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#738: The Dollar Empire Is Just Beginning with Capital Flows

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:00:28 GMT

Marty sits down with Jeremiah from Capital Flows to discuss how duration and credit risk price all assets, the implications of the dollar's reserve status on global trade, the current liquidity-driven equity melt-up, and emerging opportunities in decentralized finance and space technology.

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Ten31 Timestamp: The Empire Strikes Back

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:00:28 GMT

Term 2.0 is trending imperial as the US flexes financial and military muscle across the globe, from the Strait of Hormuz to the Panama Canal. While ceasefire headlines whipsaw market sentiment, Bitcoin is quietly decoupling from tech stocks and showing resilience against a backdrop of great power competition with China.

In this episode:

Empire vs Republic: Are we entering the decline of the republic or the rise of the empire?
Middle East ceasefire chaos and why oil prices aren't reflecting the full strategic picture
US-China leverage game: Who blinks first on gas prices and supply chain disruption
Rare earth industrial policy: The Sierra Verde acquisition and Indonesia partnership
Bitcoin diverging from software stocks after months of tight correlation
Strategy's STRK preferred stock and the risks building in DeFi derivatives
Institutional pressure for quantum resistance by 2029 echoing the 2016 block size wars

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00:00 - Empire Strikes Back: Term 2.0 going imperial

00:01:06 - Oil prices and ceasefire volatility

00:02:11 - Bitcoin decoupling from software stocks

00:04:18 - Market positioning and the taco trade

00:07:26 - US vs China leverage thresholds

00:11:06 - Mark Carney and Canada relations

00:12:57 - Rare earths and Sierra Verde deal

00:13:58 - De-dollarization narrative reality check

00:17:13 - Indonesia and Brazil geopolitical moves

00:19:31 - Panama Canal strategic importance

00:20:47 - Strategy STRK preferred stock mechanics

00:22:17 - DeFi hacks and derivative risks

00:25:15 - Quantum computing institutional panel

00:27:20 - NIST criticism and 2016 parallels

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#737: Preparing For Post Quantum Era with Pubkey

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:00:29 GMT

Marty sits down with Thomas Pacchia, Christian Langalis, and Ryan Gentry to discuss institutional fears regarding quantum computing, the degradation of professional and college sports, the Joe McCann crypto saga, and the longhouse theory of political organization.

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#736: Bitcoin Treasury for Business with Scott Marmoll

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:00:26 GMT

Marty sits down with Scott from Capital B Advisory to discuss their new Bitcoin Treasury and Exit Playbook, exploring how private business owners can accumulate Bitcoin on corporate balance sheets, navigate exit strategies, and leverage AI to optimize operations.

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Ten31 Timestamp: You Say Ceasefire, and I Say Escalation

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:00:25 GMT

Markets are whipsawing between ceasefire hopes and escalation fears as the Strait of Hormuz becomes a geopolitical flashpoint, while Bitcoin shows surprising resilience amid the chaos. We dig into the energy leverage game between the US and China, the suspicious timing of the Mythos AI panic, and why Bitcoin makes more sense than stablecoins for toll payments in a war zone.

In this episode:

Why empty VLCCs are racing to the Gulf of America while Hormuz closes

China's sulfuric acid export ban targeting global food supplies

Bitcoin holding $71k as traditional markets panic over Middle East escalation

The Mythos AI narrative as potential cover for a private credit crisis

Why stablecoins fail as neutral money for adversarial trade

Bitcoin's emerging role in international oil settlement and Hormuz tolls

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00:00 - Masters weekend and Middle East chaos

00:01:06 - Strait of Hormuz blockade and ceasefire games

00:02:58 - US energy leverage and VLCC redirection

00:06:18 - China retaliates with sulfuric acid export curbs

00:09:27 - Bitcoin's strength amid geopolitical turmoil

00:13:04 - Anthropic Mythos and the emergency bank meeting

00:19:35 - Private credit stress and insurance exposure

00:22:47 - Bitcoin tolls in the Strait of Hormuz

00:29:02 - Stablecoins vs Bitcoin for international trade

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#735: The Pollution of Bitcoin Core with Dr. Jack Kruse

Sat, 11 Apr 2026 16:00:25 GMT

Marty sits down with Jack Kruse to discuss the convergence of political power and financial corruption threatening Bitcoin, the existential danger of base‑chain pollution that most plebs overlook, and the shocking ties between early developer Adam Back and Jeffrey Epstein.

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#734: The Generational Wealth Heist with Nick Nemeth

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:00:26 GMT

Marty sits down with Nick Nemeth to discuss how private equity firms have rendered 29 of the top 30 US life insurers technically insolvent through accounting fraud, offshore reinsurance shell games, and risky private credit investments that threaten to trigger a crisis larger than 2008.

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Ten31 Timestamp: Schrödinger's Regime Change

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:08:11 GMT

Schrödinger's Regime Change is upon us. With the Trump administration sending contradictory signals on Iran and global markets whipsawing on every headline, Marty Bent and John Arnold cut through the noise to focus on the physical realities actually driving geopolitics. From oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz to the return of quantum computing FUD, we separate signal from noise in an increasingly chaotic world.

In this episode:

Schrödinger's Regime Change: Navigating Trump administration chaos
Why "Leroy Jenkins" is the perfect metaphor for current foreign policy
Physical oil flows increasing through Strait of Hormuz despite tensions
Unfreezing sanctioned assets and the fading Western sanctions regime
Helium shortages threatening semiconductor manufacturing
Qatar-Exxon Texas LNG venture and North American energy security
Alberta separatist movement and the future of Canadian oil
Quantum FUD returns: Google's new paper and Bitcoin's cryptographic future
Why rushing quantum resistance upgrades could be dangerous
The load bearing cryptography people protecting Bitcoin

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00:00 - Schrödinger's Regime Change

00:01:05 - The futility of headline watching

00:02:26 - The Leroy Jenkins foreign policy

00:03:03 - Strait of Hormuz oil realities

00:04:33 - Unfreezing Iranian assets

00:05:57 - Helium and semiconductor supply chains

00:06:26 - Texas LNG and energy dominance

00:08:23 - Alberta separatist movement

00:09:40 - Quantum FUD returns

00:11:24 - Theoretical vs physical quantum progress

00:13:44 - Jonas Nick's SHRIMP proposal

00:16:57 - Load bearing cryptography people

00:20:00 - Action bias and protocol safety

00:22:01 - Bitcoin's talent attraction signal

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#733: The Truth About The Quantum Threat with Brandon Black

Sat, 04 Apr 2026 14:00:26 GMT

Marty sits down with Brandon Black to discuss the realistic timeline of quantum computing threats to Bitcoin, the gap between theoretical breakthroughs and physical implementation, and why rushing post-quantum cryptographic upgrades may be unnecessary and risky.

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#732: The Iran War Escalation with Mel Mattison

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:00:26 GMT

Marty sits down with Mel Mattison to discuss the escalating Iran-Israel conflict, the rising threat of nuclear war and global recession, and how investors should position themselves in cash, gold, and Bitcoin to navigate potential market crashes and stagflation.

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Ten31 Timestamp: To Hike or Not to Hike

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:00:25 GMT

John Arnold joins Marty to break down why the Fed is fiscally trapped and unable to hike rates despite inflationary pressures from Middle East supply shocks, while Bitcoin achieves unprecedented institutional integration through mortgage markets and Wall Street ETF filings.

In this episode:

Why the Fed cannot hike: Debt/GDP and interest expense constraints
MOVE index spikes to highest levels since Liberation Day
The 1940s analog: Fed-Treasury coordination, price controls, and rationing
Private credit contagion and Treasury basis trade unwind risks
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac recognize Bitcoin for mortgage collateral
Coinbase launches 30-year Bitcoin-collateralized mortgage
Morgan Stanley files for Bitcoin ETF with 14bps fee undercut
Block (Square) auto-enables Bitcoin payments for all merchants
ETF flows remain flat on the year despite 48% price drawdown

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00:00 - Weekend recap and military mission context

00:00:33 - The Fed hiking debate begins

00:01:15 - Market pricing rate hikes via CME Fed Watch

00:02:40 - US fiscal constraints and non-discretionary spending

00:03:49 - MOVE index hits Liberation Day volatility levels

00:04:08 - Treasury basis trade and levered hedge fund risks

00:06:10 - Private credit contagion (Morgan Stanley gating)

00:09:38 - 1940s analog: Price controls and government coordination

00:14:23 - Bitcoin as pressure release valve for Fed policy

00:15:34 - Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac Bitcoin mortgage news

00:16:40 - Conforming loans and secondary market liquidity

00:19:36 - Block auto-enables Bitcoin merchant payments

00:20:05 - Morgan Stanley Bitcoin ETF filing

00:23:25 - Sentiment analysis: 2015 vs today

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#731: Fixing Broken Bitcoin Tax Policy with Andrew Gordon

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 14:00:25 GMT

Marty sits down with Andrew Gordon to discuss the IRS's aggressive new crypto audit tactics, problematic tax reporting requirements like Form 1099-DA, and the urgent need for legislative reforms including a de minimis exemption and voluntary disclosure program.

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Ten31 Timestamp: Cui Bono?

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:05:30 GMT

Marty breaks down the real winners and losers as Middle East tensions create massive market volatility and reshape global energy flows.

In this episode:

Oil market spreads reveal who's really benefiting from Gulf disruptions
Why Qatar's 5-year LNG shutdown changes everything
China's insurance advantage in the Strait of Hormuz
Treasury yield spike forcing Trump's hand on Iran talks
Gold selloff exposes the reserve asset rotation happening behind the scenes

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00:00 - Market chaos and Iran negotiations

00:06:04 - Oil spread signals reveal US energy advantage

00:10:50 - Qatar LNG shutdown impacts global supply for years

00:13:05 - Strait of Hormuz - who's really controlling shipping?

00:16:04 - China's export surge and leverage game

00:19:14 - Treasury volatility hits highest since Liberation Day

00:23:49 - Gold selloff shows reserve asset dynamics

00:26:59 - Iranian threats target US Treasury holders

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#730: Trump's Geopolitical Poker Game with Tom Luongo

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:00:26 GMT

Marty sits down with Tom Luongo to discuss the recent US military operation against Iran, Trump's "poker player" strategy to dismantle the City of London's control over global shipping insurance and energy markets, and the potential end of the "chaos premium" in international trade.

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#729: The Generational Liquidity Trap with Jeff Park

Sat, 21 Mar 2026 14:00:26 GMT

Marty sits down with Jeff Park to discuss the converging forces of demographic inversion, wealth inequality, and AI disruption that are creating a generational liquidity trap, why traditional assets like housing and equities represent exit liquidity risks for investors, and how Bitcoin serves as the essential hedge against this systemic breakdown.

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#728: The Peer Review Cartel with Nicolas Hulscher

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:00:26 GMT

Marty sits down with Nicolas Hulscher, MPH, epidemiologist at the McCullough Foundation, to discuss peer-reviewed research linking mRNA COVID vaccines to persistent vaccine components, turbo cancers, and genomic integration, as well as the broader childhood vaccine schedule's connection to autism, the corruption of the peer review system, and the political failures to hold the pharmaceutical industry accountable.

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#727: Orange Pilling The Deep State with David Zell

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 14:00:26 GMT

Marty sits down with David Zell, Executive Director of the Bitcoin Policy Institute, to discuss the Coinbase de minimis lobbying controversy, the battle to make Bitcoin tax reform a legislative priority, and why engaging the national security community may be Bitcoin's most durable long-term protection.

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#726: Mapping The Mind Of The Machine with Brian Murray & Paul Itoi

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 14:00:26 GMT

Marty sits down with Brian Murray and Paul Itoi to discuss the convergence of AI agents, graph databases as a solution to LLM memory limitations, and Bitcoin's Lightning Network as the native payment rail for the emerging agentic economy.

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#725: Why Bitcoin Adoption Is Fragmented with Fernando Nikolic

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 14:00:25 GMT

Marty sits down with Fernando Nikolic to discuss how Bitcoin can learn from the music industry's mistakes, the communications failures that have held back adoption, and how AI tools and data curation are reshaping the information landscape for the next wave of Bitcoiners.

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Ten31 Timestamp: To Rule the Waves

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 04:25:02 GMT

Markets are underestimating the gravity of what's unfolding in the Middle East, but Bitcoin is showing signs it might be pricing in the inevitable response.

In this episode:\

Why oil infrastructure attacks may be a strategic move against China\
How the Strait of Hormuz closure affects 45% of China's oil supply\
Private credit stress meeting energy inflation - the perfect storm\
Signs Bitcoin may have bottomed while traditional assets struggle\
The chess match between US energy dominance and Chinese supply chains \
- TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 - Monitoring the Middle East situation 00:01:06 - Strait of Hormuz closure and energy infrastructure damage 00:02:11 - Physical world constraints returning to markets 00:04:18 - Ten year yields rising with oil prices 00:07:26 - Markets underestimating refinery damage severity 00:11:06 - China's 45% oil dependence through Hormuz Strait 00:12:57 - Helium supply disruption threatening chip production 00:13:58 - US vs China leverage points in the chess match 00:17:13 - Strategic objectives behind the Middle East operation 00:19:31 - Private credit stress at Blackrock and Blackstone 00:22:17 - Refinancing wave hitting 2020-2021 deals 00:25:15 - Double whammy of inflation and credit stress 00:27:20 - Bitcoin's resilient price action amid global turmoil \

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#724: Bitcoin Is The Peaceful Revolution with GMONEY

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 14:00:25 GMT

Marty sits down with GMoney to discuss Bitcoin as a peaceful weapon for individual sovereignty, the moral case for tax resistance, and the theory that Bitcoin is part of a larger coordinated counter-insurgency against the global fiat banking cartel.

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#723: The Battle for the Agentic Economy with Matt Corallo

Sun, 08 Mar 2026 15:41:36 GMT

Marty sits down with Bitcoin developer Matt Corallo to discuss why the emergence of AI coding tools and agentic payments represents the most critical and time-sensitive opportunity in Bitcoin's history to become the dominant payment rail of the internet.

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Ten31 Timestamp: Fast Takeoffs And Hard Landings

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 17:50:31 GMT

World War 3 is heating up and most people are missing the bigger strategic picture. What just went down in Iran and why anthropic got blacklisted by the Pentagon.

In this episode:

US-Iran conflict as part of broader China decoupling strategy
Pentagon vs Anthropic: The AI Patriot Act moment
Why this administration is acting on wartime footing
Bitcoin's surprisingly strong response to geopolitical chaos
10-year Treasury signals and what they mean for monetary policy
Block's massive AI-driven layoffs and implications for the future

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00:00 - World War 3 is upon us

00:01:31 - Iran conflict through China strategy lens

00:06:06 - Energy as weapon against China

00:08:36 - Pentagon blacklists Anthropic: The AI power grab

00:11:24 - Sovereign is he who decides the model weights

00:13:44 - Pattern recognition: The AI Patriot Act moment

00:16:57 - Bitcoin's resilient weekend performance

00:19:39 - Ten year Treasury reaction signals trouble

00:22:52 - Block's AI layoffs: 40% workforce reduction

00:26:23 - Data centers overtake office construction

00:27:03 - High profit margins meet Bitcoin treasuries

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#722: AI Privacy Is The New Bitcoin Privacy with Mark Suman

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 15:00:26 GMT

Marty sits down with Mark Suman, co-founder of Maple AI, to discuss the explosive growth of AI agents, the privacy risks of using closed-source models, how open-source AI is catching up to frontier labs, and why building private, decentralized AI tools is critical to preventing a dystopian future.

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#721: The Human Skills That Matter Now That AI Can Code with Calle

Sat, 28 Feb 2026 15:00:26 GMT

Marty sits down with Calle, prolific Bitcoin and Freedom Tech builder behind the Cashu eCash protocol, BitChat, and Clawi AI, to discuss the AI agent revolution transforming software development, the launch of Numo tap-to-pay for Bitcoin, eCash as the ideal payment rail for autonomous agents, and what it all means for the future of human creativity and work.

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#720 Global Liquidity Has Peaked with Michael Howell

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:00:26 GMT

Marty sits down with Michael Howell, founder of Cross Border Capital, to discuss the state of global liquidity, its impact on Bitcoin and risk assets, and what the current cycle peak means for investors navigating the road ahead.

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Ten31 Timestamp: The Die Is Cast

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 17:32:45 GMT

Reality distortion fields aren't just for Steve Jobs anymore - they're everywhere in our sclerotic institutions, and the latest examples show just how disconnected official narratives are from what's actually happening.

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- Supreme Court blocks Trump's IEEPA tariff authority, but multiple alternative paths remain

- Fed minutes show rate hike discussions while Treasury assumes massive ongoing RMP purchases

- Bitcoin's recent performance amid changing liquidity conditions and institutional crosswinds

- Hash rate recovers 14.6% after winter storm, debunking quantum and AI pivot theories

- Why there's "no fishing in the Rubicon" when economic reordering is underway

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00:00:00 - Introduction and Reality Distortion Fields

00:01:07 - Steve Jobs Concept Applied to Modern Institutions

00:02:42 - Supreme Court Tariff Ruling and Trump's Response

00:06:14 - No Fishing in the Rubicon

00:08:44 - Fed Minutes vs Treasury Funding Assumptions

00:11:49 - RMP Program Becoming Structural

00:16:34 - Bitcoin's Recent Performance and Liquidity

00:20:38 - Fed Chair Transition Dynamics

00:23:05 - Hash Rate Recovery Validates Weather Theory

00:25:30 - Mining Equipment Markets and Tax Incentives

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#719: Bitcoin Is Winning Even In A Bear Market with Alex Leishman

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 15:00:26 GMT

Marty sits down with Alex Leishman, CEO and CTO of River, to discuss Bitcoin adoption trends in the current bear market, the Lightning Network's growing momentum, institutional vs. individual ownership shifts, AI's impact on productivity and hiring, quantum computing risks to Bitcoin, and River's vision for the future of Bitcoin banking.

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#718: The Housing Market Is Lying To You with Melody Wright

Sat, 21 Feb 2026 15:00:26 GMT

Marty sits down with Melody Wright, housing market analyst and investigative researcher, to discuss the deepening cracks beneath the surface of the U.S. housing and labor markets — from record-low home sales and rising mortgage delinquencies to corrupted government data, municipal fiscal collapse, and the broader consumer credit stress that mainstream financial media continues to ignore.

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Ten31 Timestamp: Bitcoin Fixes the Energy Problem

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 17:07:58 GMT

The AI revolution is accelerating faster than most people realize, but major institutions aren't accounting for it in their economic projections. While the CBO just added $1.4 trillion to this decade's deficit forecast, they completely missed the potential disruption from artificial intelligence.

In this episode:

- The viral "something big is happening" AI post and what it missed

- Why institutional adoption of AI tools faces massive inertia despite breakthrough capabilities

- How the managerial class creates friction against disruptive technologies

- CBO deficit projections ignore AI's potential economic disruption

- Private credit losses pile up as AI disrupts software companies

- Lightning Labs releases agent payment tools - the machine payable web arrives

- Why Bitcoiners can't be complacent about agent payments

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00:00:00 - Introduction from Bitcoin Investor Week NYC

00:02:06 - The viral AI post breakdown and institutional blindness

00:06:41 - Testing AI tools at TFTC - reality vs hype

00:09:00 - Managerial class inertia against disruption

00:11:05 - CBO deficit projections miss AI disruption completely

00:16:26 - Private credit losses from AI disruption begin

00:21:00 - Bitcoin and the machine payable web revolution

00:24:06 - Lightning Labs agent payment tools launch

00:26:00 - Competition for agent payments - Bitcoin must compete

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#717: Building The Financial Rails Bitcoin Deserves with Jesse Shrader

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 15:00:26 GMT

Marty sits down with Jesse Shrader, co-founder and CEO of Amboss, to discuss the evolution of the Lightning Network, how Taproot Assets are bringing stablecoins and multi-asset trading to Bitcoin, the launch of Amboss's RailsX peer-to-peer exchange and Magma MCP tool for AI agents, and why Bitcoin is positioned to become the backbone of global commerce and foreign exchange settlement.

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#716: A Century In Five Years with Justin Moon

Sat, 14 Feb 2026 15:00:25 GMT

Marty sits down with Justin Moon to discuss his return to building freedom tech, the explosion of AI capabilities through tools like Open Claw and Claude Code, and why Bitcoiners need to stop patting themselves on the back and start shipping software that solves real problems for real people.

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#715: $1.5 Trillion in AI Promises With No Business Plan with Gary Brode

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 15:00:25 GMT

Marty sits down with Gary Brode to discuss why the market's reaction to the Warsh Fed nomination was wrong, the real drivers of inflation, the unsustainable economics of the AI hyperscaler spending boom, and why Bitcoin's long-term value proposition remains strong despite short-term price volatility.

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Ten31 Timestamp: The Fundamental Haven't Changed

Mon, 09 Feb 2026 17:20:53 GMT

Bitcoin's price hit the 50s this week, but the fundamentals tell a different story. As AI investment explodes above $600 billion annually, agents are already using Bitcoin as internet-native money.

In this episode:

Why the fear and greed index hit historic lows (lower than COVID and FTX)
How AI agents are using Bitcoin Lightning wallets and signing into websites
$600+ billion hyperscaler CapEx spend creating fundamental Bitcoin tailwinds
Hash rate difficulty adjustment working as designed (11.15% downward adjustment)
Why Bitcoin isn't a hedge yet but is building toward becoming one

TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 - Price volatility and fundamental value 00:01:25 - Fear and greed index hits historic lows 00:04:10 - AI agents using Bitcoin Lightning wallets 00:06:02 - $600 billion hyperscaler CapEx explosion 00:12:42 - AI race implications for monetary policy 00:14:30 - Hash rate correction and mining profitability myths 00:18:23 - Bitcoin's unique bits-to-atoms connection 00:22:46 - Difficulty adjustment working as designed 00:24:48 - Why Bitcoin isn't a hedge yet 00:27:01 - Knowledge distribution and early adoption

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#714: What Comes After Taproot? with Arbedout

Mon, 09 Feb 2026 15:00:26 GMT

Marty sits down with ArbedOut to discuss the Epstein email leaks and their implications for Bitcoin, the current state of markets and Bitcoin treasury companies, the challenges of reaching consensus on Bitcoin's next soft fork, the promise of AI agents making Lightning payments, and ArbedOut's new project SigBash — a programmable signer that brings covenant-like functionality to Bitcoin without a protocol change.

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#713: Bitcoin Was Warning Us for Months with James Check

Sat, 07 Feb 2026 15:00:29 GMT

Marty sits down with James Check to discuss the current Bitcoin bear market, where on-chain data and mean reversion models suggest we're in the bottom fifth of the cycle, why capitulation is a necessary process, the quantum computing FUD, the role of gold as portfolio ballast, and why staying convicted through the storm is the only rational move if your decision tree says Bitcoin isn't dead.

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#712: The Great Precious Metals Shakeout with Vince Lanci

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 21:58:33 GMT

Marty sits down with Vince Lanci to discuss the chaotic selloff in gold, silver, and Bitcoin, China's broken precious metals market structure, the geopolitical implications of the Kevin Warsh Fed nomination, and how gold is being positioned as collateral in a de-globalizing monetary order.

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#711: How to Turn Any App Into a Bitcoin On-Ramp with Harsha Goli

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 15:00:26 GMT

Marty sits down with Harsha Goli to discuss his decade-long journey building Bitcoin infrastructure, the challenges companies face integrating traditional finance rails, and how Magnolia is launching a full banking API to help any Bitcoin application convert fiat to Bitcoin across all 50 US states.

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#710: Q4 2025 Monetary Base Update with Matthew Mežinskis

Sat, 31 Jan 2026 15:00:26 GMT

Marty sits down with Matthew Mežinskis to discuss their quarterly monetary base update, analyzing Bitcoin's power law trajectory against gold and silver's record-breaking rallies, why Bitcoin remains historically undervalued relative to precious metals, and geopolitical considerations around freedom and autocracy.

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#709: Inside Maine's Medicaid Fraud Machine with Steve Robinson

Wed, 28 Jan 2026 15:00:26 GMT

Marty sits down with Steve Robinson to discuss his year-long investigation into massive Medicaid fraud in Maine, exposing how politically connected migrant NGOs have been exploiting taxpayer-funded programs with virtually no oversight or consequences.

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#708: Why Silver Doubled in 60 Days with Josh Phair

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 15:00:25 GMT

Marty sits down with Josh Phair, founder of Scottsdale Mint and Wyoming Reserve, to discuss the global metals war unfolding between the US and China, why silver has doubled in two months, and how the scramble for critical minerals is reshaping the financial system.

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#707 The Yen Carry Trade Unwind Could Crash U.S. Markets with Infranomics

Sat, 24 Jan 2026 15:00:26 GMT

Marty sits down with Robert of Infranomics to discuss the fragility of the global bond market, Japan's yield curve crisis and its ripple effects on U.S. treasuries, the end of globalization, rising political polarization, and why Bitcoin and gold are the only assets worth holding in a fiscally dominant world.

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#706: Fix the Money or Face Civil War with DarkSide2030

Wed, 21 Jan 2026 15:00:25 GMT

Marty sits down with Scott to discuss the historic silver squeeze, the fragility of global derivatives markets, central bank coordination against populist movements, government fraud exposed by DOGE, and why Bitcoin serves as the ultimate escape hatch from an impending financial crisis.

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#705: The Fed Can't Save Us This Time with Dave Collum

Mon, 19 Jan 2026 15:00:26 GMT

Marty sits down with Dave Collum to discuss his annual "Year in Review," covering the historic market bubble and looming financial crisis, the breakdown of trust in institutions, demographic collapse, AI's double-edged impact on society, and the conspiratorial undercurrents shaping modern geopolitics.

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#704: Running Your Company Like a Free Society with Jason Hughey

Sat, 17 Jan 2026 15:00:26 GMT

Marty sits down with Jason Hughey of Satoshi Pacioli to discuss principal-based management (PBM), the free-market management framework developed by Koch Industries, and why its Austrian economic principles make it an ideal fit for Bitcoin companies.

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#703: Payments Without Permission with Nick Slaney

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 04:30:39 GMT

Marty sits down with Nick Slaney, founder of MoneyDevKit and former Block engineer behind BitKey and C=, to discuss how self-custody Bitcoin payments are solving the global access problem that Stripe and stablecoins can't, and why the vibe coding explosion makes this the perfect moment for Lightning to finally go mainstream.

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#702: The State of Bitcoin Protocol Development in 2026 with Coinjoined Chris

Sat, 10 Jan 2026 15:00:26 GMT

Marty sits down with Chris (@coinjoined), founder of Bitcoin insurance company Biturance, to discuss the state of Bitcoin protocol development, quantum FUD, self-custody solutions, European Bitcoin adoption, and the cultural divide between institutional holders and the cypherpunk ethos.

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#701: The New Monroe Doctrine Is Here with Mel Mattison

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 15:00:26 GMT

Marty sits down with Mel Mattison to discuss the Trump administration's move on Venezuela and its implications for securing Western hemisphere resources, the end of the rules-based international order, and why Bitcoin and gold are positioned to thrive as neutral reserve assets in a multipolar world.

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#700: Preparing Bitcoin for the Quantum Era with Jonas Nick & Mikhail Kudinov

Wed, 31 Dec 2025 15:00:26 GMT

Marty sits down with Jonas Nick and Mikhail Komarov to discuss their research on hash-based signature schemes for Bitcoin, exploring how these quantum-resistant cryptographic solutions could protect the network from future quantum computer threats while navigating trade-offs in signature size, verification time, and compatibility with existing wallet infrastructure.

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#699: TradFi's Secret War Against Bitcoin with Ryan Lane

Mon, 29 Dec 2025 15:00:26 GMT

Marty sits down with Ryan Lane, founder of Empory Asset Management, to discuss his journey from traditional finance to Bitcoin treasury strategies, how legacy banks are covertly fighting Bitcoin adoption while publicly embracing it, and why sovereign treasury adoption could be the catalyst that finally stabilizes the asset.

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#698: How the Money Printer Hijacked Your Health with Dr. Ahmad Ammous

Sat, 27 Dec 2025 15:00:26 GMT

Marty sits down with Dr. Ahmad Ammous to discuss how fiat money has corrupted modern medicine, the pharmaceutical industry's capture of healthcare through medical guidelines and centralized control, and how adopting a Bitcoin standard alongside lifestyle changes could restore health sovereignty for both doctors and patients.

#697: The Legal Fight Against UK Online Censorship with Preston Byrne

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 15:28:48 GMT

Marty sits down with Preston Byrne to discuss his legal battle defending 4chan and other American companies against UK and EU censorship laws, the proposed GRANITE Act, and why protecting First Amendment rights online is an existential fight for internet freedom.

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#696: How Peer Review Became a Weapon with Jessica Rose & Kevin McKernan

Sat, 20 Dec 2025 15:00:26 GMT

Marty sits down with Jessica Rose and Kevin McKernan to discuss the coordinated attacks on their vaccine contamination research, the corrupt peer review system designed to suppress inconvenient science, and how Bitcoin and Nostr can create a censorship-resistant alternative for publishing.

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#695: Gen Alpha Is Already Building the Future With AI with @somewhatstella

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 15:00:26 GMT

Marty sits down with Stella, a 15-year-old student at Austin's Alpha School, to discuss how Gen Alpha is using AI tools like Claude to build real products, why embracing new technology beats negativity, and how autonomy-focused education models are preparing young entrepreneurs for the future.

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#694: Why Trump Is Fighting the City of London with Tom Luongo

Sat, 13 Dec 2025 15:00:26 GMT

Marty sits down with Tom Luongo to discuss the Trump administration's multi-front war against globalist power structures, drug cartels, and rogue intelligence agencies, and why libertarian critics are missing the bigger geopolitical picture.

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#693: The War for the World's Reserve Asset with Ryan Gentry

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 15:00:26 GMT

Marty sits down with Ryan Gentry to discuss his new $220 million SPAC aimed at taking Bitcoin operating companies public, the five-year evolution of the Lightning Network from single-digit millions to $10 billion in annual volume, and why Bitcoin businesses are finally mature enough to compete in public markets.

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#692: Free Samourai with Keonne Rodriguez

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 15:00:26 GMT

Marty sits down with Keonne Rodriguez, co-founder of Samourai Wallet, to discuss his decade-long mission to bring privacy to Bitcoin, the DOJ prosecution that led to his guilty plea, and why he and his co-founder Bill deserve a presidential pardon as he prepares to report to prison.

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#691: Understanding the Real Globalist Power Structure with Susan Kokinda

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 15:00:26 GMT

Marty sits down with Susan Kokinda to discuss the City of London's centuries-long financial control over global affairs, its connection to modern narco-terrorism and drug trafficking, and how the Trump administration is working to reassert American economic sovereignty.

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#690: Why Billionaires Shouldn't Give It All Away with Johann Kurtz

Sat, 06 Dec 2025 15:00:26 GMT

Marty sits down with Johann Kurtz to discuss the cultural shift away from intergenerational wealth transfer, the moral framework of duty that once guided wealthy Westerners, and why building a lasting family legacy matters more than giving it all to charity.

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#689: Q3 2025 Monetary Base Update with Matthew Mežinskis

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 15:00:26 GMT

Marty sits down with Matthew Mežinskis to discuss Bitcoin's power curve growth model, why recent price volatility shouldn't cause panic, and how understanding network effect adoption provides long-term perspective during turbulent markets.

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#688: The Housing Crisis Neither Party Wants to Solve with Mark Mitchell

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 15:00:25 GMT

Marty sits down with Mark Mitchell, an independent pollster, to discuss the growing disconnect between America's political class and younger generations, the collapse of institutional trust, and why the Republican Party is failing to offer solutions for the economic crises crushing voters under 40.

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#687: How Fiat Money Exploits the Working Class with Erik Cason

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 15:00:26 GMT

Marty sits down with Erik Cason to discuss the dangers of centralized AI systems, the need for decentralized technology, Bitcoin as a tool against fiat exploitation, and organizing a new political movement to restore freedom for the working class.

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#686: Living on a Bitcoin Standard in 2026 with Steve Lee

Sat, 22 Nov 2025 15:00:26 GMT

Marty sits down with Steve Lee to discuss Bitcoin's path to becoming everyday money through Lightning infrastructure development, the importance of daily usage for strengthening Bitcoin's resilience, and why spending Bitcoin while remaining a long-term holder isn't contradictory.

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#685: Why Bitcoin Policy Activism Matters Now with Kyle Olney

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 15:00:25 GMT

Marty sits down with Kyle Olney to discuss his journey from seizing banks during the financial crisis to becoming a Bitcoin policy advocate, the urgent fight against financial surveillance through the Bank Secrecy Act, and the critical importance of grassroots activism in defending self-custodial Bitcoin rights.

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#684: Bringing Bitcoin to Every Square Seller in America with Miles Suter

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 15:00:26 GMT

Marty sits down with Miles Suter to discuss Block's eight-year journey building Bitcoin infrastructure across Cash App, Square, and BitKey, culminating in the launch of Bitcoin payments for all Square sellers nationwide.

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#683: Bitcoin in the Age of AI and Abundance with Jordi Visser

Sat, 15 Nov 2025 15:00:26 GMT

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Wed, 12 Nov 2025 15:00:26 GMT

Marty sits down with Dr. John Lott to discuss why gun registries fail to solve crimes, how media misrepresents gun violence data, the ineffectiveness of assault weapons bans, and the massive funding disparity between gun control research and gun rights advocacy.

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#681: The Health Insurance Death Spiral Is Here with Andy Schoonover

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 15:00:26 GMT

Marty sits down with Andy Schoonover, founder of CrowdHealth, to discuss the ACA health insurance death spiral, skyrocketing premiums forcing families to pay over $3,000 monthly, and how CrowdHealth offers a cash-pay alternative that empowers individuals to opt out of the broken traditional healthcare system.

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#680: Fighting for Bitcoin Policy in Washington DC with Conner Brown

Wed, 05 Nov 2025 14:11:44 GMT

Marty sits down with Connor Brown to discuss his work as a Bitcoin policy advisor on Capitol Hill, the strategic Bitcoin reserve legislation, America's race to lead in Bitcoin, and how sound money can offer a middle path between political extremism.

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#679: Why Central Banks Are Panic Buying Gold at Any Price with Gary Brode

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 15:00:26 GMT

Marty sits down with Gary Brode to discuss tariffs and manufacturing reshoring, dollar debasement and the BRICS coalition threat, New York's exodus of wealth, and why Bitcoin remains the ultimate hedge against government overspending.

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#678: Building Privacy-First AI in an Age of Surveillance with Mark Suman

Sat, 01 Nov 2025 14:00:25 GMT

Marty sits down with Mark Suman to discuss the critical importance of building privacy-preserving AI systems, the risks of centralized AI models accessing personal data, and why Maple AI represents a necessary alternative to closed-source AI platforms.

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#677: How Bitfury Survived the Early Bitcoin Wars with George Kikvadze & Bill Tai

Fri, 31 Oct 2025 14:00:26 GMT

Marty sits down with George Kikvadze and Bill Tai to discuss the early days of building Bitfury, the resilience required to scale Bitcoin infrastructure when the industry was full of doubters, and why Bitcoin remains the ultimate insurance against inevitable government fiscal collapse.

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#676: Building the First Bitcoin-Focused SPAC on NASDAQ with Andrew Hohns & Jonathan Kirkwood

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 14:00:26 GMT

Marty sits down with Andrew and Jonathan to discuss their newly launched NASDAQ-listed SPAC, BTC Development Co., which aims to merge with successful private companies and add significant Bitcoin to their balance sheets as digital capital for long-term growth.

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#675: Why Multi-Sig Bitcoin Beats All Other Assets with Peter Dunworth

Sat, 25 Oct 2025 14:00:26 GMT

Marty sits down with Peter Dunworth to discuss Australia's unrealized capital gains tax threat, Bitcoin's unique advantages for wealth protection and mobility, generational wealth management under a Bitcoin standard, the flaws in DeFi and tokenization, and why Bitcoin serves as superior collateral for a functioning financial system.

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Wed, 22 Oct 2025 14:00:25 GMT

Marty sits down with Robert from Infranomics to discuss the Fed's recent revelation that hedge funds hold $1.8 trillion in U.S. debt through the basis trade, the hidden leverage threatening Treasury markets, and why Bitcoin remains the only sound asset in an era of debasement and rising populism.

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From Residential Solar to Bitcoin Mining | Kent Halliburton, Center of Hash E010

Tue, 21 Oct 2025 14:00:25 GMT

Kent Halliburton, co-founder and CEO of Saz Mining, discusses how his background in residential solar, software and computer engineering ultimately led him to bitcoin mining, why hydro which powers all four of Saz’s sites (each on a different continent) is such an efficient underlying source of fuel, the role bitcoiners will naturally need to play in decentralizing mining away from fiat-minded businesses, and how the hosting model with individuals or principals directly owning miners is the best way to align economic incentives, despite challenges any individual hosting company might have had in the past.

#673: Following The Puck in Real Estate with Chris Drzyzga

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 14:00:26 GMT

Marty sits down with Chris Drzyzga, a commercial real estate professional and Bitcoiner, to discuss the structural crisis facing the commercial real estate industry and how Bitcoin integration—through treasury strategies, dual-collateralized loans, mining operations, and technology—can help property owners navigate monetary debasement and obsolete inventory.

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#672: China's Rare Earth Dominance and the End of Dollar Hegemony with Luke Gromen

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 14:00:26 GMT

Marty sits down with Luke Gromen to discuss China's rare earth leverage over the US, the structural shift from Treasury bonds to gold as the primary reserve asset, the challenges of reshoring American manufacturing, and why the dollar system must debase as these tectonic geopolitical and monetary changes unfold.

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#671: What's Really in Bitcoin Core Version 30 with Instagibbs

Wed, 15 Oct 2025 14:00:26 GMT

Marty sits down with Instagibbs to discuss the Bitcoin Core version 30 release, covering technical improvements like checkpoint removal and orphanage updates, the controversial OP_RETURN debate, privacy challenges in Lightning, and the future roadmap for Bitcoin development amid regulatory pressures.

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#670: Why Central Banks Are Bringing Gold Home with Vince Lanci

Mon, 13 Oct 2025 14:00:26 GMT

Marty sits down with Vince Lanci to discuss China's strategic gold accumulation through Shanghai warrants, the global dedollarization movement, how gold is being positioned as high-quality liquid collateral to compete with US Treasuries, Bitcoin price suppression through ETF derivatives, and the parallels between gold and Bitcoin market manipulation.

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#669: Building the Events App That Bitcoin Deserves with Aleks Svetski

Sat, 11 Oct 2025 14:00:26 GMT

Marty sits down with Svetski to discuss AI as a productivity tool rather than AGI, the unsustainable economics of large language models, Nostr's evolution beyond social media toward portable identity and new market opportunities, SatLantis's pivot to become a Bitcoin-native events platform, solving the cold start problem, digital burnout and the shift toward meatspace connection, and why building second-generation Bitcoin companies means creating new markets rather than replicating existing ones.

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#668: The Debasement Trade Goes Mainstream with James Check

Wed, 08 Oct 2025 14:00:26 GMT

Marty sits down with James Check to discuss Bitcoin's structural market transformation, the debasement trade gaining mainstream recognition, treasury company dynamics, institutional adoption patterns, and why this cycle's compressed volatility and sophisticated bid-side support signal a fundamentally different monetization phase.

#667: The Silent Coup with Maryland Hodl

Sat, 04 Oct 2025 14:00:25 GMT

Marty sits down with Maryland HODL to discuss systemic vibrations signaling monetary transition, how bitbonds and stablecoins could facilitate a shift from an inflationary to deflationary system, the strategic realignment happening within the Treasury and Fed, and why Bitcoin's role as pristine collateral represents the only viable path to navigate the fourth turning without catastrophic conflict.

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Why Legacy Companies Can't Adopt AI with Luke Thomas

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 14:00:26 GMT

Marty sits down with Luke Thomas, founder of Formable and former product manager at Zapier, to discuss how AI is creating "unbounded leverage" for startups, why existing businesses struggle to adapt due to structural constraints, and how Bitcoin treasuries can rewire founders' thinking about capital allocation in the digital transformation era.

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#665: The Great Reset Rebrand with Whitney Webb & Mark Goodwin

Sat, 27 Sep 2025 14:00:25 GMT

Marty sits down with Whitney Webb and Mark Goodwin to discuss the expansion of surveillance infrastructure under the Trump administration, the weaponization of domestic terrorism rhetoric following recent political violence, and how digital ID systems and financial control mechanisms are being implemented globally to restrict individual freedoms.

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#664: MicroStrategy's Perpetual Preferred Strategy Explained with Jeff Walton

Wed, 24 Sep 2025 14:00:28 GMT

Marty sits down with Jeff Walton to discuss his transition from reinsurance to Bitcoin treasury strategies at Strive, their cashless acquisition of Semler Scientific, and how companies are revolutionizing corporate finance by building Bitcoin war chests through innovative capital market structures.

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From Blackstone to Bitcoin Mining | Sean Milmoe, Center of Hash E009

Tue, 23 Sep 2025 14:00:28 GMT

Sean Milmoe, co-founder and CFO of 360 Energy, discusses his transition from working at Blackstone financing conventional oil and gas businesses as well as wind and solar projects to building a bitcoin mining services company, why a combination of Fed money printing and the unsustainability of energy economics led him to bitcoin, what parallels exist between underwriting bitcoin mining sites and conventional natural gas well economics, and how he sees bitcoin mining upstream in oil & gas fields evolving from nascent to being a core part of drilling programs in the next several years.

#663: The Canary in the Coal Mine for Credit Markets with Ed Dowd

Sat, 20 Sep 2025 14:00:29 GMT

Marty sits down with Edward Dowd to discuss the Federal Reserve's rate cuts, an impending housing and stock market crisis driven by the end of illegal immigration-fueled economic stimulus, the collapse of subprime auto lender Tri-Color, COVID vaccine injuries continuing to impact the economy, and how the recent assassination has diverted attention from accountability efforts.

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#662: The Housing Crisis Nobody Wants to Talk About with Melody Wright

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 14:00:27 GMT

Marty sits down with Melody Wright to discuss the brewing housing crisis, rising mortgage distress, and why she believes real estate speculation has created an unsustainable bubble that threatens younger generations.

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Tue, 16 Sep 2025 14:00:27 GMT

Jimmy Song, author of Programming Bitcoin, discusses the importance of more miners participating directly in the peer-to-peer network and the risks of bitcoin mining pool centralization, including how centralization in mining pools could enable censorship of bitcoin transactions and how it might also enable changes to the network’s rules that would otherwise be far more difficult, ranging from scenarios that cover mempool policy (e.g. OP Return filter) as well as consensus changes, in both softfork and hardfork scenarios.

#661: We Will Not Live Like This with Tom Luongo

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 14:00:28 GMT

Marty sits down with Tom Luongo to discuss America's potential turning point following recent political violence, the strategy behind Trump's methodical approach to draining the swamp, and why the 30-year mortgage market could be the key to rebuilding middle-class wealth.

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#660: Building Amid Chaos with Will Cole

Sat, 13 Sep 2025 14:00:28 GMT

Marty sits down with Will to discuss the recent assassination of Charlie Kirk and its potential political ramifications, Bitcoin's evolving mainstream acceptance, Zaprite's new ticketing platform, and the integration of AI tools in software development.

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#659: Why America Gets China Wrong with Peter Alexander

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 14:00:28 GMT

Marty sits down with Peter Alexander, an American consultant who has lived in China for 30 years, to discuss why the US fundamentally misunderstands Chinese culture and strategy, how America's supply chain dependency has eliminated its negotiating leverage, and what both countries need to do to avoid a destructive economic confrontation.

