Bitcoin Risk Management

    The Ten31 team sits down with Rob Hamilton and Becca Rubenfield from AnchorWatch to discuss becoming a Lloyd's of London Coverholder.


    0:00 - Disclaimer


    0:24 - What Anchorwatch offers


    5:26 - Leveraging bitcoin and Miniscript


    12:52 - What makes Anchorwatch different


    19:43 - More on what Miniscript offers


    29:39 -Smart contracts


    36:56 - Early Anchorwatch


    42:38 - Good UX without compromise


    47:31 - Possibilities and future plans


    59:59 - Risk appetite at Lloyd’s


    1:13:01 - How bitcoin helps the insurance industry


    1:22:45 - Wrap up

    29 November 2024, 1:00 pm
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