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#548: Bitcoin's Exchange Theory of Value with Parker Lewis
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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10/23/2024 • 1 hour, 35 minutes, 9 seconds
#547: Healing America's Broken Food System with Courtney Swan
Marty sits down with Courtney Swan to discuss her fight with Kellogg's and the other corporations controlling America's food.
Courtney's links:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realfoodology/?hl=en
Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/realfoodology/id1529008803
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKnDft-Ovm1iTfSN1kn957A
Website: https://www.realfoodology.com/
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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10/21/2024 • 1 hour, 6 minutes, 41 seconds
#546: How Bitcoin Wil Drain The Real Estate Market with Leon Wankum
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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10/16/2024 • 1 hour, 16 minutes, 4 seconds
#545: Bitcoin Is Money For Heroes with Guy Swann
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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10/14/2024 • 1 hour, 58 minutes, 41 seconds
#544: Dissecting The Chaos Leading Up To The Election With Ed Dowd
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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10/9/2024 • 1 hour, 16 minutes, 8 seconds
#543: Expanding the Reach of Quality Nutrition with Sam Moffett
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 - Intro1:19 - Shirttail origin8:51 - High quality food and grass finishing13:57 - Regenerative farming accessibility17:57 - Unchained18:43 - Inception of Local Pastures22:02 - Location/Strong Towns27:28 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite29:05 - Dealing with inflation34:57 - The fragmented community approach39:57 - Regen farming data/methods45:16 - Consumer push for quality nutrition55:29 - Challenges to expanding the model1:01:34 - Merits of the farmer lifestyle1:10:20 - Bitcoin1:14:31 - Is the average person becoming more health aware?
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10/7/2024 • 1 hour, 20 minutes, 9 seconds
#542: The Bitcoin Treasure Strategy Is A Game Changer with Dylan LeClair
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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10/2/2024 • 1 hour, 32 minutes, 58 seconds
#541: Why Europe Wants Trump Gone with Tom Luongo
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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9/30/2024 • 1 hour, 37 minutes, 58 seconds
#540: Exposing Operation Chokepoint 2.0 with Caitlin Long
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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9/25/2024 • 1 hour, 25 minutes, 7 seconds
#539: Planning For The Future With Bitcoin with Jessy Gilger
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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9/23/2024 • 1 hour, 2 minutes, 13 seconds
#538: Dissecting The Carbon Narrative with Chris Martz
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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9/18/2024 • 1 hour, 43 minutes, 57 seconds
#537: Go File A FOIA Request Tomorrow! with OpnState
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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9/17/2024 • 1 hour, 56 minutes, 2 seconds
#536: Living On Principles with Anthony Constantino
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 - Intro1:22 - The story of Sticker Mule8:27 - Manufacturing in the US13:41 - Media control during Covid16:09 - River & Bitkey17:25 - 2020 was an alien world20:14 - Demonization of Trump and his supporters24:29 - Impotent cancellation28:00 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Bitkey29:37 - Bringing civility back32:24 - Assumptions and narrative vs real people34:08 - Trump haters punching down37:15 - Failure of ESG and "woke capitalism"41:55 - Sticker Mule's plans45:50 - A earlier era's perspective on social media50:48 - Sticker Mule's structure and principles55:00 - Advice for starting a business
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9/13/2024 • 57 minutes, 58 seconds
#535: The State of Bitcoin-Backed Credit with Matt Dines
Matt on Twitter: https://x.com/buildcio
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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
30:11 - Why Unchained loans work
37:45 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite
39:22 - Predicting capital markets
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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9/11/2024 • 1 hour, 47 minutes, 19 seconds
#534: The Truth Behind The Attack On Trump with John Cullen
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 - Intro1:26 - John's background and the Vegas shooting7:47 - Multiple shooters at Trump rally12:17 - River & Unchained13:33 - Drones23:14 - The rifle stock28:37 - 400 yards32:02 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite33:39 - Back to the drone41:47 - Vegas shooting Saudi connections52:08 - Jared and Ivanka, monarchy drama1:01:28 - Who is behind Trump shooting1:08:53 - Field hospitals for meteor armageddon1:14:33 - Final points
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9/9/2024 • 1 hour, 19 minutes, 6 seconds
#533: Preparing For The Next Bull Run with Will Reeves
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 - Intro1:25 - Reflecting on the years8:00 - How Fold made it14:59 - River & Unchained16:15 - Harnessing the bear market27:15 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite28:53 - Fold users33:39 - Leading the way with new strategies44:30 - Focusing on bitcoin51:53 - Ten311:00:28 - Succeeding by operating with integrity1:13:20 - Come a long way, long way to go
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9/6/2024 • 1 hour, 16 minutes, 59 seconds
#532: Q2 2024 Monetary Base Update | Matthew Mežinskis
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
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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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8/31/2024 • 1 hour, 44 minutes, 14 seconds
#531: Creating A Decentralized Super-app with Obi Nwosu
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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8/19/2024 • 1 hour, 21 minutes, 22 seconds
#530: Pedophilia Is The Currency Of Geopolitics with Dave Collum
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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8/16/2024 • 1 hour, 33 minutes, 13 seconds
#529: How The Yen Carry Trade Will Skyrocket Bitcoin with Peruvian Bull
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 - Intro1:02 - Yen carry trade backdrop15:47 - River and Unchained17:03 - Market caught off guard20:10 - Liquidity alarm bell27:01 - Current status33:41 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite35:19 - What do central bank counterparties do?44:12 - Treasury demand48:55 - Predicting the timeline51:34 - Good for bitcoin56:50 - How to prepare1:03:36 - Fourth turning1:10:06 - Wrapping up
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8/12/2024 • 1 hour, 16 minutes, 9 seconds
#528: Bitcoin Is The Liquidity Alarm Bell with Preston Pysh
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 - Intro1:10 - Treasury auctions and stablecoins11:06 - Potentially solving the debt problem23:31 - River & Unchained24:47 - Bank of Japan26:22 - Accelerating toward the election29:18 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite30:55 - Global M2 and liquidity alarm bell50:15 - Bitcoin corporate treasuries44:10 - Creating a soft landing47:50 - Bitcoiners gaining influence57:23 - How far does this cycle go?1:04:27 - Vote with your node1:10:52 - The handout mindset1:13:44 - Optimism
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8/9/2024 • 1 hour, 18 minutes, 30 seconds
#527: There Will Always Be Rulers with Pete Quinones
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 - Intro1:23 - Energy and tech5:39 - Explaining elite theory21:36 - River and Unchained22:51 - Kamala propaganda30:14 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite32:16 - Technological warfare39:38 - Communism and liberalism45:29 - Rule of law and capitalist ideology1:00:20 - Expanding your mindset1:05:02 - Thanks Elon1:10:18 - Is war coming?1:18:18 - How much will Little Tech fix?1:25:51 - Overton window1:32:28 - Let not perfect be the enemy of good1:39:26 - Domestic manufacturing
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8/6/2024 • 1 hour, 45 minutes, 57 seconds
#526: Twisting Religion to Justify Cruelty in Gaza with Saifedean Ammous
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 - Intro1:13 - Infringement of Palestinian property rights8:00 - Israel’s solution is extermination13:23 - River & Unchained14:39 - Religious justification of cruelty26:29 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite28:06 - Christian Zionism35:42 - US is a puppet state55:14 - Can Bitcoin defund the empire?1:00:27 - They use every crisis to manipulate
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7/24/2024 • 1 hour, 11 minutes, 28 seconds
#525: Missing Trump Created a New Reality with Tom Luongo
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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7/22/2024 • 1 hour, 33 minutes, 47 seconds
#524: Precrime and the Global Panopticon with Whitney Webb & Mark Goodwin
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 - Intro1:34 - Trump shooting and media aftermath10:10 - River & Unchained11:26 - JD Vance and Palantir24:10 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite25:48 - Trump’s image & public/private partnership49:19 - Controlled media1:04:42 - Using Bitcoin for evil1:09:58 - Nostr, ecash & stables1:27:13- Framing bitcoin as money1:36:27 - All things are used to justify surveillance1:54:59 - Law enforcement2:01:00 - Stop complying, solve from the ground up2:12:50 - Keep calm against the emotional manipulation
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7/19/2024 • 2 hours, 23 minutes, 26 seconds
#523: Why a Bitcoin Treasury is the Winning Strategy with Eric Semler
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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7/15/2024 • 55 minutes, 33 seconds
#522: Breaking Down The Synapse Bankruptcy with Jason Mikula
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 - Intro1:42 - Background on the Synapse case12:19 - River & Unchained13:35 - Who is at fault?20:10 - FBO account structure24:36 - Impact on end users30:54 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite32:32 - Unclear resolution and stain on fintech41:18 - Can small banks compete?49:46 - SVB and the state of the banking system57:00 - Are we seeing Chokepoint 2.0?1:03:58 - Plugs
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7/10/2024 • 1 hour, 6 minutes, 6 seconds
#521: The Bushido of Bitcoin with Aleksandar Svetski
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 - Intro1:52 - It’s time to do more than complain9:23 - Core virtues18:02 - River & Unchained19:18 - Justice24:51 - Unbalanced femininity31:06 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite32:43 - Energetic leaders39:40 - Courage42:31 - A structure to last the hard times50:41 - Responsibility56:36 - Low time preference1:02:37 - Beauty and truth1:09:46 - Physically rebuilding America1:17:03 - Forging alliances1:21:11 - A new heroic age1:26:04 - Satlantis1:33:25 - Satlantis walkthrough1:39:06 - Layered technology1:44:41 - Wrapping up
