Tales from the Crypt: A Bitcoin Podcast

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Ronin Dojo v1.2 - txCast: Randomised Bitcoin (testnet) transaction broadcasting to break timing analysis - MyNode v0.1.80 - lnd v0.9-beta - Zeus v0.2.0 - BTCPay Vault - Liquid support coming to Bisq with next update - Exchange cold storage analysis - Square Crypto announces lightning development kit - Square files bitcoin related US Patent - LightNite game map and other details released - Apple iCloud backups are essentially a backdoor to phone data - ECB paper on central bank digital currencies highlights negative interest rates, helicopter money, and more seignorage - Clearview app face recognition app uses 3B+ photos scraped from millions of public facing websites - Pentagon accounting debacle - Bezos gets pwnd by the Saudis - 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 you download the app. Unchained Capital. Head over to www.unchained-

Join Marty as he sits down with Barstool Sports' Chief Foreign Correspondent, The Wonton Don AKA Donnie Does, to discuss: - Why Donnie decided to move to Shanghai - What life in China is like - Why he started creating content - Alipay + WeChat - Social Credit - Life of the Chinese middle class - much more Follow Donnie on Twitter Subscribe to his YouTube Channel Follow on Instagram Shoutout to our sponsor: Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse you download the app. Subscribe to our YouTube channel: tftc.tv Contribute to the show: https://tftc.io/contribute/

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - RIP Tamas Blummer - Tor Browser 9.0.4 - Zeus v0.2.0-rc1 : Android APK + Dev Signature - Instant VPS powered by lightning - Liquid support on BTCPayserver - Kashmir internet shutdown 170+ days now - BitMEX Research shows more lightning usage than expected - Samourai Wallet announces OXT Research - FBI tries to set encryption backdoor precedent once again - Coincenter reintroduces bill to add tax exemption for small purchases 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 you download the app. Unchained Capital. Head over to www.unchained-capital.com/vaults and checkout their 2-of-3 multisig vaults. GiveWell. Learn how much good your donation can do by visiting GiveWell.org/tftc. They accept traditional payment methods, Bitcoin, and several other cryptocurrencies

Join Marty as he sits down with Jamal James, creator of Polar - a productivity tool for Lightning Network developers, to discuss: - Building Polar - Jamal starting and running a successful business for 15+ years - How he originally got into Bitcoin - Deciding to build for Bitcoin + LN - Building for application devs - Why Bitcoin is inevitable - much more Follow Jamal on Twitter Check out Polar Shoutout to our sponsor: Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse you download the app. Subscribe to our YouTube channel: tftc.tv Contribute to the show: https://tftc.io/contribute/

Join Marty and Matt as they sit down with Andrew Chow, Bitcoin Core Contributor and Engineer at Blockstream, to discuss: - How Andrew found bitcoin in high school - What life was like before the Partially Signed Bitcoin Transactions (PSBT) standard - Why PSBT is important - Working on Bitcoin Core's Hardware Wallet Interface - CoinJoins - Coin selection - Hardware wallets - Video games - much more Follow Andrew on Twitter Follow Andrew on GitHub Shoutout to our sponsor: Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse you download the app. Subscribe to our YouTube channel: tftc.tv Contribute to the show: https://tftc.io/contribute/

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - River financial only 8 states - https://sphinx.chat/ - Samourai whirlpool dynamics, whirlpool CLI 0.10.2 released - Clark Moody adds sats per dollar and lightning Tor stats to his dashboard - zeus beta2 released, c-lightning support and iOS - Polar v0.2.0 released, c-lightning support added - RTL releases a major UX upgrade - lnd v0.9.0-beta-rc1 released with multi-path payment support - South Korean government committee recommends adding bitcoin product to national exchange - Neil Woodfine on how to keep bitcoin running in offline environments: video, slides, & thread - Tessercube PGP on mobile, recommended by @coinsureNZ - Kraken releases yearly government request transparency report - Cloud extraction report by privacy international - Russian state energy company courting bitcoin mining ops - Elaine makes the case for censorship resistant money - Video of gold accumulation over the last 20 years overlayed with bitcoin market cap - Debrief creative video by @Cr

Join Marty as he sits down with Jeff Vandrew, founder of the Keykeeper IRA, to discuss: - Jeff's essay on Post-Capitalism - Distributism - Marxism - Social Democracy - Socialism - Localism - Externalities - much more Follow Jeff on Twitter Shoutout to our sponsor: Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse you download the app. Subscribe to our YouTube channel: tftc.tv Contribute to the show: https://tftc.io/contribute/

