Tales from the Crypt: A Bitcoin Podcast

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 Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app. Unchained Capital. Check out their white glove vault concierge service that will take you from zero to secure multisig setup in no time. Use the code TFTC and receive $50 off that package that includes 2 Trezor Model Ts and $1,000 in your vault. HodlHodl. Lend at Hodl Hodl is a new non-custodial bitcoin backed lending platform, that allows peer to peer lending and borrowing between users, globally, anonymously & on your own terms

Join Marty as he sits down with the legend Dave Collum to discuss: - Fauci - Climate change - Lockdowns - The Fed - Inflation - Skydiving - much more Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app. Lend at Hodl Hodl is a new non-custodial bitcoin backed lending platform, that allows peer to peer lending and borrowing between users, globally, anonymously & on your own terms. Create you offers & set your own terms on lend.hodlhodl.com Compass Mining. Compass wants to democratize bitcoins hashrate and give everyone the ability to strengthen the network while mining bitcoin profitably. Thanks to Compass, it’s never been easier to mine bitcoin. Check them out at compassmining.io Braiins. Braiins are leaders in the mining industry; running Slush Pool, creating firmware to make miners more profitable (Braiins OS+), and building out Stratum V2 to help further decentralize mining and

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 Follow Ellen on Twitter Pick up Saudi, Inc. Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app. Lend at Hodl Hodl is a new non-custodial bitcoin backed lending platform, that allows peer to peer lending and borrowing between users, globally, anonymously & on your own terms. Create you offers & set your own terms on lend.hodlhodl.com Compass Mining. Compass wants to democratize bitcoins hashrate and give everyone the ability to strengthen the network while mining bitcoin profitably. Thanks to Compass, it’s never been easier to mine bitcoin. Check them out at compassmining.io Braiins. Braiins are leaders in the mining industry; running Slush P

Join Marty as he sits down with pro surfer Bethany Hamilton and Adam Dirks to discuss: - Bitcoin 101 - Inflation - Hyperinflation rhyming - much more Follow Bethany on Twitter Check out Bethany's website Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app. Lend at Hodl Hodl is a new non-custodial bitcoin backed lending platform, that allows peer to peer lending and borrowing between users, globally, anonymously & on your own terms. Create you offers & set your own terms on lend.hodlhodl.com Compass Mining. Compass wants to democratize bitcoins hashrate and give everyone the ability to strengthen the network while mining bitcoin profitably. Thanks to Compass, it’s never been easier to mine bitcoin. Check them out at compassmining.io Braiins. Braiins are leaders in the mining industry; running Slush Pool, creating firmware to make miners more profitable (Braiins OS+), and building o

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 Shoutout to our sponsors: Cash App Unchained Capital HodlHodl Braiins

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 Follow Mayor Conger on Twitter Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app. Lend at Hodl Hodl is a new non-custodial bitcoin backed lending platform, that allows peer to peer lending and borrowing between users, globally, anonymously & on your own terms. Create you offers & set your own terms on lend.hodlhodl.com Compass Mining. Compass wants to democratize bitcoins hashrate and give everyone the ability to strengthen the network while mining bitcoin profitably. Thanks to Compass, it’s never been eas

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 Follow cryptograffiti on Twitter Check out his art Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app. Lend at Hodl Hodl is a new non-custodial bitcoin backed lending platform, that allows peer to peer lending and borrowing between users, globally, anonymously & on your own terms. Create you offers & set your own terms on lend.hodlhodl.com Compass Mining. Compass wants to democratize bitcoins hashrate and give everyone the ability to strengthen the network while mining bitcoin profitably. Thanks to Compass, it’s never been easier to mine bitcoin.