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Bitcoin Mining in ERCOT | Brad Cuddy, Center of Hash E007

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 14:00:27 GMT

Brad Cuddy, Director–Energy Operations at Cholla, Inc., discusses the benefits that bitcoin mining is actively providing to the ERCOT grid, why deregulation and real-time pricing in ERCOT is creating a unique opportunity for bitcoin mining to innovate in Texas, how bitcoin miners compare to AI datacenters from a load perspective, and why bitcoin load and batteries are complementary tools to help balance the grid.

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#658: What's Really in the COVID Shots with Jessica Rose

Mon, 08 Sep 2025 14:00:28 GMT

Marty sits down with Jessica Rose, an immunologist and data analyst, to discuss her five years of research into VAERS data showing alarming safety signals from COVID vaccines, including DNA contamination, systemic adverse events, and the institutional suppression of critical vaccine safety information.

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#657: China's Gold War with Mel Mattison

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 14:00:28 GMT

Marty sits down with Mel Mattison to discuss his bullish predictions for 2025, the merging of Treasury and Fed policy, China's gold accumulation strategy, and why he believes we're heading toward lower interest rates, higher asset prices, and a potential economic boom despite various geopolitical tensions.

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#656: Q2 2025 Monetary Base Update with Matthew Mežinskis

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 14:00:27 GMT

Marty sits down with Matthew Mežinskis to discuss Bitcoin's power law growth model, why current price action remains on trend despite community concerns, and the long-term implications of network adoption versus traditional financial system dynamics.

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The Difficulty Adjustment (and Target) | Pierre Rochard, Center of Hash E006

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 14:00:28 GMT

Pierre Rochard, CEO of the Bitcoin Bond Company, discusses the functional importance of bitcoin’s difficulty target and adjustment, how it works at a technical and practical level, and why it is relevant collectively to the energy consumed by the bitcoin network, transaction finality and the issuance schedule of bitcoin’s fixed supply.

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#655 Turning ASICs Into Smart Home Heating with Tyler Stevens

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 14:00:28 GMT

Marty sits down with Tyler Stevens, CEO of Exergy, to discuss how Bitcoin mining heat can revolutionize residential heating systems by replacing expensive propane and heating oil while generating cryptocurrency rebates and massively distributing hashrate.

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Bitcoin Mining Pool (de)Centralization | Mark Artymko, Center of Hash E004

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 14:00:27 GMT

Mark Artymko, President and Co-Founder of Ocean, discusses his nearly two decade career in the power industry as an electrical engineer, how Ocean is helping to reverse the trend of bitcoin mining pool centralization, what the key differences are between Ocean and more traditional mining pools and why bitcoin miners more directly controlling their own hash rate is important to bitcoin decentralization and aligning incentives between pools and miners.

#654: The Fed Has Painted Itself Into a Corner with Michael Howell

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 14:00:28 GMT

Marty sits down with Michael Howell to discuss the Fed's predicament at Jackson Hole, global liquidity cycles, the structural shift toward collateral-dependent lending, and how mounting debt refinancing pressures alongside AI capital expenditures are creating conditions that favor monetary inflation hedges like Bitcoin and gold.

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#653: Building the Open Internet with Miljan Braticevic

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 14:00:28 GMT

Marty sits down with Miljan Braticevic to discuss the growing importance of open protocols like Nostr in the face of increasing censorship and authoritarian pressures, the unique advantages of decentralized social networks over closed platforms, and how Primal is building tools to enable content creators to monetize high-signal long-form content while maintaining user sovereignty.

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Fed Independence Under Fire as SBR Plans Continue | Bitcoin Alpha E010

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 14:00:27 GMT

Trump publicly humiliates Fed Chair Powell on live television, demanding lower interest rates while criticizing Federal Reserve building renovations. The administration continues consolidating Fed-Treasury power as Trump calls for Lisa Cook's resignation and nominates Stephen Myron to the Fed Board. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve plans remain uncertain despite Scott Bessent's conflicting statements about government Bitcoin holdings. Harvard Endowment reveals over $100 million Bitcoin ETF position, signaling major institutional adoption. Gold revaluation discussions emerge alongside potential Intel nationalization as wartime economy policies expand. Crypto IPOs from Bullish and Gemini show mixed results while Block unveils revolutionary Bitcoin mining hardware "The Rig" to challenge Bitmain's monopoly. The episode explores monetary policy theatrics, Bitcoin's growing institutional acceptance, and innovation breaking centralized control systems.

21 million is Non-Negotiable | Phil Geiger, Center of Hash E004

Tue, 19 Aug 2025 05:21:30 GMT

Phil Geiger discusses the economic incentives of the bitcoin network, why there is (and always will be) an incentive for someone to profitably sell power to the network, what mechanisms make bitcoin unique as the only demand for power in the world that removes counterparty risk and how the non-negotiable nature of bitcoin’s fixed supply enables it all.

#652: How To Position For The Bitcoin Boom with Tuur Demeester

Mon, 18 Aug 2025 14:00:28 GMT

Marty sits down with Tuur Demeester to discuss his updated Adamant Capital report that revises his bullish Bitcoin thesis given new developments like ETFs, treasury companies, nation-state adoption, and persistent inflation while exploring why this cycle may be fundamentally different with longer duration and higher price targets.

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#651: Bitcoin-Backed Independent Film Funding with Forager

Wed, 13 Aug 2025 14:00:28 GMT

Marty sits down with Ali Webb and Carlos Flores from Forager to discuss how they're using Bitcoin-backed funding to enable independent filmmakers to create original content without traditional studio interference or investor pressure.

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Bitcoin Offtake Unlocks Oil Production | Chris Alfano, Center of Hash E003

Tue, 12 Aug 2025 14:00:27 GMT

Chris Alfano, co-founder and CEO of 360 Energy, discusses his firm’s strategy as a service company in oil & gas fields, how bitcoin mining is helping to unlock oil production while reducing an environmental liability and how bitcoin is allowing owners and operators with stranded natural gas to monetize an energy asset that would otherwise be wasted or under-utilized.

#650: The Fed-Treasury Merger and Inflation Reality Check with Dave Collum & Rudy Havenstein

Mon, 11 Aug 2025 14:00:28 GMT

Marty sits down with Dave Collum and Rudy Havenstein to discuss the merger of the Fed and Treasury, real inflation rates versus official statistics, housing market dysfunction, the Epstein scandal cover-up, government corruption, surveillance state expansion, and the systemic breakdown of American institutions.

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#649: The Golden Age of AI-Powered Entrepreneurship with Rod Roudi

Sat, 09 Aug 2025 14:00:28 GMT

Marty sits down with Rod Roudi to discuss the unprecedented opportunities for entrepreneurs in the current AI-powered landscape, the convergence of Bitcoin, AI, and energy technologies, and how Bitcoin Park is creating unique experiences while maintaining the cypherpunk ethos amid the "paper Bitcoin summer" trend.

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#648: Simplicity on Liquid with Andrew Poelstra

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 14:00:28 GMT

Marty sits down with Andrew Poelstra from Blockstream to discuss the launch of Simplicity on Liquid mainnet, a formally specified programming language that enables smart contracts with mathematical guarantees of safety and predictable execution costs, representing nearly a decade of development to bring secure, expressive scripting capabilities to Bitcoin-based systems.

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Bitcoin Is Not a Battery or a Power Projection | Rob Warren, Center Of Hash E002

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 14:00:27 GMT

Rob Warren, the Head of Research and Education at Bitcoin Park and author of The Bitcoin Miner’s Almanac, discusses the role of bitcoin miners within the bitcoin network, how bitcoin miners help solve problems within energy systems and why bitcoin is most likely to proliferate and drive innovation where there is waste or under utilization of energy assets.

#647: How Globalization Destroyed American Manufacturing with Infra

Mon, 04 Aug 2025 14:00:28 GMT

Marty sits down with Infra to discuss how decades of globalization and financialization have hollowed out American manufacturing, created massive wealth inequality, and led to a "silent depression" marked by declining real wages, rising deaths of despair, and social dysfunction that can only be addressed through economic nationalism, dollar devaluation, and a shift toward productive rather than financial assets like Bitcoin.

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#646: How Gen Z Can Avoid Millennial Mistakes with Zuby

Sun, 03 Aug 2025 14:00:28 GMT

Marty sits down with Zuby to discuss his recent piece offering 12 pieces of advice for Gen Z men, exploring how the younger generation can avoid the mistakes of millennials while capitalizing on unprecedented opportunities in technology, finance, and personal development.

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The Convergence of Bitcoin, Energy & Mining | Marty Bent, Center of Hash E001

Tue, 29 Jul 2025 14:00:28 GMT

Parker and Marty discuss the convergence of Bitcoin mining and energy systems, exploring how mining serves as a pioneer species for monetizing stranded energy resources while examining the current state of centralization in ASIC manufacturing and mining pools.

#645: The Lost Art of Dressing Like a Man with O.W. Root

Mon, 28 Jul 2025 14:00:28 GMT

Marty sits down with O.W. Root to discuss the importance of men's style, how clothing reflects and shapes culture and character, and why dressing well is a scalable way to improve both personal confidence and societal civility.

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#644: America is a Corporate-Controlled Crime Syndicate with Gerald Celente

Sat, 26 Jul 2025 14:00:28 GMT

Marty sits down with Gerald Celente to discuss the looming commercial real estate collapse, banking sector vulnerabilities, the decline of the US dollar, Trump's pivot to supporting Bitcoin, and the systemic corruption of political leaders worldwide.

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#643: The Bitcoin Big Long: Wall Street's Coming Derivatives Crisis with DarkSide2030_

Wed, 23 Jul 2025 14:00:27 GMT

Marty sits down with Scott (@DarkSide2030_), a former Wall Street options trader, to discuss his "Big Long" thesis about how Bitcoin's unique properties as a digital bearer asset will create an unprecedented short squeeze in derivatives markets that could trigger systemic collapse of the traditional financial system.

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#642: The Weaponized Bank Secrecy Act with Yaël Ossowski

Mon, 21 Jul 2025 14:00:28 GMT

Marty sits down with Yael, a fellow at the Bitcoin Policy Institute, to discuss the intersection of Bitcoin, AI, and energy policy, the importance of negative rights versus positive rights in legislation, the problems with the Bank Secrecy Act, and practical policy priorities for protecting Bitcoin users and developers.

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#641: Why Bitcoin Collateral Beats Private Credit Markets with Phil Lojacono

Sat, 19 Jul 2025 14:00:27 GMT

Marty sits down with Phil from Berglinde to discuss Bitcoin-backed lending markets, the challenges of bringing institutional capital into the Bitcoin economy, European regulatory landscapes, and how Bitcoin could serve as a catalyst for political and economic sovereignty.

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Mainstream Finance Finally Embraces Bitcoin at $120K | Bitcoin Alpha E009

Fri, 18 Jul 2025 14:00:27 GMT

Bitcoin Alpha explores the mainstream adoption of Bitcoin as CNBC analysts predict $500,000 price targets and major institutions embrace cryptocurrency. The discussion covers BlackRock's iBit ETF success, Rick Edelman's 10-40% allocation recommendations, and Figma's $100 million Bitcoin treasury strategy. The team analyzes Trump's fiscal policies, deficit spending, and Federal Reserve dynamics while examining Bitcoin dominance versus altcoins. Topics include rare earth materials policy, industrial reshoring, inflation concerns, and the social contagion effect driving corporate Bitcoin adoption across Silicon Valley and traditional finance sectors.

#640: Bitcoin Enlightenment with Pascal Hügli

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 14:00:28 GMT

Marty sits down with Pascal Hügli to discuss his co-authored book "Bitcoin Enlightenment," exploring how the abandonment of the gold standard created our current era of monetary relativism and why Bitcoin represents a return to economic reality and individual sovereignty.

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#639: Dollar Collapse and Network States with Balaji Srinivasan

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 14:00:28 GMT

Marty sits down with Balaji Srinivasan to discuss the sympathy for white American conservatives, the simultaneous disruption of Blue America by the internet and Red America by China, the inevitable collapse of the dollar amid Bitcoin's 100 million X rise, and the emergence of network states as a solution for rebuilding civilization after the coming fiat crisis.

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#638: Q1 2025 Monetary Base Update with Matthew Mežinskis

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 14:00:27 GMT

Marty sits down with Matthew Mežinskis to discuss Bitcoin's power law growth trend, the mathematical inevitability of money printing resumption, geopolitical tensions in Eastern Europe, and the philosophical implications of exponential versus power-based growth systems colliding as Bitcoin adoption accelerates.

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#637: From Industrial Debt to Digital Abundance with Jordi Visser

Wed, 09 Jul 2025 14:00:27 GMT

Marty sits down with Jordi Visser to discuss how AI is breaking traditional economic indicators, why Bitcoin represents the future S&P 500, and how energy bottlenecks could constrain the coming AI revolution while private companies increasingly avoid going public.

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#636: Insuring Your Bitcoin Against Wrench Attacks with Becca Rubenfeld

Mon, 07 Jul 2025 14:00:28 GMT

Marty sits down with Becca Rubenfeld from Anchor Watch to discuss Bitcoin inheritance solutions, insurance for cold storage, the rising threat of crypto-related kidnappings and wrench attacks, and how Bitcoin insurance is becoming critical infrastructure for traditional finance adoption.

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#635: Bitcoin's New Paradigm with James Check

Wed, 02 Jul 2025 14:00:27 GMT

Marty sits down with James Check to discuss Bitcoin's current market dynamics, the sustainability of demand from ETFs and treasury companies, on-chain analysis showing strong support levels around $90K, and why the current cycle represents a "new paradigm" of lower volatility and institutional adoption despite ongoing claims of price suppression.

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#634: Proof Of Ownership Without Sacrifice with Sam Abbassi

Mon, 30 Jun 2025 14:00:27 GMT

Marty sits down with Sam Abbassi to discuss the FHA's new policy allowing Bitcoin and crypto holdings to count toward mortgage net worth requirements when held on regulated exchanges, and how Hoseki's self-custody verification platform offers a better solution that preserves Bitcoin's sovereignty principles.

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#633: Stack Sats, Build Products, Ignore the Noise with NVK

Wed, 25 Jun 2025 14:00:28 GMT

Marty sits down with NVK, CEO of Coinkite, to discuss Bitcoin's role as digital gold for the wealthy, the reality that base layer Bitcoin isn't for everyone, the current state of Bitcoin development including covenant proposals, AI's transformative impact on society and education, and why people need to build businesses instead of complaining online.

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#632: Bond Market Wars with Tom Luongo

Mon, 23 Jun 2025 14:00:28 GMT

Marty sits down with Tom Luongo to discuss the complex geopolitical chess game involving Israel, Iran, and the Federal Reserve, exploring theories about who's really pulling the strings behind Middle East conflicts and global financial markets.

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#631: Bitcoin vs Hollywood with Jonny Vance

Sat, 21 Jun 2025 14:00:28 GMT

Marty sits down with Jonny Vance, co-founder and writer/director of Tuttle Twins, to discuss creating educational content for children that teaches Austrian economics and libertarian principles, the crowdfunding model through Angel Studios, and how they're competing against mainstream Hollywood's propaganda while preparing the next generation with critical thinking skills about money, freedom, and economics.

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#630: Bitcoin's Institutional Adoption Is Just Getting Started with Matthew Sigel

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 14:00:28 GMT

Marty sits down with Matthew Sigel, VanEck's Head of Digital Assets Research, to discuss Bitcoin ETF adoption dynamics, corporate treasury strategies, the evolving institutional landscape, and emerging opportunities in the intersection of Bitcoin with energy infrastructure and traditional finance.

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#629: Bitcoin's March to $150K by Year-End with Mel Mattison

Mon, 16 Jun 2025 14:00:28 GMT

Marty sits down with Mel Mattison to discuss the bullish economic outlook driven by AI productivity gains, demographic shifts, and fiscal stimulus, covering Bitcoin's path to $150K, the sustainability of government debt, and why current market conditions differ fundamentally from the 1970s.

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#628: Save Our Wallets with Matt Corallo

Sat, 14 Jun 2025 14:00:29 GMT

Marty sits down with Matt Corallo to discuss the Save Our Wallets initiative, the critical importance of getting non-custodial wallet protections into the market structure bill currently moving through Congress, and why this represents the most important legislative battle for Bitcoin's future.

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#627: Competing With China Using Bitcoin with Ken Egan

Wed, 11 Jun 2025 14:00:28 GMT

Marty sits down with Ken Egan, the Director of Government Affairs at the Bitcoin Policy Institute, to discuss his journey into Bitcoin, the evolving perspectives within the U.S. national security establishment regarding Bitcoin, and the Bitcoin Policy Institute's strategy to influence policy in Washington D.C.

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#626: Bitcoin Treasury Strategies for Real Estate Developers with Leon Wankum

Wed, 04 Jun 2025 14:00:27 GMT

Marty sits down with Leon Wankum to discuss the current housing market correction, how Bitcoin is outcompeting real estate as a store of value, and practical strategies for real estate developers to incorporate Bitcoin into their investment portfolios while navigating MSTR's new Strike and Stride products.

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#625: Leisure, Magnificence, and the Bitcoin Standard with Michael Goldstein

Wed, 28 May 2025 14:00:28 GMT

Marty sits down with Michael Goldstein to discuss the philosophy behind "hodling for good" - exploring how Bitcoin holders can use Austrian economics principles to think beyond mere price appreciation toward deploying their savings for higher purposes like leisure, education, capital goods, and magnificent works that benefit civilization while maintaining the economic virtue of low time preference saving.

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#624: Building the Bitcoin Banking Stack with Adam Back and Sean Bill

Tue, 27 May 2025 14:00:28 GMT

Marty sits down with Adam Back (CEO of Blockstream) and Sean Bill (CIO at Blockstream) to discuss institutional Bitcoin adoption, the evolution from cypherpunk ideals to financial infrastructure, pension fund investment strategies, the emergence of Bitcoin-collateralized lending products, and the development of second-layer solutions like Lightning Network and Liquid that are building the foundation for a Bitcoin-native banking system.

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#623: Launching Bitcoin's First Native Trust Company with Jessy Gilger

Sat, 24 May 2025 14:00:28 GMT

Marty sits down with Jessy Gilger to discuss Bitcoin retirement planning as prices approach $110K, the launch of Gannett Trust as the first Bitcoin-native trust company, and the risks of derivative products like MSTY in the current bull market.

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US Debt Crisis, Japan's Yield Curve Blowout, and Bitcoin's $100K Resilience | Bitcoin Alpha E008

Fri, 23 May 2025 14:00:27 GMT

The Bitcoin Alpha podcast explores the macroeconomic forces driving Bitcoin's evolution as a neutral reserve asset. Treasury Secretary Bessent's pivot from tariffs to growth-focused fiscal policy signals inevitable monetary expansion as US debt sustainability reaches critical levels. Japan's yield curve crisis threatens $1.2 trillion in Treasury holdings while Bitcoin demonstrates remarkable resilience during market volatility. The discussion covers Bitcoin treasury companies like MicroStrategy flooding public markets, stablecoin regulation priorities, and institutional adoption trends. With 30-day volatility near one-year lows and the longest streak above $100K in Bitcoin's history, the risk-reward setup appears historically favorable as traditional financial systems face mounting pressure.

#622: Bitcoin For Millennials with Bram Kanstein

Wed, 21 May 2025 18:00:28 GMT

Marty sits down with Bram Kanstein to discuss how Bitcoin provides millennials with time and financial freedom in an increasingly uncertain world shaped by AI, economic instability, and technological transformation.

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#621: Crude Oil Outlook and Middle East Geoplitics with Anas Alhajji

Mon, 19 May 2025 14:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Anas Alhajji to discuss Trump's Middle East diplomacy, Iran's nuclear program, the state of global oil markets, and the growing energy demands of AI technology.

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#620: A New Lens On The OP_RETURN Debate with James O'Beirne

Sat, 17 May 2025 14:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with James O'Beirne to discuss the OP_RETURN controversy.

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#619: Exposing The Infiltration of MAHA with Dr. Jack Kruse

Thu, 15 May 2025 14:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Dr. Jack Kruse to discuss the Big Pharma forces at work within MAHA.

Jack Kruse on Twitter: https://x.com/DrJackKruse

0:00 - Intro

0:36 - Outlining MAHA infiltration

22:48 - Fold & Coinkite

24:19- Danger to children

28:11 - Political shell game

35:24 - Unchained

35:54 - Time theft

40:51 - Vax data

46:17 - Bioweapon and control system

58:14 - Game plan - Decentralized yourself

1:15:00 - Priorities

1:24:14 - Support Mary Talley Bowden

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#618: The Samourai Case Threatens Every Bitcoiner with Zack Shapiro

Wed, 14 May 2025 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Zack Shapiro to discuss the Samourai case.

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Bitcoin Policy Institute: https://www.btcpolicy.org/

0:00 - Intro0:28 - Outlining the case12:26 - Biden/Warren admin17:24 - Fold & Coinkite19:00 - Next step and implications for precedent23:24 - Unchained23:53 - GENIUS act27:34 - History of Bank Secrecy Act33:19 - Nation states will need bitcoin39:21 - Bitcoin fixes the world45:52 - Killer use cases56:14 - OP_DEBATE1:04:54 - C2A

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#617: How Trump's Tariffs Should Have Worked with Lyn Alden

Mon, 12 May 2025 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Lyn Alden to discuss Triffin's dilemma.

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0:00 - Intro

0:36 - Triffin's dilemma

8:15 - Debt leverage

11:10 - Fold & Coinkite

12:41 - Trump's goals and tariff policy

19:54 - Unchained

20:24 - China is not weak

30:07 - Energy

37:15 - AI/robots

41:11 - SBR

48:47 - Bitcoin credit products

52:40 - Eventful week for bitcoin

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#616: Bitcoin Can Stop The AI Overlord with Andrew Myers

Thu, 08 May 2025 04:55:17 GMT

Marty sits down with Andrew Myers to discuss the intersection of AI, Energy and bitcoin.

Andrew Myers on Twitter: https://x.com/acmyers

Satoshi Energy: https://satoshienergy.com/

0:00 - Intro

0:34 - Tesla’s AI energy theory

8:59 - Bitcoin and decentralization fixes AI

13:02 - Fold & Coinkite

14:38 - How Satoshi Energy is using AI

19:28 - Bit Current

23:13 - Unchained

23:42 - Revealing inefficiency

32:57 - Proliferating OS AI with bitcoin

36:26 -Apple of Eden and Antichrist

45:11 - Iberian outage

48:48 - Defense tech

54:51 - UFOs, Atlantis and remote viewing

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#615: How Bitcoin Can Avert A Pension Crisis with Dom Bei

Mon, 05 May 2025 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Dom Bei to discuss the state of CalPERS.

Campaign site: http://Www.beiforcalpers.com

Campaign Twitter: https://x.com/DomforCalPERS

Proof of Workforce: http://Www.proofofworkforce.org

Dom Bei on Twitter: https://x.com/Beiwatch_1

0:00 - Intro

0:32 - Opportunity Cost app

3:34 - Dom's background

10:36 - Fold & Coinkite

12:13 - How pensions got to this point

19:29 - Impact of failure

28:10 - Unchained

28:38 - CalPERS politicized

33:49 - How pensions should approach bitcoin

42:49 - How to educate

49:37 - Energy/mining

55:55 - Running for the board

1:08:52 - Roswell NM

1:12:33 - C2A

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#614: Why Bitcoiners Should Have The Nicest Chairs with Brian Harrington

Fri, 02 May 2025 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Brian Harrington to discuss challenging the "never sell" mindset.

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Brian Harrington Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@brainharrington

0:00 - Intro

0:36 - Bitcoiners should have better chairs

8:52 - Fold & Coinkite

10:23 - Reject FOMO paralysis

17:59 - You can live on bitcoin today

22:44 - Unchained

23:13 - How to live on a bitcoin standard

31:38 - TFTC on a bitcoin standard

34:18 - Fold and other tools

36:50 - Hesitancy and what to tell your wife

47:36 - The framework is already here

55:53 - Confidence in the million dollar bitcoin

1:04:12 - Level up for your kids

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#613: Why A Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Is Imminent with Brian Morgenstern

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Brian Morgenstern to discuss the state of bitcoin policy.

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0:00 - Intro

0:36 - We’re winning in bitcoin policy

10:18 - Fold & Coinkite

11:50 - Policy priorities and timeline

19:36 - Unchained

20:05 - Order of priority - stables before bitcoin

25:53 - Amassing wins for midterms

29:09 - Getting bitcoin too entrenched to ban

34:00 - Bitcoinized fin products

38:04 - Treasury and BitBonds

47:28 - We should not fund our demise

56:06 - Trump PR strategy

1:06:29 - Chevron doctrine

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#612: How To Beat The AI Monolith with Jim Carucci

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Jim Carucci to discuss AI as economic agents.

CASCDR: https://cascdr.xyz/Jim Carucci on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/nprofile1qqsy2d24rfqzwxc9n2ujku084dlgwqqxrgkervxjpucna7p0q5htppgeluehw

0:00 - Intro

0:36 - Lacrosse and manifesting

4:38 - Open vs centralized AI

8:02 - Fold & Bitkey

9:33 - LLMs and their biases

13:32 - CASCDR basics

17:52 - Unchained

18:20 - Bitcoin AI synergy

30:34 - Progress of the agentic framework

36:08 - Implementations of agents

41:41 - Nostr, DVMs, MCP

46:52 - Open source vs panopticon

51:35 - Ideal picture of future AI

1:02:03 - Driving bitcoin adoption

1:10:48 - Plugs

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#611: Only 10% Are Using AI Correctly with Rod Roudi

Fri, 25 Apr 2025 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Rod Roudi to discuss vibe coding and raising kids with AI.

Rod on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodroudi/

Texas Energy and Mining Summit: https://www.meetup.com/bitcoin-park-austin/events/305924136/

0:00 - Intro

0:35 - Sports dads who vibe code

11:08 - Fold & Coinkite

12:44 - Austin convergence and meetups

20:27 - Unchained

20:55 - AI careers

25:58 - Leveling up children’s creativity

33:00 - Triple convergence

39:09 - Playing with AI tools

48:03 - How TFTC uses AI

53:08 - Bitcoin is the safest place

55:51 - Austin convergence again

1:03:38 - Texas Energy & Mining Summit

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#610: The Basis Trade That Could Crash Everything with James Lavish

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with James Lavish to discuss the large scale basis trade hanging over current markets.

James Lavish on Twitter: https://x.com/jameslavish

The Informationist: https://www.jameslavish.com/

Bitcoin Opportunity Fund: https://www.bitcoinopportunity.fund/

0:00 - Intro

0:36 - Educating financial literacy

7:05 - Bond Yields

10:54 - Fold & Coinkite

12:26 - Bitcoin decoupling and tariffs

16:19 - Diving into the basis trade

29:10 - Unchained

29:38 - Flights to safety - Gold & bitcoin

39:51 - SAB 122

44:09 - Strategy

48:59 - Hashprice

57:15 - Plugs

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#609: How To Summon A UAP with Matt Pines

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Matt Pines to discuss Skywatcher's efforts to gather empirical data on UAPs.

Matt Pines on Twitter: https://x.com/matthew_pines

Skywatcher: https://skywatcher.ai

Bitcoin Policy Summit: https://www.btcpolicysummit.org/

0:00 - Intro

0:37 - US disclosure posture

9:09 - Skywatcher

17:13 - Fold & Coinkite

18:44 - How the data is collected

23:33 - Unchained

24:02 - What attracts UAPs

35:40 - Consciousness

54:27 - Govt psychics

57:54 - Geopolitical implications & triple hockey stick

1:10:41 - AI

1:17:41 - Will Trump build China Lite?

1:30:32 - Exopolitics

1:37:09 - Is bitcoin the great filter?

1:42:45 - Matt’s having fun

1:48:45 - Quantum breakthrough implications

2:09:59 - Bitcoin Policy Summit

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#608: The Digit Addiction Pandemic with Ivan Makedonski

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Ivan Makedonski to discuss his article "The Digit Addiction Pandemic".

Ivan's Article: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/the-digit-addiction-pandemicMisty Breez: https://breez.technology/misty/Bulgarian Bitcoin Movie: https://geyser.fund/project/bulgarianjourney

0:00 - Intro0:36 - Digit addiction7:28 - Digit lords10:51 - Fold & Coinkite12:23 - Shaking the addicted mind15:39 - Tragedy caused by fiat21:27 - Life as unit of account26:10 - Unchained36:39 - Getting clean from fiat31:28 - Building the bitcoin standard40:57 - Misty Breez55:20 - Speed of adoption57:47 - Go and experience bitcoin1:01:36 - Movie shill

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#607: Bitcoin Is Written In Our DNA with Jesse Myers

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Jesse Myers to discuss the key behavioral mutation behind the dominance of our species over other early humans.

Jesse on Twitter: https://x.com/Croesus_BTC

One-in-a-Species: https://www.onceinaspecies.com/

0:00 - Intro

0:36 - How Jesse’s hypothesis differs from mainstream

8:19 - Szabo's shelling out and the fashion argument

15:36 - Fold & Coinkite

17:14- The hTKTL1 gene

27:03 - Overcoming Dunbar's Number

35:24 - Unchained Event

35:49 - Public record and barter

42:33 - Money allowed energy aggregation

51:27 - Developing more advanced money

55:35 - Bitcoin is the culmination of our species’ edge

1:01:39 - Fiat interregnum and bitcoin’s addressable market

1:10:33 - Digital age is an accelerant

1:16:34 - Final thoughts

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#606: The Ratio That Signals Every Crash with Michael Howell

Mon, 14 Apr 2025 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Michael Howell to discuss the incoming liquidity crisis.

Crossborder Capital on Twitter: https://x.com/crossbordercap

Capital Wars Substack: https://capitalwars.substack.com/

0:00 - Intro

0:36 - Is liquidity crunch incoming

6:13 - Explaining the crisis

16:12 - Fold & Coinkite

17:49 - The Fed’s ineffective measures

20:39 - Powell/Trump standoff and China selling

28:13 - Unchained Evernt

29:37 - Digging out with better assets

34:44 - Bessent's reset & BitBonds

39:56 - Weimar & gold

45:21 - Cutting red tape

49:53 - Clear skies beyond the storm

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#605: When This Trade War Will End with James Check

Fri, 11 Apr 2025 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with James Check to discuss the game of chicken being played between the US and China.

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Checkonchain: https://charts.checkonchain.com/

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0:00 - Intro

0:36 - Tariff bomb

6:32 - Recession incoming

9:30 - Fold & Coinkite

11:08 - Yen/dollar devaluation game of chicken

15:33 - Gold and Bitcoin’s price floor

25:02 - Unchained Event

25:27 - Bull case is more likely

34:15 - Thesis meeting reality

43:51 - Bitcoinization of finance

46:59 - Bessent reset

54:26 - Closing monologue

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#604: Tariffs Expose the Euro Banking Fraud with Tom Luongo

Mon, 07 Apr 2025 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Tom Luongo to discuss the impact of Trump's tariffs.

Tom Luongo on Twitter: https://x.com/TFL1728Tom Luongo's Website: https://tomluongo.me/

0:00 - Intro

0:36 - Breaking down the tariffs

13:24 - Fold & Coinkite

15:01 - Trump and Bessent’s messaging

19:11 - EU and British psyops

30:33 - Red tape is falling, corporate press floundering

36:47 - Unchained Event

37:12 - Helping American economy

39:39 - Debt based colonialism, financial warfare

48:00 - Closing the arbitrage

55:33 - Prioritising the correct enemies

1:01:15 - Trump media strategy

1:08:25 - Overthrowing managerial class

1:14:52 - Biggest risk is a forced war

1:19:38 - Deshittification

1:23:56 - Bitcoin and mining

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#603: MAHA Is Trying To Sweep Covid Under The Rug with Dr. Mary Talley Bowden

Fri, 04 Apr 2025 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Dr. Mary Bowden to discuss Covid vaccine injustice.

Dr. Bowden on Twitter: https://x.com/MdBreathe

Dr. Bowden's website: https://breathemd.org/

0:00 - Intro

0:26 - MAHA is shifting away from Covid justice

5:30 - Why vax should be pulled

11:21 - Fold & Coinkite

12:59 - Japan vax death study

16:07 - MDs have lost trust

20:16 - Ivermectin over the counter & and rebranding

24:57 - Unchained Event

25:22 - Should the FDA exist?

32:18 - Escaping corporate medicine

38:10 - Texas is turning blue

48:09 - Texas healthcare and censorship

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#602: How USAID Funds Fake Protests with Peter St. Onge

Wed, 02 Apr 2025 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Peter St Onge to discuss USAID astroturfing.

Peter St Onge on Twitter: https://x.com/profstonge

0:00 - Intro0:36 - Elon and Austrian econ6:25 - Paid protestors14:28 - Woke companies exist because intimidation16:54 - Fold & Coinkite18:32 - Uni endowments and money printer26:47 - Unchained27:12 - Trump’s policy choices32:48 - Media and Trump changing precedent45:18 - Convictions win51:35 - Trump admin & bitcoin58:36 - Bitcoinization of finance1:10:20 - DOGE Can't Fix The Dollar

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Building Bitcoin Treasuries, Rewards vs Points & DC's Bitcoin Evolution - Bitcoin Alpha 007

Fri, 28 Mar 2025 12:00:00 GMT

Bitcoin Financial Services CEO Will from Fold discusses how their company helps customers build long-term Bitcoin savings through rewards programs, sharing how some users have earned more in Bitcoin rewards than their original purchases cost. He explains Fold's treasury strategy as they become a public company, contrasting with speculation-focused crypto firms. The conversation shifts to discussing political shifts in DC with growing bipartisan Bitcoin support, Tether's role in dollar markets globally, and the distinction between Bitcoin's sound money approach versus tokenization of real-world assets.0:00 -Disclaimer0:24 - FOLD SECTION - Will’s cold open2:07 - Building regardless of cycle position8:48 - Adoption of Fold26:02 - Burrito financing vs Fold credit card41:24 - You stack, we stack1:09:29 - DC SECTION - BPI recap and Tether1:22:27 - Adopting political power1:29:20 - Meme coins and real-world assets

#601: The Bitcoinization of Finance with Pierre Rochard

Wed, 26 Mar 2025 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Pierre Rochard to discuss bitcoin rewriting the financial industry.

Pierre on Twitter: https://x.com/BitcoinPierrePierre on Nostr: https://primal.net/pierre

0:00 - Intro

0:36- Casinos, burrito financing and defi

12:20 - Fold & Coinkite

13:57 - Recapitalizing with better collateral

24:01 - Can bitcoin cure the degens?

32:30 - Unchained

33:31 - Smoothing volatility and lending against bitcoin

42:23 - Inter-operability for the smoothbrains

47:48 - Political engagement

58:27 - Trump's crypto EO & President Kamala

1:05:09 - Leaving crypto behind

1:15:42 - Letting people touch the stove

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#600: Immutable History Is Now Possible with Carlos Toriello

Mon, 24 Mar 2025 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Carlos "Carliño" Toriello to discuss Simple Proof's first implementation in the US.

Carliño on Twitter: https://x.com/carlostoriello

Simple Proof: https://simpleproof.com/

Simple Proof on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/nprofile1qqs26054qdgyq9mteppv3w4zcgdyp0qq2edxg077hkhwekyy6rujg7g72xr9w

0:00 - Intro

0:36 - How Carliño's year has been

6:40 - Explaining with Screven County example

16:21 - Fold & Bitkey

18:03 - The data from Screven county

26:56 - Expanding the use case

29:57 - Unchained

30:58 - Why bitcoin is the best solution

37:54 - A blockchain for enemies

46:48 - Changing history

52:59 - Retiring civil servants

57:41 - Preserving privacy

1:03:05 - Responsibility of preserving data

1:06:04 - Calls to action

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#599: Trump’s Economic Reset Strategy with Mel Mattison

Wed, 19 Mar 2025 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Mel Mattison to discuss the Trump administrations attempt at a manufactured soft landing.

Mel on Twitter: https://x.com/MelMattison1Mel's website: https://www.melmattison.com/

0:00 - Intro

0:36 - Building homes won't fix real estate

3:34 - Effects of Trump admin on market

8:02 - Bitcoin breaking from NASDAQ

10:14 - Fold & Coinkite

11:52 - Bessent’s hot and cold strategy

18:18 - Playing hardball with Europe

23:24 - Unchained

24:24 - Middle East/Ukraine

33:49 - Remaking the monetary order

39:46 - Phasing out the Fed

47:05 - Sovereign wealth fund makeup

53:13 - Nixing income tax

1:03:03 - Allocation strategy

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#598: What UAPs Suggest About Reality with Jesse Michels

Mon, 17 Mar 2025 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Jesse Michels to discuss UAP disclosure, bitcoin's potential role in Fermi's Paradox, time travel, and more.

Jesse on Twitter: https://x.com/AlchemyAmerican

American Alchemy: https://www.youtube.com/Jessemichels

0:00 - Intro

0:36 - Jesse's show and Matt Pines

8:22 - UAP rabbit hole

15:10 - The pyramid has no top

21:15 - Fold & Coinkite

22:52 - What to focus on

30:07 - Is Bitcoin the Great Filter?

37:12 - Using alien tech

44:55 - Unchained Event

45:26 - Bitcoin mining and difficulty adjustment

1:00:42 - Fixing the Fed with bitcoin

1:12:22 - Swamp draining

1:29:48 - Centralization of disclosure

1:36:28 - Prophecy and telepathy

1:40:34 - What happens upon widespread understanding

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#597: Insights From Inside The Gold Market with Josh Phair

Fri, 14 Mar 2025 11:57:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Josh Phair to discuss the state of the gold market.

Josh on Twitter: https://x.com/joshphilipphair

Scottsdale Mint: https://www.scottsdalemint.com/

0:00 - Intro

0:36 - Josh’s background

6:13 - Overview of the bullion market

16:24 - Fold & Coinkite

18:02 - Is the gold really where they say it is?

30:31 - Unchained

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#596: Q4 2024 Monetary Base Update with Matthew Mežinskis

Wed, 12 Mar 2025 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Matthew Mežinskis to discuss the state of bitcoin's growth.

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

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

0:00 - Intro

0:36 - SBR

10:01 - Self custody

20:45 - Fold & Bitkey

22:27 - Bitcoin % of monetary base

27:54 - Good ol' power trendline

34:25 - Unchained announcement

34:56 - Adoption S curve is misleading

52:50 - Fun with charts

56:46 - Monetary base growth comparison

1:00:46 - How the power curve reflects psychology

1:05:04 - Exponential decay

1:12:17 - Monetary base, repo markets and Luongo theory

1:31:37 - Money market funds

1:41:15 - Bitcoin price models

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#595: Bitcoin Is An Unstoppable Beast with George Bodine

Mon, 10 Mar 2025 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with George Bodine to discuss the state of bitcoin adoption.

George on Twitter: https://x.com/Jethroe111

0:00 - Intro

0:36 - George's bitcoin story

10:22 - Feeling late

17:37 - Fold & Bitkey

19:19 - How 70s inflation felt

22:55 - Unchained Announcement

23:26 - Little guys can now compete with the chaos

28:50 - Compound interest and generational wealth

39:36 - Navy tangent

43:21 - Bitcoin is a beast

55:43 - Smart stacking - "pay me in bitcoin"

1:01:38 - Sovereign bitcoin funds

1:11:38 - Overton shift - stablecoins

1:20:03 - Lightning and Taproot assets

1:26:17 - Hyperbitcoinization

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#594: They’ll Crash Stocks To Save Bonds with Gary Brode

Fri, 07 Mar 2025 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Gary Brode to discuss the economic strategies being employed by the Trump administration.

Gary on Twitter: ⁠https://x.com/Gary_Brode⁠

Deep Knowledge Investing: https://deepknowledgeinvesting.com/

0:00 - Intro

0:36 - The problem with bonds

7:08 - Tariffs and short term pain

10:16 - Art of the Deal

19:50 - Fold & Bitkey

21:33 - Europe is anti-freedom

25:51 - Cutting spending

37:54 - Unchained Announcement

38:25 - KPIs for a better direction

43:03 - Populism

50:32 - How will bitcoin react?

58:36 - Bitcoin credit

1:06:29 - Understand today or be surprised tomorrow

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#593: Bitcoin is Money (&) Currency with Parker Lewis

Wed, 05 Mar 2025 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Parker Lewis to discuss his latest article on bitcoin as a unit of exchange.

Parker on Twitter: https://x.com/parkeralewis

Parker's aritcle: https://www.tftc.io/bitcoin-is-money-currency/

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Bitcoin Takeover: https://bitcointakeover.org/

Clip Parker mentions: https://x.com/collision/status/1783559623511011535

0:00 - Intro

0:36- Bitcoin Takeover

10:28 - Parker's paper

19:33 - fold & Bitkey

21:16 - Stablecoin legislation & distinguishing money/currency

29:52 - Triple entry accounting

35:58 - Unchained event announcement

36:28 - The details are important

42:31 - Bitcoin inherently competes with dollar

50:51 - Choosing bitcoin over the dollar

1:00:57 - Capital gains

1:08:45 - Bitcoin has value in utility

1:18:13 - All In Collison brothers - fiat premiums

1:21:38 - Logan takes notes

1:23:52 - More on utility

1:33:55 - Go to Bitcoin Takeover!

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#592: How DARPA Plans To Control You with Dr. Jack Kruse

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Dr. Jack Kruse to discuss SV40 and EMF mind control.

Jack Kruse on Twitter: https://x.com/DrJackKruse

https://jackkruse.com/

0:00 - Intro

0:36 - Rick Rubin pod

4:12 - McKernan and SV40

8:07 - Cutter Event

11:22- Fold & Bitkey

13:05 - Links to JFK shooting

24:54 - EMF mind control

41:23 - Unchained Announcement

41:53 - Elon’s role in the control system

47:20 - Message to bitcoiners

53:47- Limited hangouts

59:44 - Self custody

1:04:51 - Bitcoiners are the last line of defense

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#591: How Bitcoiners Secure Generational Wealth with Matt McClintock

Fri, 28 Feb 2025 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Matt McClintock from Bespoke to discuss bitcoin inheritance protocols.

Bespoke: https://bespokegroup.io/

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

0:00 - Intro

0:36 - State hands in landed gentry

9:34 - How to protect wealth

13:41 - Inheritance protocols and footguns

20:19 - Fold & Bkitey

22:02 - Trump's changes

27:55 - Cleaning the rot with bitcoin

33:45 - Unchained

34:46 - The double edge of a strong executive branch

40:27 - Jurisdictional arbitrage

49:42 - How clients find Matt

55:37 - Generational values (and sirens)

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#590: Why Gen Z Understands Freedom Tech with Ian Carroll

Wed, 26 Feb 2025 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Ian Carroll to discuss the Argentinian crypto scam, Trump's second term, open source AI, and more.

Ian on Twitter: https://x.com/Cancelcloco_

Ian on Nostr: https://primal.net/IanCarroll

0:00 - Intro

0:36 - FTX and Milei's scam

11:45 - Crypto's rep is now clear

18:49 - Fold & Bitkey

20:32 - How Bitcoin and Nostr change you

30:13 - What's happening with gold

36:54 - Unchained

37:55 - Trump's 2nd term and disentangling the US

45:35 - New generations bring better understanding

50:48- Open source AI and immutable code

58:49 - Tech oligarchy

1:03:56 - McKernan and Japanese jab deaths

1:08:28 - The challenge of digital ID

1:18:19 - Moving to Austin

1:21:42 - InfoWars

1:28:22 - In person maximalism

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#589: AI That Won't Share Your Data with OpenSecret

Mon, 24 Feb 2025 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Tony and Marks from OpenSecret to discuss Maple, a privacy-focused AI.