Join Marty as he sits down with Alexander Leishman, Co-Founder of River Financial, to discuss: - Building River - Being a Bitcoin-only business - Dollar Cost Averaging - Complex systems - Bitcoin and American values - KYC/AML hypocrisy - much more Follow Alexander on Twitter Check out River Financial Shoutout to our sponsor: Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse you download the app. Subscribe to our YouTube channel: tftc.tv Contribute to the show: https://tftc.io/contribute/

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Bitcoin's first 11 years - NthKey: use your iPhone as part of a multisig setup - Nodl Dojo first impressions - Samourai Whirlpool 0.10.0 released - MyNode adds whirlpool support, dojo coming soon - Satreon: a non custodial lightning network powered alternative to Patreon - Metal seed storage reviews - Introducing A Framework for Privacy in eCommerce via Bitcoin - Difficulties with verifiable open hardware 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 you download the app. Unchained Capital. Head over to www.unchained-capital.com/vaults and checkout their 2-of-3 multisig vaults. GiveWell. Learn how much good your donation can do by visiting GiveWell.org/tftc. They accept traditional payment methods, Bitcoin, and several other cryptocurrencies

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - BitBox02 brute force vulnerability disclosed, update to firmware V5.0.0 asap (h/t @freedomisntsafe) - BLW on Android adds support for hosted channels - Argentina local bitcoins volume hits ATHs amid further capital controls - As expected CSW makes excuses ahead of "tulip trust" access date - Ethereum Co-Founder Jeffrey Wilcke dumps $11.5M worth of ETH from premine - The Venezuelan Petro update - HK Police freeze $9M raised by activists via Spark Alliance - Popular chat app ToTok removed from app store due to concerns it is a UAE spy tool - US gov issues warning to service members asking them not to use DNA testing services - @dergigi releases 21 Lessons book - Kiara Bickers (@kiarabickers) releases Bitcoin Clarity book - Proof of Keys next week - John Newbery thread - German gold capital controls 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 you downlo

Join Marty as he sits down with Dave Collum, Professor of Organic Chemistry at Cornell University, to discuss: - Climate Change - Bitcoin - Jeffrey Epstein - Inflation - The Fed - much more Follow Dave on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavidBCollum Check out Dave's 2019 Year in Review Shoutout to our sponsor: Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse you download the app. Subscribe to our YouTube channel: tftc.tv Contribute to the show: https://tftc.io/contribute/

Join Marty as he sits down with Urbit ambassador to Bitcoin, Bitcoin Sign Guy, to discuss: - Urbit Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse you download the app. Subscribe to our YouTube channel: tftc.tv Contribute to the show: https://tftc.io/contribute/

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Bottle Pay shuts down rather than implement KYC per upcoming AMLD5 regulation - Binance Singapore allegedly flagging accounts that CoinJoin after withdrawal - Phoenix lightning wallet by ACINQ launches on Android - c-lightning 0.8.0 released - Wasabi Wallet V1.1.10 released - Coldcard firmware 3.0.6 released - Ronin UI for Samourai Dojo - Trace Mayer on CoinJoin usage - BTCPay integration with M5Stack - cheap point of sale option - Alex Gladstein in Coindesk, Quillette, Tor blog - Polo adds no KYC option - Direct deposits delayed nationwide due to Fed glitch - NYTimes report on location tracking using phone apps 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 you download the app. Unchained Capital. Head over to www.unchained-capital.com/vaults and checkout their 2-of-3 multisig vaults. GiveWell. Learn how much good your donation can do by visiting Give

Join Marty as he sits down with Parker Lewis to discuss: - What is QE? - The Fed's balance sheet over the last decade - Unwinding the balance sheet - Repo market madness - Source of the repo liquidity crunch - Moving forward - much more Follow Parker on Twitter: https://twitter.com/parkeralewis Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse you download the app. Subscribe to our YouTube channel: tftc.tv Contribute to the show: https://tftc.io/contribute/

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Honeyminer acting sketchy - not your keys, not your coins - Jill Carlson on censorship resistance - Coinjoin usage Wasabi & Samourai chart - SquareCrypto gives grant to a nym - ZmnSCPxj - RIP CryptoDeleted - Exchange tokens are centralized and high risk - Malicious relays on the [Tor network](https://medium.com/@nusenu/the-growing-problem-of-malicious-relays-on-the-tor-network-2f14198af548 & fastrelay.org) - Twitter funding small team to develop a more open platform - Amazon Ring cameras compromised - More than 260k documents leaked by Sprint contractor - War on cash escalates in Greece and Italy - Repo market demand 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 you download the app. Unchained Capital. Head over to www.unchained-capital.com/vaults and checkout their 2-of-3 multisig vaults. GiveWell. Learn how much good your donation can do by visiting