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7/8/2024 • 1 hour, 49 minutes, 24 seconds
#520: Speculative Attack: Ten Years Later with Pierre Rochard & Allen Farrington
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 - Intro0:50 - Speculative Attack: 10 years later7:24 - Shorting fiat12:39 - River & Unchained13:55 - Spec attack season 217:41 - Education22:56 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite24:34 - Alternatives to rebalancing32:21 - Should institutions prioritize bitcoin?35:38 - Speculative defense43:49 - State bitcoin1:01:40 - Inflation lies1:08:27 - Wrapping up
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7/4/2024 • 1 hour, 10 minutes, 49 seconds
#519: Quoz & The Dollar Endgame with Mel Mattison
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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7/2/2024 • 1 hour, 35 minutes, 13 seconds
#518: Does The Energy Industry Need Bitcoin? with Andrew Myers
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 - Intro0:50 - How regulation harms the energy industry12:08 - River and Bitkey13:30 - Mining solves the fragility of centralized power21:00 - Bitcoin strategies for energy companies26:37 - Direct payment for energy34:26 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite36:03 - Determining optimal power mix44:10 - What miners need to know about power companies50:13 - Batteries57:02 - Regulatory attacks1:00:32 - Sound leadership1:07:02- Psyops and lists1:10:11 - We’re gonna win1:13:15 - Texit
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6/28/2024 • 1 hour, 16 minutes, 32 seconds
#517: Why Eliminating The Income Tax Would Supercharge The US with Peter St. Onge
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 - Intro0:50 - El Salvador4:23 - Vibe shift12:26 - River & Unchained13:42 - Mass immigration and nationalism17:51 - Trump’s rumored tariff plan24:49 - Media and education29:18 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite30:56 - Countering lies38:10 - Headwinds for next election45:40 - Dedollarization50:42 - Has the melt up already started1:00:27 - Feeling the inflation1:06:42 - Bitcoin and Trump1:14:02 - We’re gonna win1:16:44 - Presidential debate1:21:35 - Back to tariffs and taxes
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6/26/2024 • 1 hour, 25 minutes, 10 seconds
#516: America & The Art of the Possible with Chris Buskirk
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 - Intro0:50 - Start - ESG destroys innovation3:53 - Conservative vibe shift8:38 - River & Unchained09:54 - Positive vision15:58 - Positive vision specifics24:24 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite26:01 - Broken money28:39 - Electric cars31:20 - What DC does to good people35:31 - Take the white pill and think big41:40 - What regulation did to capital allocation45:49 - Generational groups and the remnant51:37 - Energy55:24 - Exploring causes1:02:21 - Stranded gas1:05:53 - Wrapping up
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6/21/2024 • 1 hour, 8 minutes, 20 seconds
#515: Understanding the Bitcoin Cash and Carry Trade with James Check
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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6/18/2024 • 1 hour, 38 minutes, 7 seconds
#514: The Rise of Botev Plovdiv with George Manolov
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 - Intro0:50 - First involvement with Botev Plovdiv - Cut fuckup7:06 - Starting a bitcoin plan for the club13:38 - River & Unchained14:54 - Communicating reasons for bitcoin22:34 - Fanbase reception27:40 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite29:17 - Challenges of a sports business34:56 - Bitcoin financial plan41:05 - Bulgaria47:20 - El Salvador58:50 - Sound money mindset1:02:26 - The players1:10:11 - Plugs
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6/14/2024 • 1 hour, 12 minutes, 15 seconds
#513: How The US Is Losing The Great Digital War with Matthew Pines
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 - Intro0:50 - Bitcoin in politics5:09 - Pitching Bitcoin to policy makers12:14 - River & Unchained13:30 - BRICS24:52 - Is US govt asleep at the wheel?37:26 - Current system isn’t as permanent as it appears46:04 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite47:41 - Private sector finding a way out57:48 - Expecting the big moment tomorrow1:03:45 - AI1:15:58 - US needs long term plans1:29:58 - State/non state power is shifting1:51:14 - Bitcoin is out best strategic option1:56:19 - WWIII
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6/12/2024 • 2 hours, 46 seconds
#512: Unlocking the Sound Money Mindset with Ian Carroll
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 - Intro0:50 - Trump and Fauci10:57 - Intel agencies14:22 - River & Unchained15:38 - People are being forced to notice19:17 - Optimism22:17 - Evil masterminds and incompetents29:38 - Ian’s research and perspective33:30 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite35:07 - Currency wars39:52 - Fix the money, fix the world48:32 - Wallets, not ballots51:31 - Strong towns and local business54:37 - Poisonous food/healthcare loop58:07 - Fiat standard1:01:21 - The system is learning too1:04:02 - Sound money mindset1:11:18 - Pod 2.0 and Nostr1:15:48 - Censorship resistance1:19:54 - We’re so early1:24:03 - Unrealized bank losses1:28:29 - Truth For The Commoner
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6/7/2024 • 1 hour, 37 minutes, 40 seconds
#511: Delegation and Time Hacking with Rod Roudi
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 - Intro0:50 - Opening riff6:45 - Tennessee Bitcoin14:24 - River & Unchained15:40 - Grassroots adoption20:11 - Bitcoin Brainstorm26:29 - Best way for number to go up35:36 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite37:14 - Doomscrolling41:29 - Leveraging time51:20 - Delegation and scheduling1:06:08 - More meetups, more podcasts1:11:31 - TFTC rewards1:15:48 - Incorporating alpha1:21:55 - Home screen apps
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6/3/2024 • 1 hour, 27 minutes, 8 seconds
#510: Bitcoin and Market Anomalies with Cathie Wood
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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5/30/2024 • 1 hour, 9 minutes, 41 seconds
#509: Sustaining Bitcoin For Generations with Michael Goldstein
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
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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 - Intro0:50 - Nakamoto Institute origins5:42 - Timeless ideas12:08 - River & Unchained13:24 - Popularity drivers for Austrian econ22:26 - Distractions from bitcoin as money27:39 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite29:16 - Framing fiat’s weakness36:28 - Art of Bitcoin Rhetoric43:11 - Don’t let haters dictate terms50:08 - “Trust in human institutions”1:01:29 - The power of effective messaging1:19:40 - Highlighting solutions1:25:19 - Advertisements and algorithms1:33:35 - Nakamoto Institute revitalization2:00:06 - Ossification discourse2:08:40 - Telethon brainstorm and plugs
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5/22/2024 • 2 hours, 13 minutes, 42 seconds
#508: How The Government Is Killing Small Farms with Dustin Kittle
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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5/21/2024 • 1 hour, 14 minutes, 47 seconds
#507: How Live Nation Scams Artists and Their Fans with Sam Means & Michael Rhee
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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5/20/2024 • 1 hour, 37 minutes, 14 seconds
#506: Q1 2024 Monetary Base Update with Matthew Mežinskis
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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5/15/2024 • 2 hours, 17 minutes, 9 seconds
#505: Jerome Powell, Tether and Peak Oil with Tom Luongo
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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5/13/2024 • 1 hour, 38 minutes, 2 seconds
#504: Bitcoin Is More American Than The Dollar with Parker Lewis
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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5/9/2024 • 1 hour, 15 minutes, 11 seconds
#503: The Bitcoin Stack with Dhruv Bansal,Ryan Gentry & Allen Farrington
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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5/4/2024 • 1 hour, 39 minutes, 33 seconds
#502: How Bitcoin Fixes Elections with Carliño
Marty sits down with Carliño to discuss the events that led to Simple Proof and bitcoin being used to verify Guatemala's election.
Carliño on Twitter: https://twitter.com/carlostoriello
Digital Witness: https://digitalwitness.io
Find Carliño on Nostr: npub14advhxua8w78gl2z7q8c4s20htxkzq4cu5mhj34ep0puf7smyqzszrd7qq
0:00 - Intro5:05 - Riffing9:24 - Poverty is the enemy15:57 - Getting OFAC listed and discovering bitcoin24:03 - Austrian influence and the state of Guatemala29:21 - Events leading to Simple Proof42:31 - Simple Proof in practice49:09 - Utilizing Stakwork54:39 - Mitigating bias1:00:05 - After the election1:09:04 - Funneling gamified auditors to bitcoin1:14:09 - Next elections and implementing in American counties1:26:05 - Election statistics, bleep the thing1:31:39 - Reciepts of truth1:39:18 - Darkest before the dawn
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5/3/2024 • 1 hour, 41 minutes, 30 seconds
#501: Bitcoin Mining Pools Are Critically Centralized with Matt Corallo
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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4/24/2024 • 1 hour, 13 minutes, 45 seconds
#500: Investigating Fiat Food with Matthew Lysiak
Marty sits down with Matthew Lysiak to discuss his new book, Fiat Food.
Matthew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Matthewlysiak
Buy Fiat Food: https://academy.saifedean.com/product/fiat-food-hardcover/
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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4/23/2024 • 1 hour, 38 minutes, 14 seconds
#499: Debt Slavery and the Carbon Credit Coup with Whitney Webb and Mark Goodwin
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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4/17/2024 • 2 hours, 19 minutes, 15 seconds
#498: Musings Of A “Right Wing Radical” with Ben Braddock
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 - Intro5:05 - MS-138:13 - El Salvador and rule of law12:47 - Media control and narrative shifts30:51 - Covid lockdown’s financial motives36:35 - Places to escape to41:11 - Inflation is exhausting52:37 - MAID and spiritual starvation55:25 - They’re not sending their best1:02:16 - Gradually, Then Suddenly1:02:56 - Manosphere and nationalism1:14:54 - Connecting over distance1:22:35 - Cities and aesthetics1:34:10 - Environmentalism1:42:12 - IM—1776 and journalism1:48:46 - Politicians1:58:03 - Austin2:06:41 - California water cycle2:12:39 - Energy/mining1:18:31 - Competency crisis and price system interference2:36:47 - Eclipse and final thoughts
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4/15/2024 • 2 hours, 42 minutes, 40 seconds
#497: Bitcoin Will Power Up The Future Of Finance with Andrew Hohns
Marty sits down with Andrew Hohns to discuss how Bitcoin changes the world of finance.