Maple AI: https://trymaple.ai/

OpenSecret Website: https://opensecret.cloud/

OpenSecret on Twitter: https://x.com/OpenSecretCloud

OpenSecret on Nostr: https://primal.net/OpenSecret

0:00 - Intro

0:36 - Positive vibes

3:37 - Grok 3

7:16 - Tony's approach to AI

10:46 - Fold & Bitkey

12:28 - How AI will change jobs

16:48 - The art of prompting

24:08 - Using AI to build OpenSecret

29:01 - Unchained Announcement

29:39- From Mutiny to OpenSecret

36:13 - Issues with security

47:40 - Explaining secure enclaves

53:22 - Shifting the relationship with user data

1:02:14 - Problems with “private AI”

1:13:16 - UX

1:19:54 - How much AIs know about you

1:25:59 - If you’re not paying attention…

1:27:47 - App developer reactions

1:30:35 - Try it yourself

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#588: Solving The Birthrate Crisis with Kevin Dolan

Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Kevin Dolan to discuss Natalism.

Natalism Conf: https://www.natalism.org/

The conference on Twitter: https://x.com/natalismorg

Exit Group: https://exitgroup.us/

0:00 - Intro

0:36 - Kevin's orange pilling

4:28 - Natalism & strong families

12:55 - Fold & Bitkey

14:38 - Factors that have weakened families

22:23 - East Asia

29:39 - Immigrating human labor units

35:56 - Unchained Announcement

36:35 - The strength of marriages

56:03 - White pills - Bitcoin fixes this

1:12:35 - Exiting is the only victory condition

1:15:22 - Soft landing

1:18:24 - Natalism can unite tribes

1:22:58 - USAID & Kevin’s doxxing

1:31:18 - Family businesses

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#587: The Report on MRNA-Triggered Cancers with Kevin McKernan

Wed, 19 Feb 2025 06:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Kevin McKernan to discuss the damage caused by MRNA jabs.

Kevin on Twitter: https://x.com/Kevin_McKernan

0:00 - Intro

0:36 - RFK & Trump's MRNA blind spot

11:13 - Japanese MRNA cancer paper

24:06 - Fold & Bitkey

25:48 - More on change in cancers

30:25 - Smoking guns

33:55 - Unchained

34:56 - Population reduction and LSSD

42:53 - Cannabinoids and opiates

58:50 - Are the jabs a global crisis?

1:06:17 - Shift in medical attitudes

1:17:19 - Free market solutions

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#586: Will Bitcoin Skyrocket $GME? with Peruvian Bull

Mon, 17 Feb 2025 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Peruvian Bull to discuss Gamestop buying bitcoin, the state of gold markets, and the potential of incoming QE.

Peruvian Bull on Twitter: https://x.com/peruvian_bull

Peruvian Bull on Nostr: https://primal.net/peruvianbull

0:00 - Intro

0:36 - Will bitcoin blow up Gamestonk?

1637 - Fold & Bitkey

18:19 - Bitcoin has completely outpaced crypto

25:22 - Lightning

27:32 - Unchained

28:32 - Gold markets

33:31 - East/west liquidity drain

37:14 - Bessent's reset

39:09 - What's gold's real price?

44:47- Tariffs and regulatory changes

48:33 - Bitcoin/gold lagging corelation

53:15 - QE is coming

58:51 - DOGE

1:02:07 - Debt paradox, price prediction

1:04:44 - If you're not paying attention, you probably should be

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#585: Has Bitcoin Successfully Scaled? with Lisa Neigut

Fri, 14 Feb 2025 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Lisa Neigut to discuss the clearing of mempools, the state of Lightning, btc++ events, and more.

Lisa on Twitter: https://x.com/niftynei

Lisa on Nostr: https://primal.net/niftynei

btc++: https://btcpp.dev/

0:00 - Intro

0:36 - Mempools cleared

6:35 - Making fixes without consensus change

13:38 - Fold & Bitkey

15:21 - Ark

19:35 - RHR bet, L2 is locked in

23:49 - Sats on nostr, onboarding

32:00 - Unchained

33:00 - AI tool hackathon and other upcoming events

41:24 - ZK proofs

47:57 - Timing of ideas

51:25 - Inscriptions, OP_CAT & ossification

58:23 - Impatience

1:03:08 - Nifty's focus on events

1:09:45 - Tactile advantage - bitcoin touches grass

1:17:28 - Marty's gonna win

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#584: The VPN That Can't Track You with Carl Dong

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 16:13:11 GMT

Marty sits down with Carl Dong to discuss the launch of Obscura.

Carl on Twitter: https://x.com/carl_dong

Obscura VPN: https://obscura.net/

0:00 - Intro

0:36 - Solving private VPN payments

5:48 - Explaining VPN hops

12:39 - Fold & Bitkey

14:34 - Censorship game theory

22:13 - VPNs more usable in restricted environs

27:10 - New generation of trustless VPNs

36:59 - User data is a toxic liability

41:16 - New possibilities for internet freedom

50:27 - Obscura's long term vision

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#583: Is Trump’s Tariff Blitz The Right Move? with Porter Stansberry

Mon, 10 Feb 2025 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Porter Stansberry to discuss Trump's first few weeks in office.

Porter on Twitter: https://x.com/porterstansb

0:00 - Intro

0:36 - Trump's tariffs

4:00 - High taxes won't fix the debt crisis

8:55 - America’s trade deficit

12:45 - Fold & Bitkey

14:40 - Rate cuts

18:37 - Liquidity crisis may throw in a wrench

23:23 - Breton Woods 2.0

26:23 - Social security is doomed

32:53 - Unchained

33:54 - Microstrategy's regulatory arbitrage

39:13 - Uncovering fraud

50:37 - Peak grift and Biden laptop

54:12 - Nat gas and coal prediction

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#582: The Great Awakening Has Begun with Tom Luongo

Sat, 08 Feb 2025 13:00:00 GMT

Marty and Tom Luongo watch as Trump's unveiling of the deep state unfolds.

Tom on Twitter: https://x.com/tfl1728

Tom's website: https://tomluongo.me/

0:00 - Intro

0:36 - USAID was the right place to start

6:44 - Trump's new crew

13:20 - Libertarian envy

18:42 - Fold & Bitkey

20:37 - Gold price

24:12 - British Empire and European globalists vs the Fed

33:59 - Taxes suck

40:17 - Unchained

41:18 - LME/COMEX & Basel III

52:55 - Onshore/offshore dollar

56:26 - Israel, Nordstream and oil revenue

1:02:05 - Defunding the demons

1:11:22 - Public sentiment

1:18:35 - Tom's purpose

1:24:39 - Inspiring people and revealing cracks in the armor

1:29:38 - Gerontocracy vs Gen Z

1:39:01 - Open source will win

1:43:34 - Big Balls

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#581: Where USAID Funding Really Goes with George Webb

Fri, 07 Feb 2025 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with George Webb to discuss China's AI, the death of Suchir Balaji, and USAID black budget funds.

George on Twitter: https://x.com/RealGeorgeWebb1

George's Substack: https://georgewebb.substack.com/

0:00 - Intro 0:36 - AI whistleblower story 10:59 - Dissecting the mysterious death 14:20 - Fold & Bitkey 16:36 - The implications are massive 22:05 - Connections to Wuhan labs 26:52 - Unchained 27:52 - Identifying factions & Elon's DOGE goals 34:42 - Black budget funds & USAID PREDICT 43:18 - Adam Schiff 46:12 - Closing riffs and cancer vaxes 50:47 - Plugs

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#580: Did DeepSeek Pop The Bubble? with Dave Collum

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Dave Collum to discuss DeepSeek, Club of Rome, Trump's first executive orders, and more.

Dave on Twitter: https://x.com/DavidBCollum

0:00 - Intro 0:36 - DeepSeek and Nvidia 5:05 - Club of Rome and pedo blackmail 12:53 - Fold & Bitkey 14:48 - Election theatrics 21:38 - Fauci 26:03 - Unchained 27:03 - Trump's impact on science 32:00 - Jabs from Polio to Pfizer 44:28- MRNA has no quality control 48:35 - Clearing out FEMA 54:35- The atmosphere has changed 58:38- Vance and big tech 1:03:47 - Did DeepSeek pop the bubble? 1:10:17 - Bessent's reset 1:14:08 - Ozempic 1:19:04 - EOs and Chevron Deference 1:27:04 - Thiel and Chokepoint 2.0 (Dave gets coffee) 1:30:57 - Ukraine and the London bankers 1:34:57- Revised history of WWII - Stalin won 1:41:12 - FDR 1:44:57 - Various controversial women 1:50:37 - Wrapup

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#579: Bitcoin 101, Chinese AI and Poisonous Modern Life with Matt McCusker

Mon, 03 Feb 2025 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down to orange pill Matt McCusker.

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

Matt's website: https://mattmccusker.com/

0:00 - Intro 0:36- First steps to understanding bitcoin 12:33 - Fix the money, fix the world 21:13 - Fold & Bitkey 23:08 - Mining and quantum computers 30:10 - AI and China 35:31 - Unchained 36:32 - What bitcoin does to finance 41:46 - Blockchain scams and warped reality 47:10 - V4V 51:05 - Gambling and free will 56:36 - How comedy helps a messed up world 1:03:19 - Modern media and phones 1:07:19 - School, nicotine and writing 1:12:47 - The book Marty would write 1:18:25 - Fiat food, raw milk and MAHA 1:31:36 - Poison everywhere, p*rn is the worst 1:44:21 - Wrap up

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#578: The USA Is Losing Its Leverage with Luke Gromen

Fri, 31 Jan 2025 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Luke Gromen to discuss what America needs in order to maintain its foothold in the geopolitical power balance.

Luke on Twitter: https://x.com/LukeGromen

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0:00 - Intro 0:36 - Tariffs 4:30 - DeepSeek 12:09 - Bessent's reset 16:56 - Fold & Bitkey 18:51 - Liquidity crisis and the big print 25:42 - Speculating on a deal with China 29:56 - Unchained 30:57 - Europe is losing 38:24 - Gold price and SBR 45:22 - History of gold’s official price 50:03 - Is the bandaid coming off soon? 55:03 - Bitcoin-backed lending 1:01:41 - There’s hope for cooler heads 1:13:06 - SAB 121 repeal

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#577: The Biggest Moment In Financial History with Jeff Walton

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Jeff Walton to discuss Microstrategy's preferred stock offering.

Jeff on Twitter: https://x.com/PunterJeff

MSTR True North: https://x.com/MSTRTrueNorth

0:00 - Intro 0:36 - Explaining Microstrategy's preferred stocks 7:14 - Making use of volatility 13:58 - Fold & Bitkey 15:54 - Everything changes when insurance catches on 25:34 - Real estate insurance 29:04 - Unchained 30:05 - First mover companies 33:16 - The strategy is misunderstood, but the tide is turning 38:22 - What happens to MSTR's value 44:14 - The most hated trade 48:09 - Too much bitcoin? 53:17 - Is Microstrategy going to be the only player? 56:09 - Bitcoin weaponizes greed 1:05:31 - Will the 4 year cycle be disrupted? 1:08:37 - How it’s been for Jeff 1:12:24 - Bitcoin yield 1:15:44 - Wrap

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#576: Bitcoin Outpaces Everything with James Check

Mon, 27 Jan 2025 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with James Check to discuss bitcoin's position in the new year.

James on Twitter: https://x.com/_Checkmatey_

James's newsletter: https://newsletter.checkonchain.com/

_checkonchain charts: https://charts.checkonchain.com/

0:00 - Intro

0:36 - SBR isn't Trump's top priority

7:05 - A hard market to predict

13:36 - Fold & Bitkey

15:31 - What’s next?

18:21 - Tariffs and revaluing gold

21:28 - Unchained

22:29 - Yield curve/rate cut discrepancy

28:57 - Bull and bear scenarios

35:47 - Long and short hodlers

39:47 - Bitcoin collateral and leverage risks

44:14 - Ethereum and the golden age of grift

57:31 - Crypto is barely a footnote to bitcoin’s scale

1:10:16 - Wrap up

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#575: The Big Print with Lawrence Lepard

Sat, 25 Jan 2025 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Larry Lepard to discuss his upcoming book.

Larry on Twitter: https://x.com/LawrenceLepard

Larry's website: https://ema2.com/

The Big Print: https://www.amazon.com/Big-Print-Happened-America-Sound-ebook/dp/B0DS9W8FFS

0:00 - Intro

0:36 - Trump coin and the new administation

8:48 - Fold & Bitky

10:43 - Larry's book

12:31 - We’re reaching the fourth turning

15:52 - Skeptics and crypto frauds

18:09 - Metcalfe’s gold rush

24:25 - Unchained

25:26 - A newcoiner is never late, nor is he early

30:05 - Scott Bessent and the monetary reset

33:22 - Manufacturing a soft landing

48:08 - Events escalating in magnitude and freqency

52:37 - Marty's price prediction for this cycle

55:55 - Cultural touchpoints for adoption

1:05:52 - Plugs

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Trump's Executive Orders, the DXY and Bitcoin Backed Lending - Bitcoin Alpha 006

Fri, 24 Jan 2025 13:00:00 GMT

0:00 - Disclaimer

0:24 - Larry Fink is bullish

8:28 - Ross free

16:54 - Energy policy

25:06 - Crypto policy

34:27 - Meme coins

50:19 - State SBR bills

58:05 - Dollar Index and Gromen analysis

1:15:04 - Coinbase lending

1:28:44 - NYDIG

1:32:38 - Corporate treasuries

1:43:51 - Repeal of SAB-121

1:46:02 - 2025 predictions

#574: Strong Cultures and State-Proof Cities with Tuur Demeester

Thu, 23 Jan 2025 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Tuur Demeester to discuss his visit to the South African city of Orania.

Tuur on Twitter: https://x.com/TuurDemeester

0:36 - Why Tuur went to Orania

8:02 - State-proof cities dealing with crime

14:29 - Orania's origins

19:24 - Fold & Bitkey

21:19 - Population growth and businesses

26:21 - South Africa is devolving

29:54 - Unchained

30:54 - Sentiment toward Orania

32:15 - Scaling Orania’s model

34:49 - Diversity and conflict

43:50 - Bitcoin fixes this, not MAGA

50:44 - Narrowing focus to weather the storm

1:00:54 - Cultural conflict makes family pairings difficult

1:05:45 - Meme coins

1:12:06 - Ethereum delenda est

1:17:28 - Bitcoin market and Bessent

1:23:10 - Tariffs and eliminating IRS

1:28:07 - Glass half full

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#573: A Free World Needs Private Money with Calle

Fri, 17 Jan 2025 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Calle to discuss Cashu.

Cashu: https://cashu.space/

Calle on Nostr: https://primal.net/calle

0:00 - Intro

0:36 - Programming is art

5:36 - Zooming out on the struggle for freedom

10:23 - Dealing with the pace of change

14:20 - Unchained & Fold

16:13 - Financial privacy

20:43 - Chaumian ecash history

33:34 - Zaprite & SOTE

35:06 - Ecash on bitcoin

42:55 - Hash pools

48:45 - Interoperable systems

52:11 - We need more privacy and more devs

55:24 - Narrative and communication

1:00:45 - Magic stuff that just works

1:10:19 - Nostr as a gateway to bitcoin

1:17:21 - Wrap up

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#572: The Story of How Money Was Broken with Joe Bryan

Fri, 10 Jan 2025 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Joe Bryan to discuss his presentation of the problem of fiat currency.

Joe on Twitter: https://x.com/satmojoe

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What's The Problem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtFOxNbmD38&t

0:00 - Intro

0:36 - Joe’s background

9:53 - Borrowing on bitcoin stabilizes the market

13:02 - Unchained

14:49 - Educating on the problem with money

18:57 - The origin of Joe’s story

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25:33 -The power of storytelling

32:34 - Outlining the Fiatello story

51:45 - Response to the presentation

58:39 - Preparing for 2025

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#571: We’re Gonna Buy Bitcoin And China Will Pay For It with Parker Lewis

Mon, 06 Jan 2025 13:00:00 GMT

Marty kicks off the new year with Parker Lewis.

Parker on Twitter: https://x.com/parkeralewis

0:00 - Intro

0:36 - Crossfit

2:27 - Recapping the debt problem

17:23 - Unchained & Fold

19:16 - Yield curve discrepancy

23:21 - DOGE can’t help much

30:00 - Zaprite & SOTE

31:32 - Trump’s plans and the Fed

48:40 - Bitcoin and inflation are insufficiently understood

1:10:29 - H1B psyop and Sam Hyde

1:15:25 - Silicon Valley mindset

1:21:08 - We’re gonna get Shane Gillis

1:30:04 - Countering Tucker’s CIA arguments

1:40:03 - Quantum tangent

1:42:59 - Crypto bananas

1:47:16 - Manifesting victory

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#570: Bitcoin's Path Is More Bullish Than Ever with Nik Bhatia

Fri, 03 Jan 2025 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Nik Bhatia to discuss his upcoming book and bitcoin's unprecedented setup in the macro environment.

Nik on Twitter: https://x.com/timevalueofbtc

Bitcoin Age: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DQK2RQ5J

Bitcoin Layer video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDAFY8rx-Kg

0:00 - Intro

0:36 - Strategic reserve

8:45 - Does bitcoin threaten the dollar?

12:51 - Bitcoin began more open than the internet did

16:40 - Unchained

17:41 - Strengthening America

21:31 - MSTR, buying bitcoin with new money

35:18 - - Zaprite & Sote

36:51 The investor-initiated chain

44:31 - How sustainable is the bond strategy?

52:31 - Bitcoin inside of sovereign bond structure

57:10 - Critics don’t see the wider context

1:03:31 - Bitcoin is the best survival tool

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#569: Building A Scaling Solution For Bitcoin With Alex Bergeron

Mon, 30 Dec 2024 13:00:00 GMT

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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#568: Building A Way Around Govt Digital ID with John Carvalho

Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:00:00 GMT

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

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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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#567: You’ve Been Lied To Your Whole Life! with WAR MODE

Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:00:00 GMT

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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Bitcoin Alpha E005: Why Quantum Computing Can't Kill Bitcoin with Matt Corallo

Fri, 20 Dec 2024 13:00:00 GMT

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

#566: Q3 2024 Monetary Base Update with Matthew Mežinskis

Wed, 18 Dec 2024 13:00:00 GMT

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?

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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

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#565: Bitcoin Credit Innovations with Andrew Hohns

Mon, 16 Dec 2024 13:00:00 GMT

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

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26:42 - Adoptions cycles for borrowers

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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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#564: Retiring Early With Bitcoin with Trey Sellers

Wed, 11 Dec 2024 13:00:00 GMT

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

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49:15 - Lloyd Blankfein on bitcoin in geopolitics

52:43 - Bitcoin credit products

55:00 - Unchained event

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#563: Holding The Keys To Your Speech with Miljan Braticevic

Mon, 09 Dec 2024 13:00:00 GMT

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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#562: Bitcoin Has Entered The Geopolitical Game with Mel Mattison

Fri, 06 Dec 2024 13:00:00 GMT

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

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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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#561: The American Renaissance with Matt Cole

Wed, 04 Dec 2024 13:00:00 GMT

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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Bitcoin Alpha E004: How AnchorWatch is Redefining Bitcoin Risk Management

Fri, 29 Nov 2024 13:00:00 GMT

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

#560: How To Craft The Perfect Orange Pill with Jim Crider

Mon, 25 Nov 2024 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Jim Crider to discuss how to talk to your loved ones about bitcoin this upcoming Thanksgiving, as well as how bitcoin is seen in the world of financial planning.

Jim on Twitter: https://x.com/JimCriderTX

Intentional Living FP: https://www.intentionallivingfp.com/

0:00 - Intro

1:55 - How to craft the perfect orange pill

11:24 - Keeping hype low

14:58 - Bitkey & Coinkite

17:18 - Establishing an understanding of money

29:28 - Dangers of social proof

39:57 - SOTE

41:30 - Attitudes toward risk

45:33 - What it’s like as a fin advisor

58:11 - Frankenstein portfolio

1:03:03 - Providing true value as an advisor

1:11:30 - Bitcoin siphoning value from other assets

1:16:31 - High level game theory & Trump’s buddies

1:19:48 - Unfortunate for those who end up too late

1:30:39 - Orange pill quick guide and plugs

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#559: Death Throes of the European Cabal with Tom Luongo

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Tom Luongo to discuss the next steps after Trump's victory in the election.

Tom on Twitter: https://x.com/tfl1728

Tom's Blog: https://tomluongo.me/

0:00 - Intro

1:30 - Trapping Trump in a war as a last resort

9:30 - Bond markets

14:21 - Unchained & Coinkite

16:40 - Treasury Secretary choice

21:06 - Tom’s thesis is playing out

26:20 - What do the next steps look like?

32:31 - Better ways to fund the govt

47:25 - Zaprite & SOTE

48:58 - Trump appointments and foreign policy

58:16 - Gaetz

1:05:02 - Zeitgeist shift

1:20:34 - Authenticity of the new guard

1:29:09- Podcasts are superior

1:35:09 - There’s plenty of work left to do

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#558: Educating A Free Society with Chad Thevenot

Wed, 20 Nov 2024 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Chad from UATX to discuss bringing the values of the Age of Enlightenment back to education.

Chad on Twitter: https://x.com/chadthevenot

UATX: https://www.uaustin.org/

0:00 - Intro

1:28 - 6th and Congress is the center of the universe

4:09 - The story of UATX

10:26 - Unchained & Coinkite

12:20 - Problems with current education

21:15 - Curriculum for a free society

28:37 - Regulation and Trump regime

32:33 - Zaprite & SOTE

34:06 - Enlightenment values and free discussion

47:37 - Destroy institutions or reform them?

53:14 - Bitcoin endowment

57:25 - Austin’s strength

1:01:52 - Decentralized power

1:08:35 - We’re gonna win

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#557: Is The True Supercycle Here? with Pascal Hügli

Mon, 18 Nov 2024 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Pascal Hügli to discuss the multivariate implications of Donald Trump's White House victory for bitcoin.

Pascal on Twitter: https://x.com/pahueg

0:00 - Intro

1:23 - The European mind can't comprehend Trump victory

10:09 - Prediction markets

25:08 - Unchained & Coinkite

27:02 - Trump's approach to bitcoin

37:08 - SOTE

38:40 - America leading the charge on bitcoin

47:03 - Has hyperbitcoinization been pulled forward?

51:36 - Bitcoin credit products

59:05 - Supercycle?

1:11:53 - Price targets

1:14:51 - Interesting times

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Bitcoin Alpha E003: Digging Into Microstrategy's Bitcoin Treasury

Fri, 15 Nov 2024 13:00:00 GMT

0:00 - Intro

1:34 - Centimillionaire bitcoin allocation

10:20 - ATH & prominent bitcoin-friendly figures

25:28 - Term sheet report

48:13 - Bitcoin Treasury strategy

#556: How To Hold On To Generational Wealth with Will Tanner

Wed, 13 Nov 2024 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Will Tanner to discuss the aftermath of Trump's victory and lessons to be learned from old money families.

Will on Twitter: https://x.com/Will_Tanner_1

American Tribune: https://www.theamericantribune.news/

0:00 - Intro

1:20 - Trump’s victory proving the media obsolete

9:12 - Unsuccessful American color revolution

12:21 - Unchained & Coinkite

14:14 - What’s next and will we get rugged?

18:58 - MAHA is beautiful, socialism is ugly

25:46 - Immigration issues

31:55 - SOTE

33:27 - Lessons from El Salvador

37:09 - Easy money dissolves competence

42:30- Bitcoin

49:09 - Putting generational wealth to work

59:52 - Bill Gates & problems with philanthropy

1:06:44 - The values of the gentleman

1:11:43- Trump's tax plan and the history of the income tax

1:20:44- We’re gonna win with better propaganda

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#555: How Trump Will Serve The CBDC Agenda with Whitney Webb & Mark Goodwin

Mon, 11 Nov 2024 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Whitney Webb and Mark Goodwin to discuss the nefarious plans of Trump's allies.

0:00 - Intro

2:15 - Trump savior narrative

11:31 - Unchained & Coinkite

13:24 - Trump coalition

22:30 - Epstein blackmail on both sides

32:04 - Zaprite & SOTE

33:06 - A new form of intelligence agency

51:49 - Stablecoin CBDCs

1:05:23 - Trump’s policy’s and cabinet appointments

1:14:44 - Politicians learning from bitcoin

1:20:13 - Big pharma and problems with deregulation

1:27:20 - Back to stablecoins

1:48:04 - Justifying crackdowns, Ross and Samurai

1:53:59 - Lightspark tease

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Bitcoin Alpha E002: Bitcoin on the Ballot

Sun, 10 Nov 2024 15:44:21 GMT

The Ten31 team discusses the monumental 2024 US Presidential Election and what it means for bitcoin moving forward.

0:00 - Intro

0:24 - ETF inflows at ATH

8:27 - How the election affects bitcoin

23:14 - Supercycle debate

34:55 - Companies embracing sound custody

39:39 - Framing advice on allocation

50:35- IBIT and other benchmarks

54:49 - Trump likely to continue debt expansion

#554: UAP Disclosure Is Upon Us with Matt Pines

Fri, 08 Nov 2024 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Matt Pines to discuss how Trump may include bitcoin in his policy and the imminent advent of information on UAPs becoming public.

0:00 - Intro

1:34 - ECB and Minneapolis Fed papers

11:12 - Evolution of supranational institutions

18:16 - How US power is different

25:24 - Unchained & Coinkite

27:18 - Trump and his allies

46:20 - Zaprite & SOTE

47:53 - Measured approach to state bitcoin adoption

1:03:49 - We need lateral thinking civil servants

1:16:42 - American infrastructure in the AI arms race

1:26:07 - Positivity and getting shit done

1:32:24 - Defense VCs

1:38:39 - Conflict with China conventions of cyberwarfare

1:49:41 - UAP disclosure

2:15:57 - Layered psyops

2:27:05 - Cults and ideological institutions

2:37:10 - Access and accountability

2:45:17 - Disclosure from other nations

2:53:45 - UAP technology

3:01:12 - The risk posed by widespread doubt

3:05:48 - Conspiracies are common

3:11:53 - Wrapping up

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#553: Preparing For A Dual-Currency Era with Alex Leishman

Wed, 06 Nov 2024 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Alex Leishman to discuss River's new offering of bitcoin interest on cash.

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

0:00 - Intro

1:29 - Mechanics and implications of bitcoin interest

10:27 - Unchained & Coinkite

12:21 - The road to River as a primary bank

19:27 - Effectiveness of Trump and private spending

32:35 - Zaprite & SOTE

34:08 - Learning from River’s users

38:30 - Proof of reserves

40:56 - Shareholder influence and activist investors

51:39 - Preparing for the bull

56:57 - Adoption time frame for innovations

1:03:01 -Will bitcoin help us skip Mandibles?

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#552: How Bitcoin Could Predict The Next Global Conflict with James Pierog

Mon, 04 Nov 2024 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with James Pierog to discuss Bitcoin Prediction Market.

James on Twitter: https://x.com/BillyHongBeats

Bitcoin Prediction Market: https://www.bitcoinprediction.info/

0:00 - Intro

1:38 - Arriving at Bitcoin Prediction Market

12:03 - Comparing to Polymarket and crypto model

16:37 - Unchained & Coinkite

18:31 - Prediction algorithm

21:30 - Predicting and potentially preventing conflicts

30:41 - BOLT12, ecash and DLCs

37:28 - Zaprite and SOTE

39:01 - BPM vs Polymarket UX simplicity

44::36 - Oracle problem and centralization

49:13 - Trust and debt

57:06 - Singapore's authoritarianism unlocked bitcoin for James

1:08:32 - Psychic powers and tools for liberation

1:24:37 - Feather forks and ordinals

1:31:17 - Monetizing art and industry power games

1:38:35 - Adoption inertia and timing

1:43:34 - Native use case and exchange theory of value

1:47:27 - Final thoughts

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Bitcoin Alpha E001: Why Wall Street Veterans Are Dumping Bonds And Buying Bitcoin

Fri, 01 Nov 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Join Marty Bent, John Arnold and Grant Gilliam of Ten31 for the inaugural episode of Bitcoin Alpha.

Ten31: https://ten31.vc/

0:00 - Disclaimer

0:24 - Introductions

9:19 - Comparing underwriting in Bitcoin vs trad banking

13:05 - Minneapolis Fed paper

22:48 - Paul Tudor Jones and Stan Druckenmiller

29:54 - Ten31's unique bitcoin focus

39:25 - Bitcoin's dominance over time

56:04 - Bridge/Stripe deal

1:16:37 - Wrapping up

#551: Why Inflation Is Higher Than You Think with Ed Butowsky

Wed, 30 Oct 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Today, Marty sat down with Ed Butowsky to discuss the real inflation numbers the Fed is hiding from Americans. They cover the cost-of-living increases that the CPI falsely shows by analyzing the Chapwood index. This ranges from higher food prices to higher energy costs. True Inflation data is much higher than most think, affecting all economic data, including real GDP growth.

Ed on Twitter: https://x.com/EdButowsky

Chapwood Index: https://chapwoodindex.com/

0:00 - Intro

1:31 - Cost-of-Living Adjustment

7:17 - Mischaracterization of CPI

10:01 - Fed policy and GDP

15:38 - Unchained & Coinkite

17:31 - Effect of band aid policy and gaslighting

20:07 - Sovereign debt crisis and monetary base

23:39 - Realistic risk estimates for clients

25:26 - Zaprite & SOTE

26:59 - Bitcoin

31:55 - Defaults and dollar weaponization

34:50 - Trump & conservative policy

40:32 - State autonomy and energy renaissance

43:02 - Wrap up

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#550: Predicting The Impact of Derivatives on Bitcoin with James Check

Mon, 28 Oct 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with James Check to discuss how institutions utilizing bitcoin derivatives will change how bitcoin's price moves.

James on Twitter: https://x.com/_Checkmatey_

James's Newsletter: https://newsletter.checkonchain.com/

0:00 - Intro

1:17 - Explaining chopsolidation and institutional reaction

12:48 - Options and other derivatives

18:54- Unchained

19:45 - A new breed of hodler

27:12 - Zaprite and SOTE

28:44 - Volatility

36:27 - Comparing to previous cycles

42:18 - How would a major crisis affect price?

48:09 - Dispassionate decision-making

51:25 - Will they successfully demonize bitcoin?

58:01 - Institutional alliance and gold

1:09:00 - How high

1:15:00 - James's newsletter

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#549: Resisting the Vaccine Religion with Peter McCullough

Fri, 25 Oct 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Dr. Peter McCullough to discuss the continuing damage from the Covid-19 vaccines.

Peter McCullough on Twitter: https://x.com/P_McCulloughMD

0:00 - Intro
0:36 - Catastrophic damage from jabs
4:39 - The censorship continues
6:34 - Can Trump presidency change things?
9:05 - Vaccine religion
14:00 - Unchained, Zaprite & SOTE
16:23 - FDA funded by big pharma
17:51 - Impact on children
21:19 - Bitcoin, defunding the bullshit
23:04 - Tides may be changing

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#548: Bitcoin's Exchange Theory of Value with Parker Lewis

Wed, 23 Oct 2024 15:18:16 GMT

Marty sits down with Parker Lewis to discuss his new piece on bitcoin's vital function as a unit of exchange.

Parker on Twitter: https://x.com/parkeralewis

Read Parker's article: https://graduallythensuddenly.xyz/exchange-theory-of-value/?ref=tftc.io

0:00 - Intro

1:26 - Money touches everything

11:06 - Exchange theory of value

17:20 - Unchained

18:12 - Exchange is not zero sum

25:12 - Debasement interferes with market communication

33:21 - Zaprite & SOTE

34:54 - Is now the time to switch?

41:59 - Educating Zaprite customers

53:00 - Don’t rug yourself with fiat

57:53 - Bitcoin per unit mindset

1:06:10 - Competitive advantage against the vicious dollar cycle

1:11:34 - Parker’s urgency

1:16:13 - Political influence

1:28:22 - Check out Parker's stuff

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#547: Healing America's Broken Food System with Courtney Swan

Mon, 21 Oct 2024 16:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Courtney Swan to discuss her fight with Kellogg's and the other corporations controlling America's food.

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0:00 - Intro

1:15 - Kellogg's and GRAS

6:50 - Fiat food

10:01 - Obesity and Ozempic

12:41 - Unchained

13:32 - Food Pyramid and farm subsidies

18:52 - MAHA

22:46 - Corporations aren't handling it well

24:49 - Nutrition's effect on the mind

28:56 - Zaprite and SOTE

30:29 - Predatory marketing and parent responsibility

36:29 - Exposing corruption

40:08 - Bitcoin defends you from fiat food

42:06 - Policy change and accountability

48:43 - Bad economic incentives in modern medicine

58:38 - Raw milk, cow farts and other psyops

1:05:13 - Go cancel Kellogg's

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#546: How Bitcoin Will Drain The Real Estate Market with Leon Wankum

Wed, 16 Oct 2024 16:15:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Leon Wankum to discuss how bitcoin will demonetize real estate.

Leon's links: https://linktr.ee/leonwankum

0:00 - Intro

0:57 - Leon's background

5:13 - How did the real estate premium develop?

12:15 - Why bitcoin improves real estate

17:54 - Bitkey

18:49 - Higher quality, lower cost

23:52 - Why the macro environment may temper the next bull

26:51 - Bitcoin will threaten real estate business models

34:00 - When should a bitcoiner buy a house?

38:29 - Bitcoin will take over real estate's collateral function

44:52 - First movers and trend setters

54:22 - Bitcoin is easier

59:28 - Real estate will be drained like monarchs in the industrial revolution

1:06:17 - A unique shield against societal collapse

1:13:14 - Plugs

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#545: Bitcoin Is Money For Heroes with Guy Swann

Mon, 14 Oct 2024 05:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Guy Swann to discuss how bitcoin is helping in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.

Guy on Twitter: https://x.com/theguyswann

Bitcoin Veterans: https://bitcoinveterans.org/home/

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0:00 - Intro

1:29 - Inept/malicious response to disaster

6:10 - Bitcoin Veterans

11:38 - Destruction and loss

15:35 - Flooding

19:59 - Unchained

20:50 - Absurd resource allocation

30:18 - Zaprite

31:18 - People are 1000x more effective than govt

42:14 - Lethargy in the face of a ticking clock

48:38 - Why rules exist

53:30 - Disaster and conflict rackets

1:00:27 - Ungovernable media and ridicule

1:12:16 - How worldviews change

1:26:29 - Overwhelming innovation

1:32:11 - Why open source AI will win

1:38:34 - Approaching AI practically

1:52:30 - Plugging important stuff

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#544: Dissecting The Chaos Leading Up To The Election With Ed Dowd

Wed, 09 Oct 2024 16:55:21 GMT

Marty sits down with Ed Dowd to discuss FEMA looting the treasury, predictions for the election, and the forth turning.

Ed on Twitter: https://x.com/DowdEdward

0:00 - Intro

1:17 - Approaching an inflection point

7:08 - Exploiting climate disasters

15:40 - Unchained

16:31 - Election probabilities & Trump victory scenario

27:21 - CBDCs and Fed printing

32:10 - Zaprite

33:10 - Real estate and VCs

39:13 - Elite Theory & Trump’s capabilities upon victory

43:06 - Covid jab impact

50:55 - Fourth turning

1:01:00 - Solutions and hope

1:05:42 - Economic illiteracy in policy

1:08:47 - Truth to power

1:11:34 - Deflation prediction

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#543: Expanding the Reach of Quality Nutrition with Sam Moffett

Mon, 07 Oct 2024 12:01:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Sam Moffett to discuss regenerative farming and marketing direct to consumer.

Shirttail Creek on Twitter: https://x.com/shirttailcreek

Shirttail Creek Farm: https://shirttailcreekfarm.com/

0:00 - Intro
1:19 - Shirttail origin
8:51 - High quality food and grass finishing
13:57 - Regenerative farming accessibility
17:57 - Unchained
18:43 - Inception of Local Pastures
22:02 - Location/Strong Towns
27:28 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite
29:05 - Dealing with inflation
34:57 - The fragmented community approach
39:57 - Regen farming data/methods
45:16 - Consumer push for quality nutrition
55:29 - Challenges to expanding the model
1:01:34 - Merits of the farmer lifestyle
1:10:20 - Bitcoin
1:14:31 - Is the average person becoming more health aware?

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#542: The Bitcoin Treasure Strategy Is A Game Changer with Dylan LeClair

Wed, 02 Oct 2024 11:57:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Dylan LeClair to discuss the effectiveness MicroStrategy's bitcoin treasury model.

Dylan on Twitter: https://x.com/DylanLeClair_

0:00 - Intro

1:19 - Price cycles and election outcomes

6:49 - Rate cut

10:27 - Unchained

11:12 - China

14:49 - Leveraging for more bitcoin

22:06 - First mover advantage

29:23 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite

31:00 - How cash flow affects the strategy

33:47 - Impact on price

39:30 - MetaPlanet's journey

46:33 - Importance of timing

54:28 - Shareholder obligation

1:01:26 - Yuppie elites

1:05:49 - Bitcoin ETF options

1:16:57 - Bitcoin's come further than Crypto

1:26:10- Hot takes

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#541: Why Europe Wants Trump Gone with Tom Luongo

Mon, 30 Sep 2024 12:02:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Tom Luongo to the implications of a second attempt on Trump's life.

Tom on Twitter: https://x.com/TFL1728

0:00 - Intro

1:50 - Storms

6:15 - 2nd assassination attempt and Iran story

9:20 - Europe and Britain want war

14:29 - Parallels to WW1

19:36 - Blinken, Israel and Ukraine

26:09 - Q4 will mark change

27:41 - River & Unchained

28:57 - Trump's probably all in

32:51 - Biden

38:03 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite

39:41 - Kamala and fake polls

45:29 - What things look like after a Trump victory

51:29 - Optics fumbles

54:30 - Choke Point 2.0

1:05:43 - State banks and SOFR

1:13:02 - Bitcoin and BRICS gold

1:16:23 - Acceleration signals desperation

1:21:43 - Implications of the rate cut

1:30:48 - Architects of Choke Point 2.0

1:32:32 - Ending notes

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#540: Exposing Operation Chokepoint 2.0 with Caitlin Long

Wed, 25 Sep 2024 11:59:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Caitlin Long to discuss how Elizabeth Warren and crew kicked off financial panic by targeting crypto banks.

Caitlin on Twitter: https://x.com/CaitlinLong_

Custodia: https://custodiabank.com/

Paul Clement amicus brief: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca10.88322/gov.uscourts.ca10.88322.10011074966.0.pdf

Custodia brief: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca10.88322/gov.uscourts.ca10.88322.148.0.pdf

0:00 - Intro

1:39 - Overview on the Silvergate situation

6:13 - First highlight from the document

10:23 - Recap on Silvergate from the beginning

15:50 - River & Unchained

17:05 - Why crypto banks are targeted

22:35 - Stories from the legal frontline

25:17 - Architects of Choke Point 2.0 and the damage they caused

39:11 - Will justice be served?

45:29 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite

47:06 - Crypto was the target and taxpayers felt the pain

54:51 - Political possibilities

1:03:34 - Pushing back on state overreach

1:13:46 - Clearing the way for mining

1:16:49 - The banks can't handle bitcoin

1:20:25 - Get the word out

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#539: Planning For The Future With Bitcoin with Jessy Gilger

Mon, 23 Sep 2024 12:02:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Jessy Gilger from Unchained's Sound Advisory to discuss long-term financial planning for bitcoiners.

Jessy on Twitter: https://x.com/idahohodl

Sound Advisory: https://www.thesoundadvisory.com/

0:00 - Intro

1:36 - The need for Sound Advisory

9:27 - Traditional assets lose to bitcoin

11:52 - Volatility

13:44 - River & Unchained

14:59 - Tax strategy for bitcoiners

21:55 - Donor-advised funds

24:43 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite

26:20 - Trump’s tariff plan

28:45 - Bitcoin fixes charity

34:18 - Tax planning with clients

36:29 - Common mistakes

40:35 - Fixing mistakes

44:56 - Coinbase

53:48 - Tether

56:55 - Orange pilling skeptical clients and other RIAs

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#538: Dissecting The Carbon Narrative with Chris Martz

Wed, 18 Sep 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Chris Martz to discuss falsehoods and data manipulation surrounding climate change.

Chris on Twitter: https://x.com/ChrisMartzWX

CFACT: https://www.cfact.org/

0:00 - Intro

1:32 - Chris’s background

5:28 - “97% of experts”

15:42 - River & Unchained

16:57 - Feedback loops

21:58 - Incentives for certain conclusions

26:65 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite

28:33 - How Smokey Bear’s plan backfired

32:14 - Hurricane data

37:32 - Improvements in data collection tech

41:53 - Insurance propaganda

47:22 - Things are largely better

57:13 - Environmentalism beyond carbon panic

1:03:04 - Urban heat island effect and measurement foolishness

1:15:44 - Does the narrative serve an agenda

1:26:41 - Are people catching on?

1:31:12 - How it’s going for Chris

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#537: Go File A FOIA Request Tomorrow! with OpnState

Tue, 17 Sep 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with OpnState to discuss the growing power of unelected supranational regulatory bodies.

OpnState on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/npub1v6z4srj4ktch4f3ee9ze2zp7ml4n9rshttmntpamfed0nvpev5fszzuq49

0:00 - Intro

1:41 - OpnState’s background

6:23 - The influence of standard-setting bodies

12:11 - FATF

16:55 - River & Unchained

18:11 - Bank Secrecy Act - Power further removed from citizens

27:06 - Public-private partnership - effectiveness of aml is questionable

35:01 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite

36:39 - Circumnavigating due process - Sanction lists - total control

49:10 - Malice/incompetence - System meant to incentivize altruists attracts snakes

57:04 - Knowledge asymmetry with govt - The power of FOIA - go send a FOI request

1:12:54 - Voter responsibility

1:20:25 - Political power cares about you - FOI strategy

1:25:15 - Open source regulation

1:46:54 - Simple choices, big change

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#536: Living On Principles with Anthony Constantino

Fri, 13 Sep 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Anthony Constantino to discuss Sticker Mule, the dehumanization of Trump supporters, and poisonous social media.

Anthony on Twitter: https://x.com/ac132

0:00 - Intro
1:22 - The story of Sticker Mule
8:27 - Manufacturing in the US
13:41 - Media control during Covid
16:09 - River & Bitkey
17:25 - 2020 was an alien world
20:14 - Demonization of Trump and his supporters
24:29 - Impotent cancellation
28:00 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Bitkey
29:37 - Bringing civility back
32:24 - Assumptions and narrative vs real people
34:08 - Trump haters punching down
37:15 - Failure of ESG and "woke capitalism"
41:55 - Sticker Mule's plans
45:50 - A earlier era's perspective on social media
50:48 - Sticker Mule's structure and principles
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#535: The State of Bitcoin-Backed Credit with Matt Dines

Wed, 11 Sep 2024 12:00:00 GMT

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

Build: https://t.co/GN8C8AhVGf

0:00 - Intro

1:28 - Is the bear over?

11:19 - Bitcoin-backed credit market

19:21 - River & Unchained

20:37 - Ukraine bonds vs Unchained loans

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37:45 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite

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54:39 - Swaying minds with a good track record

1:07:05 - Venture fund perspective, Fold IPO

1:13:13 - Bitcoin vs stablecoin strategies

1:34:36 - OpenSats and HRF

1:44:13 - Plugging the Bitcoin Lunch

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#534: The Truth Behind The Attack On Trump with John Cullen

Mon, 09 Sep 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with John Cullen to discuss the smoke and mirrors surrounding the Trump assassination attempt as well as the 2017 Las Vegas shooting.