Join Marty as he sits down with Hector Rosekrans, Navy veteran and bitcoiner, to discuss: - Being a Surface Warfare Officer - How the Navy teaches you to think - How Bitcoin may be better at spreading democracy than military might - Self custody'ing your own data - Bitcoin and the Constitution - Nuclear deescalation via Bitcoin mining - How should States lean in to Bitcoin? - much more Follow Hector on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HectorRosekrans Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse you download the app. Subscribe to our YouTube channel: tftc.tv Contribute to the show: https://tftc.io/contribute/

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Bakkt weekly volume all time high - Bakkt ceo Kelly Loeffler tapped as new Georgia senator - The second Boltathon online lightning conference this weekend, tickets are 800k sats - easypaysy bitcoin accounts proposal - On The Brink podcast with former head of Circle OTC desk Dan Matuszewski - Bitfinex adds lightning deposits and withdrawals - A Look at Innovation in Bitcoin’s Technology Stack by Lucas Nuzzi - TFTC with Matt Ahlborg - Interesting reddit discussion about Confidential Transactions - Wasabi v1.1.10 RC1 released - go test it and earn sats - Badass BTCPay cleats by Russel Okung - Great Fold commercial by @bvbtc and @content_noir - BottlePay chat sats launched - Tails 4.1 released - Binance launches no fee Tezos staking undercutting all noncustodial options - Tron backed Poloniex flexes on DGB founder - OP_CHECKTEMPLATEVERIFY Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and

Join Marty as he sits down with Matt Ahlborg, Data Scientist and Founder of Usefultulips.org, to discuss: - Why Matt is interested in P2P trading specifically - How Bitcoin is being used around the world - Developing the Usage Per Economic (Online) Person metric - What it's like cold calling a P2P trader - Why are people using Bitcoin? - What Matt plans to do in the future - much more Follow Matt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MattAhlborg Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse you download the app. Casa. Use promo code “TFTC” to get up to $250 off your Casa membership … or hit their team up membership@team.casa for a free demo, or to put them to the test with your hardest OpSec questions! Subscribe to our YouTube channel: tftc.tv Contribute to the show: https://tftc.io/contribute/

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Bitcoin Core 0.19.0 released - https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-core-0-19-0-released-heres-whats-new - ColdCard firmware 3.0.5 released - Bakkt daily volume - https://twitter.com/BakktBot/status/1200417914744135680?s=20 - Bitmex research analyzes IBD - https://blog.bitmex.com/bitcoins-initial-block-download/ - Telegram's Durov issues scathing statement - https://t.me/durov/109 - Two great pieces from Coindesk's Leigh Cuen https://www.coindesk.com/global-protests-reveal-bitcoins-limitations - https://www.coindesk.com/lebanese-bitcoiners-show-how-to-talk-about-crypto-at-thanksgiving - Nigerians + Bitcoin - https://medium.com/dlabvc/paxful-is-the-most-important-bitcoin-company-you-arent-paying-attention-to-4e699db0c5ca - Great presentation by Alex Gladstein - https://vimeo.com/375118500 - Venezuelans using RuneScape for additional income - https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2019/11/21/venezuelas-paper-currency-is-worthless-so-its-people-seek-virtual-gold - So

Join Marty as he sits down with Chris Arnade, Author of Dignity: Seeking Respect in Back Row America, to discuss: - Traveling through back row America - Cognitive hubs and spatial redistribution - Trading on Wall Street - Connecting with "the other" - Retribution as politics - The importance of community - much more Follow Chris on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Chris_arnade Pick up Dignity: https://www.amazon.com/Dignity-Seeking-Respect-Back-America/dp/0525534733 Shoutout to this week's sponsors. Cash App. Head over to the App Store or Google Play Store, download cash.app and start #stackingsats today. Use the promo code: "stackingsats" to receive $10 and contribute $10 to OWLS Lacrosse you download the app. Casa. Use promo code “TFTC” to get up to $250 off your Casa membership … or hit their team up membership@team.casa for a free demo, or to put them to the test with your hardest OpSec questions! Subscribe to our YouTube channel: tftc.tv Contribute to the show: https://tftc.io/contribute/