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0:00 - Intro5:05 - Andrew’s background19:30 - Discovering bitcoin25:44 - Alloying bitcoin with credit34:49 - Positive impact of Bitcoin’s unique use cases49:18 - Debt crisis58:15 - Gradually, Then Suddenly58:54 - High/low time preference1:04:32 - Applying bitcoin to financing1:12:49 - Inflation1:29:16 - Americans should embrace their bitcoin advantage1:45:46 - Wrapping on Bitcoin Jawn
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4/10/2024 • 1 hour, 52 minutes, 19 seconds
#496: The World’s First Blue Light Free Computer with Anjan Katta & Tristan Scott
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 - Intro5:05 - Light and temperature16:31 - Honesty21:57 - Wisdom25:56 - Creating Daylight32:12 - Gradually, Then Suddenly32:52 - Hardware has more impact than software41:44 - Don’t start a hardware company47:02 - Getting the screen made59:10 - Fiat culture1:06:42 - How Daylight succeeds1:17:41 - Amusing Ourselves To Death
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4/8/2024 • 1 hour, 21 minutes, 31 seconds
#495: What’s REALLY Going On In The Oil Wars with Anas Alhajji
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 - Intro5:05 - Strategic petroleum reserves20:30 - LNG40:04 - Gradually, Then Suddenly40:43 - Media portrayal and OPEC+ view of Russia48:32 - Red Sea59:12 - Venezuela and Guyana1:08:31 - Media narrative battles1:13:07 - Predictions1:19:16 - Wrapping up
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4/5/2024 • 1 hour, 21 minutes, 17 seconds
#494: Adding Fifteen Years To Your Life with P.D. Mangan
Marty sits down with P.D. Mangan to discuss metabolic health, the consequences of easy fixes, fiat food, and more.
P.D. Mangan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mangan150
0:00 - Intro5:05 - Metabolic health10:41 - Workout intensity16:03 - Ozempic23:27 - Hunger and eating patterns28:56 - Meat myths, studies, and unhealthy experts35:43 - Gradually, Then Suddenly36:22 - Advice and misconceptions46:00 - Chronic disease and fiat food58:13 - A health crisis is expensive1:02:37 - Years gained/lost
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4/2/2024 • 1 hour, 11 minutes, 24 seconds
#493: Fixing Big Ag with Jeff Smith
Marty sits down with Jeff Smith to discuss the state of ranching and the agriculture industry.
Colorado Craft Beef: https://coloradocraftbeef.com/
0:00 - Intro5:05 - Bitcoin and ranching13:37 - Starting Colorado Craft Beef23:41 - Regulatory risk29:04 - Taking care of the land33:23 - Gradually, Then Suddenly34:02 - Scaling in competition with large corps39:00 - Orange pilling55:34 - Weaponized fiat and food1:00:34 - Competency crisis1:12:32 - Yummy steaks1:18:30 - Back to scaling1:27:43 - Perspective and hope1:32:59 - Wrapping up
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3/26/2024 • 1 hour, 33 minutes, 55 seconds
#492: Open Source AI Is Winning with NVK
Marty sits down with NVK to discuss Coinkite, AI, tradeoffs in bitcoin, and more.
NVK on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
0:00 - Intro5:05 - Signing devices and the Coldcard Q13:13 - ETFs vs self custody17:38 - SIM swaps and AI fakes23:59 - Meatspace KYC26:55 - AI tools, Unleashed.chat32:04 - AI and bitcoin for businesses42:18 - How AI will impact the world50:14 - Gradually, Then Suddenly50:52 - What will our children need to know?55:10 - Covenants1:03:10 - Tradeoffs of bitcoin scaling layers1:13:45 - Bitcoin’s multiple value props1:17:29 - Nostr1:25:26 - Pace of adoption1:36:44 - Keynesian lies1:40:09 - Commie Canada1:50:25 - We’re winning because they can’t meme1:55:13 - Coinkite stuff
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3/20/2024 • 1 hour, 58 minutes, 52 seconds
#491: Bitcoin Urbanism with Tuur Demeester, Kelly Lannan & Austin Tunnell
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 - Intro5:05 - Introducing guests14:03 - Fiat real estate and centralized planning22:48 - Environment and psychology34:33 - Gradually, Then Suddenly35:12 - Efficiency can be bad for your health44:15 - Real estate is a shitcoin55:14 - Social breakdown and families58:48 - Suburbs becoming slums1:02:52 - Municipal infrastructure1:07:43 - Community1:17:09 - Definancializing real estate1:22:43 - Sustainability1:28:55 - Wrapping up
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3/18/2024 • 1 hour, 32 minutes, 9 seconds
#490: How Woke Took Over America with Andrew Gutmann
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 - Intro5:05 - Andrew’s background11:30 - Andrew’s Substack piece17:54 - Commercial banks and the Fed21:34 - How fiat causes wealth disparity28:30 - Turning the tide31:40 - Gradually, Then Suddely32:19 - Point of no return34:57 - Bitcoin and energy41:17 - Educational institutions49:31 - Competency crisis51:57 - Homeschooling54:13 - Powell59:20 - Hyperinflation1:01:04 - Wrapping up
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3/15/2024 • 1 hour, 2 minutes, 32 seconds
#489: Bitcoin Fixes Scientific Peer Review with Kevin McKernan
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 - Intro5:05 - Capitol Hill presentation15:08 - P2P review and publication19:43 - Hiding SV40 DNA28:00 - Gene therapy34:04 - Industry saving face42:47 - Gradually, Then Suddenly43:26 - Bitcoin and the timechain57:24 - Incentivizing high quality peer review1:07:56 - Bitcoin parallels biology1:13:43 - Medical community catching on1:18:50 - Reactions to Capitol Hill message1:24:20 - Wrapping up
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3/13/2024 • 1 hour, 26 minutes, 51 seconds
#488: Freedom Money Will Revive Rural America with Dr. Brooke Miller
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 - Intro5:05 - Vaccine data15:58 - Nefarious intentions21:47 - Media attacking ranchers27:11 - mRNA food31:56 - Gradually, Then Suddenly32:34 - Counter attack37:18 - Freedom money45:10 - Rural America50:06 - Local food53:09 - Scaling and centralization1:01:21 - Momentum against the rulers1:05:47 - We’re on a list1:12:24 - Orange pilling politicians1:15:16 - Wrapping up
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3/11/2024 • 1 hour, 20 minutes, 52 seconds
#487: Bitcoin Mining Industry v. Elizabeth Warren with Pierre Rochard
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 - Intro5:05 - AI tools18:11 - AI competing with Bitcoin for energy26:05 - EIA registry1:02:20 - Gradually, Then Suddenly1:02:59 - Liz’s goals1:08:23 - Environmentalism1:15:48- Nat gas and context for renewables1:31:24 - Current market and speculative attack1:43:28 - Good time to be a bitcoiner
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3/8/2024 • 1 hour, 50 minutes, 35 seconds
#486: How Bitcoin Can Solve The Competency Crisis with Axel Raven
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 - Intro5:05 - Competency crisis and essential work22:09 - Sound money30:05 - Time and the purpose of money36:35 - Keynesian trickery46:28 - Real estate and northern weather50:38 - Trucking1:04:44 - Automation fantasies1:09:37 - Gradually, Then Suddenly1:10:16 - Technial debt1:16:36 - Nuclear1:21:44 - Fiat delusion and scrooges1:32:16 - Bitcoin replacing the dollar1:38:57 - Truth For The Commoner1:46:27 - Wrapping up
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3/6/2024 • 1 hour, 49 minutes, 21 seconds
#485: Will Bitcoin Hit $1,000,000 This Cycle? with Tuur Demeester
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 - Intro5:07 - Tuur is bullish12:08 - Public is catching on to money printing17:01 - Effect of newbie influx22:57 - Regulatory and centralization risk29:04 - Totalitarian regimes41:06 - Belgium and helpless mindset51:32 - AI and information accessibility1:00:55 - Gradually, Then Suddenly1:01:34 - How high are we going?1:18:14 - Building, form and function1:32:13 - Wrapping up
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3/4/2024 • 1 hour, 35 minutes, 46 seconds
#484: Bitcoin And The Long March with Ben Hart
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 - Intro6:21 - Ben’s daughter16:46 - Discovering Bitcoin19:36 - Dartmouth Review24:38 - Big tech and intelligence agencies33:22 - College brainwashing44:23 - Victim narrative and immigration52:25 - Fiat culture56:06 - Energy, mining and decentralization1:01:11 - Sound money and military industrial complex1:08:39 - Optics and adoption1:27:18 - Wrapping up
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3/1/2024 • 1 hour, 28 minutes, 45 seconds
#483: Bitcoin Is The 7th Largest Base Money In The World with Matthew Mežinskis
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
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2/21/2024 • 2 hours, 9 minutes, 40 seconds
#482: Freedom Fighters Need Bitcoin with Lyudmyla Kozlovska & Bota Jardemalie
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:
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- Lyudmyla on X: @LyudaKozlovska
- Bota on X: @jardemalie
0:00 - Intro8:00 - EU attacks on Bitcoin18:58 - Abuse of KYC/AML25:10 - Confronting regulators about their consequences37:45 - Timeline on preventing EU action41:15 - What can be done47:52 - What does the success of Bitcoin look like50:11 - What it’s like when they come for you52:50 - The laws are more draconian and less effective58:04 - Narrative war1:02:31 - Complacency1:07:39 - Dealing with the stress1:12:55 - Wrapping up