John on Twitter: https://x.com/I_Am_JohnCullen

John on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@iamjohncullen

0:00 - Intro
1:26 - John's background and the Vegas shooting
7:47 - Multiple shooters at Trump rally
12:17 - River & Unchained
13:33 - Drones
23:14 - The rifle stock
28:37 - 400 yards
32:02 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite
33:39 - Back to the drone
41:47 - Vegas shooting Saudi connections
52:08 - Jared and Ivanka, monarchy drama
1:01:28 - Who is behind Trump shooting
1:08:53 - Field hospitals for meteor armageddon
1:14:33 - Final points

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#533: Preparing For The Next Bull Run with Will Reeves

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 15:13:48 GMT

Marty sits down with Will Reeves to discuss the progress of Fold and how they've withstood and harnessed the bear markets.

Will on Twitter: https://x.com/wlrvs

Fold App: https://use.foldapp.com/

0:00 - Intro
1:25 - Reflecting on the years
8:00 - How Fold made it
14:59 - River & Unchained
16:15 - Harnessing the bear market
27:15 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite
28:53 - Fold users
33:39 - Leading the way with new strategies
44:30 - Focusing on bitcoin
51:53 - Ten31
1:00:28 - Succeeding by operating with integrity
1:13:20 - Come a long way, long way to go

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#532: Q2 2024 Monetary Base Update | Matthew Mežinskis

Sat, 31 Aug 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Matthew Mežinskis to discuss the Q2 2024 Monetary Base Update.

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

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

0:00 - Intro

1:25 - Baltic Honey Badger

5:37 - Introducing the update

8:23 - Inflation vs deflation

22:02 - River & Unchained

23:18 - Money printing and GDP

27:28 - Bitcoin status

38:54 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite

40:31 - CAGR

48:14 - Corporate treasuries

52:55 - State treasuries

1:12:52 - Massie’s plan and political hopium

1:20:24 - Austrian econ popularity

1:27:21 - Unrealized cap gains

1:33:34 - Red scare and the state of Europe

1:41:32 - Optimism

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#531: Creating A Decentralized Super-app with Obi Nwosu

Mon, 19 Aug 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Obi Nwosu to discuss the launch of the launch of the Fedi app.

Obi on Twitter: https://x.com/obi

Fedi: https://www.fedi.xyz/

0:00 - Intro

1:27 - Launch euphoria

4:40 - Fedi’s purpose

9:06 - Fedi devs

12:20 - River & Unchained

13:36 - Interoperability and unleashed chat

17:24 - Individual community needs

25:03 - What Fedi replaces

31:21 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite

32:59 - How to improve and expand

39:38 - Flipping perspective on money

49:41 - Stability pools

55:48 - Sapping power from fiat system

1:02:31 - Managing expectations - What’s next

1:08:08 - Open source announcement

1:13:25 - Running on a bitcoin standard

1:18:25 - Wrapping up

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#530: Real Inflation and Compounding Valuations with Dave Collum

Fri, 16 Aug 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Dave Collum to discuss inflation, the election and the twisted networks influencing politics and entertainment.

Dave on Twitter: https://x.com/DavidBCollum

0:00 - Intro

1:09 - Truflation is BS

9:18 - Hardware collateralized debt

11:08 - Deflation and money supply

14:13 - River & Unchained

16:06 - Yen carry trade and US buybacks

19:36 - Compounding valuations

25:32 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite

27:38 - Narrative control and war drums

34:04 - Kamala’s campaign

40:19 - The assassination memory hole

43:47 - Elon

48:51 - Propaganda whirlwind

59:54 - Dark and disturbing networks

1:23:05 - Free speech

1:29:51 - Trump’s second term

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#529: How The Yen Carry Trade Will Skyrocket Bitcoin with Peruvian Bull

Mon, 12 Aug 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Peruvian Bull to discuss what's being done by the Bank of Japan.

Peruvian Bull on Twitter: https://x.com/peruvian_bull

Peruvian Bull on Substack: https://dollarendgame.substack.com/

0:00 - Intro
1:02 - Yen carry trade backdrop
15:47 - River and Unchained
17:03 - Market caught off guard
20:10 - Liquidity alarm bell
27:01 - Current status
33:41 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite
35:19 - What do central bank counterparties do?
44:12 - Treasury demand
48:55 - Predicting the timeline
51:34 - Good for bitcoin
56:50 - How to prepare
1:03:36 - Fourth turning
1:10:06 - Wrapping up

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#528: Bitcoin Is The Liquidity Alarm Bell with Preston Pysh

Fri, 09 Aug 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Preston Pysh to discuss further spiraling of the debt crisis and how bitcoin can help.

Preston on Twitter: https://x.com/PrestonPysh

Preston on Nostr: https://primal.net/preston

0:00 - Intro
1:10 - Treasury auctions and stablecoins
11:06 - Potentially solving the debt problem
23:31 - River & Unchained
24:47 - Bank of Japan
26:22 - Accelerating toward the election
29:18 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite
30:55 - Global M2 and liquidity alarm bell
50:15 - Bitcoin corporate treasuries
44:10 - Creating a soft landing
47:50 - Bitcoiners gaining influence
57:23 - How far does this cycle go?
1:04:27 - Vote with your node
1:10:52 - The handout mindset
1:13:44 - Optimism

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#527: There Will Always Be Rulers with Pete Quinones

Tue, 06 Aug 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Pete Quinones to discuss the potential of "Little Tech" to influence America.

Pete on Twitter: https://x.com/PeterRQuinones

0:00 - Intro
1:23 - Energy and tech
5:39 - Explaining elite theory
21:36 - River and Unchained
22:51 - Kamala propaganda
30:14 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite
32:16 - Technological warfare
39:38 - Communism and liberalism
45:29 - Rule of law and capitalist ideology
1:00:20 - Expanding your mindset
1:05:02 - Thanks Elon
1:10:18 - Is war coming?
1:18:18 - How much will Little Tech fix?
1:25:51 - Overton window
1:32:28 - Let not perfect be the enemy of good
1:39:26 - Domestic manufacturing

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#526: Twisting Religion to Justify Cruelty in Gaza with Saifedean Ammous

Wed, 24 Jul 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Saifedean Ammous to discuss the Israel/Gaza conflict from the perspective of property rights.

Saifedean on Twitter: https://x.com/saifedean

Saifedean's Website: https://saifedean.com/

0:00 - Intro
1:13 - Infringement of Palestinian property rights
8:00 - Israel’s solution is extermination
13:23 - River & Unchained
14:39 - Religious justification of cruelty
26:29 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite
28:06 - Christian Zionism
35:42 - US is a puppet state
55:14 - Can Bitcoin defund the empire?
1:00:27 - They use every crisis to manipulate

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#525: Missing Trump Created a New Reality with Tom Luongo

Mon, 22 Jul 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Tom Luongo to go over the consequences of the failed attempt on Donald Trump's life.

Tom on Twitter: https://x.com/TFL1728

Tom's website: https://tomluongo.me/

0:00 - Intro

1:12 - PayPal Mafia

9:31 - River & Unchained

10:46 - The assassination attempt fractured the timeline

14:39 - Everyone knew

26:35 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite

28:12 - Divine intervention

32:43 - Working with consequences

35:33 - What happens next and will they try again?

47:21 - Jamie Dimon and economic plans

53:27 - Open source and AI

57:30 - Perspective of decades

1:01:18 - UK and France

1:05:52 - Jab justice and Trump’s cabinet

1:15:42 - Trump and bitcoin

1:21:14 - They came at the king and they missed

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#524: Precrime and the Global Panopticon with Whitney Webb & Mark Goodwin

Fri, 19 Jul 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Whitney Webb and Mark Goodwin to discuss the partnership of the private tech sector with the surveillance state.

Whitney on Twitter: https://x.com/_whitneywebb

Mark on Twitter: https://x.com/markgoodw_in

0:00 - Intro
1:34 - Trump shooting and media aftermath
10:10 - River & Unchained
11:26 - JD Vance and Palantir
24:10 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite
25:48 - Trump’s image & public/private partnership
49:19 - Controlled media
1:04:42 - Using Bitcoin for evil
1:09:58 - Nostr, ecash & stables
1:27:13- Framing bitcoin as money
1:36:27 - All things are used to justify surveillance
1:54:59 - Law enforcement
2:01:00 - Stop complying, solve from the ground up
2:12:50 - Keep calm against the emotional manipulation

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#523: Why a Bitcoin Treasury is the Winning Strategy with Eric Semler

Mon, 15 Jul 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Eric Semler to discuss why Semler Scientific chose to store their value in bitcoin.

Semler Scientific: https://www.semlerscientific.com/

0:00 - Intro

1:43 - Bill Walton

4:16 - TCS Capital and post dotcom

10:39 - River & Unchained

11:55 - Parallel between late 90s and today

16:24 - Journey to bitcoin

23:52 - Themes that lead to shorting the best assets

32:20 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite

33:57 - Bitcoin’s relative upside potential

35:56 - Bitcoin as treasury asset

42:15 - Board members need more skin in the game

50:36 - Future of bitcoin

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#522: Breaking Down The Synapse Bankruptcy with Jason Mikula

Wed, 10 Jul 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Jason Mikula to discuss fintech, Synapse, Banking as a Service, and the general state of banking.

Jason on Twitter: https://x.com/mikulaja

Jason's Substack: https://fintechbusinessweekly.substack.com/

0:00 - Intro
1:42 - Background on the Synapse case
12:19 - River & Unchained
13:35 - Who is at fault?
20:10 - FBO account structure
24:36 - Impact on end users
30:54 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite
32:32 - Unclear resolution and stain on fintech
41:18 - Can small banks compete?
49:46 - SVB and the state of the banking system
57:00 - Are we seeing Chokepoint 2.0?
1:03:58 - Plugs

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#521: The Bushido of Bitcoin with Aleksandar Svetski

Mon, 08 Jul 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Svetski to discuss his book The Bushido of Bitcoin.

Svetski on Twitter: https://x.com/SvetskiWrites

Bushido of Bitcoin: http://www.bushidoofbitcoin.com/

0:00 - Intro
1:52 - It’s time to do more than complain
9:23 - Core virtues
18:02 - River & Unchained
19:18 - Justice
24:51 - Unbalanced femininity
31:06 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite
32:43 - Energetic leaders
39:40 - Courage
42:31 - A structure to last the hard times
50:41 - Responsibility
56:36 - Low time preference
1:02:37 - Beauty and truth
1:09:46 - Physically rebuilding America
1:17:03 - Forging alliances
1:21:11 - A new heroic age
1:26:04 - Satlantis
1:33:25 - Satlantis walkthrough
1:39:06 - Layered technology
1:44:41 - Wrapping up

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#520: Speculative Attack: Ten Years Later with Pierre Rochard & Allen Farrington

Thu, 04 Jul 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Pierre Rochard and Allen Farrington to discuss their follow up to Pierre's Speculative Attack article.

Pierre on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BitcoinPierre

Allen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/allenf32

0:00 - Intro
0:50 - Speculative Attack: 10 years later
7:24 - Shorting fiat
12:39 - River & Unchained
13:55 - Spec attack season 2
17:41 - Education
22:56 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite
24:34 - Alternatives to rebalancing
32:21 - Should institutions prioritize bitcoin?
35:38 - Speculative defense
43:49 - State bitcoin
1:01:40 - Inflation lies
1:08:27 - Wrapping up

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#519: Quoz & The Dollar Endgame with Mel Mattison

Tue, 02 Jul 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Mel Mattison to discuss his book Quoz and the late-stage fiat breakdown.

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

Quoz: https://www.melmattison.com/quoz

0:00 - Intro

0:50 - Mel’s background

5:34 - Timing the late-fiat breakdown

10:13 - River & Unchained

11:29 - Central bank history

17:00 - Central banks are obsolete

23:55 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite

25:33 - The Fed is scrambling, false yield curve

32:25 - Why bitcoin and metals will succeed

37:33 - Was this always the plan?

42:35 - Can we make this the last cycle?

46:38 - Supranational financial entities

56:11 - Luongo’s inter-cabal squabble

1:02:50 - Events between here and endgame

1:18:22 - Puppetmasters

1:26:33 - How to weather the storm

1:33:24 - Plugs

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#518: Does The Energy Industry Need Bitcoin? with Andrew Myers

Fri, 28 Jun 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Back in March, Marty sat down with Andrew Myers to discuss Satoshi Energy.

Andrew on Twitter: https://x.com/acmyers

Satoshi Energy: https://satoshienergy.com/

0:00 - Intro
0:50 - How regulation harms the energy industry
12:08 - River and Bitkey
13:30 - Mining solves the fragility of centralized power
21:00 - Bitcoin strategies for energy companies
26:37 - Direct payment for energy
34:26 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite
36:03 - Determining optimal power mix
44:10 - What miners need to know about power companies
50:13 - Batteries
57:02 - Regulatory attacks
1:00:32 - Sound leadership
1:07:02- Psyops and lists
1:10:11 - We’re gonna win
1:13:15 - Texit

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#517: Why Eliminating The Income Tax Would Supercharge The US with Peter St. Onge

Wed, 26 Jun 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Peter St. Onge to discuss Trump's rumored plan to replace income tax with tariffs.

Peter on Twitter: https://twitter.com/profstonge

0:00 - Intro
0:50 - El Salvador
4:23 - Vibe shift
12:26 - River & Unchained
13:42 - Mass immigration and nationalism
17:51 - Trump’s rumored tariff plan
24:49 - Media and education
29:18 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite
30:56 - Countering lies
38:10 - Headwinds for next election
45:40 - Dedollarization
50:42 - Has the melt up already started
1:00:27 - Feeling the inflation
1:06:42 - Bitcoin and Trump
1:14:02 - We’re gonna win
1:16:44 - Presidential debate
1:21:35 - Back to tariffs and taxes

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#516: America & The Art of the Possible with Chris Buskirk

Fri, 21 Jun 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Chris Buskirk to discuss the destruction wrought by ESG and moving forward with positive vision.

Chris on Twitter: https://x.com/thechrisbuskirk

1789 Capital: https://x.com/1789Capital

0:00 - Intro
0:50 - Start - ESG destroys innovation
3:53 - Conservative vibe shift
8:38 - River & Unchained
09:54 - Positive vision
15:58 - Positive vision specifics
24:24 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite
26:01 - Broken money
28:39 - Electric cars
31:20 - What DC does to good people
35:31 - Take the white pill and think big
41:40 - What regulation did to capital allocation
45:49 - Generational groups and the remnant
51:37 - Energy
55:24 - Exploring causes
1:02:21 - Stranded gas
1:05:53 - Wrapping up

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#515: Understanding the Bitcoin Cash and Carry Trade with James Check

Tue, 18 Jun 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with James Check to discuss bitcoin cash and carry.

James on Twitter: https://x.com/_Checkmatey_

Checkonchain: https://charts.checkonchain.com/

Newsletter: https://newsletter.checkonchain.com/

0:00 - Intro

0:50 - Exposition

8:45 - Aussie ETF and in-kind withdrawal

12:04 - River & Unchained

13:20 - What Jim Bianco is missing

21:18 - Who is making the trade

26:03 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite

27:40 - Coinbase

30:36 - Realized capital

39:19 - Don’t whale watch

41:59 - Engineering and on-chain analysis

49:09 - Checkonchain analysis framework

55:11 - Wall Street using the data

57:10 - What would disprove the model?

1:00:25 - Profit/loss ratio

1:04:40 - Time off, Will the cycles continue?

1:11:58 - Price prediction

1:15:39 - Managing generational wealth

1:20:04 - Bitcoin in bad economic times

1:28:15 - Bitcoin improving politics and energy

1:35:13 - Wrapping with plugs

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#514: The Rise of Botev Plovdiv with George Manolov

Fri, 14 Jun 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with George Manolov to discuss how Bitcoin changed the game for Botev Plovdiv FC.

George's Website: https://georgemanolov.com/

Botev Polvdiv: https://botevplovdiv.bg/en

0:00 - Intro
0:50 - First involvement with Botev Plovdiv - Cut fuckup
7:06 - Starting a bitcoin plan for the club
13:38 - River & Unchained
14:54 - Communicating reasons for bitcoin
22:34 - Fanbase reception
27:40 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite
29:17 - Challenges of a sports business
34:56 - Bitcoin financial plan
41:05 - Bulgaria
47:20 - El Salvador
58:50 - Sound money mindset
1:02:26 - The players
1:10:11 - Plugs

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#513: How The US Is Losing The Great Digital War with Matthew Pines

Wed, 12 Jun 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Matthew Pines to discuss how America is falling behind in the new multi polar world.

Matthew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/matthew_pines

Bitcoin Policy Institute: https://www.btcpolicy.org/

0:00 - Intro
0:50 - Bitcoin in politics
5:09 - Pitching Bitcoin to policy makers
12:14 - River & Unchained
13:30 - BRICS
24:52 - Is US govt asleep at the wheel?
37:26 - Current system isn’t as permanent as it appears
46:04 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite
47:41 - Private sector finding a way out
57:48 - Expecting the big moment tomorrow
1:03:45 - AI
1:15:58 - US needs long term plans
1:29:58 - State/non state power is shifting
1:51:14 - Bitcoin is out best strategic option
1:56:19 - WWIII

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#512: Unlocking the Sound Money Mindset with Ian Carroll

Fri, 07 Jun 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Marty 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

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#511: Delegation and Time Hacking with Rod Roudi

Mon, 03 Jun 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Marty 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

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#510: Bitcoin and Market Anomalies with Cathie Wood

Thu, 30 May 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Marty 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

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#509: Sustaining Bitcoin For Generations with Michael Goldstein

Wed, 22 May 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Marty 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 solutions
1:25:19 - Advertisements and algorithms
1:33:35 - Nakamoto Institute revitalization
2:00:06 - Ossification discourse
2:08:40 - Telethon brainstorm and plugs

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#508: How The Government Is Killing Small Farms with Dustin Kittle

Tue, 21 May 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Marty 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

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#507: How Live Nation Scams Artists and Their Fans with Sam Means & Michael Rhee

Mon, 20 May 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Marty 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

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#506: Q1 2024 Monetary Base Update with Matthew Mežinskis

Wed, 15 May 2024 18:01:56 GMT

Marty 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

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#505: Jerome Powell, Tether and Peak Oil with Tom Luongo

Mon, 13 May 2024 15:05:22 GMT

Tom 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

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#504: Bitcoin Is More American Than The Dollar with Parker Lewis

Thu, 09 May 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Marty 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

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#503: The Bitcoin Stack with Dhruv Bansal,Ryan Gentry & Allen Farrington

Sat, 04 May 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Marty 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

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#502: How Bitcoin Fixes Elections with Carliño

Fri, 03 May 2024 12:04:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Carliño to discuss the events that led to Simple Proof and bitcoin being used to verify Guatemala's election.

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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

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#501: Bitcoin Mining Pools Are Critically Centralized with Matt Corallo

Wed, 24 Apr 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Marty 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

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#500: Investigating Fiat Food with Matthew Lysiak

Tue, 23 Apr 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Matthew Lysiak to discuss his new book, Fiat Food.

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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

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#499: Debt Slavery and the Carbon Credit Coup with Whitney Webb and Mark Goodwin

Wed, 17 Apr 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Marty 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

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#498: Musings Of A “Right Wing Radical” with Ben Braddock

Mon, 15 Apr 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Marty 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

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#497: Bitcoin Will Power Up The Future Of Finance with Andrew Hohns

Wed, 10 Apr 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Marty 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

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#496: The World’s First Blue Light Free Computer with Anjan Katta & Tristan Scott

Mon, 08 Apr 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Marty 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

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#495: What’s REALLY Going On In The Oil Wars with Anas Alhajji

Fri, 05 Apr 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Marty 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

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#494: Adding Fifteen Years To Your Life with P.D. Mangan

Tue, 02 Apr 2024 12:05:00 GMT

Marty sits down with P.D. Mangan to discuss metabolic health, the consequences of easy fixes, fiat food, and more.

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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

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#493: Fixing Big Ag with Jeff Smith

Tue, 26 Mar 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Marty 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

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#492: Open Source AI Is Winning with NVK

Wed, 20 Mar 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with NVK to discuss Coinkite, AI, tradeoffs in bitcoin, and more.

NVK on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk

0:00 - Intro
5:05 - Signing devices and the Coldcard Q
13:13 - ETFs vs self custody
17:38 - SIM swaps and AI fakes
23:59 - Meatspace KYC
26:55 - AI tools, Unleashed.chat
32:04 - AI and bitcoin for businesses
42:18 - How AI will impact the world
50:14 - Gradually, Then Suddenly
50:52 - What will our children need to know?
55:10 - Covenants
1:03:10 - Tradeoffs of bitcoin scaling layers
1:13:45 - Bitcoin’s multiple value props
1:17:29 - Nostr
1:25:26 - Pace of adoption
1:36:44 - Keynesian lies
1:40:09 - Commie Canada
1:50:25 - We’re winning because they can’t meme
1:55:13 - Coinkite stuff

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#491: Bitcoin Urbanism with Tuur Demeester, Kelly Lannan & Austin Tunnell

Mon, 18 Mar 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with the Tuur, Kelly and Austin after the Bitcoin Urbanism panel for an extended chat about fiat real estate, walkable cities, beautiful architecture, and more.

Tuur on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TuurDemeester

Kelly on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ktlannan

Austin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AustinTunnell

0:00 - Intro
5:05 - Introducing guests
14:03 - Fiat real estate and centralized planning
22:48 - Environment and psychology
34:33 - Gradually, Then Suddenly
35:12 - Efficiency can be bad for your health
44:15 - Real estate is a shitcoin
55:14 - Social breakdown and families
58:48 - Suburbs becoming slums
1:02:52 - Municipal infrastructure
1:07:43 - Community
1:17:09 - Definancializing real estate
1:22:43 - Sustainability
1:28:55 - Wrapping up

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#490: How Woke Took Over America with Andrew Gutmann

Fri, 15 Mar 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Andrew Gutmann to discuss his Substack article on the link between fiat money and woke ideology.

Andrew's website: https://andrewgutmann.com/

Andrew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AndrewGutmann

Andrew's Substack article: https://andrewgutmann.substack.com/p/how-woke-took-over-america

0:00 - Intro
5:05 - Andrew’s background
11:30 - Andrew’s Substack piece
17:54 - Commercial banks and the Fed
21:34 - How fiat causes wealth disparity
28:30 - Turning the tide
31:40 - Gradually, Then Suddely
32:19 - Point of no return
34:57 - Bitcoin and energy
41:17 - Educational institutions
49:31 - Competency crisis
51:57 - Homeschooling
54:13 - Powell
59:20 - Hyperinflation
1:01:04 - Wrapping up

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#489: Bitcoin Fixes Scientific Peer Review with Kevin McKernan

Wed, 13 Mar 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Kevin McKernan to discuss covid jabs and how Bitcoin can be leveraged to incentivize and improve peer review.

Kevin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kevin_McKernan

Kevin's Substack: https://anandamide.substack.com/

Kevin's Talks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0Kg5gDtmSg

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The Indoctrinated Brain: https://www.amazon.com/Indoctrinated-Brain-Successfully-Global-Freedom/dp/1510778365

0:00 - Intro
5:05 - Capitol Hill presentation
15:08 - P2P review and publication
19:43 - Hiding SV40 DNA
28:00 - Gene therapy
34:04 - Industry saving face
42:47 - Gradually, Then Suddenly
43:26 - Bitcoin and the timechain
57:24 - Incentivizing high quality peer review
1:07:56 - Bitcoin parallels biology
1:13:43 - Medical community catching on
1:18:50 - Reactions to Capitol Hill message
1:24:20 - Wrapping up

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#488: Freedom Money Will Revive Rural America with Dr. Brooke Miller

Mon, 11 Mar 2024 12:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Dr. Brooke Miller to discuss the damage of mRNA vaccines, the media's attacks on rural America, and scaling local food and health models.

Dr Miller on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Brookemillermd

0:00 - Intro
5:05 - Vaccine data
15:58 - Nefarious intentions
21:47 - Media attacking ranchers
27:11 - mRNA food
31:56 - Gradually, Then Suddenly
32:34 - Counter attack
37:18 - Freedom money
45:10 - Rural America
50:06 - Local food
53:09 - Scaling and centralization
1:01:21 - Momentum against the rulers
1:05:47 - We’re on a list
1:12:24 - Orange pilling politicians
1:15:16 - Wrapping up

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#487: Bitcoin Mining Industry v. Elizabeth Warren with Pierre Rochard

Fri, 08 Mar 2024 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Pierre Rochard to discuss the mining industry's response to the EIA registry.

Pierre on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BitcoinPierre

0:00 - Intro
5:05 - AI tools
18:11 - AI competing with Bitcoin for energy
26:05 - EIA registry
1:02:20 - Gradually, Then Suddenly
1:02:59 - Liz’s goals
1:08:23 - Environmentalism
1:15:48- Nat gas and context for renewables
1:31:24 - Current market and speculative attack
1:43:28 - Good time to be a bitcoiner

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#486: How Bitcoin Can Solve The Competency Crisis with Axel Raven

Wed, 06 Mar 2024 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Axel Raven to discuss the the root causes of the competency crisis in fiat currency.

Axel on Twitter https://twitter.com/FinancialPhys

Axel's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@financialphysics7541

0:00 - Intro
5:05 - Competency crisis and essential work
22:09 - Sound money
30:05 - Time and the purpose of money
36:35 - Keynesian trickery
46:28 - Real estate and northern weather
50:38 - Trucking
1:04:44 - Automation fantasies
1:09:37 - Gradually, Then Suddenly
1:10:16 - Technial debt
1:16:36 - Nuclear
1:21:44 - Fiat delusion and scrooges
1:32:16 - Bitcoin replacing the dollar
1:38:57 - Truth For The Commoner
1:46:27 - Wrapping up

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#485: Will Bitcoin Hit $1,000,000 This Cycle? with Tuur Demeester

Mon, 04 Mar 2024 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Tuur Demeester the bull run, the mindsets that perpetuate controlling regimes, AI, and more.

Tuur on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TuurDemeester

Adamant Research: https://adamantresearch.com/

0:00 - Intro
5:07 - Tuur is bullish
12:08 - Public is catching on to money printing
17:01 - Effect of newbie influx
22:57 - Regulatory and centralization risk
29:04 - Totalitarian regimes
41:06 - Belgium and helpless mindset
51:32 - AI and information accessibility
1:00:55 - Gradually, Then Suddenly
1:01:34 - How high are we going?
1:18:14 - Building, form and function
1:32:13 - Wrapping up

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#484: Bitcoin And The Long March with Ben Hart

Fri, 01 Mar 2024 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Ben Hart to discuss his recent viral popularity, victim culture, and the hope Bitcoin brings for the future.

Ben on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BenHart_Freedom

0:00 - Intro
6:21 - Ben’s daughter
16:46 - Discovering Bitcoin
19:36 - Dartmouth Review
24:38 - Big tech and intelligence agencies
33:22 - College brainwashing
44:23 - Victim narrative and immigration
52:25 - Fiat culture
56:06 - Energy, mining and decentralization
1:01:11 - Sound money and military industrial complex
1:08:39 - Optics and adoption
1:27:18 - Wrapping up

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#483: Bitcoin Is The 7th Largest Base Money In The World with Matthew Mežinskis

Wed, 21 Feb 2024 18:24:19 GMT

Marty sits down with Matthew Mežinskis to discuss the Q4 2023 monetary base update.

6:25 - Cloward-Piven and immigration

30:22 - Top currencies

38:45 - Inflation rates

46:59 - NZ bankers go mask off

54:14 - Fedwire vs Bitcoin

1:17:14 - Power trend line

1:26:53 - Does the ETF change things?

1:29:43 - “All assets” chart

1:35:23 - Federal debt

1:48:25 - Building the roads

1:52:21 - Russia

2:07:05 - Wrapping up

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#482: Freedom Fighters Need Bitcoin with Lyudmyla Kozlovska & Bota Jardemalie

Tue, 20 Feb 2024 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Lyudmyla Kozlovska and Bota Jardemalie to discuss activism against the EU regulators' attacks on Bitcoin.

- PoW submission to the EU regulators (example of testimonials we want to collect from bitcoin miners and those who socially benefit from it): https://en.odfoundation.eu/a/724499,defend-pow-submission-to-esma/

- EU AML submission: https://en.odfoundation.eu/a/723329,submission-to-fatf-tools-to-prevent-abuse-of-aml-cft-laws/

-Submission to FinCen US: https://en.odfoundation.eu/a/724918,submission-to-fincen-us-digital-asset-aml-act/

- Site / Support OD Foundation: https://en.odfoundation.eu/how-can-you-help/

- LN to donate in Bitcoin and support our advocacy work in the EU and US:

🫡 defendpow@geyser.fund

🫂 donate@bps.odfoundation.eu

- Lyudmyla on X: @LyudaKozlovska

- Bota on X: @jardemalie

0:00 - Intro
8:00 - EU attacks on Bitcoin
18:58 - Abuse of KYC/AML
25:10 - Confronting regulators about their consequences
37:45 - Timeline on preventing EU action
41:15 - What can be done
47:52 - What does the success of Bitcoin look like
50:11 - What it’s like when they come for you
52:50 - The laws are more draconian and less effective
58:04 - Narrative war
1:02:31 - Complacency
1:07:39 - Dealing with the stress
1:12:55 - Wrapping up

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#481: Bitcoin's Positive Influence On Power Markets with James McAvity

Tue, 13 Feb 2024 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Jamie McAvity from Cormint to talk about Bitcoin mining and energy.

Jamie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jamesmcavity

Cormint: https://cormint.com/

0:00 - Intro
7:38 - 50k and Ready Player One
13:16 - Assertions of Chinese grid attack
23:06 - Working with the wind tax credit issue
36:44 - Renewable grid drawbacks and risks
44:17 - The right mix of energy sources
47:53 - Germany decommissioning and energy politics
1:00:23 - Bitcoiners running nuclear
1:06:11 - Halving
1:11:52 - ASIC innovation
1:31:04 - Mining fees
1:34:28 - BitMEX
1:38:07 - Gamestop
1:40:41 - Cormint
1:47:01 - Energy/finance integration
1:52:25 - Wrapping up

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#480: Bitcoin Mining State Of The Union with Harry Sudock

Tue, 06 Feb 2024 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Harry Sudock to discuss Griid's Nasdaq listing, Harry joining Ten31 as an advisor, and talk about the mining industry as a whole.

Harry on Twitter: https://twitter.com/harry_sudock

Griid: https://griid.com/

0:00 - Intro
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11:21 - State of the mining industry
15:46 - Industrial adoption
19:43 - Demand response
23:46 - Energy FUD from the parasitic class
31:44 - Future of mining
36:06 - Technical innovation
37:27 - ASIC manufacturers
45:02 - Halvening
51:59 - Political influence and pencil making
58:27 - ETF and stocks
1:02:54 - Ten31 advisor
1:08:56 - Wrapping up

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#479: Socialist Attack On Bitcoin Mining with Jason Brett

Fri, 02 Feb 2024 19:58:51 GMT

Marty sits down with Jason Brett to discuss the EIA action to surveil Bitcoin miners and its wider implications.

Jason on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RegulatoryJason

Bitcoin Policy Institute: https://www.btcpolicy.org/

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6:17 - Overview on “emergency” survey
15:03 - Clearly an overt state attack
21:45 - Fighting back
30:21 - Upcoming months
32:30 - Energy industry and policy
39:29 - Failure of ESG
46:31 - Making political progress
52:20 - Federal vs State
58:12 - Wrapping up

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#478: How DEI Is Weakening The Military with Matthew Lohmeier

Fri, 02 Feb 2024 19:56:26 GMT

Marty sits down with Lt. Col Matthew Lohmeier to discuss how politics and DEI are dividing and weakening the US military, and how the silent majority can speak up and resist.

Matt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/matthewlohmeier

Matt's website: https://matthewlohmeier.com/

0:00 - Intro
6:45 - Politics dividing the military
15:57 - Military of the best
22:28 - DEI harms those it “protects”
27:00 - US weakening is rapid and likely intentional
40:15 - What’s making us stronger?
47:12 - First steps to mending
54:18 - Call to the silent majority
50:03 - Money and incentives
1:02:15 - Define your values

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#477: What It Was Like Launching Bitcoin In El Salvador with Sean McDonnell

Mon, 29 Jan 2024 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Sean McDonnell from Salt of the Earth to discuss the myriad stories that led to the founding of his company.

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32:51 - Coding bootcamp

38:06 - Bitcoin

43:01 - Bukele’s war room

52:24 - Starting Salt of the Earth

1:02:50 - Electrolytes

1:14:24 - Jack Dorsey story

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#476: The Story Of The People And Projects That Inspired Bitcoin with Aaron van Wirdum

Fri, 26 Jan 2024 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Aaron van Wirdum to discuss his new book The Genesis Book.

Aaron on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AaronvanW

The Genesis Book: http://thegenesisbook.com/

0:00 - Intro
6:32 - Storytime with Marty
13:00 - Genesis book
16:15 - Where does Bitcoin’s history begin?
19:43 - Cypherpunk history
27:50 - Who are the OGs?
31:05 - Precursor projects and culture
35:53 - Hashcash, BitGold, B-Money
43:11 - Demand for privacy tech
52:18 - Whitepaper and genesis block
1:00:06 - Cypherpunks today
1:03:52 - Timing and Chaum
1:09:51 - Free banking, extropians, AI
1:20:01 - Pitching the book

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#475: Bitcoin Is Eating The World with John Arnold

Wed, 24 Jan 2024 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with John Arnold to discuss his article on Bitcoin's total addressable market.

John on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JohnArnoldTen31

John's Article: https://ten31.vc/insights/tam

0:00 - Intro
7:06 - The real John Arnold
10:26 - John’s background
23:10 - Total addressable market
29:31 - Tech stock returns
34:42 - Best time to jump in
44:04 - Why Bitcoin is eating the world
52:01 - Financial services
1:03:06 - Consumer applications
1:09:06 - Replacing the incumbent system
1:21:48 - Venture capital not recognizing
1:29:57 - Ten31 network
1:35:07 - Bitcoin is fun
1:40:45 - Wrapping up

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#474: What's On Weiner's Laptop? with Dave Collum

Wed, 17 Jan 2024 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Dave Collum to discuss everything from child trafficking to Roth IRAs to lacrosse.

Dave on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavidBCollum

0:00 - Intro
6:17 - Child trafficking
22:17 - Immigrant flooding
32:13 - Crime syndicates and technocracy
40:47 - Darkness
49:11 - J6
59:29 - Ukraine
1:03:36 - Hope and changing winds
1:10:24 - Election
1:14:24 - State independence
1:18:39 - ETF
1:27:39 - Inflation and correctional
1:53:30 - Geopolitical status
2:02:17 - Great minds
2:09:30 - Tangents
2:24:04- Roth IRAs
2:32:39 - What to do without Bitcoin
2:41:26 - Family
3:05:44 - Lacrosse
3:26:53 - Wrapping up

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#473: Banks Without Bankers with Eric Yakes

Fri, 12 Jan 2024 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Eric Yakes to discuss his piece written for Axiom, federated mints, and the newly approved Bitcoin ETF.

Eric on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ericyakes

Axiom article: https://www.axiombtc.capital/banks

Eric's book: https://yakes.io/book/

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6:40 - Can we really have banks without bankers?
12:44 - Tradeoffs
16:10 - Fedimints
23:48 - Federated model cost/benefit
35:23 - Implementing incentives
42:08 - Fedi in the future
45:53 - Speculating on possibilities
51:35 - Mint distribution and crossing chasms
59:23 - Ark
1:07:57 - Spoiling final thoughts
1:11:31 - Multi-institution custody
1:15:03 - ETF
1:22:59 - Falling empire
1:25:46 - Wrapping up

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#472: Amos Miller And The Encroachment Of The Nanny State with Chris Hume

Mon, 08 Jan 2024 17:10:31 GMT

Marty sits down with Chris Hume to discuss the recent raid of Amos Miller and the encroachment of the state on all parts of life.

Chris on Twitter: https://twitter.com/chrishume1689

The Lancaster Patriot: https://www.thelancasterpatriot.com/

Lancaster Patriot on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheLanPatriot

0:00 - Intro
6:17 - Amos Miller raided
10:42 - State dislikes independent communities
14:28 - The problem of positive law
19:01 - The state removes your choices
24:59 - “Raw” milk and choosing for yourself
29:00 - Forgoing convenience
32:01 - Those who enable tyranny
40:02 - Money printing gives the state leverage
48:47 - Statism vs Christianity
1:00:52 - Pushing back
1:04:45 - Wrapping up

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#471: Fighting The Digital Dollar And AI Surveillance with Whitney Webb & Mark Goodwin

Sat, 30 Dec 2023 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Whitney Webb and Mark Goodwin to discuss their new piece on Farmington and the digital dollar.

Unlimited Hangout Article: https://unlimitedhangout.com/2023/12/investigative-reports/unmasking-farmington-ftx-fluent-finance-and-the-coming-digital-dollar/

Whitney on Twitter: https://twitter.com/_whitneywebb

Mark on Twitter: https://twitter.com/markgoodw_in

0:00 - Intro
6:17 - Exposition on Farmington and Fluent Finance
12:47 - Stablecoins
21:18 - Transitioning to CBDC
35:30 - Crisis as pretense for surveillance and war
53:59 - Digital ID
1:04:02 - Powell’s not your pal
1:07:37 - Figuring out the de facto CBDC
1:13:41 - Manufactured consent psyops
1:18:46 - National figureheads
1:28:56 - Social media warzone
1:37:04 - Preventing Bitcoin co-opting
1:49:13 - They’ll profile and surveil everyone
1:59:05 - Fighting AI-controlled life
2:25:37 - Building alternatives
2:34:50 - Wrapping up

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#470: Bitcoin's Finite Supply Is The Breakthrough with Dhruv Bansal

Fri, 22 Dec 2023 01:27:21 GMT

Marty sits down with Dhruv Bansal to discuss his article on the foundational ideas of Bitcoin, as well as an in-depth conversation about AI.

Dhruv on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dhruvbansal

Dhruv's article: https://tftc.io/satoshi-nakamoto-unchained/

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#469: Bitcoin And The Great Financial Crisis with Parker Lewis

Wed, 20 Dec 2023 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Parker Lewis to discuss his new book Gradually, Then Suddenly, and highlight Bitcoin in the framing of the financial crisis of 2008.

Parker on Twitter: https://twitter.com/parkeralewis

Get the book: https://thesaifhouse.com/

0:00 - Intro
7:07 - Liz Warren and CBDCs
16:55 - 2008 crisis still echoes
22:17 - Marty’s experience of the crisis
29:00 - Metting people where they are
35:27 - Satoshi was keyed in
38:29 - It’s personal for everyone
53:01 - Bitcoin, not Blockchain
57:41 - Bitcoin is not for criminals
59:28 - Dollar is not patriotic
1:07:50 - Sound money is freedom
1:13:49 - Bitcoin in future crises
1:22:59 - How much will they print next time?
1:26:08 - Replacing an unfathomable behemoth
1:38:10 - Can’t stop the signal
1:44:11 - Wrapping up

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#468: Q3 2023 Monetary Base Update with Matthew Mežinskis

Tue, 12 Dec 2023 18:17:28 GMT

Marty sits down with Matthew Mežinskis to discuss the Q3 2023 Monetary Base Update

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6:17 - Marty’s late

8:35 - Bitcoin power curve

25:28 - Top 5 currencies

30:35 - Bitcoin vs currencies

34:11 - Dollar’s relative strength growing

38:48 - Network update

44:49 - Sovereign mining and pool censorship

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#467: The ETF Will Push Bitcoin To $500k with Fred Krueger

Tue, 12 Dec 2023 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Fred Krueger to discuss the upcoming Bitcoin ETF and the impact of institutional money entering Bitcoin.

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0:00 - Intro
6:01 - The scale of ETFs
13:35 - The pace of incoming money
20:48 - Perspective of an ETF buyer
28:16 - Will the ETF change the cycles?
36:33 - Bitcoin improving payments
40:13 - Financial degradation
47:06 - Inflation from the perspective of the wealthy
51:39 - Apathy towards Bitcoin
1:00:56 - Older generations hold the wealth
1:12:14 - Bull vibes will return with ETF
1:17:19 - ETFs will have the largest stacks
1:29:14 - Playing it safe
1:35:57 - Fred represents the majority
1:38:11 - Block size and other dev issues
1:42:14 - Money printer go brrr
1:46:55 - Likely date for the ETF
1:49:22 - How Fred got into Bitcoin
1:53:57 - The Anti-SBF event
2:02:02 - ETF is inevitable
2:03:55 - Wrapping up

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#466: Bitcoin on the Geopolitical Chessboard with Kane McGukin

Mon, 11 Dec 2023 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Kane McGukin to discuss the changing geopolitical landscape.

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0:00 - Intro

5:29 - Kane’s background

9:26 - China’s geopolitical standing

28:01 - Hyperconnected world changes things

33:22 - Transitional state

38:50 - Messianic money

42:00 - Weaponized dollar

48:56 - What should America do?

54:31 - Teaching values and skills

1:05:58 - Propaganda and tinfoil

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Bitcoin For Business: Fanatics

Wed, 06 Dec 2023 13:00:00 GMT

Lou turns the questions on Marty to find out how businesses can embrace Bitcoin.

0:00 - Intro
7:20 - Why are we here?
13:29 - What is Fanatics?
19:54 - FanCash should be Bitcoin
29:58 - Introducing Bitcoin through rewards
33:04 - Chargebacks and international onboarding
37:29 - Bitcoin is can enable better UX flow
41:39 - NFTs don’t work
48:30 - New media monetization models
53:26 - Protection from censorship
58:36 - Trust still required
1:02:17 - Saving your business in a recession
1:05:21 - Debrief, comment your suggestions!

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#465: Five Pillars of Product Management with Will Cole

Mon, 04 Dec 2023 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Will Cole to discuss his new writing on the five invariant elements of product management and how to build an effective strategy for your company.

Will on Twitter: https://twitter.com/willcole

0:00 - Intro

6:17 - Marty is sleepy

11:07 - Stories behind Will’s writing

19:10 - Invariants and levels of abstraction

30:25 - Why a product manager exists

33:57 - Think, then do

36:30 - Running through the invariants and strategy doc

42:41 - Timeline

46:55 - Minimizing meetings with good writing

48:53 - Iterating vs incrementing

56:44 - Who has better and worse product management?

1:00:24 - Managing growth

1:08:48 - Cmon Marty write the doc

1:12:46 - Design patterns

1:16:41 - BIPs

1:22:15 - Staying on the cutting edge

1:24:25 - Come and PM for Bitcoin companies

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#464: The Emergence of the Network of Keys with Matt from Unchained

Fri, 01 Dec 2023 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Matt from Unchained to discuss key networks and setting new industry standards for Bitcoin custody.

0:00 - Intro
6:17 - Matt’s backstory (go birds)
12:56 - Challenges overcome at Unchained
19:43 - The role of keys in Bitcoin
21:53 - Preparing for the next bull
23:42 - Misconceptions about keys
26:41 - UX gaps
29:18 - Structures built on key networks
34:15 - Countering bad optics for regulators
37:29 - Predictions
42:27 - Recognition of multisig
47:59 - ETFs and Coinbase
54:41 - Multi-jurisdiction
58:07 - Blinded xpubs and deepfakes
1:05:56 - Incoming developments in Bitcoin
1:08:48 - Are you an ordinals enjoyer?
1:11:32 - MPC vs multisig
1:17:52 - Shitcoin cycles
1:21:43 - Here for tech or money?
1:26:26 - Saving Philly
1:34:02 - Wrapping up

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#463: Orange Pilling AI & Bitcoin Times Energy Edition with Aleks Svetski

Thu, 30 Nov 2023 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Aleks Svetski to discuss Spirit of Satoshi, the Bitcoin-focused AI project, as well as the upcoming edition of the Bitcoin Times.

