Tales from the Crypt: A Bitcoin Podcast

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 Shoutout to our sponsors: Cash App Unchained Capital HodlHodl Braiins

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 Follow Untapped Growth Check out the site 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 m

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 Shoutout to our sponsors: Cash App Unchained Capital HodlHodl Braiins

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 Follow Mauricio on Twitter Check out Ledn 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 i

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 Follow Bob on Twitter Bitcoin Munich Meetup Video Braidpool IRC 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 Poo

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 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 dow

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 Check out Bitcoin 2021 (Use code "SATOSHI" for 10% off) 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 leade

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.r

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 Check out Stakwork Check out Sphinx Chat Delly's Article 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 minin

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 Follow Alex on Twitter Check out The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels 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 bitc

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 Follow Kelly on Twitter Subscribe to Bitcoin Urbanism 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 t

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 Follow Max on Twitter Follow Stacy 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 easier to mine bitcoin. Check them out at compassmining.io

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 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 len

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 Follow Dominic on Twitter Check out Daylight Robbery 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

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 Follow Anas on Twitter Subscribe to GAMcast 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

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

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 Follow Nick on Twitter Check out Luxor Mining 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

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 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 mult

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 Follow Lyn on Twitter Check out Lyn'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

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 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.