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2/20/2024 • 1 hour, 15 minutes, 39 seconds
#481: Bitcoin's Positive Influence On Power Markets with James McAvity
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 - Intro7:38 - 50k and Ready Player One13:16 - Assertions of Chinese grid attack23:06 - Working with the wind tax credit issue36:44 - Renewable grid drawbacks and risks44:17 - The right mix of energy sources47:53 - Germany decommissioning and energy politics1:00:23 - Bitcoiners running nuclear1:06:11 - Halving1:11:52 - ASIC innovation1:31:04 - Mining fees1:34:28 - BitMEX1:38:07 - Gamestop1:40:41 - Cormint1:47:01 - Energy/finance integration1:52:25 - Wrapping up
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2/13/2024 • 1 hour, 54 minutes, 11 seconds
#480: Bitcoin Mining State Of The Union with Harry Sudock
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 - Intro7:26 - Big week for Griid11:21 - State of the mining industry15:46 - Industrial adoption19:43 - Demand response23:46 - Energy FUD from the parasitic class31:44 - Future of mining36:06 - Technical innovation37:27 - ASIC manufacturers45:02 - Halvening51:59 - Political influence and pencil making58:27 - ETF and stocks1:02:54 - Ten31 advisor1:08:56 - Wrapping up
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2/6/2024 • 1 hour, 12 minutes, 1 second
#479: Socialist Attack On Bitcoin Mining with Jason Brett
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/
0:00 - Intro6:17 - Overview on “emergency” survey15:03 - Clearly an overt state attack21:45 - Fighting back30:21 - Upcoming months32:30 - Energy industry and policy39:29 - Failure of ESG46:31 - Making political progress52:20 - Federal vs State58:12 - Wrapping up
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2/2/2024 • 1 hour, 27 seconds
#478: How DEI Is Weakening The Military with Matthew Lohmeier
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 - Intro6:45 - Politics dividing the military15:57 - Military of the best22:28 - DEI harms those it “protects”27:00 - US weakening is rapid and likely intentional40:15 - What’s making us stronger?47:12 - First steps to mending54:18 - Call to the silent majority50:03 - Money and incentives1:02:15 - Define your values
1/31/2024 • 1 hour, 4 minutes
#477: What It Was Like Launching Bitcoin In El Salvador with Sean McDonnell
Marty sits down with Sean McDonnell from Salt of the Earth to discuss the myriad stories that led to the founding of his company.
Sean on Twitter: https://twitter.com/seanfmcdonnell
Salt of the Earth: https://drinksote.com/tftc
0:00 - Intro
6:32 - Lacrosse
15:59 - Groupon
23:23 - Giving up the party life
27:11 - Skiing story
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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1/29/2024 • 1 hour, 18 minutes, 37 seconds
#476: The Story Of The People And Projects That Inspired Bitcoin with Aaron van Wirdum
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 - Intro6:32 - Storytime with Marty13:00 - Genesis book16:15 - Where does Bitcoin’s history begin?19:43 - Cypherpunk history27:50 - Who are the OGs?31:05 - Precursor projects and culture35:53 - Hashcash, BitGold, B-Money43:11 - Demand for privacy tech52:18 - Whitepaper and genesis block1:00:06 - Cypherpunks today1:03:52 - Timing and Chaum1:09:51 - Free banking, extropians, AI1:20:01 - Pitching the book
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1/26/2024 • 1 hour, 27 minutes, 42 seconds
#475: Bitcoin Is Eating The World with John Arnold
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 - Intro7:06 - The real John Arnold10:26 - John’s background23:10 - Total addressable market29:31 - Tech stock returns34:42 - Best time to jump in44:04 - Why Bitcoin is eating the world52:01 - Financial services1:03:06 - Consumer applications1:09:06 - Replacing the incumbent system1:21:48 - Venture capital not recognizing1:29:57 - Ten31 network1:35:07 - Bitcoin is fun1:40:45 - Wrapping up
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1/24/2024 • 1 hour, 44 minutes, 2 seconds
#474: What's On Weiner's Laptop? with Dave Collum
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 - Intro6:17 - Child trafficking22:17 - Immigrant flooding32:13 - Crime syndicates and technocracy40:47 - Darkness49:11 - J659:29 - Ukraine1:03:36 - Hope and changing winds1:10:24 - Election1:14:24 - State independence1:18:39 - ETF1:27:39 - Inflation and correctional1:53:30 - Geopolitical status2:02:17 - Great minds2:09:30 - Tangents2:24:04- Roth IRAs2:32:39 - What to do without Bitcoin2:41:26 - Family3:05:44 - Lacrosse3:26:53 - Wrapping up
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1/17/2024 • 3 hours, 31 minutes, 30 seconds
#473: Banks Without Bankers with Eric Yakes
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/
0:00 - Intro6:40 - Can we really have banks without bankers?12:44 - Tradeoffs16:10 - Fedimints23:48 - Federated model cost/benefit35:23 - Implementing incentives42:08 - Fedi in the future45:53 - Speculating on possibilities51:35 - Mint distribution and crossing chasms59:23 - Ark1:07:57 - Spoiling final thoughts1:11:31 - Multi-institution custody1:15:03 - ETF1:22:59 - Falling empire1:25:46 - Wrapping up
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1/12/2024 • 1 hour, 26 minutes, 51 seconds
#472: Amos Miller And The Encroachment Of The Nanny State with Chris Hume
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 - Intro6:17 - Amos Miller raided10:42 - State dislikes independent communities14:28 - The problem of positive law19:01 - The state removes your choices24:59 - “Raw” milk and choosing for yourself29:00 - Forgoing convenience32:01 - Those who enable tyranny40:02 - Money printing gives the state leverage48:47 - Statism vs Christianity1:00:52 - Pushing back1:04:45 - Wrapping up
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1/8/2024 • 1 hour, 6 minutes, 50 seconds
#471: Fighting The Digital Dollar And AI Surveillance with Whitney Webb & Mark Goodwin
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 - Intro6:17 - Exposition on Farmington and Fluent Finance12:47 - Stablecoins21:18 - Transitioning to CBDC35:30 - Crisis as pretense for surveillance and war53:59 - Digital ID1:04:02 - Powell’s not your pal1:07:37 - Figuring out the de facto CBDC1:13:41 - Manufactured consent psyops1:18:46 - National figureheads1:28:56 - Social media warzone1:37:04 - Preventing Bitcoin co-opting1:49:13 - They’ll profile and surveil everyone1:59:05 - Fighting AI-controlled life2:25:37 - Building alternatives2:34:50 - Wrapping up
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12/30/2023 • 2 hours, 43 minutes, 13 seconds
#470: Bitcoin's Finite Supply Is The Breakthrough with Dhruv Bansal
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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12/21/2023 • 2 hours, 33 minutes, 28 seconds
#469: Bitcoin And The Great Financial Crisis with Parker Lewis
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 - Intro7:07 - Liz Warren and CBDCs16:55 - 2008 crisis still echoes22:17 - Marty’s experience of the crisis29:00 - Metting people where they are35:27 - Satoshi was keyed in38:29 - It’s personal for everyone53:01 - Bitcoin, not Blockchain57:41 - Bitcoin is not for criminals59:28 - Dollar is not patriotic1:07:50 - Sound money is freedom1:13:49 - Bitcoin in future crises1:22:59 - How much will they print next time?1:26:08 - Replacing an unfathomable behemoth1:38:10 - Can’t stop the signal1:44:11 - Wrapping up
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12/20/2023 • 1 hour, 46 minutes, 42 seconds
#468: Q3 2023 Monetary Base Update with Matthew Mežinskis
Marty sits down with Matthew Mežinskis to discuss the Q3 2023 Monetary Base Update
Matthew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/1basemoney
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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
52:18 - Why money must be kept decentralized
1:01:45 - ETF Trojan horse
1:03:45 - Argentina
1:27:22 - European security
1:30:16 - Defense startups
1:37:34 - Texit
1:43:07 - Deterrence and cold war history
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12/12/2023 • 2 hours, 3 minutes, 13 seconds
#467: The ETF Will Push Bitcoin To $500k with Fred Krueger
Marty sits down with Fred Krueger to discuss the upcoming Bitcoin ETF and the impact of institutional money entering Bitcoin.
Fred on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dotkrueger
0:00 - Intro6:01 - The scale of ETFs13:35 - The pace of incoming money20:48 - Perspective of an ETF buyer28:16 - Will the ETF change the cycles?36:33 - Bitcoin improving payments40:13 - Financial degradation47:06 - Inflation from the perspective of the wealthy51:39 - Apathy towards Bitcoin1:00:56 - Older generations hold the wealth1:12:14 - Bull vibes will return with ETF1:17:19 - ETFs will have the largest stacks1:29:14 - Playing it safe1:35:57 - Fred represents the majority1:38:11 - Block size and other dev issues1:42:14 - Money printer go brrr1:46:55 - Likely date for the ETF1:49:22 - How Fred got into Bitcoin1:53:57 - The Anti-SBF event2:02:02 - ETF is inevitable2:03:55 - Wrapping up
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12/12/2023 • 2 hours, 5 minutes, 1 second
#466: Bitcoin on the Geopolitical Chessboard with Kane McGukin
Marty sits down with Kane McGukin to discuss the changing geopolitical landscape.