Svetski on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SvetskiWrites

Spirit of Satoshi: https://www.spiritofsatoshi.ai/

Bitcoin Times: https://bitcointimes.io/

0:00 - Intro
6:52 - Riffing
9:53 - What is Spirit of Satoshi?
18:12 - AGI
24:04 - Closed/open source AI
33:38 - Building your own language model
41:04 - AI’s opinions are based on its master
45:02 - Data cleanliness and hallucination
52:58 - 1000 minds vs the Borg
58:59 - A wealth of data
1:03:54 - Biden’s AI executive order
1:05:26 - AI agents and Bitcoin
1:12:23 - ASICs
1:16:36 - Energy
1:21:09 - Bitcoin Times Energy Edition, ESG
1:32:16 - Bitcoin is energy
1:39:29 - Conquering mindset
1:49:21 - Wrapping up

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#462: Government Spending Leads To Hyperinflation with Peter St Onge

Tue, 28 Nov 2023 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Peter St Onge to discuss government incompetence, hyperinflation events, predictions for the 2024 election, and more.

Peter on Twitter: https://twitter.com/profstonge

0:00 - Intro

6:46 - Bitcoin banning attempts and govt incompetence

15:12 - EVs

17:23 - Treasury auction and hyperinflation events

33:08 - Sovereign debt

37:15 - Swiss banks liquidity crisis

42:44 - The internet is bank run jet fuel

46:29 - Milei and dollarization of Argentina

50:04 - Fiat is always doomed

53:36 - “Far right” labels

1:00:16 - 2024 election

1:03:39 - The stakes are real

1:09:14 - White pill

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#461: Defecting from Corrupt Healthcare with Andy Schoonover

Fri, 17 Nov 2023 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Andy Schoonover to discuss CrowdHealth's new Lightning wallet integration, as well as how CrowdHealth has been doing in the last year.

Andy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SchoonoverAndy

CrowdHealth: https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/tftc

0:00 - Intro
7:23 - It’s been a year
14:22 - Doctors are excited
18:22 - The government owns the system
22:29 - Insurance is impersonal
28:23 - Bitcoin and LN
34:13 - Bitcoin doctors
42:49 - What’s the catch?
48:29 - How many people does it take for change?
51:22 - Relationship with employers
55:28 - Metabolic health and strong communities
1:04:09 - Defectors from the corrupt system
1:08:21 - Spreading knowledge
1:13:01 - CrowdHealth profitability
1:15:50 - CH’s relationship with TFTC
1:20:23 - Press the hard button
1:24:21 - We’re gonna win

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#460: Deconstructing the Censorship Industrial Complex with Mike Benz

Tue, 14 Nov 2023 13:27:27 GMT

Marty sits down with Mike Benz, the executive director of the Foundation for Freedom Online to discuss digital censorship, corporate control, prosecution of uncooperative politicians, and more.

Mike on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MikeBenzCyber

FFO website: https://foundationforfreedomonline.com/

0:00 - Intro
6:17 - Censorship Industrial Complex
13:06 - Turning point in 2016
15:08 - Twitter files and wrongspeak terminology
22:44 - NGO participation
26:07 - Corporate control
32:30 - Russian gas
37:15 - Biden laptop
43:09 - Justice Department can kill you
48:40 - Destabilization ops
53:07 - End goal of control
57:33 - Methods of resistance
1:01:11 - Monetary censorship and Bitcoin
1:04:11 - We’re gonna win

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#459: An 8-Month Taliban Holiday with Lord Miles

Tue, 07 Nov 2023 14:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Lord Miles to talk about his time in Taliban custody and his plans for further adventures.

Lord Miles on Twitter: https://twitter.com/real_lord_miles

Miles's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LordMiles

0:00 - Intro

6:03 - How Miles was betrayed

11:18 - 8 month detainment (holiday)

22:32 - End of detainment and Taliban misconceptions

30:23 - Govts and dealing with money

35:14 - Lovely holiday locations

38:01 - Nashville shooter

40:59 - Gold mine

48:27 - Wankers and grifters

54:55 - Next holidays

1:07:23 - BBQ, raw milk and baldmaxxing

1:20:18 - Living for adventure and harassing the system

1:26:04 - Plugs

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#458: Climate Narratives Are Failing with Tom Nelson

Wed, 01 Nov 2023 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Tom Nelson to discuss the ongoing failure of climate change narratives energy policy to correspond with reality.

Tom's links: https://t.co/h5ODvIBeWA

0:00 - Intro
6:43 - Riffing on Dave Collum and hurricanes
11:08 - Narratives are failing
18:17 - Charlie Munger
21:07 - AI
23:44 - DC and climate policy
26:34 - Nuclear
30:32 - ESG and mining
33:41 - Green energy kills
42:32 - Hydrocarbons bring life
50:31 - Those who would control you
54:27 - Bitcoin
56:53 - War
59:21 - Podcasting, censorship, and finding new allies
1:09:41 - Go get yourself called a racist
1:19:24 - Wrapping up

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#457: How a Miner Survives a Bitcoin Bear Market with Drew Armstrong & AJ Scalia

Thu, 26 Oct 2023 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Drew and AJ from Cathedra to discuss how things have been going in the mining industry.

Cathedra: https://cathedra.com/

0:00 - Intro
5:04 - New York
11:23 - Current doomer status
14:36 - Lessons learned since last bull run
26:24 - Decisions made in 2022
34:20 - Underclocking and maintaining mining efficiency
39:16 - Evaluing mining businesses by hashprice
43:31 - Educating energy providers
48:25 - Cathedra firmware
52:07 - Shifting the bottleneck away from ASICs
58:20 - AI
1:06:46 - Geographic dispersion of hash
1:12:59 - Rising rates and ETFs
1:25:20 - Halvening prediction
1:35:05 - Wrapping up

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#456: The Path To Hyperinflation with EJ Antoni

Tue, 24 Oct 2023 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with EJ Antoni to discuss the disastrous policies of the Federal Reserve.

EJ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RealEJAntoni

0:00 - Intro
5:48 - Explaining Fed losses
22:16 - Has the Fed lost control?
26:25 - What is the result of total failure?
32:38 - Can higher-for-longer solve the problem?
37:16 - Recession indicators
42:04 - Protecting yourself financially
50:48 - Weimar style hyperinflation
54:21 - Weaponization of the dollar
57:23 - Bitcoin
1:00:24 - Wrapping

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#455: AI-Powered Tyranny with Whitney Webb

Fri, 20 Oct 2023 17:54:04 GMT

Marty sits down once again with Whitney Webb to discuss the conflict in the Levant and how the bankers intend to use AI to control your life.

Whitney's links: https://linktr.ee/whitneywebb

Articles:

https://www.mintpressnews.com/untold-story-christian-zionists-power-united-states-israel/260532/

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/print/whitney-webb-bitcoin-and-the-plot-to-destroy-financial-privacy

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#454: An Onramp To The New Custody Standard with Onramp & BitGo

Thu, 19 Oct 2023 13:30:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Michael Tanguma and Jesse Meyers from Onramp as well as Mitch Kochman from BitGo to discuss their new partnership.

Michael on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MTanguma

Jesse on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Croesus_BTC

Mitch on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mitch_kochman

Onramp: https://onrampbitcoin.com/

BitGo: https://www.bitgo.com/

0:00 - Intro
5:04 - How’s The Last Trade going?
10:06 - OnRamp/BitGo partnership
23:35 - The importance of multi-institution
29:18 - What convinces key agents?
36:53 - The next stage of Bitcoin’s adoption
40:36 - Trillion Dollar Wallets and other fun ideas
45:03 - Bitcoin is for everyone
49:11 - State attacks and multi-jurisdiction
1:01:43 - Adoption, education, ETFs
1:19:05 - Marty backstory
1:22:04 - Mitch backstory and BitGo
1:26:15 - Bitcoin is the spirit of revolution
1:28:56 - Wrapping

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#453: From Barstool to Mash with Louis Roberts

Tue, 17 Oct 2023 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Lightswitch Lou to talk about Mash and its integration with the new TFTC website.

Louis on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Buddyloveless

0:00 - Intro
5:28 - Riffing
15:37 - Mash and the new TFTC site
24:26 - Incumbent monetization models
29:06 - Enabling interaction features
31:58 - Controlling your own flow of funds
39:27 - Ending the subscription model
47:22 - Convincing other publishers
50:29 - Verifying humanity
54:51 - Lightning compared to advertising a decade ago
1:00:39 - Barstool
1:03:24 - Death of the old model
1:06:27 - Riffing after an interruption
1:11:26 - Chicken and egg of Bitcoin adoption
1:17:39 - Demo-ing donations
1:19:33 - We’re gonna win
1:25:42 - Twitter and Nostr
1:29:30 - Riffing
1:32:56 - New site launch
1:36:08 - Saving the world with Bitcoin
1:40:30 - Politicians are nuts
1:48:21 - War
1:58:35 - Rising from ashes of the American empire
2:01:27 - AI
2:03:26 - Ending riff

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#452: Zaprite Is Driving Bitcoin Merchant Adoption with John Magill

Mon, 09 Oct 2023 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with John Magill, founder of Zaprite, to discuss the current state of Ireland, what's changed for Zaprite in the last year, and what to build next.

John on Twitter: https://twitter.com/john_zaprite

Zaprite: https://zaprite.com/

0:00 - Intro
5:04 - Irish shitcoinery and true Bitcoiners
9:51 - Irish government
18:39 - Irish economy
25:26 - Erasing Irish culture
32:35 - Strong communities and fiat world
38:42 - Merchant adoption
48:56 - Update on Zaprite, onboarding Will and Parker
54:44 - What to build next
1:12:04 - Bullish vibes
1:17:16 - Returning to roots
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#451: UTXOracle with Steve Jeffress & Daniel Hinton

Tue, 03 Oct 2023 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Steve and Daniel to discuss UTXOracle, a way to estimate Bitcoin's price using nothing but node data.

Steve on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SteveSimple

Daniel on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DanielLHinton

Check out UTXOracle and other data visualization: https://utxo.live/

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10:59 - Explaining UTXOs
13:34 - Visualizing data
20:46 - Effect of Bitcoin ATMs on patterns
25:24 - How to infer price from UTXO data
35:27 - Usefulness as an oracle
45:28 - Possibility of price per block
46:41 - Human action, opportunities and attack vectors
53:26 - Effect of ordinals
55:49 - UTXO mismanagement
1:02:37 - Spending old coins
1:06:51 - Taproot changes and far future problems
1:18:20 - Fun new concepts
1:27:43 - Run the numbers yourself
1:32:58 - Wrapping up

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#450: Bitcoin Money Market Funds with Théo Mogenet

Sun, 01 Oct 2023 13:00:55 GMT

Marty sits down with Théo Mogenet to discuss his piece written for Axiom on the financialization of Bitcoin.

Théo's Twitter: https://twitter.com/theomogenet

Théo's Substack: https://substack.com/@theomogenet

0:00 - Intro
7:00 - Théo’s background
11:06 - Explaining money market funds
16:46 - UK Gilt duration mismatch
22:32 - US bank failures
25:08 - Weaponization of monetary system
39:41 - How Bitcoin fixes this
49:26 - Bitcoin’s increasing demand
52:47 - Through the lens of monetary policy
55:28 - Perpetual markets
1:00:46 - DLCs for futures contracts
1:07:55 - Acquiring liquidity for DLCs
1:18:24 - Nascent companies
1:23:52 - Inciting hyperbitcoinization
1:29:12 - What drives further adoption?
1:40:47 - Théo’s upcoming writing

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#449: DEATH ATHLETIC: A Dissident Architecture with Jessica Solce

Wed, 27 Sep 2023 06:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Jessica Solce to discuss her new documentary following the story of Cody Wilson.

Find the film here: https://www.deathathletic.com/
Jessica on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jessicasolce

0:00 - Intro
6:27 - Stumbling into cypherpunk docs
11:24 - Dealing with scandals
16:12 - Death Athletes
22:44 - The process of following Cody
24:04 - Fighting digital tyrrany
28:14 - Apathy
32:39 - Free information
40:11 - Dealing with courts of law and social media
45:37 - JStark
49:38 - Corporate control
1:01:13 - Aesthetics and the film industry
1:07:57 - AI
1:11:21 - Plugs + wrap up

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#448: Opt Out Of Keynesian Brain Rot with Godfrey Bloom

Tue, 26 Sep 2023 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Godfrey Bloom to discuss the corruption of the world by central banks and the countermeasures the common man must take.

0:00 - Intro
6:43 - How govts have been corrupted
16:09 - Is mobilization of the common man imminent?
18:40 - Central banks are the unknown cause
24:56 - Removing yourself from the system
27:12 - New Keynesians
29:59 - Bitcoin and gold
34:46 - More on UK provenance law
38:09 - Lawful cancelation dissidents
43:58 - Civil war and states asserting autonomy
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#447: Biowarfare In The 21st Century with Sam Husseini

Fri, 22 Sep 2023 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Sam Husseini to discuss his journalistic history and findings surrounding Covid and modification of pathogens.

Find Sam on Substack: http://husseini.substack.com/

0:00 - Intro
5:36 - Sam’s body of work
8:20 - Covid’s parallels to anthrax attacks
15:08 - Wuhan lab obscurement
22:56 - Biowarfare is unique
26:02 - USAID funding of the lab
30:44 - The gaslighting is highly effective
40:54 - Those in control have no benevolent intentions
44:02 - Disappointment in RFK
46:02 - Bird flu modification
48:21 - Actionable items
50:17 - Censorship
56:38 - Wrapping up

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#446: The State of the Lightning Network with Matt Corallo

Thu, 14 Sep 2023 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Matt Corallo to discuss the state of the Lightning Network.

Matt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheBlueMatt

6:38 - Hot mics, soft forks
13:34 - Should we focus on what we have?
18:27 - Core dev burnout
24:58 - State of Bitcoin adoption
35:23 - The year of LDK
40:46 - Stablecoins and AI
46:44 - Where should the focus be?
52:42 - LSPs and improving LN UX
59:21 - Crypto impatience
1:05:26 - Using lightning every day
1:07:02 - Regulations
1:21:01 - Bitcoin and Crypto have different regulatory concerns
1:23:34 - AI and energy
1:27:31 - Is LN a panacea?
1:35:54 - How is LN success defined?
1:38:35 - PTLCs
1:43:46 - Bitcoin’s success probability

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#445: Dispelling Nuclear Energy Misconceptions with Ryan MacLeod

Tue, 12 Sep 2023 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Ryan MacLeod to discuss the benefits of nuclear power in contrast to its reputation and how it can synergize with Bitcoin.

Ryan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NuclearBitcoinr

6:12 - Riffing
7:46 - Texas demand scare
13:57 - Best source for stable energy
20:11 - Reputation of nuclear power
31:39 - If the end were nigh, we’d need nuclear
33:40 - Cost of capital and SMRs
36:53 - SMR and mining impact on grids
41:05- Bitcoin can ease problems with nuclear
44:37 - Nuclear looking good
53:15 - Germany’s idiotic policies
55:09 - Uranium supply
58:01 - Nuclear future
1:02:01 - Does the nuclear industry recognize Bitcoin?
1:07:09 - Wrapping up

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#444: Fiat Ruins Everything with Jimmy Song

Wed, 06 Sep 2023 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Jimmy Song to discuss his new book Fiat Ruins Everything.

Jimmy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimmysong

Crowdfund page for Jimmy's new book: https://fiatruinseverything.com/

0:00 - Intro
5:38 - Writing with ChatGPT
10:59 - Degeneracy hazards
12:54 - Jimmy’s book and writing process
20:39 - Structuring a book
23:36 - Fiat’s influence on individuals with corps
30:28 - Strong families and low time pref life
35:01 - Fiat world built on ossification
44:19 - No stores of value, can’t buy a house
50:15 - Reality takes hold, how long till it breaks?
59:38 - How to explain to people when it breaks?
1:03:03 - How do individuals protect themselves?
1:11:02 - Rent seeking more harmful than welfare
1:14:40 - Wide and narrow gate, drivechains
1:26:45 - Plugging the book

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#443: Q2 2023 Monetary Base Update with Matthew Mežinskis

Wed, 30 Aug 2023 17:29:04 GMT

Marty sits down again with Matthew Mežinskis to discuss the Q2 2023 Monetary Base update.

Follow along the charts here: https://twitter.com/1basemoney/status/1696117186236989686

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

6:05 - eNaira and CBDCs
26:08 - Top 5 currencies
32:30 - Compound annual growth rate
36:06 - FHLB exposure
42:27 - Inflation is impacting people
45:08 - Bitcoin chart
56:49 - Scandinavian physical currency
59:17 - US federal debt
1:15:08 - Canary in the coal mine
1:23:30 - Nations using Bitcoin and BRICS gold
1:40:02 - Optimal outcome

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#442: Launching Flex with Bitcoin Talent Co

Fri, 25 Aug 2023 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down again with Michael Tanguma and Andy Thompson from Bitcoin Talent Co to talk about launching Flex.

Michael on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MTanguma

Andy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theandytee/

Flex landing page: https://www.bitcointalent.co/flex

5:30 - Welcome back, Bitcoin Talent Co.

8:37 - Flex supply side market

13:39 - Interest on both sides

20:50 - Hiring missteps

25:01 - Hi Trevor!

25:58 - Further mistakes

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#441: Miniscript and Bitcoin Risk Products with Rob Hamilton

Thu, 24 Aug 2023 16:02:10 GMT

Marty sits down with Rob Hamilton to discuss Anchorwatch and keeping focus on Miniscript and maximizing its potential.

Rob on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rob1Ham

Anchorwatch: https://www.anchorwatch.com/about

5:30 - Ninja Launch
7:43 - Bluechecks
13:31 - Content models
18:18 - Drivechains and OP_VAULT
22:58 - Miniscript
27:07 - Stepping back on Miniscript
33:50 - Balancing complexity at Anchorwatch
36:17 - Bitcoin risk products
42:52 - Anchorwatch policy construction
47:15 - UX
51:58 - Impatience
55:17 - Get your hands dirty
59:31 - Edge cases
1:06:22 - MPC
1:18:54 - Upgrades with unknown unknowns
1:27:34 - Bullish
1:32:43 - Bitcoin in macro
1:39:59 - Urgency

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#440: Climate Change Is A Bad Excuse with Anas Alhajji

Fri, 18 Aug 2023 13:00:08 GMT

Marty sits down with Anas Alhajji to discuss energy markets, climate change regulation and subsidies, and whether de-dollarization will push nations toward Bitcoin.

Anas on Twitter: https://twitter.com/anasalhajji

Anas on Substack: https://anasalhajjieoa.substack.com/

5:30 - India and UAE oil trade
13:27 - COP 28 and climate change excuses
27:46 - Climate change religion
31:05 - Dishonest numbers
37:05 - Shale oil underperforming
42:02 - “Green” energy can only win by force
48:11 - Why we Bitcoin
49:46 - Near future energy market
56:16 - Impact of subsidies
58:59 - Immigration and Climate arguments don’t mix
1:03:48 - Dollar shortage and Bitcoin

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#439: Mining, Memes and Meetups with Thomas Pacchia

Tue, 08 Aug 2023 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Thomas Pacchia for a chat before the pubkey mining meetup.

Thomas on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tpacchia

Pubkey: https://pubkey.bar/

5:30 - Is DeFi borked?
11:13 - Blockspace scarcity
21:56 - Will shitcoin cycles continue?
28:42 - No soft landing
32:01 - Large scale investors
42:27 - Mining meetup
53:06 - What drives hashrate growth from here?
58:18 - Treasury management
1:00:55 - Pool monetization
1:09:51 - Scammers and hamsters
1:12:48 - NYC Bitcoin makes Marty bullish
1:23:05 - Memes and NFTs
1:28:58 - Derailment and riffing
1:36:29 - Bitcoin conferences and new Pubkey locations
1:44:08 - Hex and hardware wallets
1:46:58 - Reminiscing from our prison cells in 2030

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#438: Cycling Toward A Bitcoin Boom with Tuur Demeester

Mon, 31 Jul 2023 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Tuur Demeester to discuss the factors pushing Bitcoin forward in its cycle.

Tuur on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TuurDemeester

0:00 - Intro
5:30 - Aliens
11:35 - Bitcoin cycles
18:04 - Is the next cycle different?
20:21 - Will crypto stay dead?
24:12 - Old ideas, new ideas, and startups
33:44 - Regulatory landscape
38:27 - Financial “innovations” from crypto
42:31 - Bitcoin politics
46:29 - Implications of decentralized custody
54:23 - Multiple fronts of chaos
1:02:04 - How far can inflation go?
1:10:04 - Bitcoin is the escape hatch
1:12:13 - Nation state adoption
1:15:29 - Next bull market
1:26:29 - Fedimints and AI
1:34:38 - Bullish on Texas
1:47:28 - We’re gonna win

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#437: History Doesn't Rhyme, It Repeats with Dave Collum & Rudy Havenstein

Tue, 25 Jul 2023 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Dave Collum and Rudy Havenstein and tries to keep Marty Jones under control.

Dave on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavidBCollum

Rudy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RudyHavenstein

5:30 - Bants
11:41 - Background
27:20 - Banking crisis lull
33:12 - Media collapse and Twitter
48:43 - Evil rulers
1:15:10 - Corporate press and those they hate
1:22:35 - Younger generations
1:30:21 - Forth turning and inflation
1:58:20 - CBDCs vs Bitcoin
2:03:49 - Final words from Rudy
2:05:39 - Rabbit holes on rabbit holes

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#436: Building Sound Finance For Sound Money with Atomic Finance

Mon, 24 Jul 2023 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Tony Cai and Matt Black from Atomic Finance to discuss returns on Bitcoin, DLCs, and the future of Bitcoin's scaling.

Tony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TonyCai_

Matt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/matthewjablack

Atomic Finance: https://atomic.finance/

5:30 - Atomic Finance origins
15:44 - What’s wrong with defi?
21:15 - Explaining DLCs
25:26 - How Atomic uses DLCs
28:39 - Risks
34:13 - Atomic’s oracle
37:39 - State of DLCs and lightning
44:51 - Plans for Atomic
47:46 - Ethereum’s centralization
50:26 - Order of operations in Bitcoin adoption
54:04 - Scaling Bitcoin and ossification
1:04:59 - Staking reputation on BIPs
1:14:28 - A lot at stake
1:21:00 - Wrapping

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#435: Bitcoin Solves the Payments Problem in AI with Kody Low

Wed, 19 Jul 2023 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Kody Low to discuss Fedimints, Lightning, and how they can be applied to power AI tools.

Kody on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kodylow

Check out Fedi: https://www.fedi.xyz/

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0:00 - Intro
5:30 - Marty Barbell Bender
7:10 - Kody’s background, every Bitcoiner a dev
13:59 - What layer is Fedi?
19:38 - Explaining Fedimint
25:43 - What do Fedimints fix about lightning?
30:23 - Expanding on federation
34:46 - Scaling Bitcoin for the world
38:56 - Federated operating system
49:23 - How it works for guardians
57:57 - Privacy
1:00:41 - Synth dollar trading
1:11:18 - AI/Lightning intersection
1:20:33 - L402 and M2M payments
1:35:53 - Lightning’s headstart on crypto
1:38:24 - Avoiding Bitcoin’s volitility with Fedi
1:41:02 - Bitcoin is the best money
1:49:10 - Pushing AI companies to Lightning
1:52:02 - Answer the call, freaks
1:55:25 - Privacy and gpu hosting
2:05:27 - Wrapping up

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#434: Capital in the 21st Century with Allen Farrington

Mon, 17 Jul 2023 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Allen Farrington from Axiom to discuss his perspective on capital allocation and how it is affected by Bitcoin.

Allen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/allenf32

Allen on Medium: https://allenfarrington.medium.com/

5:30 - Introducing Axiom
9:43 - Cost of capital
14:26 - Debt is not universally bad
16:59 - Capital as a tool
18:51 - The goal of capital allocation
22:13 - Affecting individual savings
26:06 - Capital flowchart and long term thinking
37:18 - Bitcoin doesn’t allow fiat games
44:47 - Bitcoin mining illustrating the point
58:09 - Impact of lightning’s instant settlement
1:06:26 - Building a long term company
1:14:46 - Temperance during the boom
1:18:46 - Liquid BTC
1:27:28 - Axiom and further upcoming writing
1:41:04 - Wrapping up

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#433: Lightning Network at the Enterprise Level with Jose Lemus

Fri, 14 Jul 2023 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Jose Lemus from Ibex to discuss integrating the lightning network with businesses, barriers to adoption, cross-border payments, and more.

Jose on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jllemus

Ibex: https://www.poweredbyibex.io/

5:30 - Bitcoin Park riffing
7:37 - What’s up at Ibex?
22:24 - Impact of instant settlement
26:21 - Lightning Network, AI, Internet of Things
34:07 - What’s taking adoption so long?
36:49 - Bitcoin’s unique combination of properties
45:57 - Burden of compliance
49:45 - Fiat is the money of force
52:44 - KYC is the illicit activity
1:02:38 - Mexico partnership
1:03:44 - The purpose of financial products
1:12:36 - Bitcoin is a tween
1:17:30 - Don’t get distracted by bull markets
1:29:14 - Marty’s excited about energy and AI
1:35:36 - Wrapping up

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#432: Jab Injury Event Horizon with Ed Dowd

Tue, 11 Jul 2023 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Ed Dowd to discuss jab injuries, RFK Jr, the peak of clown world extending ever upward, and more.

Ed Dowd on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DowdEdward

8:33 - The clown world peak keeps rising
15:41 - RFK Jr and the jab injury event horizon
25:17 - Distractions
29:00 - Debt event horizon has already passed
33:26 - Trust in the system degrading
37:05 - Bitcoin
38:42 - The CIA disapproves
38:53- Broken money and psyops
45:46 - Individual state power
49:29 - Three Letter Agencies don’t want this heard
54:31 - Hard times before good times
56:37 - Strong families
1:03:50 - Final note on RFK Jr
1:07:12 - I am Spartacus

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#431: Bitcoin Privacy and the Payjoin Dev Kit with Dan Gould

Wed, 05 Jul 2023 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Dan Gould to discuss Payjoin Dev Kit, how coinjoins protect privacy, and the experience of developing on Bitcoin.

Dan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitgould

Payjoin Dev Kit: https://payjoindevkit.org/

9:16 - Dan’s history

14:39 - Explaining CoinJoins

21:36 - How Payjoin reduces dox threat and reduces fees

35:09 - TURN servers

39:49 - How are PSBTs involved in Payjoin

42:45 - How coin selection is determined

36:30 - Separating PDK from BDK

50:03 - Completing BDK

53:38 - Payjoin’s role going forward

57:54 - Chain surveillance and prosecuting CoinJoins

1:03:51 - Right to privacy

1:08:18 - Multi receiver PayJoin

1:09:42 - Less frustration on Bitcoin development

1:15:18 - Will Bitcoin reach sufficient ossification?

1:18:25 - Plugs and wrapping

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#430: Bitcoin vs the $156 Trillion Global Payments Industry with Sam Wouters

Fri, 30 Jun 2023 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Sam Wouters to discuss Bitcoin's rate of adoption for cross-border payments.

Sam on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SDWouters

Sam's report on River blog: https://blog.river.com/bitcoin-vs-the-156-trillion-global-payments-industry/

0:00 - Intro
2:30 - Finding bitcoin through Runescape
9:22 - New educational resources in Bitcoin
13:27 - Diving into Sam’s report
17:51 - Structure of the report
21:39 - Chapter 1: Cross-border payments industry
31:53 - Comparing Bitcoin and internet adoption
41:37 - Remittance education
48:31 - Getting into charts on remittance volume
56:18 - Chapter 2: Global bitcoin adoption
1:07:58 - Motivation for adoption
1:13:39 - Chapter 3: Cross-border Bitcoin payments
1:23:13 - What makes bitcoin better for remittance
1:26:28 - Lightning services
1:30:26 - Bitcoin for payments
1:33:32 - Google search traffic for Bitcoin
1:39:17 - B2C
1:44:35 - Chapter 4: Growing cross-border Bitcoin payments
1:51:36 - Adoption funnel
1:55:33 - Marty tries to quote himself before wrapping up

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#429: Is The Inflation Problem Really Solved? with Luke Gromen

Wed, 28 Jun 2023 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Luke Gromen to discuss inflation catching up with the world.

Luke on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LukeGromen

0:00 - Intro
6:33 - UK inflation
11:02 - American banking crisis lull
18:12 - Structural problems in energy
25:56 - Liquidity issues with massive bank accounts
31:33 - Debt ceiling
33:13 - Retirement and target date funds
40:18 The Ukraine distraction
45:54 - Collapse in skilled labor and infrastructure
50:41 - Taking on troubled times
54:55 - Bitcoin’s interaction with energy
57:05 - Landing on the wrong side of stagflation
59:19 - Bitcoin eliminates banking BS
1:01:34 - Treasury bond duration risk
1:06:22 - 40 year bull market over, gold and Bitcoin win
1:13:51 - Wrapping

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#428: Examining BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF with Townsend Lansing

Mon, 26 Jun 2023 13:00:00 GMT

Marty sits down with Townsend Lansing to discuss BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF.

Townsend on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TownsendLansing

0:00 - Intro
8:40 - Inflation hitting the UK
11:07 - Introducing Townsend, Blackrock ETF
19:10 - SEC approval
25:23 - APA
26:46 - How Bitcoin market could be affected
29:28 - People becoming aware of crypto risk
31:23 - How the grantor trust works
35:50 - ETF liquidity
42:12 - Bitcoin’s better security
45:30 - Will bitcoin financial products be treated differently?
48:05 - Approval is unlikely
49:52 - Bitcoin’s impact on finance
51:13 - Wrapping up

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#427: Killer Whale Liquidity Crisis with John Titus

Tue, 20 Jun 2023 13:00:55 GMT

Marty sits down with John Titus to discuss the liquidity crisis caused by the Fed.

John's Substack: https://bestevidence.substack.com/

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5:30 - Killer whales and banks lacking liquidity
16:13 - The Fed is at the center
21:01 - Coordinated consolidation effort
26:28- The strength of cash
33:57 - John’s origin story
39:09 - Fix the money, fix the world
42:20 - Dollar endgame
45:06 - John on Bitcoin
49:38 - The system is run by those who hate you
52:54 - Life expectancy decline
55:35 - Tyranny thrives in the fear of resistance
58:39 - Wrapping up

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#426: Bringing Lightning To Utilities with Synota

Tue, 06 Jun 2023 13:00:51 GMT

Marty sits down with Austin Mitchell, Lisa Scott, and Alan Schroeder from Synota to discuss bringing energy providers over to Bitcoin and LN. Synota on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Synota_

6:35 - Meet Synota
14:05 - Payment settlement struggles for utilites
16:56 - How Synota integrates
23:47 - Financing possibilities
26:20 - Utilities grokking bitcoin
34:07 - Effects of decentralizing the grid
45:22 - The team’s orange pilling
49:41 - Mining industry is maturing
55:56 - Efficiency impact of instant payments
1:01:11 - Mining permanent funds
1:05:03 - Issues building on lightning
1:10:57 - Wrapping up

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#425: Fiat Crisis with Balaji Srinivasan

Fri, 02 Jun 2023 13:00:54 GMT

Marty sits down with Balaji Srinivasan for the longest episode of TFTC yet, going in depth on the nature of the incoming fiat crisis.

Balaji on Twitter: https://twitter.com/balajis

6:13 - How does the debt ceiling contribute to the fiat crisis?
9:48 - Reality check
21:38 - History is running in reverse
25:09 - The unipolar moment is over
38:05 - America is 3 tribes
44:42 - Democracy has 4 definitions
55:33 - India adopting pragmatic democracy
59:08 - China won’t go away
1:07:03 - USSA
1:36:11 - How America gets its strength back
1:43:16 - Dollar nationalists, social media politics
1:53:20 - It’s not one nation, it’s two parties with verbal footsoldiers
2:07:15 - The Gray tribe
2:35:47 - Blue losing media control
2:39:46 - Recap, Blue’s remaining power
2:45:48 - The tribal filter on the banking situation
3:01:36 - The declining US empire
3:13:13 - Blue America’s infrastructure highlights
3:16:40 - Exiting through Bitcoin
3:20:18 - We’ve lost our moon shoes
3:22:24 - The writing’s on the wall and states have incentive to exit early
3:42:53 - People robbed by cantillon cities are likely to get mad
3:48:13 - Fed now is a CBDC no matter what they say
4:05:15 - Civil unrest precursors
4:08:24 - Hiding insolvency
4:11:13 - History mirroring
4:17:04 - Reflecting on a long show, doling white pills

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#424: Q1 2023 Monetary Base Update with Matthew Mežinskis

Thu, 01 Jun 2023 20:12:27 GMT

Follow along with the charts: https://twitter.com/1basemoney/status/1664179527784734720?s=20 Matthew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/1basemoney

8:12 - Baltic hockey
17:17 - Debt ceiling bye bye
22:55 - New basemoney drop!
36:19 - Bitcoin base vs top fiat, reverse repo
49:41 - Bank failures
1:01:54 - Treasury markets
1:05:34 - Fannie & Freddie debt numbers
1:09:32 - Balaji says FedNow is a CBDC
1:17:02 - Sidebar on children
1:18:19 - Back on topic, centralization will continue
1:23:45 - Sovereign sat and gold stacking
1:34:41 - Quick stats
1:35:56 - Full reserve in Texas
1:45:37 - Wrapping up

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#423: Retirement Funds In The Age Of Bitcoin with Matt Dines

Wed, 31 May 2023 18:50:11 GMT

Marty sits down with Matt Dines from Build to discuss the retirement landscape and how to handle a large scale transition to Bitcoin as a primary store of value.

Matt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BuildCIO

Check out Build: https://buildbitcoin.com/

8:17 - What’s happening to retirement funds
11:49 - Balance sheets of the American household
26:23 - History of retirement accounts
30:30 - The post-Covid financial landscape
34:52 - Retirement account participation
46:14 - Legislation isn’t the answer
50:09 - Primary residence ownership and mortgage backed securities
55:39 - Target Date Funds
1:01:28 - US bond market selloff
1:09:45 - Near-dated TDF vs inflation
1:13:12 - Investment/retirement industry isn’t keeping up
1:17:59 - Bridging the gap to Bitcoin with Build
1:32:15 - Bitcoin lending
1:46:36 - Unchained
1:53:57 - Explaining the mindset
2:02:31 - The flywheel of truth
2:08:12 - Wrapping up

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#422: Human Forever with James Poulos

Fri, 26 May 2023 13:00:17 GMT

Marty sits down with James Poulos to discuss the tyranny of the digital age.

James on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jamespoulos

Human Forever: https://canonic.xyz/books/1YV9yExbmJ9mgBXNM81TouJuDtqxH2PpL

6:00 - Rising transhumanism
12:37 - Defining the humanity we fight for
19:54 - Breaking people apart
29:14 - False gods
34:23 - Fighting on the digital level
38:39 - Changing the tide
47:50 - The moment of humility
50:31 - Return to traditional family
56:55 - Focusing attention
58:26 - Being human is better
1:00:44 - Judging yourself first
1:02:55 - Sloth
1:12:04 - Wrapping up

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#421: Rejecting The Great Reset with Michael Rectenwald

Wed, 17 May 2023 13:00:25 GMT

Marty sits down with Dr. Michael Rectenwald to discuss the The Great Reset, stakeholder capitalism, CBDCs, and asserting autonomy against a neo-feudal future.

Michael's website: https://www.michaelrectenwald.com/

Michael's Mises presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGg9j-qCNt0

8:07 - Michael’s presentation on Great Reset
10:29 - Stakeholder capitalism
14:15 - ESG leads to corporate rule
18:32 - Mock the rulers
20:23 - Neo-techno-feudalism while infrastructure breaks
24:03 - Refusing CBDCs, Bitcoin and gold
27:21 - Bitcoiners at Mises and Bitcoin FUD
29:45 - The lies are being noticed
32:28 - Control through social credit and social perception
36:55 - The letter agencies cause the problems they claim to solve
38:04 - Asserting autonomy
44:37 - Bank failures will be the CBDC trigger
46:42 - Defending against ideological onslaught
51:05 - Fighting evil
54:20 - Wrapping up, plugs

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#420: Powering Livestreaming With Sats Through Vida with Lyle Pratt

Mon, 15 May 2023 13:00:18 GMT

Marty sits down with Lyle Pratt, founder and CEO of Vida, to talk about what he's building. Lyle on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lylepratt Check out Vida: https://vida.page/

12:48 - What’s Vida?
16:56 - Lyle’s history
20:51 - Telecom architecture and using bitcoin to solve problems
27:57 - New tools like AI, Nostr, and LN
32:30 - Current state of lightning
33:46 - Vida demo with some difficulties
35:45 - Monetizing your attention
37:41 - The Vida team
44:56 - Vida can be a better Restream
50:44 - Lightning adoption is a bright light in a dark future
1:01:12 - Future Nostr integration
1:05:28 - Leveraging AI
1:10:29 - Explaining LLMs
1:16:46 - Living in interesting times
1:27:20 - Resource demands of AI
1:31:03 - Thank God For Bitcoin
1:36:31 - Wrapping up

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#419: Fedi Is Connecting Communities With Freedom Technology with Obi Nwosu

Fri, 12 May 2023 13:00:37 GMT

Marty sits down with Obi Nwosu to talk about the origins of Fedi, an explaination of Fedimints, antifragile freedom technology.

Obi on Twitter: https://twitter.com/obi

Fedi: https://www.fedi.xyz/

8:26 - Austin’s a nice place
12:32 - Comparing the beginnings of Coinfloor and Fedi
22:00 - Explaining Fedi
34:19 - Applications made possible by Fedi
40:59 - Fedi ambassadors
46:20 - The freedom made possible by Fedi
53:12 - Fedipools and off-grid mining
57:38 - The antifragile nature of Bitcoin
1:07:36 - Has the mission gotten more urgent?
1:13:53 - Wrapping up

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#418: A First Principles Breakdown of the Monetary Crisis with Peter St Onge

Wed, 10 May 2023 13:00:30 GMT

Marty sits down with Peter St Onge to discuss the all aspects of the impending economic strife and why there's plenty of hope on the other end.

Peter on Twitter: https://twitter.com/profstonge

Peter's Substack: https://stonge.substack.com/

Heritage Foundation: https://www.heritage.org/

Mises Institue: https://mises.org/

9:27 - Starting with Modern Monetary Theory
14:54 - Fed policy heading off a cliff
24:39 - Approaching the debt ceiling and unemployment
33:28 - A whitepilled take on imminent collapse
39:57 - They pushed too far too early
44:53 - Hidden purpose behind the lies
55:45 - What happens without the state
59:43 - What the state has devoured and destroyed
1:09:29 - BS Environment policy and cronyism
1:14:45 - Bitcoin adoption and the convolution if banks
1:26:00 - Full/fractional reserve banking
1:35:48 - When will the US default?
1:42:44 - Energy nonsense and mocking the rulers
1:55:28 - Wrapping up

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#417: An Ex-Intelligence Officer's View on Ukraine with Lee Slusher

Mon, 08 May 2023 13:00:11 GMT

Marty sits down with Lee Slusher for a sober analysis of the war.

Lee on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeeBTConsulting

Lee's Substack:https://deepdivewithleeslusher.substack.com/

Lee's website: http://lee-bt.com/

6:24- Lee’s background

9:43 - War in Ukraine and possible outcomes

16:30 - History leading up to current war

21:13 - Derussification

24:02 - Comparing Ukranian and Russian military

31:43 - Western intervention

38:38 - War’s role in economic crisis and US election

43:23 - Afghanistan

50:04 - If we fight Russia and lose

55:01 - US and EU need to solve their own problems

1:04:16 - How do we get back on the right track

1:11:55 - Taiwan

1:26:37 - Realistic evaluation

1:32:51 - Wrapping up, plugs

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#416: The Scramble To Push A CBDC Future with Whitney Webb

Fri, 05 May 2023 13:00:46 GMT

Marty sits down again with Whitney Webb to discuss failing banks funneling toward JP Morgan and how CBDCs are leading to a transhumanist future.

Whitney on Twitter: https://twitter.com/_whitneywebb

Whitney's Website: https://unlimitedhangout.com/

9:17 - Ninja launch
12:11 - Banks failing and consolidating
19:02 - Story of Jamie Dimon
26:38 - Reexamining 2008
31:10 - CBDCs, biometrics and control
40:11 - JP Morgan, Wexner and Crown
44:59 - WSJ callout
50:36 - Noam Chomsky
54:55 - Are people waking up?
1:07:16 - Satan and transhumanism
1:22:18 - Google and Disney
1:28:12 - Whitney's talk at Bitcoin Miami
1:32:02 - Nobody's saving you
1:35:49 - Wrapping up

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#415: Coal Is The Future with Steve Barbour

Fri, 28 Apr 2023 13:00:12 GMT

Marty sits down with Steve Barbour before the first Nakamoto Forum debate to talk about energy, mining, and replacing the US Dollar.

Steve on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SGBarbour

Upstream Data: https://blog.upstreamdata.ca/

7:30 - Bitcoin dev conflict of interest
19:18 - Bitcoin reaching maturity
21:01 - Russian mining
25:37 - Fiat IOUs
28:30 - The state of US mining
34:25 - Will "Coal" Cole
38:09 - Upstream's progress since Steve's last pod
47:06 - Hydro is better for portability
55:31 - New design
59:53 - Is coal the future?
1:04:48 - Hydrocarbons debate
1:08:33 - Lizard men
1:10:57 - Mock the rulers
1:19:03 - Fiat dying
1:25:01 - Wrapping up

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#414: The Dollar Endgame Theory with Peruvian Bull

Tue, 25 Apr 2023 13:00:35 GMT

Marty sits down with Peruvian Bull to discuss how the world will move away from the USD reserve.

Peruvian Bull on Twitter: https://twitter.com/peruvian_bull

Check out Dollar Endgame: https://thedollarendgame.com/

12:01 - Starting out writing on Reddit
17:48 - Is the dollar currently in its endgame?
23:02 - Weaponizing dollar against Russia hurt US
25:19 - Past the debt event horizon
33:45 - Bitcoin reserve
36:21 - Will BRICS BUCS gain traction?
41:06 - A great opportunity for bitcoiners
44:01 - Nations missing the Bitcoin bus
49:40 - Converting individuals to Bitcoin
52:02 - Why Latin America understands intuitively
55:43 - SUPERSTONK
58:42 - Suffering in the streets
1:00:51 - Price post-hyperbitcoinization
1:03:57 - Societal impact of hyperbitcoinization
1:10:24 - The next 3 months
1:17:01 - technical difficulties
1:17:59 - Dollar losing network effect
1:21:42 - Plugs

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#413: Resisting mRNA Food with Charles Mayfield

Fri, 21 Apr 2023 13:00:58 GMT

Marty sits down with Charles Mayfield to talk about Keto Con, the wonders of pig biology, and the destruction of food and agriculture wrought by corporations and legislation.

