Tales from the Crypt: A Bitcoin Podcast

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 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 fr

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 Follow Nik on Twitter Buy Layered Money today 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.

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 Follow Lamar 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.

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 c

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 Follow Matt 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.

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 Follow Harry on Twitter Check out GRIID 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.

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 Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats"

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 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. Atoms. Atoms is a shoe company making the most comfortable ideal

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 Follow Greg 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. Atoms. Atoms is a shoe company making the most comfortable ideal everyday shoe for the individual with low time preference. Head over to Atoms.com/tftc to get a free pair of socks at checkout.

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 Follow Whitney on Twitter Check out Unlimited Hangout 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. Atoms. Atoms is a shoe company making the most comfortable ideal everyday shoe for the individual with low time preference. Head over to Atoms.com/tftc to get a free pair of socks at checkout.

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 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.

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 Check out Michael's latest article Cancel Yourself and sign up for his newsletter after reading Follow Michael 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. Atoms. Atoms is a shoe company making the most comfortable ideal everyday shoe for the individual with low time preference. Head over to Atoms.com/tftc to get a free pair of socks at checkout.

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 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 t

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 Follow Tracy on Twitter Check out Hedge Fund Telemetry 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. Atoms. Atoms is a shoe company making the most comfortable ideal everyday shoe for the individual with low time preference. Head over to Atoms.com/tftc to get a free pair of socks at checkout.

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 Follow Jack on Twitter Check out Strike 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. Atoms. Atoms is a shoe company making the most comfortable ideal everyday shoe for the individual with low time preference. Head over to Atoms.com/tftc to get a free pair of socks at checkout.

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 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. Atoms. Atoms is a shoe company making the most comfortable ideal everyday shoe for the individual with low time preference. Head over to Atoms.com/tftc to ge

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 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. Atoms. Atoms is a shoe company making the most comfortable ideal everyday shoe for the individual with low time preference. Head over to Atoms.com/tftc to get a free pair of socks at checkout.

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

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 Follow Matt on Twitter Check out Start9 Labs' Embassy 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.

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