Kane on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kanemcgukin
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
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12/11/2023 • 1 hour, 19 minutes, 20 seconds
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Lou turns the questions on Marty to find out how businesses can embrace Bitcoin.
0:00 - Intro7:20 - Why are we here?13:29 - What is Fanatics?19:54 - FanCash should be Bitcoin29:58 - Introducing Bitcoin through rewards33:04 - Chargebacks and international onboarding37:29 - Bitcoin is can enable better UX flow41:39 - NFTs don’t work48:30 - New media monetization models53:26 - Protection from censorship58:36 - Trust still required1:02:17 - Saving your business in a recession1:05:21 - Debrief, comment your suggestions!
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12/6/2023 • 1 hour, 8 minutes, 26 seconds
#465: Five Pillars of Product Management with Will Cole
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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12/4/2023 • 1 hour, 28 minutes, 32 seconds
#464: The Emergence of the Network of Keys with Matt from Unchained
Marty sits down with Matt from Unchained to discuss key networks and setting new industry standards for Bitcoin custody.
0:00 - Intro6:17 - Matt’s backstory (go birds)12:56 - Challenges overcome at Unchained19:43 - The role of keys in Bitcoin21:53 - Preparing for the next bull23:42 - Misconceptions about keys26:41 - UX gaps29:18 - Structures built on key networks34:15 - Countering bad optics for regulators37:29 - Predictions42:27 - Recognition of multisig47:59 - ETFs and Coinbase54:41 - Multi-jurisdiction58:07 - Blinded xpubs and deepfakes1:05:56 - Incoming developments in Bitcoin1:08:48 - Are you an ordinals enjoyer?1:11:32 - MPC vs multisig1:17:52 - Shitcoin cycles1:21:43 - Here for tech or money?1:26:26 - Saving Philly1:34:02 - Wrapping up
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12/1/2023 • 1 hour, 36 minutes, 23 seconds
#463: Orange Pilling AI & Bitcoin Times Energy Edition with Aleks Svetski
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 - Intro6:52 - Riffing9:53 - What is Spirit of Satoshi?18:12 - AGI24:04 - Closed/open source AI33:38 - Building your own language model41:04 - AI’s opinions are based on its master45:02 - Data cleanliness and hallucination52:58 - 1000 minds vs the Borg58:59 - A wealth of data1:03:54 - Biden’s AI executive order1:05:26 - AI agents and Bitcoin1:12:23 - ASICs1:16:36 - Energy1:21:09 - Bitcoin Times Energy Edition, ESG1:32:16 - Bitcoin is energy1:39:29 - Conquering mindset1:49:21 - Wrapping up
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11/30/2023 • 1 hour, 51 minutes, 51 seconds
#462: Government Spending Leads To Hyperinflation with Peter St Onge
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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11/28/2023 • 1 hour, 19 minutes, 23 seconds
#461: Defecting from Corrupt Healthcare with Andy Schoonover
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 - Intro7:23 - It’s been a year14:22 - Doctors are excited18:22 - The government owns the system22:29 - Insurance is impersonal28:23 - Bitcoin and LN34:13 - Bitcoin doctors42:49 - What’s the catch?48:29 - How many people does it take for change?51:22 - Relationship with employers55:28 - Metabolic health and strong communities1:04:09 - Defectors from the corrupt system1:08:21 - Spreading knowledge1:13:01 - CrowdHealth profitability1:15:50 - CH’s relationship with TFTC1:20:23 - Press the hard button1:24:21 - We’re gonna win
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11/17/2023 • 1 hour, 25 minutes, 25 seconds
#460: Deconstructing the Censorship Industrial Complex with Mike Benz
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 - Intro6:17 - Censorship Industrial Complex13:06 - Turning point in 201615:08 - Twitter files and wrongspeak terminology22:44 - NGO participation26:07 - Corporate control32:30 - Russian gas37:15 - Biden laptop43:09 - Justice Department can kill you48:40 - Destabilization ops53:07 - End goal of control57:33 - Methods of resistance1:01:11 - Monetary censorship and Bitcoin1:04:11 - We’re gonna win
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11/14/2023 • 1 hour, 6 minutes, 11 seconds
#459: An 8-Month Taliban Holiday with Lord Miles
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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11/7/2023 • 1 hour, 28 minutes, 23 seconds
#458: Climate Narratives Are Failing with Tom Nelson
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 - Intro6:43 - Riffing on Dave Collum and hurricanes11:08 - Narratives are failing18:17 - Charlie Munger21:07 - AI23:44 - DC and climate policy26:34 - Nuclear30:32 - ESG and mining33:41 - Green energy kills42:32 - Hydrocarbons bring life50:31 - Those who would control you54:27 - Bitcoin56:53 - War59:21 - Podcasting, censorship, and finding new allies1:09:41 - Go get yourself called a racist1:19:24 - Wrapping up
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11/1/2023 • 1 hour, 20 minutes, 30 seconds
#457: How a Miner Survives a Bitcoin Bear Market with Drew Armstrong & AJ Scalia
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 - Intro5:04 - New York11:23 - Current doomer status14:36 - Lessons learned since last bull run26:24 - Decisions made in 202234:20 - Underclocking and maintaining mining efficiency39:16 - Evaluing mining businesses by hashprice43:31 - Educating energy providers48:25 - Cathedra firmware52:07 - Shifting the bottleneck away from ASICs58:20 - AI1:06:46 - Geographic dispersion of hash1:12:59 - Rising rates and ETFs1:25:20 - Halvening prediction1:35:05 - Wrapping up
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10/26/2023 • 1 hour, 37 minutes, 31 seconds
#456: The Path To Hyperinflation with EJ Antoni
Marty sits down with EJ Antoni to discuss the disastrous policies of the Federal Reserve.
EJ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RealEJAntoni
0:00 - Intro5:48 - Explaining Fed losses22:16 - 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 indicators42:04 - Protecting yourself financially50:48 - Weimar style hyperinflation54:21 - Weaponization of the dollar57:23 - Bitcoin1:00:24 - Wrapping
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10/24/2023 • 1 hour, 2 minutes, 11 seconds
#455: AI-Powered Tyranny with Whitney Webb
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
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10/20/2023 • 1 hour, 54 minutes, 40 seconds
#454: An Onramp To The New Custody Standard with Onramp & BitGo
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 - Intro5:04 - How’s The Last Trade going?10:06 - OnRamp/BitGo partnership23:35 - The importance of multi-institution29:18 - What convinces key agents?36:53 - The next stage of Bitcoin’s adoption40:36 - Trillion Dollar Wallets and other fun ideas45:03 - Bitcoin is for everyone49:11 - State attacks and multi-jurisdiction1:01:43 - Adoption, education, ETFs1:19:05 - Marty backstory1:22:04 - Mitch backstory and BitGo1:26:15 - Bitcoin is the spirit of revolution1:28:56 - Wrapping
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10/19/2023 • 1 hour, 32 minutes, 39 seconds
#453: From Barstool to Mash with Louis Roberts
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 - Intro5:28 - Riffing15:37 - Mash and the new TFTC site24:26 - Incumbent monetization models29:06 - Enabling interaction features31:58 - Controlling your own flow of funds39:27 - Ending the subscription model47:22 - Convincing other publishers50:29 - Verifying humanity54:51 - Lightning compared to advertising a decade ago1:00:39 - Barstool1:03:24 - Death of the old model1:06:27 - Riffing after an interruption1:11:26 - Chicken and egg of Bitcoin adoption1:17:39 - Demo-ing donations1:19:33 - We’re gonna win1:25:42 - Twitter and Nostr1:29:30 - Riffing1:32:56 - New site launch1:36:08 - Saving the world with Bitcoin1:40:30 - Politicians are nuts1:48:21 - War1:58:35 - Rising from ashes of the American empire2:01:27 - AI2:03:26 - Ending riff
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10/17/2023 • 2 hours, 7 minutes, 33 seconds
#452: Zaprite Is Driving Bitcoin Merchant Adoption with John Magill
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 - Intro5:04 - Irish shitcoinery and true Bitcoiners9:51 - Irish government18:39 - Irish economy25:26 - Erasing Irish culture32:35 - Strong communities and fiat world38:42 - Merchant adoption48:56 - Update on Zaprite, onboarding Will and Parker54:44 - What to build next1:12:04 - Bullish vibes1:17:16 - Returning to roots1:20:56 - Conferences and meetups
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10/9/2023 • 1 hour, 26 minutes, 45 seconds
#451: UTXOracle with Steve Jeffress & Daniel Hinton
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/
0:00 - Intro6:41 - Steve and Daniel’s background10:59 - Explaining UTXOs13:34 - Visualizing data20:46 - Effect of Bitcoin ATMs on patterns25:24 - How to infer price from UTXO data35:27 - Usefulness as an oracle45:28 - Possibility of price per block46:41 - Human action, opportunities and attack vectors53:26 - Effect of ordinals55:49 - UTXO mismanagement1:02:37 - Spending old coins1:06:51 - Taproot changes and far future problems1:18:20 - Fun new concepts1:27:43 - Run the numbers yourself1:32:58 - Wrapping up
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10/3/2023 • 1 hour, 33 minutes, 47 seconds
#450: Bitcoin Money Market Funds with Théo Mogenet