Charles on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrChuckFit

Farrow: https://farrow.life/

11:01 - Marty field tested the skin food
12:20 - Keto Con
16:58 - Epic Dermis
20:59 - Why Farrow
24:34 - Pigs
34:05 - Untrustworthy institutions
41:10 - Poison in the livestock
45:43 - Insidious legislature
51:01 - Looking at more accurate health markers
1:00:26 - Big Pharma and Big Ag
1:05:57- Resisting mRNA food
1:10:31 - Life insurance story
1:12:15 - Instilling urgency
1:16:40 - Symbiosis
1:22:56 - Blackpill/Whitepill
1:29:58 - Mock the rulers
1:33:52 - 3 years of madness
1:40:47 - Health is wealth
1:43:43 - Big week for Farrow
1:47:46 - Marty is a glowing god of goodness

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#412: Speaking Out For Those Injured By The Jabs with Michael Koss and Joel Wallskog

Wed, 19 Apr 2023 13:00:50 GMT

Marty sits down with Michael Koss and Dr. Joel Wallskog for a discussion of injuries from the Covid-19 shot, React19, and the Dartmouth College roundtable.

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React19 roundtable at Dartmouth: https://react19.org/DartC19/

9:47 - Michael's background - Dartmouth roundtable
18:30 - Joel's background - React19
27:34 - Politicization of the jab
29:25 - Doubling down on bad decisions
32:13 - Justice for crimes against humanity
35:29 - Regulators' lost credibility
42:15 - Incompetence or malice?
49:47 - Fixing incentives
56:55 - Bringing it back to bitcoin
1:03:50 - Speaking to the silent majority
1:12:17 - Wrapping up

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#411: How OnRamp is Bringing Bitcoin Multisig to Financial Products with Michael Tanguma & Jesse Meyers

Fri, 14 Apr 2023 13:55:18 GMT

Marty sits down with Michael Tanguma and Jesse Meyers to talk about OnRamp.

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0:00 - Intro
5:26 - Marty's chair is stolen
7:11 - OnRamp's use case and problems to solve
14:28 - Legal structure of OnRamp
19:30 - Difficulty in educating on self custody
31:10 - Decentralized control
41:55 - How will OnRamp's launch impact the market?
51:59 - The adoption curve
55:01 - Qualified custodians vs collaborative custody
1:00:36 - A new industry model
1:10:16 - OnRamp's educational mission
1:20:20 - OnRamp's content platform and new podcast
1:26:27 - Plugs

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#410: The Fed Is Trying To Bring Down The European Banks with Tom Luongo

Fri, 07 Apr 2023 13:00:59 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Tom Luongo to discuss the role the banking crisis plays in the inter-cabal squabble.

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8:14 - What the hell is going on?
13:08 - Communicating ideas
20:04 - Intentions of the Fed and big American banks
31:39 - Europe in trouble as rates raise
38:41 - Pivot to BRICS
42:20 - FIMA
47:52 - Keeping a finger on the pulse
51:03 - Multi-vector attack on America
55:36 - Trump's indictment and the need for trust
58:37 - Tom's take on Bitcoin
1:02:01 - Stablecoins
1:04:48 - Can the Fed fix what they've created?
1:15:17 - Shaping reality with headlines
1:17:08 - Credit where credit is due
1:20:03 - The Fed on Bitcoin and crypto
1:25:06 - Congealed energy
1:28:51 - Keep your eggs in more baskets

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#409: Talking Value 4 Value with the Podfather Adam Curry

Wed, 05 Apr 2023 13:00:04 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Adam Curry to discuss Podcasting 2.0, Value 4 Value, Bitcoin, energy, culture, and much more.

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Pod
8:57 - Opening Riff
14:51 - Information Freedom
18:57 - Bitcoin responsibility and remembering your keys
24:19 - Patriot Act 2.0 and thinking local
28:25 - Mining and energy
38:30 - Trans politics and transhumanism
52:41 - Nostr
55:50 - v4v
1:08:43 - Joe Rogan
1:13:23 - Go make children
1:15:50 - Modern dating
1:18:08 - Comedy mothership
1:21:22 - Elon, CBDCs and AI
1:33:27 - Habla
1:36:00 - Self hosting and running nodes
1:38:56 - v4v electric boogaloo
1:46:29 - Thank God for Bitcoin
1:54:59 - No Agenda
1:58:59 - These timestamps took a lot of condensing
2:00:11 - Drugs, digital and pharmaceutical
2:08:05 - v4v thunderdome
2:29:12 - Truth For The Commoner
2:30:56 - Meetups
2:30:58 - We're gonna win

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#408: The Truth About Renewable Energy with Brian Gitt

Mon, 27 Mar 2023 13:00:33 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Brian Gitt to discuss the flawed ideological approach behind ESG mandates and renewable energies.

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5:23 - California emissions and electric cars
14:08 - Material supply for EVs
16:21 - California's oil hypocrisy
21:15 - EGS mandates don't preserve environment or help human life
27:06 - Nuclear safety
32:48 - Small modular reactors
48:52 - Wind and solar subsidies
52:52 - Ranting on batteries
55:08 - Unreliable and inefficient renewables
1:04:05 - Top down ideological policy
1:09:27 - Regulations are the root of the problem
1:14:11 - Questioning beliefs and educating
1:19:25 - Money and energy are the backbone
1:25:23 - Speaking out
1:29:56 - Plugs, wrapping up

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#407: FedNow is not a CBDC with Matthew Mežinskis

Thu, 23 Mar 2023 18:01:01 GMT

Sitting down with Matthew Mežinskis to discuss the Q4 2022 Monetary Base update, the banking crisis, CBDCs, and more

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9:14 - Q4 update, just in time for Q1
13:32 - Bitcoin price
22:29 - The results of raising interest
24:42 - Bond duration risk
32:30 - QE5
34:40 - Choke Point 2.0
38:14 - Balaji's price prediction
46:53 - FedNow
55:04 - CDBC destroying big banks
1:00:09 - US state rights
1:05:21 - Flaring natural gas
1:11:00 - Blood in the water, Bitcoin is the way out
1:19:18 - Custodia Bank
1:27:17 - Black markets and civil disobedience
1:31:09 - Monetary base
1:39:09 - Back to CBDCs
1:45:33 - Bitcoin's rank in monetary base
1:47:22 - We're gonna win
1:59:39 - Gold and Silver
2:06:19 - Wrapping up

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#406: Debt-Based Colonialism and Structural Adjustment with Alex Gladstein

Mon, 20 Mar 2023 13:00:29 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Alex Gladstein to discuss how the IMF and World Bank harness debt to funnel resources from poor nations to rich ones.

Alex's article on Bitcoin Magazine: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/imf-world-bank-repress-poor-countries

Alex's Essays: https://alexgladstein.com/

Alex Gladstein at HRF: https://hrf.org/team/alex-gladstein/

5:26 - In town for SXSW talking about CFA franc
10:06 - Colonial exploitation
17:21 - Transfer of control of energy
19:51 - Outsourcing the cost
28:24 - The unrecorded losses
36:38 - Structural Adjustment
42:36 - What it could look like without the current system
49:32 - Double standard
52:51 - Bitcoin fixes this
1:01:13 - No political solution
1:04:16 - Odious debt
1:10:10 - Biological effect of wage deflation
1:12:30 - Bitcoin fixes this - again
1:20:00 - Wrapping up

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#405: The Biden Laptop Report with Garrett Ziegler

Sat, 18 Mar 2023 18:26:53 GMT

Sitting down with Garrett Ziegler to discuss the Biden laptop.

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5:26 - Investigating the Biden family
14:53 - Firsthand sources
17:20 - Foreign interests
26:54 - Hunter the political whore
29:31 - Not a democrat/republican issue
34:58 - Legal action against the laptop shop
38:45 - Fake info
41:41 - Plausibility of forgetting the laptop
45:06 - Laundering money through Ukraine VC
48:51 - Joe is the main story
52:28 - IPhone backup
56:33 - What are intentions of the agencies?
58:23 - Joe's dementia
1:01:24 - What can be done
1:05:05 - What Americans should take away
1:07:55 - Secret daughters
1:09:52 - Gerontocracy
1:15:36 - Hope for the future
1:18:16 - International trade
1:22:46 - Climate nonsense
1:26:06 - Truth For The Commoner
1:31:42 - Garrett won't apologize
1:34:24 - Wrap up/plugs

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#404: Thinking Beyond the Crowd with Konstantin Kisin

Wed, 15 Mar 2023 13:00:40 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Konstantin Kisin to discuss woke culture, covid hysteria, comedy, Ukraine, and more.

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6:06 - Thinking beyond the crowd
9:08 - The democratic response to Covid
14:57 - The next few years will shape the next half century
20:05 - Flaws in Bitcoin
27:13 - Escaping the Current Thing dichotomy
32:24 - Generational differences
36:51 - Calming the urgency to assess
45:51 - Comedy
49:41 - State of the UK
51:21 - People are tiring of woke culture
52:54 - Ukraine
1:04:54 - Baltic history
1:09:00 - Hong Kong
1:11:13 - Dangers of nihilism
1:16:21 - Plugs and wrapping up

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#403: Dissecting the Banking Crisis with Parker Lewis

Mon, 13 Mar 2023 17:29:50 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Parker Lewis to break down the causes of the banking crisis from first principles.

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9:15 - Is it happening?
11:40 - The Fed caused bank failures, not crypto
19:15 - SVB balance sheet
24:49 - History of bank cash assets
30:07 - How QE is done without QE
38:51 - The cycles accelerate every time
44:52 - The system is built for moral hazard
49:39 - Trust in traditional money is failing
57:06 - Will Bitcoin be blamed?
1:00:54 - Bitcoiners shouldn't waste their time
1:03:42 - Bitcoin's most important next steps
1:09:57 - Bitcoin Takeover
1:13:34 - Bitcoin is more important than ever
1:18:12 - QE5 is here
1:23:13 - Wrapping up

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#402: The Fed Is Losing Money with Lyn Alden

Fri, 10 Mar 2023 14:00:20 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Lyn Alden to discuss the state of the Federal Reserve and inflation.

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7:12 - The myth of inflation and unemployment
13:39 - The problem with CPI as a metric
21:59 - Does the US have the fiscal capability to handle Fed policy?
26:04 - Nations abandoning USD reserve
31:30 - Bitcoin not yet big enough to settle international trade
34:07 - Lyn's view on current bitcoin
38:03 - Fedi pools and other centralizing factors
41:06 - Emerging markets driving adoption
44:44 - Supply side issues
47:38 - Fed unprofitable
51:39 - Glimmers of hope
55:52 - Will energy policy change?
1:08:58 - War drums
1:13:30 - Highlighting the solutions through Bitcoin
1:15:41 - Fed blindspots
1:20:16 - Wrapping up, plugs

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#401: Inflation Hitting The Real Estate Market and Bitcoin Urbanism with Kelly Lannan

Wed, 08 Mar 2023 14:00:13 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Kelly Lannan to discuss the condition of infrastructure and the real estate market during this period of inflation, as well as Bitcoin Urbanism.

Follow Kelly on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ktlannan

9:55 - Riffing on infrastructure

17:18 - Current condition of real estate

22:43 - Marty asks question, are we in the eye of the storm?

27:04 - New home buyers are screwed

32:44 - Stopping the cycle with bitcoin

35:51 - Inflation is real, believe your lying eyes

45:42 - Debt slavery

49:03 - No man's land

50:46 - Hyperinflation looks near

56:57 - Diverting attention

1:01:18 - Bitcoin Urbanism

1:13:59 - Real estate is a shitcoin

1:16:14 - Strong Towns

1:19:08 - 15 Minute Cities

1:30:06 - The state of digital tech masks how bad it is

1:38:08 - California's decline

1:45:19 - Bitcoin fixes this

1:51:26 - Building on bitcoin

1:56:22 - Bullish vibes, plugs, wrapping up

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#400: We're Gonna Win Against Broken Money and Broken Culture with @sovereignbrah

Mon, 06 Mar 2023 14:00:39 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Chase, AKA Sovereign Brah, to discuss broken money, degenerate culture, energy, Bitcoin, and God.

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0:00 - Intro
5:37 - Divine Synchronicity
12:57 - Children are artillery against degenerate culture
20:58 - Broken money
27:03 - Debt slavery
31:30 - Threats to mining
35:39 - Future of Texas
38:19 - Ed Dowd's theory
42:33 - Awakening NPCs
51:48 - Blackpilled on leaders
54:35 - Whitepilled on Bitcoin
59:49 - Streaming sats
1:06:31 - Censorship resistance
1:13:44 - We're gonna win
1:20:35 - Who are we up against?
1:34:58 - Spreading the word
1:41:16 - Don't be a coomer
1:43:29 - Energy humiliation
1:48:11 - Carbon
1:54:37 - Nuclear
2:00:35 - Beef Initiative
2:01:51 - Wrapping up

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#399: Bitcoin Mining is Igniting an Engineering Renaissance with Rete and Isaac from Cathedra

Thu, 02 Mar 2023 14:00:02 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Rete Browning and Isaac Fithian from Cathedra to discuss the origins of off-grid bitcoin mining, their findings on over/underclocking ASICs, and the direction the mining industry is headed.

Check out Cathedra: https://www.cathedra.com/

7:38 - Great American Mining: Origins
18:24 - The state of off grid mining
22:17 - Designing for diverse domains
24:01 - Deadly details
31:09 - Pioneer challenges
34:57 - Applying bitcoin and mining everywhere
39:52 - Cathedra research on over/underclocking
48:29 - How heat affects chips
53:34 - Finding the sweet spot
56:47 - The future of mining and energy
1:12:55 - Changing the ASIC market
1:19:40 - Bullish vibes, creating an engineering renaissance
1:31:27 - Wrapping up

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#398: Replit, AI, and Bitcoin with Amjad Masad

Wed, 01 Mar 2023 14:00:33 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Amjad Masad to discuss Replit, why AI is not to be feared, and how it merges with Bitcoin to provide hope.

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Check out Replit: https://replit.com/

5:43- The beginning of Replit
13:46 - Replit's utility
15:34 - Replit's goals
22:03 - The marriage of bounties, bitcoin and AI
29:09 - Stakwork
31:37 - Is AI a Pandora's Box?
41:09 - AI impact on workforce
44:55 - Incoming social changes
53:01 - Bitcoin is hope, the way out must be built
58:17 - What's needed to drive bitcoin adoption?

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#397: Nostr and Lightning Are The Real Web 3.0 with Myles Snider

Tue, 21 Feb 2023 19:07:50 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Myles Snider for a very bullish discussion of Nostr and the Lightning Network.

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8:40 - Nostr's improved a lot
17:16 - The business opportunity of Nostr
19:46 - What makes a good relay?
24:15 - Nostr+LN is the real web 3.0
34:30 - Myles's background
37:35 - Proof of Stake is bad for the soul
44:28 - Finding LN
50:35 - Kollider
1:07:42 - Ordinals
1:18:37 - Bullish on lightning
1:35:46 - Nostr wishlist
1:42:53 - Wrapping up

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#396: How To Get Hired In Bitcoin with Bitcoin Talent Co.

Thu, 16 Feb 2023 14:00:59 GMT

Join Marty has he sits down with Andy Thompson and Michael Tanguma from Bitcoin Talent Co. to discuss the process of finding talented individuals to work for bitcoin companies.

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6:52 - Andy's background
11:00 - Bitcoin's intellectual capital bottleneck
14:55 - Reaching out for talent
20:14 - Understanding bitcoiners offers an edge
23:06 - Education
27:42 - Recruiters are the first laid off
29:46 - Recruiting pains in rapidly growing companies
32:09 - Back to education
36:25 - Crediting contributors
40:24 - Addressing concerns of bitcoin being too niche
44:15 - Everyone's going to need bitcoin knowledge
49:10 - BTCo just launched, what's next?
51:22 - The design bounty
52:56 - Comparison to jobs boards and general recruitment industry
59:38 - Common blunders in recruiting
1:05:25 - HEY YOU! Get a bitcoin job!
1:07:01 - Final thoughts

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#395: How The Jabs Killed Gut Health with Dr. Sabine Hazan

Wed, 08 Feb 2023 14:00:47 GMT

Join Marty has he sits down with Dr. Sabine Hazan to discuss microbiomes, the damaged caused to gut health by both Covid and the vaccine, and standing up for the truth.

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Dr. Hazan's book: https://letstalkshit.org/

6:31 - Broad explanation of microbiomes
11:11 - Observations during Covid
17:17 - Jabs kill microbiome
21:16 - Trusting compliant messengers over dissonant doctors
28:47 - Humanity medically shot itself in the foot
31:13 - How to regrow (and technical hiccups)
33:14 - Freedom and truth
40:06 - Keeping your body healthy
46:43 - Wrapping up, plugs

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#394: Warrior Cultures, True Friendship, Bitcoin and Austrian Economics with Aleks Svetski

Fri, 03 Feb 2023 14:00:18 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Aleks Svetski to discuss vol. 5 of The Bitcoin Times, as well as the impact modernity has had on male bonds, the values Bitcoiners should instill in the future, and narrowing focus as one gets older.

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Check out The Bitcoin Times: https://bitcointimes.io/

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5:22 - The time for wandering is over
8:08 - Defining friendship
12:06 - The bonds of warrior cultures
15:29 - Bushido of Bitcoin
17:58 - The impact of schooling
23:11 - Quality over quantity, the value of restraint
30:13 - Moral corruption
40:35 - The Bitcoin Times vol. 5: The Austrian Edition
48:47 - Next edition: Energy
54:40 - Climate LARPing and "sustainable" energy
1:05:53 - Order and entropy
1:08:24 - The Twitter hazard
1:10:51 - Narrowing focus
1:16:33 - How to sell running a node
1:23:52 - Plugs

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#393: Value 4 Value Music with Sam & Michael from Wavlake

Tue, 31 Jan 2023 14:00:28 GMT

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.

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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
1:28:15 - Plugs and final thoughts

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#392: Resisting Online Surveillance with Viktor from IVPN

Mon, 30 Jan 2023 14:00:30 GMT

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.

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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

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#391: The Epidemic of Sudden Deaths with Ed Dowd

Thu, 26 Jan 2023 14:00:39 GMT

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.

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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

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#390: Animal-Based Skincare and Regenerative Agriculture with Charles Mayfield

Tue, 24 Jan 2023 14:00:57 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Charles Mayfield to discuss Farrow Skincare, animal vs plant-based fats, and regenerative farming.

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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 - Adaptability
1:57:34 - Wrapping up

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#389: Hydroelectric Bitcoin Mining is Changing Lives in Congo's National Park with Adam Popescu

Wed, 18 Jan 2023 14:00:02 GMT

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.

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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

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#388: OP_VAULT and Bitcoin Governance with James O'Beirne

Mon, 16 Jan 2023 20:56:33 GMT

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.

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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

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#387: Building Lightning Network Infrastructure with Graham Krizek from Voltage

Thu, 12 Jan 2023 14:00:32 GMT

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.

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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

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#386: 3D Printing and CryptoCloaks with Rick V

Tue, 10 Jan 2023 14:00:40 GMT

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.

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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

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#385: 2022: Year In Review with David Collum

Sun, 08 Jan 2023 14:00:11 GMT

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.

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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?
2:18:28 - If everyone's mad at the start of the recession, what does the bottom look like?
2:21:00 - Talking monetization
2:24:34 - Bitcoin vs gold
2:31:50 - Family dynamics changed by economy
2:35:59 - Mining bitcoin
2:39:32 - Bullish on nuclear
2:44:29 - Marty is a lesbian woman with two children
2:46:06 - dog
2:52:04 - Ukraine
2:55:51 - Moon landing and flat earth
3:00:29 - Dinner time for dog

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#384: Nostr Got 1.4B Sats From Jack Dorsey And Banned From Twitter with jb55

Mon, 19 Dec 2022 19:46:47 GMT

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.

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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

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#383: Bitcoin: A Work In Progress with Sjors Provoost

Fri, 16 Dec 2022 14:00:10 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Sjors to discuss a million little bitcoin rabbit holes.

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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 In Progress
1:41:59 - AI writers
1:46:44 - What happened with bitcoin core v0.24.0
1:47:39 - Checkpoints
1:52:36 - Bitcoin's upcoming 14th birthday
1:53:39 - Regulatory attacks
1:58:25 - Circular economy helps with privacy
1:59:48 - Countries switching to bitcoin
2:04:04 - Blocked by Taleb
2:05:28 - Ending

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#382: The Dematerialization of Money with Jesse Myers

Wed, 14 Dec 2022 14:00:50 GMT

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.

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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

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#381: Q3 2022 Monetary Base Update with Matthew Mežinskis

Wed, 07 Dec 2022 14:00:44 GMT

Join Marty as he sits back down with Matthew Mežinskis of Porkopolis Economics to discuss the Q2 2022 monetary base update.

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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

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#380: The Swiss Government Lied About Jabs with Pascal Najadi

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 18:07:47 GMT

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.

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#379: From Neuroscience to Bitcoin Proof of Reserves with Sam Abbassi

Mon, 05 Dec 2022 14:00:40 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Sam Abbassi to discuss building Hoseki, the potential austerity of a hyperbitcoinized world, and weird brain stuff.

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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

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#378: Building a Billion Dollar Payments Company with Ryan Breslow

Fri, 02 Dec 2022 14:00:42 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Ryan Breslow to discuss Bolt, Love, and the AI Singularity.

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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

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#377: Is Bitcoin Violence? with Jason Lowery

Tue, 29 Nov 2022 00:27:53 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Jason Lowery to discuss whether or not bitcoin is violence.

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#376: The Texas Hedge with Parker Lewis

Sat, 19 Nov 2022 00:00:02 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Parker Lewis to discuss the fallout of the FTX collapse.

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#375: Keeping Your Bitcoin Safe From Exchanges with Phil Geiger

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 19:30:26 GMT

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.

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#374: Bitkit, Hypercore, and RBF with John Carvalho

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 22:56:09 GMT

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.

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#373: The Energy of Nations with John Constable

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 20:00:44 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with John Constable to discuss the economics of renewable energy.

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#372: Taliban Merch and Spy Encounters with Lord Miles

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 13:00:23 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Lord Miles to discuss his Afgani imports, outsmarting Kenyan police, and the state of the US empire.

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#371: In-Person Maximalism with Rod Bitkite

Tue, 25 Oct 2022 13:00:04 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Rod to discuss Bitcoin Park, building businesses, and the trials of mining.

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#370: Deezy and Tao Wallet with Danny Diekroeger

Mon, 24 Oct 2022 13:00:00 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Danny Diekroeger to discuss his new projects after leaving Cashapp.

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#369: Bolt.Fun and Bitcoin's Inherent Social Network with Johns and Ed from Peakshift

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 13:00:58 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Johns and Ed from Peakshift to discuss Bolt.Fun. They dive into educational UX, ways to attracts new devs to Bitcoin, and the ways Bitcoin provides value beyond western countries.

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#368: Powell's Shadow War With Davos with Tom Luongo

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 13:00:07 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Tom Luongo to discuss the monstrous web of events that point to the Federal Reserve's opposition to the Davos plan.

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#367: Taking Responsibility For Your Health with Andy Schoonover

Mon, 17 Oct 2022 13:00:37 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Andy Schoonover to discuss an alternative to the broken healthcare system. They dive into the impact of obesity on American health, the poor incentives in medicine, and building a company in an industry full of red tape.

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#366: The Colossal Multisig with Paul Miller

Wed, 12 Oct 2022 16:42:31 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Paul Miller to discuss the 998 of 999 multisig. They also discuss early days of podcasting, educating users through UX, and whether Bitcoin was divine intervention.

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#365: Luxor Mining and Bitcoin Hashrate Derivatives with Matt Williams

Tue, 11 Oct 2022 13:00:36 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Matt Williams to discuss Forward Contracts. They dive into the details of hedging strategy, the software of forwards contracts, and the connection between mining companies and the energy industry.

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#364: The Sovereign Debt Crisis is Imploding in Real Time with Greg Foss

Mon, 10 Oct 2022 13:00:33 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Greg Foss to discuss the ongoing financial chaos.

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#363: Standing up to Big Food with Texas Slim

Tue, 04 Oct 2022 15:43:25 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Texas Slim to discuss all things food intelligence. They dive into the many conferences organized by the Beef Initiative, the cartoon world of modern supermarkets, and breaking your addiction to food.

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#362: Debifi with Max Keidun

Mon, 03 Oct 2022 17:30:14 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Max Keidun to discuss the new Debifi platform. They also discuss the Baltic Honeybadger Conference and future prospects for Debifi and Hodl Hodl.

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#361: Tether, Holepunch, and Keet with Paolo Ardoino

Wed, 28 Sep 2022 19:15:31 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Paolo Ardoino to discuss the history of Tether and Bitfinex. They also discuss Tether's role in hyperbitcoinization, Holepunch and Keet, and how private key authentication can help the internet become far more P2P.

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#360: Resurrecting the Libertarian Party with Angela McArdle

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 13:00:14 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Angela McArdle to discuss the resurrection of the libertarian party. They also discuss how bitcoin plays a critical role in the conscious uncoupling, asymmetric warfare, and how grassroots libertarianism is the next wave.

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#359: Sustainable Debt Slavery with Whitney Webb and Iain Davis

Fri, 16 Sep 2022 12:00:38 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Whitney Webb and Iain Davis to discuss their new series on Sustainable Development Goals. They also discuss the Rockefellers being behind the UN, the destruction of Central America's environment under the guise of sustainability and how to dismantle climate narratives.

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#358: Q2 2022 Monetary Base Update with Matthew Mežinskis

Thu, 15 Sep 2022 00:01:24 GMT

Join Marty as he sits back down with Matthew Mežinskis of Porkopolis Economics to discuss the Q2 2022 monetary base update.

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#357: The ESG Narrative is Failing with Tracy Shuchart

Fri, 09 Sep 2022 13:00:57 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Tracy Shuchart (@chigrl) to discuss the ESG backlash happening across the world. They also discuss how flattening the curve, growth recession is the new narrative and why natural gas is the perfect transition tool for emerging markets.

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#356: The UnCommunist Manifesto with Mark Moss

Wed, 31 Aug 2022 13:00:09 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Mark Moss to discuss why the world is in a devolution revolution. They also discuss how trust evaporated around the world, if the USA is resembling the USSR and why we are living in a war of information.

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#355: A different approach to lightning micropayments with Jared Nusinoff

Mon, 29 Aug 2022 13:00:42 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Jared to discuss how Mash can help content creators earn more with lightning. They also discuss if lightning can fix ads, if Nick Szabo micro-transactions thesis is false and just how early everyone is building on lightning.

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#354: Adventures in war zone countries with Lord Miles

Wed, 24 Aug 2022 16:53:23 GMT

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#353: One nation under blackmail with Whitney Webb

Mon, 22 Aug 2022 16:00:02 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Whitney Webb to discuss her new book, One Nation Under Blackmail. They also discuss just how deep the Jeffery Epstein rabbit hole goes, Bush and Clinton crime family and who was Mark Middleton?

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#352: Freedom of speech in the digital age with Preston Byrne

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 13:00:52 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Preston Byrne to discuss the Tornado Cash sanctions taking place, whether a precedent was just set for developers and what freedom of speech is in the digital age.

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#351: Heading toward an inflection point with London Paul

Wed, 10 Aug 2022 13:00:30 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with London Paul to discuss if the world is heading toward an inflection point, whether the inflation reduction act is a point of no return and what does the endgame for the state of the world look like.

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#350: There is no climate emergency with Dr. William Happer

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 13:00:40 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Dr. William Happer to discuss if we are in a climate crisis, whether the planet can sustain human growth and why the push away from hydro carbons.

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#349: 18-months to counterpunch with Texas Slim

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 17:51:30 GMT

Join Marty as he sits back down with Texas Slim to discuss the push to consolidate the US ranching industry, why we have 18-months to fight back, and the push to eat the bugs.

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#348: Building "Web 3.0" the right way on Nostr with jb55

Mon, 01 Aug 2022 12:00:07 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with jb55 to discuss building distributed apps on Nostr that monetize via the Lightning Network.

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#347: The next chapter of Slush Pool with Jan Čapek

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 12:00:54 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Jan Čapek, co-founder of Braiins, to discuss the transition away from Slush Pool and everything going on in the mining world.

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#346: Diving into FediMint with the Fedi team

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 13:00:43 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with the Fedi team to discuss FediMints.

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#345: There will be Bitcoin with Griffin Haby

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 13:00:47 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Griffin Haby to discuss an oil man's journey to bitcoin mining.

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#344: The dollar is strong and the economy is weak with Luke Gromen

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 16:50:57 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Luke Gromen to discuss the state of the world.

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#343: State of the bitcoin mining industry with Edward Evenson

Fri, 01 Jul 2022 16:07:25 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Edward Evenson from Braiins to discuss the state of the mining industry.

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#342: Dissecting the contagion with Parker Lewis

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 02:02:17 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Parker Lewis to discuss the contagion ripping through bitcoin markets and the incumbent financial system.

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#341: The death of Capitalism via three-letter acronyms with Vivek Ramaswamy

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 20:12:23 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Vivek Ramaswamy, Co-founder and Executive Chairman of Strive Asset Management, to discuss the death of modern day capitalism.

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#340: Truth in an insane world with Dr. Brooke Miller

Tue, 21 Jun 2022 22:10:53 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Dr. Brooke Miller to discuss the insanity of today's world in the context of cattle ranching and medical tyranny.

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#339: The importance of bitcoin self-custody with Tyler Campbell

Sat, 18 Jun 2022 22:11:08 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Tyler Campbell from Unchained Capital to discuss the importance of bitcoin self-custody and multisig and what it's been like onboarding hundreds of people to Unchained's collaborative custody products.

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#338: Powering the future with Daniel Turner

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 16:59:41 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Daniel Turner from Power the Future to discuss the state of energy policy in America and how we can move forward.

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#337: Q1 2022 Monetary Base Update with Matthew Mežinskis

Wed, 08 Jun 2022 22:20:43 GMT

Join Marty as he sits back down with Matthew Mežinskis of Porkopolis Economics to discuss the Q1 2022 monetary base update.

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#336: A Texas history lesson with Texas Slim and Parker Lewis

Thu, 26 May 2022 19:04:08 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Texas Slim and Parker Lewis to discuss the history of Texas.

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#335: The overlooked tradeoffs of "renewable" energy with Brian Gitt

Mon, 23 May 2022 18:25:58 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Brian Gitt to discuss the overlooked tradeoffs of "renewable" energy.

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Rabbit Hole Recap #200: The podcast stream has officially been moved

Thu, 19 May 2022 22:02:03 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- financial leaders of 44 countries meet in El Salvador to discuss bitcoin

- Luna foundation sold 80000 bitcoin amid "stablecoin" crash

- texas pacific land corp announces bitcoin mining venture

- canaan revenues increased by [237%](https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/05/19/mining-rig-maker-canaan-q1-revenue-more-than-triples/ - cambridge releases new mining data numbers https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/insight/2022/bitcoin-mining-new-data-reveal-a-surprising-resurgence/)

- cambridge numbers are flawed

- EU wants to scan all your private messages

- summer of bitcoin mentorship program gets over 20K applicants

- bitcoin education initiative launches in 40 high schools in Argentina

- coincorner releases Bolt Card, a lightning payment card

- Brink funds Michael Ford

- BitMEX extends Gleb Naumenko's grant

- a guide for bitcoin open source grant seekers

- Ministry of Nodes Bitcoin Node Box Guide 2022

- bitcoin seed tool v1.0.5

- sparrow wallet v1.6.4

- gloria zhao releases package relay proposal

- pieter wuille on private authentication protocols

- new stablecoin backed by coldcards

- this month in bitcoin privacy

- fiatjaf on lightning penalty transactions

- adopting bitcoin 2022 announced

- mccormack releases film about el salvador

- how bitcoin should be upgraded in the future

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- Former lead of Facebook's shitcoin project launches lightning project https://www.lightspark.com

- SBF buys 7.6% stake in Robinhood https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/05/12/ftx-ceo-sam-bankman-fried-buys-56m-position-in-robinhood/

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#334: Energy, food, ESG, and Bitcoin with Doomberg

Wed, 18 May 2022 19:48:47 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Doomberg to discuss the unfolding energy and food crises, the nature of ESG, and bitcoin.

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#333: Building beautiful small towns on a Bitcoin Standard with Jaime "the storefront guy"

Mon, 16 May 2022 20:09:58 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Jaime "the storefront guy" to discuss building strong local communities with beautiful aesthetics and sound money.

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Rabbit Hole Recap 199: Bitcoin is dead, we're cancelling the show

Thu, 12 May 2022 20:07:00 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- terra "stablecoin" blows up

- treasury sanctions custodial bitcoin mixer blender(.)io

- cashapp $1.73B in bitcoin sales Q1, $43M profit

- coinbase $309B volume Q1, $430M loss

- chainalysis valued at $8.6B

- joinmarket v0.9.6

- arti v0.3.0 Tor rust client

- casa launches api

- rusty russell releases alternative covenants proposal

- conversation with rusty on his proposal on dispatch

- spiral post on supporting open source

- georgetown law research shows ICE tracks 75% of Americans

- grayscale privately met with SEC trying to get GBTC approved as an etf

- costa rica declares national emergency over ransomware attacks

- CD64: BIP119, CTV, and the bitcoin development process with @rusty_twit and @brian_trollz
- brian armstrong thread

- ishares high yield

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#332: Developing bitcoin developers with Kyle Murphy and Lisa Neigut

Wed, 11 May 2022 18:24:49 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Kyle Murphy and Lisa Neigut to discuss what it takes to attract and train bitcoin developers who go on to build companies.

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#331: The state of global energy markets with Anas Alhajji

Mon, 09 May 2022 19:26:01 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Anas Alhajji to discuss the state of global energy markets.

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#330: Preventative care with Dr. Mary Caire

Fri, 06 May 2022 17:25:32 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Dr. Mary Caire to discuss the perverse incentives of the pharmaceutical industry.

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Rabbit Hole Recap #198: The government spies and lies

Thu, 05 May 2022 21:17:01 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- coinbase launches revamped surveillance product

- SEC doubles size of "crypto assets" unit

- cdc tracked the location of millions of americans without a warrant

- fbi did millions of searches of americans data last year without a warrant

- bitcoin mining council submits letter to EPA

- how women view bitcoin

- mycitadel v1.0

- seed tool v1.0.4

- tor [v0.4.7.7](https://blog.torproject.org/congestion-contrl-047/ - mk4 shipping + new firmware)

- cold card upgrade

- lightning multiplexer

- new lightning only vpn

- voltage podcast index study

- Mexican bitcoin exchange Tauros adds lightning

- currency of last resort by gladstein

- paypal being used to censor speech

- all internet and payment providers ordered to block three streaming sites by federal judge

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#329: Back to basics with the TFTC Godfather Louis Roberts

Wed, 04 May 2022 20:56:41 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Louis Roberts to reminisce about the last five years of TFTC.

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#328: The pitfalls of the Fiat Standard with Dr. Saifedean Ammous

Tue, 03 May 2022 20:13:35 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Dr. Saifedean Ammous to discuss the pitfalls of the Fiat Standard.

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#327: Healthcare on a Bitcoin Standard with Andy Schoonover

Tue, 03 May 2022 02:39:05 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Andy Schoonover, CEO of CrowdHealth, to discuss the problems with the health care system, how CrowdHealth is providing better product, and how bitcoin can fix the health insurance industry.

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Rabbit Hole Recap #197: The Disinformation Governance Board is here to tell you how to think

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 20:54:29 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- ukraine central bank bans bitcoin

- binance and the FSB

- HRF announces five bitcoin in new grants

- central african republic makes bitcoin a legal tender

- bitcoin core v23.0

- btcpay v1.5.0

- fountain podcasts v0.3.16

- braiins farm proxy reduces data [usage](https://braiins.com/blog/why-miners-need-farm-proxies- amboss launches new liquidity market called Magma )

- amboss magma

- synonym launches blocktank LSP

- americans can now pay bills through bitrefill

- bitcoin jungle in costa rica

- Apple Private Relay causes VPN leaks

- farrington: I Finance the Current Thing

- Negative GDP print

- New “Disinformation Governance Board” formed in the US

- German PPI

- Ruble strength / yen weakness

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#326: Understanding Taro with Olaoluwa Osuntokun

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 23:20:29 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Olaoluwa Osuntokun AKA @roasbeef, CTO at Lightning Labs, to discuss Taro - Taproot Asset Representation Overlay and what it means for the LNP/BP stack.

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Rabbit Hole Recap #196: Sanctions on Russian bitcoin miners and the escalating energy and food crisis

Thu, 21 Apr 2022 21:55:36 GMT

This week Marty and Matt as they discuss:

- TSMC Raises $3.5 Billion to build facility in Arizona

- Binance Accounts of Russians with over 10K Euros will be closed in 90 days

- Russian Mining Firm Bitriver hit with sanctions

- Compass Mining announces they were using Bitriver for russian hosting and all miners will be shut off and liquidated

- NY Man running Bitcoin ATMS charged with money laundering

- Bitcoin for Local Businesses

- Bitcoin Magazine Partners with Ukranian NBA Players for Humanitarian

Relief

- Flared-Gas Bitcoin Miner Crusoe Energy Raises $350M

- CipherTrace Ransomware Report

- How Bitcoin Miners Were Airlifted From China to the US

- How Democracies Spy on their Citizens

- Yellen walking out of G20 meeting

- Food supply chain under attack

- FBI warns of ransomware attacks targeting US agriculture sector

- Global energy crisis

- Thoughts on Ukraine, The Martyrmade Podcast

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#325: Texas beef and decentralizing the food supply with Texas Slim, Cole Bolton, and Parker Lewis

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 22:00:35 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Texas Slim, Cole Bolton and Parker Lewis to discuss the decentralization of our food supply.

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#324: There is no climate emergency with Tom Nelson

Mon, 18 Apr 2022 19:56:34 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Tom Nelson to explain why there is no climate emergency.

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Rabbit Hole Recap #195: The nation state bankruptcy wave is upon us

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 20:41:10 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- Official US inflation number hits 8.5%, 40 year high

- Sri Lanka declares bankruptcy

- Eth Dev sentenced to over 5 years in jail for sanctions violation

- Strike to bring lightning to merchants

- Robinhood enables withdrawals and adds lightning support

- Bitpay adds lightning support

- Janet Yellen explains bitcoin

- CNBC on bitcoin helping refugees with cross border payments

- New bitcoin seed tool

- New Zoltan piece

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#323: The Global Spring has sprung with Tom Luongo

Tue, 12 Apr 2022 21:23:27 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Tom Luongo to discuss the state of the world.

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Rabbit Hole Recap #194: Live from the open source stage

Tue, 12 Apr 2022 21:12:39 GMT

This week Marty and Matt are in Miami for the Bitcoin 2022 Conference. They are joined live on the Open Source stage with Craig Raw, Wiz and Steve Barbour.

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#322: Building the reputation layer for social with Maciek

Wed, 06 Apr 2022 13:00:00 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Maciek of Hive one

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#321: Unapologetic freedom with Justin Rezvani and JP Sears

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 20:41:09 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Justin Rezvani and JP Sears

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Rabbit Hole Recap #193: The unjust laws are on the rise

Fri, 01 Apr 2022 20:51:26 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- EU Parliament votes for more bitcoin surveillance and restrictions

- mempool space launches new mining dashboard

- kraken adds lightning support

- new hub for bitcoin bounties

- c-lightning changes name to core lightning

- bitmex bank purchase falls through

- nix-bitcoin launches security fund

- chrome vulnerability update asap

- gitlab vulnerability update asap

- standard sats proposal

- joinmarket webui v0.0.5

- sparrow wallet v1.6.3

- btcpay server v1.4.8 fixes shopify bug

- specter v1.9.0 adds extensions

- how the freedom convoy could have used bitcoin privately

- wasabi blacklisting update

- zbd streamer

- strategic partnership between ten31 and seetee

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#320: Pushing the design limits of bitcoin with Super Testnet

Thu, 31 Mar 2022 13:00:00 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Super Testnet.

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#319: The "adults in the room" are beating the war drums with Michael Tracey

Wed, 30 Mar 2022 13:00:00 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with journalist Michael Tracey to discuss the current corporate press coverage of the Russia-Ukraine war and what the "adults in the room" are pushing for.

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#318: Circular economy, freelancing and earning bitcoin with John Zaprite

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 13:00:00 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with John from Zaprite

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Rabbit Hole Recap #192: Bitcoin Merges with the Energy Sector

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 21:58:05 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- hubspot data leak impacted 30 cryptocurrency companies including nydig, swan, and blockfi

- if you were affected by hubspot compromise read this thread

- exxon expands bitcoin mining pilot to four countries

- russia open to selling natural gas for bitcoin, gold, and non dollar fiat

- thailand announces bitcoin payments ban

- wasabi ceo says censorship decision and chain surveillance partnership was voluntary

- alby v.17.0 adds keysend support

- sparrow wallet v1.6.2 adds full bip47 support

- PR to add support for BIP47 to BDK

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#317: Exposing environmental LARPs with Mike Umbro

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 23:42:39 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Mike Umbro.

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#316: Discussing critical thinking in today's age with Edward Dowd

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 14:00:00 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Edward Dowd. I'm sitting down with to discuss critical thinking in today's age.

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Rabbit Hole Recap 191: The Gang is back in person

Thu, 17 Mar 2022 20:53:37 GMT

This week Marty and Matt are discussing:

- Unchained Data Leak

- Arthur Hayes. Energy Cancelled

- Stratum V2

- Wasabi doing chain surveillance

- Kazakhstan Mining Equipment / Did not ban proof of work

- Block releases hardware wallet info

- UK Bitcoin ATMs forcing shutdown

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#315: The return of NVK

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 21:58:54 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with NVK, the fearless leader of Coinkite, to talk about a little bit of everything.

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#314: Group hang with CK, Pete Rizzo and Dylan LeClair

Tue, 15 Mar 2022 23:57:09 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with CK, Pete Rizzo and Dylan LeClair from Bitcoin Magazine to talk about Bitcoin 2022 and building BTC Media into what it is today.

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#313: The financial costs of war with Alex Gladstein

Tue, 15 Mar 2022 23:37:31 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Alex Gladstein to discuss how America has funded its wars over the last 70 years.

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#312: The popping of the 100 year sovereign debt bubble with Luke Gromen

Mon, 14 Mar 2022 22:32:42 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Luke Gromen to discuss the global sovereign debt bubble that has been building for a century and why it may be beginning to pop.

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Rabbit Hole Recap #190: Sanctions and the fall of the dollar

Thu, 10 Mar 2022 21:56:05 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- biden executive order is a nothing burger

- 600K azteco locations in Nigeria, azteco locations in Canada

- ukraine buys military gear with cryptocurrencies directly

- warren crafts bill targeting cryptocurrency in russia sanctions

- coinbase on their compliance and surveillance protocol

- ftx on their compliance and surveillance protocol

- senators look to lock down russias gold reserves

- credit suisse "bretton woods II"

- new initiative to roll out mesh nets in ukraine

- bisq v1.8.4

- twitter adds native Tor support

- foundation devices teases new hardware and app

- bitmex cofounder sam reed pleads guilty to bank secrecy violation

- Bitcoin and U.S. National Security: An Assessment of Bitcoin as a Strategic Opportunity for the [United States](https://global-uploads.webflow.com/61d2416d1d63f07ecbfd010c/6227990b73b93e046dc55e2e_Bitcoin and U.S. National Security.pdf)

- bitcoin and cuban embargo

- secret surveillance program collects americans money transfer data

- ministry of nodes: starting your bitcoin journey

- Cathedra shareholder letter

- odell coindesk interview on privacy

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#311: Surging commodities prices, de-dollarization and bitcoin with Lawrence Lepard

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 20:02:28 GMT

Join Marty as he sits back down with Lawrence Lepard and discuss surging commodities prices, de-dollarization and bitcoin.