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 Follow Whitney on Twitter Support her at UnlimitedHangout.com

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 Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app. Unchained Capital. Check out their white glove vault concierge service that will take you from zero to secure multisig setup in no time. Use the code TFTC and receive $50 off that package that includes 2 Trezor Model Ts and $1,000 in your vault. HodlHodl. Lend at Hodl Hodl is a new non-custodial bitcoin backed lending

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 Follow Matthew on Twitter Check out cryptovoices.com Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app. Lend at Hodl Hodl is a new non-custodial bitcoin backed lending platform, that allows peer to peer lending and borrowing between users, globally, anonymously & on your own terms. Create you offers & set your own terms on lend.hodlhodl.com Compass Mining. Compass wants to democratize bitcoins hashrate and give everyone the ability to strengthen the network while mining bitcoin prof

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 Follow Robert on Twitter Check out Robert's latest book, A Question of Power: Electricity and the Wealth of Nations Check out Robert's website Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app. Lend at Hodl Hodl is a new non-custodial bitcoin backed lending platform, that allows peer to peer lending and borrowing between users, globally, anonymously & on your own terms. Create you offers & set your own terms on lend.hodlhodl.com Compass Mining. Compass wants to democratize bitcoins hashrate and give everyone the ability to strengthen the network while mini

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 Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app. Unchained Capital. Check out their white glove vault concierge service that will take you from zero to secure multisig setup in no time. Use the code TFTC and receive $50 off that package that includes 2 Trezor Model Ts and $1,000 in your vault. HodlHodl. Lend at Hodl Hodl is a new

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 Follow Meredith on Twitter Pick up Shorting the Grid

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 Follow Gabriel on Twitter Support Julian's defense fund here Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app. Lend at Hodl Hodl is a new non-custodial bitcoin backed lending platform, that allows peer to peer lending and borrowing between users, globally, anonymously & on your own terms. Create you offers & set your own terms on lend.hodlhodl.com Compass Mining. Compass wants to democratize bitcoins hashrate and give everyone the ability to strengthen the network while mining b

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 disa

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 Follow Karim on Twitter Check out The Intelligent Bitcoin Miner Pt. II Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app. Lend at Hodl Hodl is a new non-custodial bitcoin backed lending platform, that allows peer to peer lending and borrowing between users, globally, anonymously & on your own terms. Create you offers & set your own terms on lend.hodlhodl.com Compass Mining. Compass wants to democratize bitcoins hashrate and give everyone the ability to strengthen the network while mining bitcoin profitably. Thanks to Compass, it’s never been easier to mine bitcoin. Check them out at compassmining.io Braiins. Braiins are lea

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 Follow Parker on Twitter Check out Unchained Capital Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app. Lend at Hodl Hodl is a new non-custodial bitcoin backed lending platform, that allows peer to peer lending and borrowing between users, globally, anonymously & on your own terms. Create you offers & set your own terms on lend.hodlhodl.com Compass Mining. Compass wants to democratize bitcoins hashrate and give everyone the ability to strengthen the network while mining bitcoin profitably. Thanks to Compass, it’s never been easier to mine bitcoin. Check them out at compassmining.io Bra

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 Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you

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 Check out Suredbits Follow Chris Follow Ben Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app. Lend at Hodl Hodl is a new non-custodial bitcoin backed lending platform, that allows peer to peer lending and borrowing between users, globally, anonymously & on your own terms. Create you offers & set your own terms on lend.hodlhodl.com Compass Mining. Compass wants to democratize bitcoins hashrate and give everyone the ability to strengthen the network while mining bitcoin profitably. Thanks to Compass, it’s never been easier to mine bitcoin. Check them out at compassmining.io Braiins. Braiins are leaders in the mining industry; running Slush Pool, creating

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 Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse when you download the app. Unchained Capital. Check out their white glove vault concierge service that will take you from zero to secure multisig setup in no time. Use the code TFTC and receive $50 off that package that includes 2 Trezor Model Ts and $1,000 in your vault. HodlHodl. Lend at Hodl Hodl is a new non-custodial bitcoin backed lending platform, that allows p