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 - Intro7:00 - Théo’s background11:06 - Explaining money market funds16:46 - UK Gilt duration mismatch22:32 - US bank failures25:08 - Weaponization of monetary system39:41 - How Bitcoin fixes this49:26 - Bitcoin’s increasing demand52:47 - Through the lens of monetary policy55:28 - Perpetual markets1:00:46 - DLCs for futures contracts1:07:55 - Acquiring liquidity for DLCs1:18:24 - Nascent companies1:23:52 - Inciting hyperbitcoinization1:29:12 - What drives further adoption?1:40:47 - Théo’s upcoming writing
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10/1/2023 • 1 hour, 45 minutes, 41 seconds
#449: DEATH ATHLETIC: A Dissident Architecture with Jessica Solce
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 - Intro6:27 - Stumbling into cypherpunk docs11:24 - Dealing with scandals16:12 - Death Athletes22:44 - The process of following Cody24:04 - Fighting digital tyrrany28:14 - Apathy32:39 - Free information40:11 - Dealing with courts of law and social media45:37 - JStark49:38 - Corporate control1:01:13 - Aesthetics and the film industry1:07:57 - AI1:11:21 - Plugs + wrap up
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9/27/2023 • 1 hour, 14 minutes, 37 seconds
#448: Opt Out Of Keynesian Brain Rot with Godfrey Bloom
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 - Intro6:43 - How govts have been corrupted16:09 - Is mobilization of the common man imminent?18:40 - Central banks are the unknown cause24:56 - Removing yourself from the system27:12 - New Keynesians29:59 - Bitcoin and gold34:46 - More on UK provenance law38:09 - Lawful cancelation dissidents43:58 - Civil war and states asserting autonomy46:42 - Wrapping up
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9/26/2023 • 48 minutes, 59 seconds
#447: Biowarfare In The 21st Century with Sam Husseini
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 - Intro5:36 - Sam’s body of work8:20 - Covid’s parallels to anthrax attacks15:08 - Wuhan lab obscurement22:56 - Biowarfare is unique26:02 - USAID funding of the lab30:44 - The gaslighting is highly effective40:54 - Those in control have no benevolent intentions44:02 - Disappointment in RFK46:02 - Bird flu modification48:21 - Actionable items50:17 - Censorship56:38 - Wrapping up
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9/22/2023 • 1 hour, 1 minute, 43 seconds
#446: The State of the Lightning Network with Matt Corallo
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 forks13:34 - Should we focus on what we have?18:27 - Core dev burnout24:58 - State of Bitcoin adoption35:23 - The year of LDK40:46 - Stablecoins and AI46:44 - Where should the focus be?52:42 - LSPs and improving LN UX59:21 - Crypto impatience1:05:26 - Using lightning every day1:07:02 - Regulations1:21:01 - Bitcoin and Crypto have different regulatory concerns1:23:34 - AI and energy1:27:31 - Is LN a panacea?1:35:54 - How is LN success defined?1:38:35 - PTLCs1:43:46 - Bitcoin’s success probability
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9/14/2023 • 1 hour, 48 minutes, 40 seconds
#445: Dispelling Nuclear Energy Misconceptions with Ryan MacLeod
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 - Riffing7:46 - Texas demand scare13:57 - Best source for stable energy20:11 - Reputation of nuclear power31:39 - If the end were nigh, we’d need nuclear33:40 - Cost of capital and SMRs36:53 - SMR and mining impact on grids41:05- Bitcoin can ease problems with nuclear44:37 - Nuclear looking good53:15 - Germany’s idiotic policies55:09 - Uranium supply58:01 - Nuclear future1:02:01 - Does the nuclear industry recognize Bitcoin?1:07:09 - Wrapping up
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9/12/2023 • 1 hour, 11 minutes, 23 seconds
#444: Fiat Ruins Everything with Jimmy Song
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 - Intro5:38 - Writing with ChatGPT10:59 - Degeneracy hazards12:54 - Jimmy’s book and writing process20:39 - Structuring a book23:36 - Fiat’s influence on individuals with corps30:28 - Strong families and low time pref life35:01 - Fiat world built on ossification44:19 - No stores of value, can’t buy a house50:15 - 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 welfare1:14:40 - Wide and narrow gate, drivechains1:26:45 - Plugging the book
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9/6/2023 • 1 hour, 29 minutes, 26 seconds
#443: Q2 2023 Monetary Base Update with Matthew Mežinskis
Marty sits down again with Matthew Mežinskis to discuss the Q2 2023 Monetary Base update.
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Matthew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/1basemoney
6:05 - eNaira and CBDCs26:08 - Top 5 currencies32:30 - Compound annual growth rate36:06 - FHLB exposure42:27 - Inflation is impacting people45:08 - Bitcoin chart56:49 - Scandinavian physical currency59:17 - US federal debt1:15:08 - Canary in the coal mine1:23:30 - Nations using Bitcoin and BRICS gold1:40:02 - Optimal outcome
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8/30/2023 • 1 hour, 47 minutes, 27 seconds
#422: Launching Flex with Bitcoin Talent Co
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
31:23 - Misallocation of resources
34:56 - Acting with urgency
36:50 - Opportunity for efficiency increasing
41:55 - Talent competition at global level
43:29 - Expanding and iterating
51:02 - Plugs and wrap up
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8/25/2023 • 55 minutes, 44 seconds
#441: Miniscript and Bitcoin Risk Products with Rob Hamilton
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 Launch7:43 - Bluechecks13:31 - Content models18:18 - Drivechains and OP_VAULT22:58 - Miniscript27:07 - Stepping back on Miniscript33:50 - Balancing complexity at Anchorwatch36:17 - Bitcoin risk products42:52 - Anchorwatch policy construction47:15 - UX51:58 - Impatience55:17 - Get your hands dirty59:31 - Edge cases1:06:22 - MPC1:18:54 - Upgrades with unknown unknowns1:27:34 - Bullish1:32:43 - Bitcoin in macro1:39:59 - Urgency
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8/24/2023 • 1 hour, 45 minutes, 46 seconds
#440: Climate Change Is A Bad Excuse with Anas Alhajji
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 trade13:27 - COP 28 and climate change excuses27:46 - Climate change religion31:05 - Dishonest numbers37:05 - Shale oil underperforming42:02 - “Green” energy can only win by force48:11 - Why we Bitcoin49:46 - Near future energy market56:16 - Impact of subsidies58:59 - Immigration and Climate arguments don’t mix1:03:48 - Dollar shortage and Bitcoin
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8/18/2023 • 1 hour, 12 minutes, 55 seconds
#439: Mining, Memes and Meetups with Thomas Pacchia
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 scarcity21:56 - Will shitcoin cycles continue?28:42 - No soft landing32:01 - Large scale investors42:27 - Mining meetup53:06 - What drives hashrate growth from here?58:18 - Treasury management1:00:55 - Pool monetization1:09:51 - Scammers and hamsters1:12:48 - NYC Bitcoin makes Marty bullish1:23:05 - Memes and NFTs1:28:58 - Derailment and riffing1:36:29 - Bitcoin conferences and new Pubkey locations1:44:08 - Hex and hardware wallets1:46:58 - Reminiscing from our prison cells in 2030
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8/8/2023 • 1 hour, 54 minutes, 38 seconds
#438: Cycling Toward A Bitcoin Boom with Tuur Demeester
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 - Intro5:30 - Aliens11:35 - Bitcoin cycles18:04 - Is the next cycle different?20:21 - Will crypto stay dead?24:12 - Old ideas, new ideas, and startups33:44 - Regulatory landscape38:27 - Financial “innovations” from crypto42:31 - Bitcoin politics46:29 - Implications of decentralized custody54:23 - Multiple fronts of chaos1:02:04 - How far can inflation go?1:10:04 - Bitcoin is the escape hatch1:12:13 - Nation state adoption1:15:29 - Next bull market1:26:29 - Fedimints and AI1:34:38 - Bullish on Texas1:47:28 - We’re gonna win
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7/31/2023 • 1 hour, 48 minutes, 34 seconds
#437: History Doesn't Rhyme, It Repeats with Dave Collum & Rudy Havenstein
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 - Bants11:41 - Background27:20 - Banking crisis lull33:12 - Media collapse and Twitter48:43 - Evil rulers1:15:10 - Corporate press and those they hate1:22:35 - Younger generations1:30:21 - Forth turning and inflation1:58:20 - CBDCs vs Bitcoin2:03:49 - Final words from Rudy2:05:39 - Rabbit holes on rabbit holes
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7/25/2023 • 3 hours, 8 minutes, 10 seconds
#436: Building Sound Finance For Sound Money with Atomic Finance
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 origins15:44 - What’s wrong with defi?21:15 - Explaining DLCs25:26 - How Atomic uses DLCs28:39 - Risks34:13 - Atomic’s oracle37:39 - State of DLCs and lightning44:51 - Plans for Atomic47:46 - Ethereum’s centralization50:26 - Order of operations in Bitcoin adoption54:04 - Scaling Bitcoin and ossification1:04:59 - Staking reputation on BIPs1:14:28 - A lot at stake1:21:00 - Wrapping
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7/24/2023 • 1 hour, 25 minutes, 8 seconds
#435: Bitcoin Solves the Payments Problem in AI with Kody Low
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 - Intro5:30 - Marty Barbell Bender7:10 - Kody’s background, every Bitcoiner a dev13:59 - What layer is Fedi?19:38 - Explaining Fedimint25:43 - What do Fedimints fix about lightning?30:23 - Expanding on federation34:46 - Scaling Bitcoin for the world38:56 - Federated operating system49:23 - How it works for guardians57:57 - Privacy1:00:41 - Synth dollar trading1:11:18 - AI/Lightning intersection1:20:33 - L402 and M2M payments1:35:53 - Lightning’s headstart on crypto1:38:24 - Avoiding Bitcoin’s volitility with Fedi1:41:02 - Bitcoin is the best money1:49:10 - Pushing AI companies to Lightning1:52:02 - Answer the call, freaks1:55:25 - Privacy and gpu hosting2:05:27 - Wrapping up