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#310: Q4 2021 monetary base update and the macro landscape with Matthew Mežinskis

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 19:58:25 GMT

Join Marty as he sits back down with Matthew Mežinskis to discuss the Q4 2021 monetary base update and the macro landscape.

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Rabbit Hole Recap #189: Ti wuz here

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 00:34:18 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- how bitcoin helped a Ukraine refugee escape

- powell mentions need for more bitcoin regs due to sanction

- biden admin asking crypto exchanges to help ensure russians are not breaking sanctions

- visa and mastercard block russian banks from networks

- rust bip47 library

- robosats p2p exchange

- bitmex founders plead guilty, $10M fine, 6-12 months prison, each

- zeus v0.6.0

- sparrow v1.6.0

- raspiblitz v1.7.2

- umbrel v0.4.15

- block reports $1.96B bitcoin sales last quarter

- intel's new asic expected to be cheaper and 15% more efficient than S19 Pro

- this month in bitcoin privacy

- war funding by gladstein

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#309: An alternative perspective on the state of the world with London Paul

Mon, 28 Feb 2022 18:35:29 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with London Paul to discuss what is happening in the world right now. Are sanctions effective? What led us to this situation? Is de-dollarization accelerating?

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Rabbit Hole Recap #188: Chaos in the world

Fri, 25 Feb 2022 00:01:07 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- Russia Ukraine Conflict

- Canada Protest

- Marty on Tucker Carlson

- Wasabi Wallet De-mix

- "Okay So Your Bank Account Is Frozen" Starter Pack

- Lightning Labs

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#308: Becoming un-cancelable with Mark Jeftovic

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 20:26:30 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Mark Jeftovic to discuss Bitcoin, tyranny in Canada, and becoming un-cancelable.

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Rabbit Hole Recap #187: Freedom Money

Fri, 18 Feb 2022 00:59:05 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- Canada uses "emergency powers" to target bank accounts, bitcoin, funding, and insurance of protestors

- Bitcoin protest fundraiser voluntarily shuts down while they determine best way to distribute funds

- Canadian RCMP issues blacklist notice for bitcoin addresses connected to protest

- Apple patches zero day exploit, update your devices

- Biden expected to issue an executive order related to bitcoin regulation next week

- US Gov seizes $7B held by Afghan Central Bank

- secret unapproved cia data collection program exposed

- UN negotiating new "cybercrime" treaty

- GRIID, Argo, and Block to be first customers of intel mining chip

- ConocoPhillips selling previously flared nat gas to bitcoin miners

- Congressman Davidson introduces bill to protect private bitcoin usage

- more info on bitfinex hack investigation released

- proposed US bill targets el salvadors bitcoin adoption

- fbi to form new bitcoin surveillance and seizure focused unit

- btcpayserver v.1.4.5:

- bitcoin-s v1.9.0:

- galoy money v0.1.21:

- lightning terminal v0.6.3-alpha:

- mercury wallet v0.6.4:

- nix bitcoin v0.0.66:

- thoughts on cashapps lightning user flow

- satsxsw hackathon announced, march 12th and 13th

- fidelity launches bitcoin ETP in Europe, ticker FBTC

- swan launches bitcoin canon education portal

- coldcard announces $25K bounty for a react native nfc implementation

- blockfi agrees to pay $100M fine to SEC

- open source dashboard for asic prices

#307: Medical censorship with Doc Woods

Wed, 16 Feb 2022 22:19:04 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Dr. Woods, a career long physician who had was fired for prescribing medicine.

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#306: Bitcoin in Ohio with Josh Mandel

Mon, 14 Feb 2022 21:23:57 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Josh Mandel, Republican Senate Candidate out of Ohio, to discuss Bitcoin, populism, and the inner workings of Ohio politics.

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#305: Fire, Bitcoin and Teleportation with Aleks Svetski

Fri, 11 Feb 2022 19:18:48 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Aleks Svetski to discuss the parallels between fire, bitcoin and teleportation.

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Rabbit Hole Recap #186: High inflation, beautiful honking and rising taxes on miners

Fri, 11 Feb 2022 00:22:04 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- married couple arrested and 96K bitcoin seized over 2016 bitfinex hack

- canadian protests bitcoin fundraiser over 15 bitcoin

- KPMG Canada adds bitcoin to treasury

- Russia shares bitcoin regulation plan

- bitcoin design guide v2 launched

- Kazakhstan floats 500% tax increase on bitcoin miners

- EARN IT Bill proposed to scan all online messages

- sensei lightning node implementation released

- cypherpunkpay v1.0.13

- lnd v0.4.2-beta

- electrs v0.9.5

- lnbits v0.6.0

- btcpayserver v1.4.4

- umbrel v0.4.14

- blixt v0.4.1

- galoy v0.1.9

- mercury wallet v0.6.2

- hexa wallet v2.0.69

- whirlpool v0.10.13

- valkyrie bitcoin miners etf launches with ticker WGMI

- deventralized social media project bluesky announces independent Public Benefit LLC and board members

- kraken funding full time bitcoin rust maintainer

- Bitcoin is funding Ukraine defense

- fountain podcaster wallet launched

- opennode raises $20M, now valued at $220M

- binance buys a stake in forbes

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#304: Bitcoin and Energy with Max Gagliardi

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 21:06:05 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Max Gagliardi, host of Talk.Energy, to discuss the state of Bitcoin and energy.

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#303: Falling down the WEF rabbit hole with Jesse Matchey

Tue, 08 Feb 2022 22:17:33 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with retired Army Blackhawk Pilot Jesse Matchey to discuss the WEF rabbit hole.

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#302: The state of our food supply with Texas Slim and Cole Bolton

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 22:36:28 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Texas Slim, founder of The Beef Initiative, and Cole Bolton, founder of K&C Cattle Co, to discuss the state of the food supply.

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Rabbit Hole Recap #185: Currency crises, cold weather, and good bitcoin mining tax news

Thu, 03 Feb 2022 22:35:17 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- canadian truckers gofundme suspended "under review"

- sparrow, bluewallet, and trezor remove AOPP support

- why AOPP is a risk

- Biden considering executive order against bitcoin

- Congressman Davidson supports financial privacy

- bill introduced to make bitcoin a legal tender in arizona

- IRS signals retreat on block reward taxation

- Kraken launches proof of reserves tool

- Fulcrum electrum server much more performant than electrs or electrumx

- Saylor and Dorsey keynote

- BTCPay Server v1.4.2

- Mempool v2.3.1

- Sparrow Wallet v1.5.6

- Specter Desktop v1.8.1

- BlueWallet v6.2.18

- Eclair v0.7.0

- Umbrel v0.4.13

- Mercury Wallet v0.6.0

- Zap Android v0.5.5-beta

- Nix bitcoin v0.0.64

- proposal to remove memo's from lightning invoices

- ben's bytes dev mommy blog

- trezor has disabled web wallet, users must now use trezor suite

- FTX valued at $32B

- Shopify founder joins coinbase board

- surveillance firm ciphertrace uses honeypots

- impervious browser to launch at bitcoin 2022

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#301: A Check-in with Dave Collum

Mon, 31 Jan 2022 21:27:24 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Dave Collum to discuss the state of the world.

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#300: Doomer optimism with Tucker Max

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 19:45:34 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Tucker Max to discuss doomer optimism and Bitcoin.

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Rabbit Hole Recap #184: The IRS wants your face and the Treasury hates you

Thu, 27 Jan 2022 22:36:50 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - new bill would allow US Treasury to prohibit any transaction without public notice or input

- robinhood starts rollout of bitcoin withdrawals

- coldcard MK4 presales open

- bitcoin mining difficulty hits new all time high

- Phoenix v1.4.20

- Bisq v1.8.2

- Zap v0.7.6-beta

- Joininbox v0.6.6

- BTCPay Server v1.4.0

- nix-bitcoin v0.0.63

- Sphinx Relay v2.2.5

- Lightning Terminal v0.6.2-alpha

- satoshi energy raises 60 bitcoin with focus on bitcoin mining infrastructure

- IRS begins requiring selfies for some services using third party company

- puerto rico tax breaks for outsiders stirs outrage

- free four day passes to Bitcoin 2022 for contributors of 30 open source projects

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#299: North American mining (pools) with Alex Brammer

Thu, 27 Jan 2022 01:21:23 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Alex Brammer from Luxor Mining to discuss the state of North American Bitcoin mining.

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#298: Is it a BLIP or a BOLT with Lisa Neigut

Sat, 22 Jan 2022 14:00:00 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Lisa Neigut to discuss everything going on with the Lightning Network.

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Rabbit Hole Recap #183: Intel hopping in the Bitcoin mining game and Presidents meeting to talk Bitcoin

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 23:04:47 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- Intel to announce new bitcoin ASIC in feb

- GRIID has signed a deal with Intel for their ASICs

- BitMEX to acquire 268 year old German Bank

- Taproot funds burned

- mempool v2.3.0

- mercury wallet v0.5.9

- onionshare v2.5

- simple bitcoin wallet v2.4.27

- lightning pool v0.5.4-alpha

- umbrel v0.4.11

- tdex v1.2.4

- El Salvador Gov is using pegasus spyware against journalists

- Bukele meets withs Erdogan

- UK Gov planning publicity campaign against encrypted communication

- Ethiopia should turn to bitcoin

- Congressional Hearing on Bitcoin

- btcpolicy.org fact sheet focused on the hearing

- Citadel Dispatch will no longer be on TFTC podcast feed going forward, search Citadel Dispatch in your favorite podcast app

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#297: Becoming a cockroach in the Bitcoin mining world with AJ Scalia and Drew Armstrong

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 00:39:10 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with AJ Scalia and Drew Armstrong from Cathedra Bitcoin to discuss the Bitcoin mining world.

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#296: Messianic Bitcoin with Erik Cason

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 00:38:59 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Erik Cason to discuss Messianic Bitcoin and other cosmic topics.

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#295: Going against the mainstream narrative with Jordan Schachtel

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 20:56:16 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Jordan Schachtel, an Independent Journalist and founder of The Dossier on Substack, to discuss going against the mainstream narrative in 2022.

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Rabbit Hole Recap #182: CBDCs are treasonous and prices are rising

Thu, 13 Jan 2022 23:40:48 GMT

This week Marty and Matt:

- inflation running rampant Marty Bent,

- Argentina rolling 12-month inflation

- Turks diving in

- Legal defense fund

- Strike in Argentina

- Bill Miller is bullish

- Kazakhstan update

- electrs v0.9.4

- bluewallet v6.2.16

- mercury wallet v0.5.6

- tdex v1.2.2

- foundation passport v1.0.8

- hexa wallet v2.0.67

- samourai wallet v0.99.98b

- fidelity bullishness

- Rep Emmer no CBDC

- ESG is a plague

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#294: Gordian principles and the standardization of Bitcoin software with Christopher Allen & Wolf McNally

Thu, 13 Jan 2022 03:32:21 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Christopher Allen and Wolf McNally to discuss Gordian principles and standardization of Bitcoin software.

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Rabbit Hole Recap #181: Internet Blackouts and More Consolidation

Thu, 06 Jan 2022 22:18:54 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- internet access cut in kazakhstan in response to massive protests, 12% of hash rate disconnected

- HRF announces new round of grants

- proposal for privacy preserving reusable taproot addresses

- electrs v0.9.4

- bluewallet v6.2.16

- mercury wallet v0.5.6

- tdex v1.2.2

- foundation passport v1.0.8

- hexa wallet v2.0.67

- samourai wallet v0.99.98b

- gigi on value for value

- electrum server performance analysis

- bitcoin circular economies

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#293: Bitcoin and the Looming US Fiscal Crisis with Avik Roy

Wed, 05 Jan 2022 14:58:14 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Avik Roy, President of the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity, to discuss:

- Think tanks

- Energy policy and its affect on lower income individuals

- Education

- Healthcare

- The looming US Fiscal Crisis

- Why Bitcoin is an imperative for America moving forward

- Educating DC about the opportunities Bitcoin provides

- much more

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Rabbit Hole Recap #180: End of 2021 roundup

Thu, 30 Dec 2021 22:27:07 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- Patriots QB Mac Jones gifts bitcoin to offensive line

- Iran halts bitcoin mining until March 6th

- Log4j fix released

- RTL v0.12.0

- samourai wallet v0.99.98

- mercury wallet v0.5.3

- casa keyfest jan 5-7

- ronindojo tanto released

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#292: Diving into tbDEX with Mike Brock

Wed, 29 Dec 2021 22:21:59 GMT

Join Marty and Matt as they sit down with Mike Brock, lead at TBD, to discuss:

- What "is" and what "ought" to be

- Mike's history at Block

- How bitcoin got integrated at Cash App

- How TBD came to be

- Creating a decentralized system with limited trust in tbDEX

- Creating bitcoin on-ramps for people is a massive hurdle right now

- Is tbDEX transitional?

- much more

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Rabbit Hole Recap #179: End of year holiday chop special

Mon, 27 Dec 2021 13:21:37 GMT

Happy Holidays from Marty and Matt. Enjoy this end of year holiday chop special of Rabbit Hole Recap from 2021.

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Rabbit Hole Recap #178: We got a strike

Thu, 23 Dec 2021 22:38:35 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- SEC delays Bitwise and Grayscale spot ETF proposals

- Underground bitcoin mining is thriving in China

- HRF, Strike, Opensats announce three lightning focused

- Opensats receives approval to operate as tax deductible 501c3

- BTCPay Server v1.3.7

- Rust Lightning v0.0.104

- lnbits v0.4.0

- Specter DIY v1.6.2

- Mercury Wallet v0.5.1

- Simple Bitcoin Wallet v2.4.24

- Hexa Wallet v2.0.65

- Blockstream sponsors mempool project

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Rabbit Hole Recap #177: The gaslighting heats up

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 23:23:25 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- Jack announces independent board to run BTrust initiative funded with 500 bitcoin donation from him and Jay-Z to fund bitcoin development in Africa and India

- nonprofit "Sats Center" launches to educate regulators on bitcoin

- Surveillance company "Chainalysis" launches lightning network product

- Coinbase received 5562 law enforcement requests the first three quarters of this year

- Payment Pools proposal

- Mercury v0.4.65

- Sparrow v1.5.5

- Bisq v1.8.0

- BlueWallet v6.2.15

- Caravan v0.3.13

- Zap desktop v0.7.5-beta

- Umbrel v0.4.10

- Galoy Raises $3M

- Ledn raises $70M valued at $540M

- NYDIG raises $1B valued at $7B

- white house inflation comments

- Kollider LN analysis

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#291: Getting to the source of the seed with Texas Slim

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 20:47:45 GMT

Join Marty as he sits back down with Texas Slim to discuss:

- The Beef Initiative

- Low time preference

- Small towns in Texas

- Seed oils

- Processing plants

- Fertilizer

- much more

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Rabbit Hole Recap #176: Party rip

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 16:48:49 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- Swan adds taproot support and api, no longer supporting ny

- Major swiss tech company ceo runs surveillance operation

- Malicious actor appears to be attacking Tor

- Sparrow Wallet v1.5.3

- Mercury Wallet v0.4.62

- btc-rpc-explorer v3.3.0

- Zap android v0.5.4-beta

- Lightning Terminal v0.6.1-alpha

- Lightning Pool v0.5.3-alpha

- Elements v0.21.0.1

- Private home mining using a VPN guide

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#290: Continuing the dissection of the Great Reset with LaserHodl

Sat, 04 Dec 2021 14:52:58 GMT

Join Marty as he sits back down with LaserHodl to discuss:

- The acceleration of the Great Reset

- Why nothing makes any logical sense

- The emergence of internment camps

- The Marxist creep into schooling

- Mesh networks

- Why we wouldn't want to be the state right now

- Ten pieces of advice to inoculate yourself from the madness

- much more

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Rabbit Hole Recap #175: Don't live in fear

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 22:12:23 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- square changes name to block

- square crypto changes name to spiral

- ledger adds support for psbts, multisig, and taproot

- microstrategy buys 7002 bitcoin

- silent link adds support for US burner phone number esims

- lnd v0.14.1-beta

- mercury wallet v0.4.56

- joinmarket v0.9.4

- bluewallet v6.2.13

- specter desktop v1.7.2

- umbrel v0.4.9

- passport v1.0.8-beta

- hexa wallet v2.0.5

- simple bitcoin wallet v2.4.22

- immortan v0.5.7

- bitcoin dev kit v0.14.0

- nix-bitcoin v0.0.59

- joininbox v0.6.4

- nodlito formally announced

- this month in bitcoin privacy

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#289: Bitcoin is about to surpass the British Pound with Matthew Mežinskis

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 17:02:17 GMT

Join Marty as he sits back down with Matthew Mežinskis to discuss:

- The growth of the global monetary base in Q3 2021

- Bitcoin is the sixth largest base money in the world

- Bitcoin should surpass the Great British Pound around $68,000

- The history of the Bank of England

- Lack of transparency from central banks

- Growing tyranny around the world

- Lessons from history

- much more

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Check out the Q3 2021 Update Thread

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#288: Bringing a design focus to Bitcoin with Patricia

Mon, 29 Nov 2021 18:09:50 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Patricia, a designer focused on bringing better experiences to Bitcoin, to discuss:

- Designing in an open source environment

- How bad design can turn people away

- Observing how users interact in ways one doesn't expect

- How to gather feedback on open source software design

- A call to action for new designers

- Bitcoin provides a wide open slate to bring design innovation to market

- Skating

- much more

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Rabbit Hole Recap #174: Much to be thankful for

Wed, 24 Nov 2021 23:49:12 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- el salvador announces bitcoin city and a bitcoin bond

- US 'pauses' relations with el salvador

- OBJ to convert his entire yearly salary to bitcoin

- samsung to build $17B chip factory in texas

- fold partners with pokemon go creator niantic

- lnd v0.14.0-beta

- electrs v0.9.3

- btcpayserver v1.3.6

- mercury wallet v0.4.53

- simple bitcoin wallet v2.4.19

- seedsigner v0.4.5

- btcpayserver v1.3.6

- sphinx relay v2.2.2

- ledger live desktop v2.35.2

- lnd v0.14.0 is not compatible with other implementations

- gemini sponsors fanquake

- how to verify dice rolls on seedsigner

- compact block filters deep dive

- amazon does not want you to have privacy

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#287: EmbassyOS v0.3.0, building out the independent stack, and philosophy with Matt Hill

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 17:15:05 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Matt Hill, co-founder of Start9 Labs, to discuss:

- EmbassyOS v0.3.0

- Lessons learned from v0.1.0 and v0.2.0

- Focusing on onboarding younger people

- Personal AI

- Philosophy

- Nihilism v. Optimism

- much more

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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.11.15

Fri, 19 Nov 2021 23:40:32 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- taproot activates successfully at block 609732

- muun wallet adds taproot support

- SEC rejects VanEck spot bitcoin etf

- Perth Heat baseball team adopts the bitcoin standard

- crypto dot com spends $700M to rename Staples Center for 20 years

- tether announces new subsidiary 'Synonym' to bring tokens and other features to lightning

- Senators Wyden and Lummis submit bill to restrict bitcoin tax reporting rules in infrastructure bill

- Senator Cruz submits bill to repeal bitcoin portion of infrastructure bill

- IRS expects billions of dollars worth of 'crypto' seizures next year

- btcpayserver v1.3.5

- lnd v0.14.0-beta

- mercury wallet v0.4.51

- simple bitcoin wallet v2.4.18

- immortan v0.5.6

- fully noded v0.2.30

- umbrel v0.4.8

- hexa wallet v2.0.2

- ledger live desktop v2.35.1

- bitcoin banking for communities

- reason minidoc on environmental impact of bitcoin

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#286: Securitizing natural assets and manufactured energy and food shortages with Whitney Webb

Thu, 18 Nov 2021 17:03:46 GMT

Join Marty as he sits back down with Whitney Webb to discuss:

- The plan to securitize the natural world

- Why a botched vaccine passport rollout is important

- The looming food and energy shortages

- How to reach both sides of the political aisle

- The plan to monopolize the extraction of rare earth metals

- Bankers taking over governments

- much more

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#281b: Announcing Synonym with John Carvalho

Wed, 17 Nov 2021 13:18:32 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with John Carvalho to discuss Synonym's emergence from stealth mode.

- Why did he build Synonym

- What is it?

- Building reputation systems

- Tokens on Lightning

- Slashtags

- Building truly unstoppable apps

- much more

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#285: From bars to Bitcoin with Justin Rhedrick

Fri, 12 Nov 2021 17:01:57 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Justin Rhedrick, author of From Bars to Bitcoin, to discuss:

- How a high time preference decision landed Justin in prison

- The prison economy

- Getting out of prison and diving into Bitcoin

- Teaching people about low time preference

- How Bitcoin has changed Justin's life

- How to explain Bitcoin

- much more

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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.11.08

Fri, 12 Nov 2021 00:27:20 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- taproot activates in two days (block 709632)

- new bitcoin all time high

- miami to airdrop bitcoin to residents

- complaints about compass mining

- btcpayserver v1.3.4

- specter desktop v1.7.1

- mercury wallet v0.4.48

- lnd v0.13.4-beta

- umbrel v0.4.7

- nix bitcoin v0.0.58

- bitcoinblackfriday.org

- robinhood data breach impacts 7 million customers

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#284: Surviving brain surgery, coming to grips with death, and pushing the limitations of the Lightning Network with Justin Rezvani

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 16:07:53 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Justin Rezvani, founder of Zion, to discuss:

- Surviving brain surgery

- A new lease on life

- Founding and selling an influencer marketing company by 27

- Building a social media app on the Lightning Network

- Pushing the Lightning Network to its limits

- Forking the Sphinx codebase

- The ills of the advertising industry

- much more

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#283: How we messed up our food and how we fix it with Texas Slim

Sat, 06 Nov 2021 14:25:20 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Texas Slim, founder of the Texas Beef Initiative, to discuss:

- Texas history

- How Monsanto ruined our food

- Monocropping

- The Texas Beef Initiative

- Regenerative farming

- How the Regime is trying to make us nutritionally bankrupt

- much more

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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.11.01

Thu, 04 Nov 2021 22:21:06 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- lightning channel jamming research

- largest bank in australia to add bitcoin payments

- Miami mayor to take next paycheck in bitcoin, NYC mayor elect to take first three paychecks in bitcoin

- aaron rodgers to get paid in bitcoin

- Navajo Nation mining bitcoin

- african bitcoin startup chipper cash raises $150M

- mercury wallet v0.4.45

- btcpayserver v1.3.1

- electrs v0.9.2

- nix-bitcoin v0.0.57

- sparrow wallet v1.5.2

- rust lightning v0.0.103

- c-lightning v0.10.2

- wasabi wallet v1.1.13.0

- phoenix v1.4.19

- nth key v1.0.6

- hexa wallet v2.0.0

- compass mining doubles capacity with new deal

- facebook dumping face recognition

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#282: River adds bitcoin mining, the Metaverse, physical landscapes, and the CIA with Alexander Leishman

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 16:10:02 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Alexander Leishman, CEO & CEO of River Financial, to discuss:

- River adding mining services

- What does the future of bitcoin exchanges look like?

- The Metaverse

- The physical world

- The TSA

- Federal travel mandates

- Population domination

- The CIA

- Engaging in politics; how to do it

- much more

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#281: Chinese mining theory, bitcoin divisibility, and UTXOs with John Carvalho

Tue, 02 Nov 2021 16:15:00 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with John Carvalho to discuss:

- John's Chinese mining theory

- Is bitcoin divisible?

- The UTXO set

- The Lightning Network

- Public mining companies

- Holding your own keys

- much more

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#280: A spooky Halloween special with our good friend @arbedout

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 19:11:03 GMT

Marty and Matt sit down with their good friend @arbedout to discuss:

- Joining Unchained Capital

- Writing a book

- Has Lightning been attacked?

- Is Tor reliable?

- Is Bitcoin sufficiently robust without robust alternative transaction relay networks?

- How are we going to transition from HTLCs to PTLCs

- much more

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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.10.25

Sat, 30 Oct 2021 18:42:33 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- FATF releases updated guidance

- el salvador now holds 1120 bitcoin

- river launches hosted mining service

- blockstream sponsors minimint

- btcpay v1.3.0

- sparrow v1.5.2

- nix-bitcoin v0.0.55

- specter diy v1.6.1

- joininbox v0.6.3

- simple bitcoin wallet v2.2.17

- umbrel v0.4.6

- immortan v0.3.6

- bisq v1.7.5

- BlueWallet v6.2.12

- voltage releases Flow, an easy to use interface for Lightning Pool

- umbrel raises $3M in seed round

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#279: Avoiding oblivion, the state of Chicago, and bitcoin smart contracts with Chris Stewart

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 11:30:53 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Chris Stewart, founder of Suredbits, to discuss:

- Recording podcasts with our grandmothers

- Avoiding oblivion in the Digital Age

- Chicago crime

- Necessary police reform

- DLCs

- AJ Towns' Taproot + PTLC proposal

- Will there be a fee market?

- much more

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#278: Dissecting the Clown World with Ben Kaufman

Mon, 25 Oct 2021 14:36:28 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Ben Kaufman, Chief Conspiracy Theorist at Clown World Today, to discuss:

- The madness of the last 18-monhts

- Logical inconsistencies around COVID medical advice

- The power of propaganda

- Vaccine passports

- How to push back

- Using humor to highlight absurdities

- much more

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Rabbit Hole Recap LIVE with @arbedout: Week of 2021.10.18

Sat, 23 Oct 2021 20:03:45 GMT

This week Marty, Matt, and @arbedout recorded live from the Unchained Capital offices in Austin, Texas and discussed:

- bitcoin hits new all time high

- first bitcoin ETF launches

- hacker steals identification info of every argentinian via government database

- Jonas Schnelli steps down from role as bitcoin core maintainer

- worldcoin launches

- electrs v0.9.1

- rust-lightning v0.0.102

- specter-desktop v1.7.0

- elements v0.21.0

- nthkey v1.0.5

- joinmarket v0.9.3

- joininbox v0.6.2

- fully noded v0.2.28

simple bitcoin wallet v2.2.15.1

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#277: Slowly getting bitcoin, why gold is already demonetized, and the virtue of Bitcoin with Larry Lepard

Wed, 20 Oct 2021 11:42:08 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Investment Manager Larry Lepard to discuss:

- How the government and central banks have manipulated gold

- Slowly coming to understand Bitcoin

- Why fiat is bad for the environment

- Why bitcoin is virtuous

- What is the upside potential?

- Sound money advocates are the Remnant

- much more

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#276: Starting an exchange in Guatemala, onboarding enterprise clients, and freedom money with the IBEX Mercado team

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 23:25:18 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Jose Lemus, Juan Pablo Lemus, & Estaban de la Peña; the IBEX Mercado founding team, to discuss:

- Why they built the exchange

- International banking restrictions in Guatemala

- How they ended up with their non-custodial model

- Communicating with regulators

- Avoiding having to KYC kids

- Banking the unbanked

- Bitcoin's perfect incentives

- much more

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#275: Supply chains, government incompetence, Bitcoin, and Uranium with Kuppy

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 15:29:59 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Kuppy, Founder and CIO of Praetorian Capital and the man behind the Adventures in Capitalism blog, to discuss:

- Supply chain disaster

- Government incompetence

- What lies ahead

- Energy markets

- Bitcoin

- Why Kuppy is very bullish on Uranium

- much more

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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.10.11

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 22:46:02 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- US Gov asks chipmakers for client data

- US takes top mining spot

- eclair v0.6.2

- umbrel v0.4.4

- bluewallet v6.2.10

- raspiblitz v1.7.1

- immortan v0.3.5

- sparrow v1.5.1

- nix-bitcoin v0.0.53

- lightning terminal v0.5.2-alpha

- Gladstein on the early cypherpunks and adam back

- antpool blocks mainland chinese users

- jstark documentary

- aj towns taproot + ptlc proposal

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#274: Canada's nonsensical restrictions, home mining, and oil & gas companies mining bitcoin with Steve Barbour

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 16:42:59 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Steve Barbour, founder and CEO of Upstream Data, to discuss:

- Canada during COVID

- Mouth breathing regulations

- Building products for home miners

- Oil and gas companies mining bitcoin

- Are we reaching a tipping point?

- much more

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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.10.04

Fri, 08 Oct 2021 20:22:52 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- hackers compromise 6000 coinbase accounts due to 2FA flaw

- liquid network downtime and hard fork

- lightning network vulnerability disclosure

- el salvador starts mining with volcano energy

- Binance hires two former IRS investigators

- bluewallet v6.2.9

- electrs v0.9.0

- lnd v0.13.3-beta

- umbrel v0.4.3

- joinmarket v0.9.2

- joininbox v0.6.1

- sparrow wallet v1.5.1

- eclair v0.6.2

- analysis of ransomware payments

- 30 countries launch ransomware initiative

- U.S. Justice Dept launches new initiatives on cryptocurrencies

- this month in bitcoin privacy

- https://oslofreedomforum.com/bitcoin-academy-off2021

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#273: Supply chain problems, a proposed solution, and Bitcoin + Natural Rights with Ross Kennedy

Wed, 06 Oct 2021 17:51:48 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Ross Kennedy, founder of Fortis Analysis, to discuss:

- The global supply chain issues

- How the California ports work

- Why there is no easy fix

- How Ross thinks we can fix the problem

- Our over dependence on Southeast Asia

- Woes of the Cold War mentality + USD reserve status

- Bitcoin as an extension of Natural Rights

- much more

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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.09.27

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 23:33:38 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- bitcoin.org compromised

- missouri mayor to give all residents $1K worth of bitcoin

- three new iOS zero day exploits

- african bitcoin exchange Yellow Card raises $15M in investment

- Samourai supports Tor Foundation with $50K donation

- President Biden and Treasury Secretary Yellen express support of wealth taxes

- Samourai Wallet v0.99.97a

- Sparrow Wallet v1.5.0

- Bisq v1.7.4

- Btcpayserver v1.2.4

- Fully Noded v0.2.27

- Nix-bitcoin v0.0.52

- Simple Bitcoin Wallet v2.1.14

- Immortan v0.2.5

- Rust-lightning v0.0.101

- Bluewallet rn-ldk v0.2.14

- OnionShare v2.4

- blockstream satellite walkthrough

- verifone to accept bitcoin payments via bitpay

- AP links bitcoin usage to extremist groups

- CIA had plans to kidnap or assassinate Assange

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#272: Evergrande, sovereign debt, and the convergence of bitcoin + the energy sector with Greg Foss

Thu, 23 Sep 2021 17:52:33 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Greg Foss the boss, of Validus Power, to discuss:

- The ongoing Evergrande situation

- Will its collapse cause contagion?

- Is it similar to Lehman?

- Global supply chain issues

- Bitcoin + Energy

- much more

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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin week of 2021.09.20

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 22:17:06 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- tax change in infrastructure bill

- wasabi wallet 2.0 blog

- el salvador owns 700 bitcoin

- compass adds at home mining option

- chainalysis runs a block explorer to track users

- Simple Bitcoin Wallet v2.1.12

- Blue Wallet v6.2.7

- Lightning Terminal v0.5.1-alpha

- Immortan v0.2.4

- gladstein on el salvador

- US Treasury sanctions Russian bitcoin exchange

- Doconomy carbon limits credit card

- Evergrande

- UK nat gas crisis

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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.09.13

Thu, 16 Sep 2021 23:00:05 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- HRF provides 3.75 bitcoin in development grants

- el salvador bitcoin tax exemptions for foreigners

- imessage zero click exploit

- Bitcoin Core v22.0

- Simple bitcoin wallet v2.0.12

- Zap android v0.5.1-beta

- Umbrel v0.4.2

- Nix-bitcoin v0.0.5

- namecheap has done 190k bitcoin transactions since implementing btcpayserver a year ago

- crew energy mining bitcoin

- lagarde thinks bitcoin isn't currency

- fode diop, bitcoin + senegal

- aswath damodaran ESG blog

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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.09.06

Thu, 09 Sep 2021 23:20:54 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- bitcoin is now legal tender in el salvador

- bullbitcoin adds lightning support

- irs undercover operation on localcryptos p2p exchange

- mastercard acquires ciphertrace

- Phoenix v1.4.17

- Simple Bitcoin Wallet v2.0.9

- Caravan v0.3.11

- Mempool v2.2.2

- BlueWallet v6.2.5

- Btcpayserver v1.2.3

- this month in bitcoin privacy

- intro to samourai wallet, wednesdays at 1800 UTC

- blockstream and macquarie form 'green' bitcoin mining partnership

- new law in ukraine legalizes and regulates bitcoin trading

- bitcoin is for everyone campaign

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#271: Health v. Control, the decay of empires, and Bitcoin as Freedom money with George Gammon

Wed, 08 Sep 2021 16:48:37 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with George Gammon to discuss:

- The COVID reaction; is it about health or control?

- The erosion of civil liberties

- The emergence of states asserting their autonomy

- Trends that emerged as empires have fallen throughout history

- Bitcoin as Freedom money

- How weak men are creating hard times

- much more

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#270: Better Understanding Monetary Reset with LaserHodl

Fri, 03 Sep 2021 19:28:44 GMT

Join Marty as he sits back down with LaserHodl to continue their conversation about Monetary Reset.

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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.08.29

Thu, 02 Sep 2021 21:50:34 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- salvadorian gov approves $150M bitcoin trust

- twitter beta testing lightning tipping service through strike partnership

- simple bitcoin wallet v2.0.5

- specter desktop v1.6.0

- specter diy v1.6.0

- seedsigner v0.4.4

- blue wallet v6.2.4

- coldcard v4.1.3

- human rights foundation bitcoin academy for activists 4th and 5th

- adopting bitcoin lightning summit in el salvador nov 16

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#269: Hollywood, the NBA, China and Bitcoin with Chris Fenton

Thu, 02 Sep 2021 16:18:08 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Chris Fenton, author of Feeding the Dragon: Inside the Trillion Dollar Dilemma Facing Hollywood, the NBA, & American Businesses, to discuss:

- Chinese propaganda in Hollywood

- China + the NBA

- How interconnected are the US and Chinese markets?

- What is needed to combat the CCP at the business level?

- much more

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#268: Q2 Global Monetary Base Update with Matthew Mežinskis

Wed, 01 Sep 2021 13:44:49 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Matthew Mežinskis to discuss his report on the Q2 2021 Global Monetary Base.

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#267: Free private cities, economic zones, and gradual progress with Rahim Taghizadegan

Mon, 30 Aug 2021 19:03:40 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Rahim Taghizadegan, President of Free Private Cities, to discuss:

- Citadels

- Creating free private cities

- How economic zones work

- Examples of successful free private cities

- How to get started

- Where are free cities most likely to pop up?

- much more

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#266: Complacency in the US, reworking public education, and changing the system from within w/ Blake Masters

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 16:07:15 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Blake Masters, COO of Thiel Capital - President of The Thiel Foundation - Running for US Senate in Arizona, to discuss:

- Why leave the private sector for the Senate?

- What policies are important to focus on?

- Complacency in the US

- The pitfalls of public education

- Energy policy

- Balkanization

- Bitcoin Permanent Funds

- much more

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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.08.16

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 21:32:59 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- bitcoinsmiles.org crowdfunding campaign launches to provide dental care to salvadorians

- bitmex demonstrates new proof of reserves and liabilities method

- bull bitcoin acquires veriphi

- bitmex, deribit, binance, bitfinex, and others are using shyft for 'travel rule' compliance

- binance hires former IRS official

- unchained capital sponsoring mempool project and implementing fee estimation

- mempool v2.2.1

- joinmarket v0.9.1

- joininbox v0.6.0

- nix-bitcoin v0.0.49

- zap desktop v0.7.4-beta

- rust lightning v0.0.100

- simple bitcoin wallet v2.0.2

- blockstream launches new mining service targeting stranded renewable energy

- founder of helix bitcoin mixer pleads guilty

- tmobile data breach leaves up to 100M customers exposed

- terrorist watchlist exposed, includes data on 2M people

- digital identity cards and biometric data collected by US in Afghanistan may be used by Taliban against opposition

- robinhood rev 40% crypto, 62% of that doge

- vitalik and musk join doge foundation board

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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.08.09

Fri, 13 Aug 2021 00:20:37 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- infrastructure bill amendments fail

- beyer bill proposed

- large number of potential malicious bitcoin nodes graphing the network

- compass mining provides $80K grant to Jon Atack

- bitmex pays $100M to resolve charges with CFTC and FinCEN

- lightning addresses using lnurl

- phoenix v1.4.15

- specter v1.5.1

- trezor suite v21.8.1

- btcpayserver v1.2.0

- mining bitcoin at home

- cuba and bitcoin by gladstein

- lightning liquidity management guide by lopp

- bitcoin 2022 april 6-9 in miami beach

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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.08.02

Fri, 06 Aug 2021 01:00:21 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- hodlhodl vulnerability

- bitaroo exchange now requires video verification for withdrawals

- infrastructure bill

- SeedSigner v0.4.3

- umbrel v0.4.0

- nth key v1.0.3

- fully noded v0.2.23

- lightning pool v0.5.1

- joinmarket v0.9.0

- NCR buys libertyx

- this month in bitcoin privacy

- chain analysis and bitcoin privacy guide

- solarwinds hackers accessed emails of 27 DOJ offices

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#265: Monetary reset, Malthusian wizardy, and Bitcoin as way out with LaserHodl

Wed, 04 Aug 2021 13:29:21 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with LaserHodl to discuss:

- Monetary reset

- Zooming out and viewing the world through a specific lens

- Tactics used by the power structure to divide

- The 2030/2050 Agendas

- Why Bitcoin throws a wrench in all of this

- much more

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#264: Energy poverty, nonsensical energy policy, and the miracle of petroleum with Chris Wright

Fri, 30 Jul 2021 15:14:30 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Chris Wright, Founder and CEO of Liberty Oilfield Services, to discuss:

- Energy poverty

- Lack of education around energy extraction and delivery

- Energy density

- Does fracking pollute water?

- Is Chris anti "renewables"?

- much more

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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.07.26

Thu, 29 Jul 2021 22:26:52 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- bipartisan infrastructure bill targets bitcoiners

- Israel forced bitcoin disclosure bill

- mexico regulator says 12 bitcoin exchanges are operating illegaly

- bolt12 spec released http://bolt12.org/

- fully noded v0.2.20

- zap android v0.4.2-beta

- blue wallet v6.2.2

- bisq v1.7.2

- coldcard v4.1.2

- caravan v0.3.9

- sphinx relay v2.2.0

- ledger donjon analysis of software wallet

- liquid truedex launches on mobile

- lolli raises $10M from celebrities

- can bitcoin be palestine's currency of freedom

- french police officer caught selling personal information on darkweb

- mac malware steals telegram accounts

- the life cycle of a breached database

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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.07.19

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 01:10:19 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- brink's second round of developer grants

- seed signer v0.4.2

- specter desktop v1.5.0

- samourai dojo v1.10.1

- eclair v0.6.1

- electrum v4.1.5

- lnd v0.13.1-beta

- blockstream green desktop v0.1.10

- greenlight by blockstream

- multisig with better privacy

- "the b word"

- EU preparing to implement travel rule

- NSO [spyware](https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/research/2021/07/forensic-methodology-report-how-to-catch-nso-groups-pegasus/ and https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/07/19/nso-business-us/)

- critical cloudflare flaw left 12.5% of all sites compromised

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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.07.12

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 21:03:57 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- bitmex dev grant program accepting applications

- bluewallet mobile focused lightning implementation powered by LDK

- trezor suite app officially launches

- bluewallet v6.1.9

- rust lightning v0.0.99

- nix-bitcoin v0.0.47

- zeus v0.5.2

- fully noded 0.2.18

- sparrow wallet v1.4.3

- mint mobile data breach

- powell on capitol hill

- unrest around the world

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#263: The Bitcoin Mining Council and ESG with Michael Saylor, Darin Feinstein, and Austin Storms

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 12:53:58 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Michael Saylor, Darin Feinstein, and Austin Storms to have a discussion about the Bitcoin Mining Council and the ESG movement.

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#262: Clean water, a prodigal son's journey, and the Bitcoin Water Trust with Scott Harrison

Fri, 09 Jul 2021 18:12:12 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Scott Harrison, Founder and CEO of Charity: Water, to discuss:

- A prodigal son's journey

- Nightclub life

- Hitting rock bottom

- Turning to a life of charity

- Volunteering in Liberia

- Starting Charity: Water

- How Charity: Water brings clean drinking water to those who desperately need it

- Running a charity that allocates funds appropriately

- The Bitcoin Water Trust

- much more

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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.07.05

Fri, 09 Jul 2021 02:39:20 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- specter windows vulnerability was a false alarm

- bisq discloses substantial privacy vulnerability

- former cftc chair advocates for a bitcoin etf

- casa client drugged by tinder date in attempted bitcoin theft

- kaspersky password manager was generating insecure passwords

- bybit adding kyc

- fincen hires a "chief digital currency advisor" with justice department experience

- EU parliament approves mass surveillance of private communications

- samourai wallet v0.99.96i released

- mempool v2.2.0 released

- new feature allows you to coinjoin directly to cold storage using whirlpool

- brenntag paid a 70 bitcoin ransom to darkside in may

- nuclear powered mining op in south carolina

- hydropower mining op in new york

- this month in bitcoin privacy

- bitcoin and the american idea by gladstein

- diverter on freedom

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#261: The CCP's 100-year anniversary, the geographic distribution of hashrate, and capacity constraints in North America with Edward Evenson

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 17:18:26 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Edward Evenson, Director of Business Development at Braiins, to discuss:

- The great hashrate migrations

- What Chinese miners are looking for in co-location partners

- The 100 year anniversary of the CCP and its significance

- Will mining return to China?

- How well is hashrate being distributed as a product of this migration?

- Braiins update

- much more

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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.06.28

Thu, 01 Jul 2021 22:04:19 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- windows version of specter desktop v1.4.6 included a virus

- largest downward difficulty adjustment in bitcoin history expected tomorrow

- athena to install 1500 bitcoin atms in el salvador

- bisq v1.7.0

- cwtch beta released

- strike adds buy and hold support

- proposal for federated blind lightning mints

- niftynei on dual funded channels and privacy

- iranian government exempts 30 mining operators amid moratorium

- binance adds travel rule tool from ciphertrace

- nearly all 700M linkedin users exposed in API compromise

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#260: The Great Mining Migration, the market for ASICs, and the near term future of hashrate with Leo Zhang

Wed, 30 Jun 2021 13:00:00 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Leo Zhang, founder of Anicca Research, to discuss:

- Is this mining ban real?

- How are Chinese miners reacting?

- The dynamics of communication between the Chinese and Western mining industries

- How will this migration affect hashrate in the short and medium term?

- What does this mean for the market for ASICS?

- What does capacity in the US look like right now?