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7/19/2023 • 2 hours, 9 minutes, 5 seconds
#434: Capital in the 21st Century with Allen Farrington
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 Axiom9:43 - Cost of capital14:26 - Debt is not universally bad16:59 - Capital as a tool18:51 - The goal of capital allocation22:13 - Affecting individual savings26:06 - Capital flowchart and long term thinking37:18 - Bitcoin doesn’t allow fiat games44:47 - Bitcoin mining illustrating the point58:09 - Impact of lightning’s instant settlement1:06:26 - Building a long term company1:14:46 - Temperance during the boom1:18:46 - Liquid BTC1:27:28 - Axiom and further upcoming writing1:41:04 - Wrapping up
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7/17/2023 • 1 hour, 44 minutes, 14 seconds
#433: Lightning Network at the Enterprise Level with Jose Lemus
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 riffing7:37 - What’s up at Ibex?22:24 - Impact of instant settlement26:21 - Lightning Network, AI, Internet of Things34:07 - What’s taking adoption so long?36:49 - Bitcoin’s unique combination of properties45:57 - Burden of compliance49:45 - Fiat is the money of force52:44 - KYC is the illicit activity1:02:38 - Mexico partnership1:03:44 - The purpose of financial products1:12:36 - Bitcoin is a tween1:17:30 - Don’t get distracted by bull markets1:29:14 - Marty’s excited about energy and AI1:35:36 - Wrapping up
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7/14/2023 • 1 hour, 37 minutes, 49 seconds
#432: Jab Injury Event Horizon with Ed Dowd
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 rising15:41 - RFK Jr and the jab injury event horizon25:17 - Distractions29:00 - Debt event horizon has already passed33:26 - Trust in the system degrading37:05 - Bitcoin38:42 - The CIA disapproves38:53- Broken money and psyops45:46 - Individual state power49:29 - Three Letter Agencies don’t want this heard54:31 - Hard times before good times56:37 - Strong families1:03:50 - Final note on RFK Jr1:07:12 - I am Spartacus
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7/11/2023 • 1 hour, 9 minutes, 18 seconds
#431: Bitcoin Privacy and the Payjoin Dev Kit with Dan Gould
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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7/5/2023 • 1 hour, 24 minutes, 6 seconds
#430: Bitcoin vs the $156 Trillion Global Payments Industry with Sam Wouters
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 - Intro2:30 - Finding bitcoin through Runescape9:22 - New educational resources in Bitcoin13:27 - Diving into Sam’s report17:51 - Structure of the report21:39 - Chapter 1: Cross-border payments industry31:53 - Comparing Bitcoin and internet adoption41:37 - Remittance education48:31 - Getting into charts on remittance volume56:18 - Chapter 2: Global bitcoin adoption1:07:58 - Motivation for adoption1:13:39 - Chapter 3: Cross-border Bitcoin payments1:23:13 - What makes bitcoin better for remittance1:26:28 - Lightning services1:30:26 - Bitcoin for payments1:33:32 - Google search traffic for Bitcoin1:39:17 - B2C1:44:35 - Chapter 4: Growing cross-border Bitcoin payments1:51:36 - Adoption funnel1:55:33 - Marty tries to quote himself before wrapping up
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6/30/2023 • 2 hours, 1 minute, 16 seconds
#429: Is The Inflation Problem Really Solved? with Luke Gromen
Marty sits down with Luke Gromen to discuss inflation catching up with the world.
Luke on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LukeGromen
0:00 - Intro6:33 - UK inflation11:02 - American banking crisis lull18:12 - Structural problems in energy25:56 - Liquidity issues with massive bank accounts31:33 - Debt ceiling33:13 - Retirement and target date funds40:18 The Ukraine distraction45:54 - Collapse in skilled labor and infrastructure50:41 - Taking on troubled times54:55 - Bitcoin’s interaction with energy57:05 - Landing on the wrong side of stagflation59:19 - Bitcoin eliminates banking BS1:01:34 - Treasury bond duration risk1:06:22 - 40 year bull market over, gold and Bitcoin win1:13:51 - Wrapping
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6/28/2023 • 1 hour, 15 minutes, 40 seconds
#428: Examining BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF with Townsend Lansing
Marty sits down with Townsend Lansing to discuss BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF.
Townsend on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TownsendLansing
0:00 - Intro8:40 - Inflation hitting the UK11:07 - Introducing Townsend, Blackrock ETF19:10 - SEC approval25:23 - APA26:46 - How Bitcoin market could be affected29:28 - People becoming aware of crypto risk31:23 - How the grantor trust works35:50 - ETF liquidity42:12 - Bitcoin’s better security45:30 - Will bitcoin financial products be treated differently?48:05 - Approval is unlikely49:52 - Bitcoin’s impact on finance51:13 - Wrapping up
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6/26/2023 • 54 minutes, 51 seconds
#427: Killer Whale Liquidity Crisis with John Titus
Marty sits down with John Titus to discuss the liquidity crisis caused by the Fed.
John's Substack: https://bestevidence.substack.com/
Best Evidence on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@BestEvidence
5:30 - Killer whales and banks lacking liquidity16:13 - The Fed is at the center21:01 - Coordinated consolidation effort26:28- The strength of cash33:57 - John’s origin story39:09 - Fix the money, fix the world42:20 - Dollar endgame45:06 - John on Bitcoin49:38 - The system is run by those who hate you52:54 - Life expectancy decline55:35 - Tyranny thrives in the fear of resistance58:39 - Wrapping up
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6/20/2023 • 59 minutes, 54 seconds
#426: Bringing Lightning To Utilities with Synota
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 Synota14:05 - Payment settlement struggles for utilites16:56 - How Synota integrates23:47 - Financing possibilities26:20 - Utilities grokking bitcoin34:07 - Effects of decentralizing the grid45:22 - The team’s orange pilling49:41 - Mining industry is maturing55:56 - Efficiency impact of instant payments1:01:11 - Mining permanent funds1:05:03 - Issues building on lightning1:10:57 - Wrapping up
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6/6/2023 • 1 hour, 19 minutes, 11 seconds
#425: Fiat Crisis with Balaji Srinivasan
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 check21:38 - History is running in reverse25:09 - The unipolar moment is over38:05 - America is 3 tribes44:42 - Democracy has 4 definitions55:33 - India adopting pragmatic democracy59:08 - China won’t go away1:07:03 - USSA1:36:11 - How America gets its strength back1:43:16 - Dollar nationalists, social media politics1:53:20 - It’s not one nation, it’s two parties with verbal footsoldiers2:07:15 - The Gray tribe2:35:47 - Blue losing media control2:39:46 - Recap, Blue’s remaining power2:45:48 - The tribal filter on the banking situation3:01:36 - The declining US empire3:13:13 - Blue America’s infrastructure highlights3:16:40 - Exiting through Bitcoin3:20:18 - We’ve lost our moon shoes3:22:24 - The writing’s on the wall and states have incentive to exit early3:42:53 - People robbed by cantillon cities are likely to get mad3:48:13 - Fed now is a CBDC no matter what they say4:05:15 - Civil unrest precursors4:08:24 - Hiding insolvency4:11:13 - History mirroring4:17:04 - Reflecting on a long show, doling white pills
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6/2/2023 • 4 hours, 25 minutes, 57 seconds
#424: Q1 2023 Monetary Base Update with Matthew Mežinskis
Follow along with the charts: https://twitter.com/1basemoney/status/1664179527784734720?s=20
Matthew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/1basemoney
8:12 - Baltic hockey17:17 - Debt ceiling bye bye22:55 - New basemoney drop!36:19 - Bitcoin base vs top fiat, reverse repo49:41 - Bank failures1:01:54 - Treasury markets1:05:34 - Fannie & Freddie debt numbers1:09:32 - Balaji says FedNow is a CBDC1:17:02 - Sidebar on children1:18:19 - Back on topic, centralization will continue1:23:45 - Sovereign sat and gold stacking1:34:41 - Quick stats1:35:56 - Full reserve in Texas1:45:37 - Wrapping up
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6/1/2023 • 1 hour, 49 minutes, 49 seconds
#423: Retirement Funds In The Age Of Bitcoin with Matt Dines
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 funds11:49 - Balance sheets of the American household26:23 - History of retirement accounts30:30 - The post-Covid financial landscape34:52 - Retirement account participation46:14 - Legislation isn’t the answer50:09 - Primary residence ownership and mortgage backed securities55:39 - Target Date Funds1:01:28 - US bond market selloff1:09:45 - Near-dated TDF vs inflation1:13:12 - Investment/retirement industry isn’t keeping up1:17:59 - Bridging the gap to Bitcoin with Build1:32:15 - Bitcoin lending1:46:36 - Unchained1:53:57 - Explaining the mindset2:02:31 - The flywheel of truth2:08:12 - Wrapping up
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5/31/2023 • 2 hours, 12 minutes, 3 seconds
#422: Human Forever with James Poulos