- Hashrate derivatives

- much more

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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.06.21

Fri, 25 Jun 2021 17:14:24 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- bitcoin hash drops amid chinese crackdown

- gbtc redemptions hurting bitcoin demand

- the b word initiative

- lnd v0.13.0-beta

- specter diy v1.5.5

- rust lightning v0.0.98

- joinmarket v0.8.3

- joininbox v0.5.0

- bluewallet v6.1.6

- lightning terminal v0.5.0-alpha

- sparrow wallet v1.4.2

- umbrel v0.3.13

- microstrategy buys more bitcoin

- british FCA cracking down

- iran seizes miners

- pysa ransomware targets education organizations

- gladstein on monetary colonialism

- mccormack interviews president of el salvador

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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.06.14

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 22:42:30 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- taproot upgrade has locked in, activation expected in november

- Criminals mailing ledger customers compromised hardware wallets

- US Bitcoin Mining Council formally launches

- NY Electricians' union successfully fights bitcoin mining ban

- G7 leaders say ransomware is a priority

- Ukrainian raids arrest six tied to CLOP ransomware

- Biden and Putin meet for four hours with US threatening "cyber response" to ransomware

- US Dems form "cryptocurrency working group"

- Microstrategy keeps buying bitcoin

- Microstrategy considering stock sale

- Swiss broker Relai raises $2.7M

- FastBitcoins now available in Australia

- Russell Okung's letter to the Nigerian government as local support for bitcoin increases

- Bitcoin Beach article in business week

- New guide from econoalchemist on coldcard + sparrow

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#259: Bitcoin layer 3, empowering dissidents, and the power of the Lightning Network with Chase Perkins

Tue, 15 Jun 2021 13:58:28 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Chase Perkins, co-founder and CEO of Impervious.ai, to discuss:

- Building a VPN that leverages Lightning Network routing nodes

- Data transfer and user privacy on the Internet

- Building an API that allows individuals to build privacy preserving apps that leverage Lightning

- The second iteration of the Internet

- Node management

- much more

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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.06.07

Fri, 11 Jun 2021 00:05:23 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- El Salvador declares bitcoin legal tender

- Legal tender move pissed off IMF

- VOLCANO MINING

- DOJ seizes 63.7 bitcoin connected to Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack

- Global bank regulators propose burdensome bitcoin capital rule

- White House advisor disclosures million dollar bitcoin position

- Blockstream and Square announce solar mining initiative

- Square announces $5M bitcoin endowment

- Rumors that Indian Government will be more positive toward bitcoin going forward

- Bitmex extends Gleb Naumenko grant

- Microstrategy announces new private offering

- Bitfinex invests in HodlHodl

- Ledger raises $380 million

- FBI ran an encrypted phone network 'Anom' with a backdoor

- Apple announces new 'private relay' trust minimized VPN

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Rabbit Hole Recap LIVE IN MIAMI: Week of 2021.05.31

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 16:55:27 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- Moon bouncing transactions

- Ross Ulbricht's interview

- Green coins

- Kevin O'Leary gets heckled

- Censorship

- Bitcoin Design Guide

- Indy 500

- Mining in gas fields

- Much more

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#258: The morality of ESG with Untapped Growth

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 13:00:00 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Untapped Growth to discuss:

- ESG

- Is it moral?

- Can it be leveraged to speculative attack the fiat standard?

- How can Bitcoin lead to better culture

- Seeking objective truth

- much more

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#257: Infusing bitcoin into gaming, the Lightning Network, and Bitcoin 2021 with Desiree Dickerson, Christian Moss, and Michael Tidwell

Fri, 28 May 2021 17:10:34 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Desiree Dickerson of Lightning Labs and Mint Gox + Christian Moss and Michael Tidwell of ZEBEEDEE to discuss:

- Update of the CSGO ZEBEEDEE Infuse integration

- How users have tried to stack by gaming the system

- Moderating sat farming

- New slang around stacking sats

- How the Lightning Network technical infrastructure is looking

- New games on the horizon

- Kids in South America earning a living via CSGO infused with sats

- The eSports Stage at Bitcoin 2021 - 100,000,000 sats on the line!

- much more

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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.05.24

Thu, 27 May 2021 20:29:45 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- Chinese government bitcoin mining ban rumors

- US based "bitcoin mining council"

- texas bitcoin law

- Ray dalio owns bitcoin

- carl icahn considering bitcoin investment

- four month bitcoin mining ban in iran

- specter diy v1.5.4

- blue wallet v6.1.4

- lnd sidecar channels

- bitcoin indy car

- gladstein on the humanitarian and environmental case for bitcoin

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#256: How to grow a pair with Dave Collum

Wed, 26 May 2021 17:42:07 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with the legend Dave Collum to discuss:

- Fauci

- Climate change

- Lockdowns

- The Fed

- Inflation

- Skydiving

- much more

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#255: Green energy tradeoffs, real environmentalism, Bitcoin as a commodity, & Saudi Inc. with Dr. Ellen Wald

Tue, 25 May 2021 14:15:57 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Dr. Ellen Wald, author of Saudi, Inc., to discuss:

- The unspoken tradeoffs of green energy

- The Colonial Pipeline situation

- Ransomeware

- The ESG movement

- Is bitcoin a commodity?

- Saudi Inc.

- much more

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#254: Bitcoin 101, inflation, and surfing with Bethany Hamilton and Adam Dirks

Fri, 21 May 2021 17:11:52 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with pro surfer Bethany Hamilton and Adam Dirks to discuss:

- Bitcoin 101

- Inflation

- Hyperinflation rhyming

- much more

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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.05.17

Thu, 20 May 2021 20:44:29 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- our two first $10K candles and it was the same day!

- hash rate appears to have dropped

- dutch bank no longer requiring withdrawal address verification

- cross browser tracking vulnerability

- chaos at freenode

- libsecp256k1 improvements have sped up bitcoin core validation by 7%

- darkside says servers and bitcoin seized, all decryption keys to be released

- elliptic follows darkside funds https://archive.ph/lBa2C and oxt provides cluster

- argentina authorities force exchanges to provide data

- US Treasury wants a $10K transfer reporting requirement

- whirlpool cli v0.10.11

- ronindojo v1.10.0

- sparrow wallet v1.4.1

- chess tournament with $100K bitcoin prize

- galaxy digital on bitcoin energy consumption

- wharton receives $5M worth of bitcoin

- anthony towns on taproot activation

- chinese gov and apple servers

- follow up to last week's solar comments

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#253: Local government, building a strong town, and bitcoin on the balance sheet with Mayor Scott Conger

Wed, 19 May 2021 17:42:00 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with the Mayor of Jackson Tennessee, Scott Conger, to discuss:

- Being the 3rd Mayor of Jackson in his family

- The day to day of leading a small city

- How Mayor Conger approaches taxes for the city

- How Mayor Conger became interested in bitcoin

- Bitcoin's role in local government

- Local v. Federal government

- "If not me, then who?"

- much more

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#252: Content monetization, art, and NFTs with cryptograffiti

Tue, 18 May 2021 15:26:27 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with prolific Bitcoin artist cryptograffiti to discuss:

- Using art to convey Bitcoin's revolutionary nature

- Content monetization under a Bitcoin Standard

- Why NFTs are so popular

- Is art subjective or is there objective beauty?

- Cutting out middle men

- Artists working directly with collectors

- much more

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#251: Raising children, ransomware attacks, climate narrative, and Bitcoin under attack with Whitney Webb

Fri, 14 May 2021 16:21:35 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with investigative journalist Whitney Webb to discuss:

- Raising children as a countercultural act

- Ransomeware attacks

- Colonial Pipeline spill cover up

- Elon Musk

- Bill Gates

- Central Bank Digital Currencies

- AI

- Bitcoin as a tool to fight back

- Citadels

- much more

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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.05.10

Thu, 13 May 2021 22:36:17 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- cake wallet vulnerability

- hash rate ath

- the bitcoin car at indy 500

- elon tweets energy fud

- microstrategy stacked more

- recent CPI numbers released

- us gov probes binance

- gbtc discount hits record low of 20%

- fully noded v0.2.17

- bluewallet v6.1.2

- lightning network privacy analysis

- analysis of darkside ransomware group

- colonial pipeline allegedly paid $5M ransom

- check your financial privilege by gladstein

- gladstein in cato on a post cash world

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#250: Q1 Monetary Base Update, inflation, and haters with Matthew Mežinskis

Thu, 13 May 2021 17:34:51 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Matthew Mežinskis to discuss:

- The latest global monetary base update

- Why the monetary base is a good benchmark for bitcoin

- Bitcoin is the 6th largest base money (ex-gold) in the world

- Defining assets and liabilities on the Fed's balance sheet

- Why Japan matters

- Communism creep

- Bitcoin and a free banking system

- Academic economists and bitcoin

- much more

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#249: Indian Point shutdown, electricity prices, Bitcoin 101, and externalities of wind energy w/ Robert Bryce

Mon, 10 May 2021 15:15:52 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Robert Bryce; author, documentarian, and host of the Power Hungry Podcast, to discuss:

- The Indian Point power plant shutdown

- Energy mix

- Subsidies leading to capital misallocation

- Bitcoin's value prop

- The externalities that come with wind turbines

- Land use and green energy

- much more

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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.05.03

Thu, 06 May 2021 23:41:56 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

bitcoin core v0.21.1

first taproot signalling period

new multisig guide from bitcoinqna

thailand in person kyc

this month in bitcoin privacy

bluewallet v6.1.0

umbrel v03.10

phoenix v1.4.11

F2pool hashrate from outside china

Dual-funded LN channel on mainnet

MARA virtue signaling

Iranian Central Bank cucking too

Miningpool.observer

NY State wants to ban mining

Bitcoin Beach fund raiser

Coinbase transparency report

Cash App Q1 numbers

Commodities inflation

Tunisian student arrested and tortured for using BTC

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#248: Fragile electrical grids, unreliable energy lobby, nuclear FUD, and common sense with Meredith Angwin

Tue, 04 May 2021 16:56:58 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Meredith Angwin, author of Shorting the Grid: The Hidden Fragility of Our Electric Grid, to discuss:

- The fragility of grids

- Misconceptions around electric grids

- Energy mix

- What's happening in Texas and California?

- Why nuclear is important

- How data is manipulated to push special interests

- How we can fix our grids

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#247: Julian Assange, The Espionage Act, Julian's Defense, and Journalistic Freedom in 2021 with Gabriel Shipton

Fri, 30 Apr 2021 12:00:00 GMT

Join Marty and Matt as they sit down with Gabriel Shipton, brother of Julian Assange, to discuss:

- Julian's ongoing trial

- How the US Government is wrongfully persecuting Julian

- The bogus rape charges lobbed against Julian

- The US Government's Espionage charges

- Journalism in 2021

- Why Julian's case is very important for the future of journalism

- How to support Julian's defense fund

- much more

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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.04.26

Thu, 29 Apr 2021 20:48:41 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- BTCPay Server vulnerability disclosure

- JP Morgan bends the knee

- Tesla CFO on bitcoin during Q1 earnings

- Public video game publisher Nexon buys 1717 bitcoin

- Chiefs veteran tight end Sean Culkin converting entire salary to bitcoin

- Second bitcoin exchange goes down in Turkey

- Turkish gov using it as an excuse to regulate further

- Bitcoin Fog custodial bitcoin mixer operator arrested

- DC Cops hit with ransomware which threatens informants

- Global ransomware task force launched

- Bisq exploring new trade protocol

- Adam Gibson on big picture Joinmarket improvements

- Blockstream satellite easy base station

- Umbrel v0.3.9

- RaspiBlitz v1.7.0

- Specter v1.3.1

- Sparrow v1.4.0

- Sphinx Relay v2.0.13

- BTCPay Server v1.1.0

- Specter DIY

- Square adds former vice president of U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness

- LND benchmarking, 1000 TPS on consumer VPS possible

- Bitcoin Beach feature

- Rizzo on Satoshi's disappearance

- Gladstein on the petrodollar

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#246: The Intelligent Bitcoin Miner, mining profitability models, and hashrate derivatives with Karim Helmy

Wed, 28 Apr 2021 14:48:52 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Karim Helmy from Galaxy Digital to discuss:

- The Intelligent Bitcoin Miner Pt. II

- Modeling future price and profitability

- Helping miners make better business decisions

- The ASIC crunch

- Future research topics

- much more

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#245: Austin, trillions out of thin air, inflation, and a Bitcoin economy with Parker Lewis

Fri, 23 Apr 2021 13:00:00 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Parker Lewis, Head of Business Development at Unchained Capital, to discuss:

- The Austin Bitcoin scene

- The Fed opening the spigots

- Systemic credit risk

- Fiscal spending enabled by the Fed

- Capital allocation under a Bitcoin Standard

- Sam Houston

- much more

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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.04.19

Thu, 22 Apr 2021 21:28:32 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- Venmo adds bitcoin IOU support, no withdrawals

- WeWork accepting bitcoin as payment and will hodl

- Coin Center responds strongly against FATF

- Turkish Gov attempting bitcoin payments ban

- Turkish bitcoin exhange Thodex apparent exit scam

- OKEx adds lightning support

- Cashapp raises withdrawal minimum to 100K sats frok 10K sats

- Bitcoin Core v0.21.1 RC 1 Taproot Speedy Trial client released

- UASF Taproot client released

- Aaron Van Wirdum write up on the two taproot clients

- myNode v0.2.30

- Start9 adds Sphinx, Onion pages, Photoview

- Square and Ark argue that bitcoin is good for the environment

- Former comptroller of the currency Brian Brooks new CEO of Binance US

- Former CFTC Chair joins BlockFi Board

- The Intelligent Bitcoin Miner, Part II

- Signal hacks hacking company Cellebrite

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#244: DLCs, DeFi, Taproot activation, and milk cattle with Chris Stewart and Ben Carman

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 16:49:27 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Chris Stewart and Ben Carman from Suredbits to discuss:

- The Austin scene

- Migrations in the US

- DLCs

- Lessons from DeFi

- Taproot activation

- Speedy Trial

- Coinflip

- Milk cattle

- much more

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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.04.12

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 21:35:11 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- Speedy Trial taproot activation method merged

- Comments by greg maxwell

- COPA sues CSW

- CCI releases first report stating there is minimal "illicit activity" using bitcoin

- VanEck "bitcoin" ETF DAPP that does not hold bitcoin directly

- btc-rpc-explorer v3.0

- trezor suite beta v21.4.1

- Alleged paxful KYC leak claimed to be fake

- Gladstein biweekly column

- shitCOIN IPO, currently valued at ~$66B

- Mexico fingerprint KYC for phone sim cards

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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.04.05

Thu, 08 Apr 2021 22:56:52 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- coinbase IPO on april 14th, ticker COIN

- NYDIG raises another $100M

- African P2P volumes hit new all time highs

- Ukrainian civil servants own more than 46k bitcoin

- Crypto Council for Innovation announced

- Square Crypto grant for mempool.space

- Peter Thiel comments on bitcoin and china

- Arthur Hayes surrenders

- Circle and Polo ordered to provide info on users to IRS

- Kraken received similar but judge says they must narrow request

- former chainalysis chief technical counsel now head of fincen

- Blue Wallet v6.0.8

- Hexa Wallet v1.5.0

- Coldcard v4.0.2

- Sphinx-relay v2.0.9

- Sparrow Wallet v1.3.2

- Electrum v4.1.2

- LexisNexis signs contract to provide database of 283 million people to US ICE

- 522 million facebook users' info leaked online

- Jake Chervinsky Q1 review

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#243: Regenerative farming, Fiat food and farming, cattle breeds, and plebs running the world with Untapped Growth

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 19:00:14 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Untapped Growth (Joel) to discuss:

- The Fiat Farming system

- Top soil

- Roundup in everything

- Using cattle for regenerative farming

- Creating a cattle ranching/land management co-op

- Distributed asynchronous citadel networks

- much more

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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.03.29

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 22:21:46 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- coldcard physical attack

- Kentucky signs bitcoin mining incentives

- Strike launches in El Salvador without banking partners

- Azteco adds lightning

- Goldman to start offering bitcoin exposure to rich clients

- Morgan Stanley prepping to add bitcoin exposure to major funds

- Brink's first round of dev grants

- Gemini provides grant to mempool.space

- Specter v1.3.0

- Coldcard v4.01

- Bisq v1.6.1

- BTCPay Server v1.0.7.1

- sphinx-relay v2.0.7

- c-lightning v0.10.0

- MyNode v0.2.29

- Umbrel v0.3.8

- Zeus v0.5.1

- JoininBox v0.3.4

- Wasabi v1.1.12.7

- HWI v2.0.1

- Chainalysis raises $100M, valued at $2B

- Canada increases KYC requirements

- Lightning node performance tests

- Probing lightning channels paper

- Largest KYC leak ever from MobiKwik in India

- GBTC still trading at discount

- Bitcoin transcripts hub

- This month in bitcoin privacy

- SuredBits Multi Oraclee deep dive

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#242: Ledn.io, Proof of Reserves, risk management, hyperinflation, and the Petro with Mauricio Di Bartolomeo

Mon, 29 Mar 2021 17:33:53 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Mauricio Di Bartolomeo to discuss:

- Ledn's recent raise

- Proof of Reserves

- Risk Management

- Duration matching

- Hyperinflation

- Good people succeeding

- Bitcoin scaling in layers

- Ledn users sending within the platform

- The Petro

- much more

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#241: Mining pools, Braidpool, resistance to attacks, adversarial thinking, and dev funding with Bob McElrath

Fri, 26 Mar 2021 13:51:00 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Bob McElrath to discuss:

- NY BitDevs

- Mining pools

- P2Pool

- Braidpool

- Making decentralized pools viable

- How they may fail

- Adversarial thinking

- Bob's Bitcoin journey

- much more

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Bitcoin Munich Meetup Video

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Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2021.03.22

Thu, 25 Mar 2021 23:09:10 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- Tesla now accepting bitcoin and will hodl

- Podcasting 2.0 on breez

- Microsoft launches layer 2 decentralized identity on top of bitcoin mainnet

- FTX closing $7M per year deal for Miami Heat Arena

- Fidelity files for a bitcoin etf

- Lolli raises $5M from Serena Williams and her husband

- CFTC fines coinbase $6.5M for litecoin bullshit

- FATF releases enhanced KYC guidelines

- Coincenter analysis

- Surveillance firm Elliptic explaining Hydra innovative dead drops

- JoininBox v0.3.3

- RoninDojo v1.9.0

- Sparrow Walet v1.3.1

- Tails v4.17

- Sphinx relay v2.0.6

- BlueWallet v6.0.7

- Specter DIY v1.5.0

- eznode simple pruning-friendly setup for a personal bitcoin full node

- New liquid wallet

- Test release of coinswaps statechain implementation

- Bisq meeting on moving to layer 2 networks

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#240: Bullishness, timing births with bull cycles, Bitcoin 2021, and the youths with David Bailey

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 15:01:17 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with David Bailey, founder of BTC Media, to discuss:

- How bullish is David?

- How high will bitcoin go?

- Timing the birth of his children up with bull markets

- Bitcoin 2021 events

- Bitcoin 2021 location

- Bitcoin Magazine content

- much more

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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.03.15

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 23:02:50 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- FTX negotiating naming rights to miami heat arena https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article249892678.html

- miner revenue priced in dollars hits all time high https://twitter.com/_Checkmatey_/status/1370901101403238400

- Kentucky passes tax breaks to bitcoin miners https://www.coindesk.com/kentucky-approves-bills-providing-incentives-for-crypto-miners

- Pakistani province experimenting with mining using hydro https://www.reuters.com/article/us-crypto-currency-pakistan/pakistani-province-plans-to-build-pilot-crypto-currency-mining-farms-idUSKBN2BA0KW

- Oakland Athletics bitcoin suites https://twitter.com/AthleticsPR/status/1371144942735609859

- Morgan Stanley wealth management now offering bitcoin funds https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/17/bitcoin-morgan-stanley-is-the-first-big-us-bank-to-offer-wealthy-clients-access-to-bitcoin-funds.html

- Signal now accepting bitcoin https://signal.org/donate/#cryptocurrency

- India attempted ban rumored https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-cryptocurrency-ban-idUSKBN2B60R0

- JPMorgan says retail flows comparable to institutional https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-15/retail-bitcoin-traders-rival-wall-street-buyers-as-mania-builds

- Third coincenter letter to fincen about proposed enhanced kyc https://www.coincenter.org/coin-center-uses-additional-time-provided-by-fincen-to-file-another-comment-in-ongoing-surveillance-rulemaking/

- Binance probed by CFTC https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-12/crypto-exchange-binance-investigated-by-u-s-over-who-s-trading

- BitMEX cofounder Ben Delo surrenders and released on $20M bail https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-15/bitmex-founder-delo-surrenders-to-face-u-s-laundering-charges

- Coldcard v4.0.0 https://blockclockmini.com/firmware/

- Blockclock mini v1.0.8 https://blog.coinkite.com/version-4.0.0-released/

- HWI v2.0.0 https://github.com/bitcoin-core/HWI/releases/tag/2.0.0

- Nodl dojo v0.1.2c

- Rudefox Burrow v0.1.1 https://www.rudefox.io/burrow/quick-start.html

- Anthony Towns on UASF http://www.erisian.com.au/wordpress/2021/03/14/fixing-uasf

- Ryan Gentry on bitcoin governance https://ryanthegentry.medium.com/a-theory-of-bitcoin-governance-13510eff42a6

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#239: Sphinx Chat, encrypted chat over LN, banking the unbanked, and rearchitecting the Internet with Paul Itoi

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 22:04:08 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Paul Itoi, co-founder of Stakwork and Sphinx Chat, to discuss:

- Sphinx chat

- Content monetization without ads

- Encrypted chat over the Lightning Network

- Paying anons around the world

- Banking the unbanked

- Rearchitecting the Internet using BTC/LN

- How BTC/LN can help parents unschool their kids

- Bringing back grazing cattle via Sphinx

- Training personal AIs

- much more

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#238: Green energy jobs fraud, unreliable renewables, climate catastrophe, and controllable electricity with Alex Epstein

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 14:03:19 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Alex Epstein, Author of The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels, to discuss:

- Green energy jobs v. oil jobs

- Subsidies driving energy prices higher

- Using fraud as a heuristic to question the anti-energy movement

- Developing our environment to protect from climate

- "Climate catastrophe"

- Why not nuclear?

- Moralizing energy conversion

- Bitcoin and energy

- much more

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#237: Bitcoin Urbanism, Parasitic ideas, real world inflation, the suburban mistake and building Strong Towns with Kelly Lannan

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 13:30:05 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Kelly Lannan, the mind behind Bitcoin Urbanism, to discuss:

- Parasitic ideas

- How Bitcoin Urbanism came to be

- Being a real estate developer

- Building materials inflation

- How fiat money destroyed city planning

- How city codes hamstring builders

- Fixing the Fiat Standard one block at a time

- Classical architecture making a come back

- much more

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#236: Occupy Wall Street, independent media, being a stock broker in the 80s, flaneuring, and NYC comedy with Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert

Fri, 12 Mar 2021 13:35:44 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert to discuss:

- Occupy Wall Street

- Wall Street in the 80s

- Independent media

- Propaganda and gaslighting

- Bitcoin as an anti-war movement

- Comedy in NYC in the 70s & 80s

- much more

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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.03.08

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 19:53:59 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- Norwegian energy giant Aker forms bitcoin unit Seetee

- New Taproot Activation Method proposed "Speedy Trial"

- Malicious backdoored version of electrum wallet

- Whirlpool GUI v0.10.3

- Samourai Wallet v0.99.96e

- Zeus v0.5.0

- JoinMarket v0.8.2

- JoininBox v0.3.0

- Coldcard v4.0.0-beta

- Sparrow v1.3.0

- BTCPay Server v1.0.7.0

- NYDIG $200 million growth round

- Blockfi $350M raise at $3B valuation

- River $12M raise

- Massive Microsoft Exchange email server compromise

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#235: The history of taxes, taxes under a Bitcoin Standard, and gold v. bitcoin with Dominic Frisby

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 18:35:24 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Dominic Frisby to discuss:

- Daylight Robbery

- The history of taxes

- The future of taxes under a Bitcoin Standard

- The State as a coercive evil force

- Gold v. Bitcoin

- much more

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#234: OPEC, the Shale industry, common sense, and bitcoin as a settlement currency with Anas Alhajji

Mon, 08 Mar 2021 14:39:45 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Anas Alhajji to discuss:

- OPEC dynamics

- The politics of oil and gas

- The history of the shale industry

- Common sense

- Bitcoin as a settlement currency for oil trade

- much more

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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.03.01

Thu, 04 Mar 2021 21:21:09 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- bottlepay flagging samourai whirlpool coinjoin deposits

- bitstamp flagging wasabi coinjoin usage post withdrawal

- I2P network support merged into bitcoin core

- Regtest demo of zcash based bitcoin sidechain

- Arthur Hayes negotiating surrender agreement

- Umbrel v0.3.6

- BlueWallet v6.0.6

- Whirlpool CLI v0.10.10

- Eclair v0.5.1

- Lightning Terminal v0.4.1

- BTCPay Server added to Voltage

- Citi bank bullish report

- Goldman Sachs bitcoin trading desk

- HRF $70K in bitcoin dev grants

- Bull Bitcoin and Wasabi Wallet $40K grant to Luke-Jr

- Unchained Capital $5.5M seed round led by NYDIG

- Bitcoin voicepaper

- Kentucky bitcoin mining incentive

- PayNyms 101

- This month in bitcoin privacy

- DEA report mentions bitcoin and 'virtual currency'

- Mempool joins COPA

- Germany considering KYC for emails and texts

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#233: Raising money in 2020, hashrate derivative products, why no hashrate growth?, and off-grid mining with Nick Hansen

Wed, 03 Mar 2021 14:36:30 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Nick Hansen, co-founder and CEO of Luxor Mining, to discuss:

- Raising money in 2020

- Building as the price of bitcoin crashed

- Hashrate derivative tokens

- Why a miner would sell hash

- Why a retail investor would buy a hash rate token

- Why isn't hash rate keeping up with price

- Mining off grid

- much more

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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.02.22

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 00:45:40 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- Taproot LOT OF LOTS

- BitPay Sanctions Violations

- Bitfinex and Tether settle with NY AG without admitting fault

- MicroStrategy bought another ~19.5k bitcoin for a ~$1.03B, they now hold 90.5k bitcoin

- Square quarterly earnings

- Coinbase discloses number ahead of Nasdaq listing

- Teleport Transactions CoinSwap implementation

- Arthur Hayes emerges

- Specter v1.2.0

- Onion Share v2.3

- RTL v0.10.1

- Hexa Wallet v1.4.5

- Samourai Dojo v1.9.0

- MyNode v0.2.27

- Sparrow Wallet v1.2.0

- Blockstream Green adds encryption to wallet metadata

- River raised $17.3M

- BottlePay raised $15.5M

- Can Governments Stop Bitcoin?

- BitMEX provides third grant for Michael Ford

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#232: Treasuries, inflation, history lessons, and Bitcoin & energy with Lyn Alden

Wed, 24 Feb 2021 21:21:58 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Lyn Alden, Founder of Lyn Alden Investment Strategy, to discuss:

- Current market environment

- Commodities pumping

- Rates jumping

- Repo markets

- Inflation

- Historical inflationary event

- Bitcoin + energy arbitrage

- much more

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#231: Mining trends, bitcoin liquidity crunch, and money printer go brrr with Mason Jappa & Sam Chwarzynski

Fri, 19 Feb 2021 16:41:59 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Mason Jappa & Sam Chwarzynski from Blockware Solutions to discuss:

- Mining trends

- Hosting

- Bitcoin as a messaging protocol

- The bitcoin liquidity crunch

- The macro factors lining up for bitcoin

- Bitcoin the messaging network

- Protecting against onerous regulations

- much more

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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.02.15

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 20:11:14 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- Taproot activation timeline released

- Dread admins discuss issues with ongoing Tor attack

- Jack and Jay Z announce 500 bitcoin development endowment

- Canadian Bitcoin ETF gets green light

- BlackRock "dabbling" in bitcoin

- BlueWallet v6.0.5

- Zap Android v0.4.0-beta

- JoininBox v0.2.0

- Umbrel v0.3.3

- Wasabi Wallet v1.1.12.4

- BIP47 v3 draft spec released

- Bitcoin Storage Guide by Sparrow Wallet Team

- Ministry of Nodes Ubuntu Node Box Guide

- Osprey Bitcoin Trust (OBTC), a challenger to Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC)

- Myanmar internet cut multiple times as military curfew continues

- Matt + Scaramucci

- Texas energy debacle

- Bitcoin is the #6 base money in the world

- much more

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#230: Layered Money, Complexity of USD, and a New Financial Stack with Nik Bhatia

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 14:57:33 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Nik Bhatia, Author of Layered Money: From Gold and Dollars to Bitcoin and CBDCs, to discuss:

- Writing the book

- Fed money printing

- History of layered money systems

- Different reserves

- How complicated the current USD reserve system is

- A new financial stack emanating from nonces

- much more

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#229: Black Bitcoin Billionaires, Marketing Bitcoin, and Freedom Money with Lamar Wilson

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 14:00:18 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Lamar Wilson to discuss:

- Black Bitcoin Billionaires club on Clubhouse

- Marketing bitcoin

- Empowering individuals with bitcoin

- Bringing back strong families

- Getting people off zero on their way to becoming satoshi millionaires

- much more

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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.02.08

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 23:26:25 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- Coldcard multisig vulnerability https://nunchuk.medium.com/the-missing-multisig-standard-5b4092e3ea92

- Tesla buys $1.5B worth of bitcoin https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000156459021004599/tsla-10k_20201231.htm

- Bitcoin Hash Rate New ATH

- Samourai Wallet v0.99.96c https://docs.samourai.io/en/wallet/releases#v09996c

- Nunchuk v0.9.7 https://nunchuk.medium.com/nunchuk-0-9-7-6b74b3848c3d

- Joinmarket v0.8.1 https://github.com/joinmarket-org/joinmarket-clientserver/releases/tag/v0.8.1

- Sparrow v1.1.0 https://github.com/sparrowwallet/sparrow/releases/tag/1.1.0

- Twitter CFO says they are considering bitcoin purchase https://twitter.com/SquawkCNBC/status/1359501275650547714

- SEC Commish says they are ready for a bitcoin ETF https://www.coindesk.com/peirce-sec-coindesk-tv

- Sending large files with blockstream satellite https://medium.com/blockstream/orbital-data-freighting-with-blockstream-satellite-2b9cde6aa79e

- Saylor Academy launches free bitcoin course http://sylr.org/BTC4E

- Gladstein + Reason Video https://twitter.com/reason/status/1357756578787708931

- Arthur Hayes Vanity Fair https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/02/the-rise-and-fall-of-bitcoin-billionaire-arthur-hayes

- Castle Island new $50M bitcoin VC fund https://medium.com/castle-island-ventures/castle-island-ventures-ii-and-the-road-ahead-e1dfffe72d8f

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#228: UASFs, BIP 148, BIP 91, and Taproot Activation with Matt Corallo

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 15:09:27 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Matt Corallo to discuss:

- The history of SegWit2x

- How SegWit actually got activated

- BIP 148

- BIP 91

- Preventing a split

- Fork futures

- Lessons learned

- UASF as a nuclear option

- Taproot activation

- BIP 8 (True/False)

- Why precedents matter

- LDK update

- much more

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#227: Mining, energy, central banks of the future and capital allocation with Harry Sudock

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 17:18:53 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Harry Sudock, VP of Strategy at GRIID, to discuss:

- Meeting in NYC

- Stumbling into the mining industry

- The merging of the bitcoin mining and energy industries

- Energy delivery problems

- Grid stabilization

- Central banks of the future

- Efficient capital allocation under a Bitcoin Standard

- much more

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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.02.01

Thu, 04 Feb 2021 23:49:30 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- Elon playing games

- Senator Lummis appointed Senate Banking Committee

- Microstrategy Bitcoin Summit

- Grayscale GBTC premium goes negative for first time

- California pension fund goes HAM on RIOT

- Darknet markets hit new ATH revenue according to chainalysis

- Matrix Chat Client Element removed

- Zeus v0.5.0-beta1

- Bisq v1.5.5

- Hexa Wallet v1.4.2

- Phoenix v1.4.6

- Home mining for non-KYC Bitcoin

- Self-hosting guide by Ketan

- Coinbase targeting Nasdaq and $50B valuation

- New Fed paper on inequality

- Ukraine considering nuclear mining

- Proposed Bitcoin Ban in India

- India blocks internet amid protests

- ATMs, banks, and internet access have been shutdown in Myanmar following military coup

- Casa raises $4m in seed round

- XMR.to shuts down

- This Month in Bitcoin Privacy: January 2020

- Bitcoin 2021 Conference moved from LA to Miami in June

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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.01.25

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 00:39:37 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- Wall Street Mayhem

- Tor v3 DoS attacks continue

- Tighter KYC regs in Netherlands

- Marathon buys $150M in bitcoin

- Sparrow Wallet v1.0.0

- Tails v4.15

- Fully Noded v0.2.11

- GrapheneOS web installer

- Grayscale donates $1M to coincenter, matching up to another $1M

- Navalny donation address receives almost 4 bitcoin since he was jailed addy

- Mining pool censorship analysis by bitmex research

- Jihan Wu signed letter

- Gladstein in Time on privacy

- Ray Dalio on bitcoin

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#226: Sovereign default swap markets as a proxy for Bitcoin's fair value with Greg Foss

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 16:05:48 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with long time credit trader Greg Foss to discuss:

- Surfing culture

- Greg's experience trading credit markets

- Using the CDS market for sovereign bonds as a way to calculate Bitcoin's fair value

- Systemic risk in the financial system

- Counter-party risk

- Bitcoin and the energy industry

- much more

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#225: Whitney Webb

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 18:18:47 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with independent journalist Whitney Webb to discuss:

- Solar Winds

- Q Anon

- Operation Warp Speed

- Incoming Secretary of State

- WEF's Great Reset

- Independent Journalism

- Opting out

- much more

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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.01.18

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 22:12:04 GMT

This week in Bitcoin Marty and Matt discuss:

- bitcoin reorg confusion: BITMEX & Blockstream Explorer & Deribit Dissection & Peter Todd

- CSW sues bitcoin.org and bitcoincore.org over whitepaper copyright

- Energy usage FUD smacks marty in the face on twitter

- Mining in the arctic circle

- Iranian gov seizing ASICs

- Blue Wallet v6.0.3

- c-lightning v0.9.3

- Bitcoin Dev Kit v0.3.0

- Blackrock entering the fray?

- Chainalysis releases 2020 "illicit activity" report

- Our boy Nic dropped a great piece in NYMag

- Mullvad conducts infrastructure audit

- Bitcoin Core usage survey

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#224: How to cancel yourself with Michael Krieger

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 15:58:23 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Michael Krieger to discuss:

- Cancel yourself before they cancel you

- Free and open source software

- Censorship

- History

- Bitcoin as a way to exit

- The illegitimacy of the expert class

- Localism

- The education system

- much more

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Rabbit Hole Recap: Bitcoin Week of 2021.01.11

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 00:37:51 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- Tor v3 Onion addresses unreachable after apparent attack on Tor network

- Ledger discloses new data leak and steps they are taking to mitigate issues going forward

- Analysis of Solar Winds attack

- HRF provides grants to Specter and Lot49

- Lagarde attacks bitcoin

- Bitcoin Core v0.21.0

- BlueWallet v6.0.2

- BTCPay Server v1.0.6.5

- RaspiBlitz v1.6.3

- Sparrow v0.9.10

- Hexa Wallet v1.4.1

- Fully Noded v0.2.9

- Coldcard v3.2.2

- Mempool v2

- Bakkt going public on NYSE

- Poolin releases hash rate token

- FinCEN extends comment period

- German Police take down DarkMarket and arrest operator

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#223: Talking Oil, Gas & Bitcoin with @chigrl

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 20:36:44 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Tracy Shuchart (@chigrl) from Hedge Fund Telemetry to discuss:

- Oil Markets

- Misallocation of capital

- PE + O&G

- Fragile supply chains

- Rare Earth metals

- Bitcoin mining with flare gas

- Energy producers are the central banks of the future

- much more

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#222: Beefing with the NFL with Jack Mallers

Fri, 08 Jan 2021 01:35:14 GMT

Join Marty and Matt as they sit down with Jack Mallers, Founder and CEO of Strike, to discuss:

- Athletes getting paid in sats

- Beef with the NFL

- bitcoin the hard asset

- Bitcoin the Network

- Strike global

- Routing around with Bitcoin

- State of the Lightning Network

- much more

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Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2020.01.04

Thu, 07 Jan 2021 23:40:34 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- OCC letter on banks using stablecoins

- Pro censorship American mining pool gains steam

- Iranian mining crackdown

- Strike Global

- Blockstream Jade

- Bitcoin Core v0.21.0 RC5

- Fully Noded v0.2.8

- Specter v1.0.0

- Braiins acquires remaining stake in Slush Pool from Slush

- Coindesk buys tradeblock

- Anthony Towns on 2021

- Bitcoin Explained by BJ Dweck

- Silent Link

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#221: DLCs, transaction fees, and PEMDAS with Chris Stewart

Wed, 06 Jan 2021 15:38:57 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Chris Stewart, CEO of Suredbits, to discuss:

- An update on DLCs

- The US Presidential Election DLCs

- Oracle problems and solutions

- DLCFDs

- Stablecoins

- Transaction fees

- Is Ethereum beating Bitcoin?

- PEMDAS

- much more

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Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2020.12.28

Thu, 31 Dec 2020 21:53:39 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- Our boy Russ getting paid in bitcoin using Strike

- Mooch's new bitcoin fund slides leak

- Indian Gov considering 18% tax on bitcoin trading

- US Treasury hits BitGo with sanctions violations on their non custodial wallet

- Bisq v1.5.3

- Umbrel App Store

- VanEck refiles ETF

- This Month in Bitcoin Privacy

- SolarWinds attack

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#220: Matt Hill

Tue, 29 Dec 2020 15:20:58 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Matt Hill, co-founder and CEO of Start9 Labs, to discuss:

- Founding Start9 Labs

- The Embassy

- Routing around Apple's App Store

- Why personal hardware is an imperative moving forward

- Self-sovereign surveillance

- Making all of this easy

- much more

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Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2020.12.21

Thu, 24 Dec 2020 00:42:42 GMT

Join Marty and Matt as they discuss:

- Ledger database dump

- FinCEN adds new KYC requirements for withdrawals

- Nigeria is now second biggest Paxful bitcoin market after the US

- Bitmain civil war escalates

- Microstrategy recent purchases complete

- BlueWallet v6.0.1

- Eclair v0.5.0

- Caravan adds PSBT support

- Discreet Log Contract for Difference

- Ripple gets hit by SEC

- Bitcoin DevKit

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#219: arbedout

Wed, 23 Dec 2020 14:51:34 GMT

Join Marty and Matt as they sit down with their very good friend arbedout to discuss:

- Gurri's Revolt of the Public

- Telecommunications networks

- Deflationary v. Inflationary currencies

- MMT vs Bitcoin in context of Hirschmann's Exit, Voice and Loyalty

- Great American Mining, energy, and Bitcoin

- much more

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#218: Desiree Dickerson, Christian Moss, & Simon Cowell

Tue, 22 Dec 2020 15:27:50 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Desiree Dickerson, Christian Moss and Simon Cowell to discuss:

- Gaming + The Lightning Network

- Why dedicated gaming tokens don't make sense

- Zebedee's SDK

- MintGox

- Getting pro gamers into LN enabled gaming

- Gaming culture these days

- The Upcoming MintGox tournament on December 27th

- Our favorite games

- much more

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#217: Lightswitch Lou's Return

Tue, 22 Dec 2020 03:26:06 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Louis Roberts AKA Lightswitch Lou, the man who launched TFTC, to discuss:

- Everything under the sun

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#216: Pete Rizzo

Fri, 18 Dec 2020 15:10:31 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Pete Rizzo, Editor at Kraken and Advisor to Bitcoin Magazine, to discuss:

- The war over P2SH

- Bitcoin's development culture

- Are Bitcoin's properties inherent or emergent?

- Bitcoin v. Ethereum

- Journalism

- Bias

- Objectivity

- much more

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Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2020.12.14

Fri, 18 Dec 2020 00:26:51 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- no ban yet

- sats back and sats the standard on cashapp

- Ruffer $744M investment

- $1B investment from One River

- Guggenheim's Minerd drops a casual $400k price prediction

- UK FCA allows temp approvals

- Kraken to add lightning early next year

- MTGox claims speculation

- BTCPay Server v1.0.6.3

- myNode v0.2.20

- TailsOS v4.14

- ACINQ Phoenix v1.4.4

- ACINQ iOS wallet enters testing

- Electrum v4.0.8

- BlueWallet v6.6.0

- Compromising airgapped machines

- OXT Research Kucoin Report

- JoinMarket guide

- 10 ways to lose your bitcoin

- Coinbase going public

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#215: BitcoinTINA

Wed, 16 Dec 2020 21:11:20 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with BitcoinTINA to discuss:

- The new ATH

- Institutional adoption

- How high will Bitcoin go?

- Gradually, then suddenly

- Cutting losses v. taking profits

- Gold's fate

- The importance of running a node

- The market will bend the knee

- Holding in a bull market v. holding in a bear market

- much more

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#214: Ben Kaufman

Tue, 15 Dec 2020 15:29:00 GMT

Join Marty and Matt as they sit down with Ben Kaufman, unlicensed software developer, to discuss:

- Specter Wallet

- Crypto Advanced

- Making multisig easy

- Making connecting to a full node easy

- PSBT

- QR Codes

- HWI

- Hardware

- Zoomers

- much more

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#213: Jimmy Song

Fri, 11 Dec 2020 16:15:19 GMT

Join Marty as he sits down with Jimmy Song, educator and Co-Author of Thank God For Bitcoin: The Creation, Corruption, and Redemption of Money, to discuss:

- Sound Money as a moral imperative

- How easy money corrupts society

- The love of money is the root of all kinds of evil

- Serving money or God

- Positivism v. Natural Rights

- Jesus flipping the table and kicking out the moneychangers

- much more

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Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2020.12.06

Fri, 11 Dec 2020 00:02:14 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- Ledger Phishing scams continue and get more sophisticated

- Our boy Justin gets funded by Square Crypto

- Brian Brooks non answer when asked about potential self custody restrictions

- G7 Finance Ministers discuss the need for more bitcoin regulations

- Our boy Jake sends out 'canary' tweet

- Four Republican Congressmen send letter to Mnunchin defending self custody

- French Finance Ministry to enact stricter bitcoin regs

- Elliptic releases press release associating bitcoin privacy wallets with criminal intent

- Mass Mutual buys $100M worth of bitcoin

- Microstrategy borrowing money to buy more bitcoin

- c-lightning v0.9.2

- RoninDojo v1.8.0

- Specter v0.10.4

- Zap Android v0.3.6

- Sparrow Wallet v0.9.9

- Ledger Live adds easy bitcoin core full node support

- Bullish yearly survey from Blockchain Capital

- First multi-transaction CoinSwap test by Chris Belcher

- Lightning Network deanonymization paper

- BTC-e Operator sentenced to 5 years

- The Battle for P2SH

- Bitcoin Dissidents Editorial

- BTC Mag drops Top 21 in 2020 list:

- Moxie on Rogan then mobilecoin launch

- Tutanota ordered to break encryption

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Rabbit Hole Recap: Week of 2020.11.30

Fri, 04 Dec 2020 02:16:11 GMT

This week Marty and Matt discuss:

- fresh set of ledger phishing scams sent out

- shilling the corn is the cool thing to do now

- Our boy paul

- Blackrock

- Bloomberg

- potential rushed self custody restrictions via brian armstrong

- CCP was the Plus Token Whale

- NYTimes hit piece on coinbase and bitcoin

- Bitcoin Beach balls out

- BTCPay Server v1.0.6.0

- JoinMarket v0.8.0

- JoininBox v0.1.15

- RaspiBlitz v1.6.2

- MyNode v0.2.19

- Sparrow Wallet v0.9.8

- Nunchuk v0.9.3

- Samourai Wallet v0.99.96

- BlueWallet v5.6.7

- PSBT Toolkit v0.1.2

- New version of nthKey

- Specter DIY now offered prebuilt

- Guggenheim fund may invest in bitcoin

- AllianceBernstein like bitcoin now

- BitMEX hires heavy hitter German CEO

- OTC volumes hit new records

- This Month in Bitcoin Privacy

- Brink announces first fellow, Gloria Zhao

- Gemini announces bitcoin development "Opportunity Fund"

much more

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