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 transhumanism12:37 - Defining the humanity we fight for19:54 - Breaking people apart29:14 - False gods34:23 - Fighting on the digital level38:39 - Changing the tide47:50 - The moment of humility50:31 - Return to traditional family56:55 - Focusing attention58:26 - Being human is better1:00:44 - Judging yourself first1:02:55 - Sloth1:12:04 - Wrapping up
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5/26/2023 • 1 hour, 13 minutes, 50 seconds
#421: Rejecting The Great Reset with Michael Rectenwald
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 Reset10:29 - Stakeholder capitalism14:15 - ESG leads to corporate rule18:32 - Mock the rulers20:23 - Neo-techno-feudalism while infrastructure breaks24:03 - Refusing CBDCs, Bitcoin and gold27:21 - Bitcoiners at Mises and Bitcoin FUD29:45 - The lies are being noticed32:28 - Control through social credit and social perception36:55 - The letter agencies cause the problems they claim to solve38:04 - Asserting autonomy44:37 - Bank failures will be the CBDC trigger46:42 - Defending against ideological onslaught51:05 - Fighting evil54:20 - Wrapping up, plugs
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5/17/2023 • 55 minutes, 18 seconds
#420: Powering Livestreaming With Sats Through Vida with Lyle Pratt
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 history20:51 - Telecom architecture and using bitcoin to solve problems27:57 - New tools like AI, Nostr, and LN32:30 - Current state of lightning33:46 - Vida demo with some difficulties35:45 - Monetizing your attention37:41 - The Vida team44:56 - Vida can be a better Restream50:44 - Lightning adoption is a bright light in a dark future1:01:12 - Future Nostr integration1:05:28 - Leveraging AI1:10:29 - Explaining LLMs1:16:46 - Living in interesting times1:27:20 - Resource demands of AI1:31:03 - Thank God For Bitcoin1:36:31 - Wrapping up
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5/15/2023 • 1 hour, 39 minutes, 52 seconds
#419: Fedi Is Connecting Communities With Freedom Technology with Obi Nwosu
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 place12:32 - Comparing the beginnings of Coinfloor and Fedi22:00 - Explaining Fedi34:19 - Applications made possible by Fedi40:59 - Fedi ambassadors46:20 - The freedom made possible by Fedi53:12 - Fedipools and off-grid mining57:38 - The antifragile nature of Bitcoin1:07:36 - Has the mission gotten more urgent?1:13:53 - Wrapping up
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5/12/2023 • 1 hour, 18 minutes, 1 second
#418: A First Principles Breakdown of the Monetary Crisis with Peter St Onge
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 Theory14:54 - Fed policy heading off a cliff24:39 - Approaching the debt ceiling and unemployment33:28 - A whitepilled take on imminent collapse39:57 - They pushed too far too early44:53 - Hidden purpose behind the lies55:45 - What happens without the state59:43 - What the state has devoured and destroyed1:09:29 - BS Environment policy and cronyism1:14:45 - Bitcoin adoption and the convolution if banks1:26:00 - Full/fractional reserve banking1:35:48 - When will the US default?1:42:44 - Energy nonsense and mocking the rulers1:55:28 - Wrapping up
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5/10/2023 • 1 hour, 57 minutes, 13 seconds
#417: An Ex-Intelligence Officer's View on Ukraine with Lee Slusher
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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5/8/2023 • 1 hour, 34 minutes, 46 seconds
#416: The Scramble To Push A CBDC Future with Whitney Webb
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 launch12:11 - Banks failing and consolidating19:02 - Story of Jamie Dimon26:38 - Reexamining 200831:10 - CBDCs, biometrics and control40:11 - JP Morgan, Wexner and Crown44:59 - WSJ callout50:36 - Noam Chomsky54:55 - Are people waking up?1:07:16 - Satan and transhumanism1:22:18 - Google and Disney1:28:12 - Whitney's talk at Bitcoin Miami1:32:02 - Nobody's saving you1:35:49 - Wrapping up
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5/5/2023 • 1 hour, 43 minutes, 24 seconds
#415: Coal Is The Future with Steve Barbour
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 interest19:18 - Bitcoin reaching maturity21:01 - Russian mining25:37 - Fiat IOUs28:30 - The state of US mining34:25 - Will "Coal" Cole38:09 - Upstream's progress since Steve's last pod47:06 - Hydro is better for portability55:31 - New design59:53 - Is coal the future?1:04:48 - Hydrocarbons debate1:08:33 - Lizard men1:10:57 - Mock the rulers1:19:03 - Fiat dying1:25:01 - Wrapping up
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4/28/2023 • 1 hour, 28 minutes, 43 seconds
#414: The Dollar Endgame Theory with Peruvian Bull
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 Reddit17:48 - Is the dollar currently in its endgame?23:02 - Weaponizing dollar against Russia hurt US25:19 - Past the debt event horizon33:45 - Bitcoin reserve36:21 - Will BRICS BUCS gain traction?41:06 - A great opportunity for bitcoiners44:01 - Nations missing the Bitcoin bus49:40 - Converting individuals to Bitcoin52:02 - Why Latin America understands intuitively55:43 - SUPERSTONK58:42 - Suffering in the streets1:00:51 - Price post-hyperbitcoinization1:03:57 - Societal impact of hyperbitcoinization1:10:24 - The next 3 months1:17:01 - technical difficulties1:17:59 - Dollar losing network effect1:21:42 - Plugs
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4/25/2023 • 1 hour, 23 minutes, 48 seconds
#413: Resisting mRNA Food with Charles Mayfield
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 food12:20 - Keto Con16:58 - Epic Dermis20:59 - Why Farrow24:34 - Pigs34:05 - Untrustworthy institutions41:10 - Poison in the livestock45:43 - Insidious legislature51:01 - Looking at more accurate health markers1:00:26 - Big Pharma and Big Ag1:05:57- Resisting mRNA food1:10:31 - Life insurance story1:12:15 - Instilling urgency1:16:40 - Symbiosis1:22:56 - Blackpill/Whitepill1:29:58 - Mock the rulers1:33:52 - 3 years of madness1:40:47 - Health is wealth1:43:43 - Big week for Farrow1:47:46 - Marty is a glowing god of goodness
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4/21/2023 • 1 hour, 49 minutes, 9 seconds
#412: Speaking Out For Those Injured By The Jabs with Michael Koss and Joel Wallskog
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.
Michael on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mkoss126
Joel on Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/WallskogJoel
React19 roundtable at Dartmouth: https://react19.org/DartC19/
9:47 - Michael's background - Dartmouth roundtable18:30 - Joel's background - React1927:34 - Politicization of the jab29:25 - Doubling down on bad decisions32:13 - Justice for crimes against humanity35:29 - Regulators' lost credibility42:15 - Incompetence or malice?49:47 - Fixing incentives56:55 - Bringing it back to bitcoin1:03:50 - Speaking to the silent majority1:12:17 - Wrapping up
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4/19/2023 • 1 hour, 14 minutes, 37 seconds
#411: How OnRamp is Bringing Bitcoin Multisig to Financial Products with Michael Tanguma & Jesse Meyers
Marty sits down with Michael Tanguma and Jesse Meyers to talk about OnRamp.
Check out OnRamp: http://onrampbitcoin.com/
Michael on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MTanguma
Jesse on Twitter: https://twitter.com/croesus_btc
0:00 - Intro5:26 - Marty's chair is stolen7:11 - OnRamp's use case and problems to solve14:28 - Legal structure of OnRamp19:30 - Difficulty in educating on self custody31:10 - Decentralized control41:55 - How will OnRamp's launch impact the market?51:59 - The adoption curve55:01 - Qualified custodians vs collaborative custody1:00:36 - A new industry model1:10:16 - OnRamp's educational mission1:20:20 - OnRamp's content platform and new podcast1:26:27 - Plugs
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4/14/2023 • 1 hour, 31 minutes, 35 seconds
#410: The Fed Is Trying To Bring Down The European Banks with Tom Luongo
Join Marty as he sits down with Tom Luongo to discuss the role the banking crisis plays in the inter-cabal squabble.
Tom Luongo on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TFL1728
Tom's website: https://tomluongo.me/
8:14 - What the hell is going on?13:08 - Communicating ideas20:04 - Intentions of the Fed and big American banks31:39 - Europe in trouble as rates raise38:41 - Pivot to BRICS42:20 - FIMA47:52 - Keeping a finger on the pulse51:03 - Multi-vector attack on America55:36 - Trump's indictment and the need for trust58:37 - Tom's take on Bitcoin1:02:01 - Stablecoins1:04:48 - Can the Fed fix what they've created?1:15:17 - Shaping reality with headlines1:17:08 - Credit where credit is due1:20:03 - The Fed on Bitcoin and crypto1:25:06 - Congealed energy1:28:51 - Keep your eggs in more baskets
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4/7/2023 • 1 hour, 40 minutes, 21 seconds
#409: Talking Value 4 Value with the Podfather Adam Curry
Join Marty as he sits down with Adam Curry to discuss Podcasting 2.0, Value 4 Value, Bitcoin, energy, culture, and much more.
Adam Curry on Twitter: https://twitter.com/adamcurry
No Agenda Show: https://www.noagendashow.net/
Pod8:57 - Opening Riff14:51 - Information Freedom18:57 - Bitcoin responsibility and remembering your keys24:19 - Patriot Act 2.0 and thinking local28:25 - Mining and energy38:30 - Trans politics and transhumanism52:41 - Nostr55:50 - v4v1:08:43 - Joe Rogan1:13:23 - Go make children1:15:50 - Modern dating1:18:08 - Comedy mothership1:21:22 - Elon, CBDCs and AI1:33:27 - Habla1:36:00 - Self hosting and running nodes1:38:56 - v4v electric boogaloo1:46:29 - Thank God for Bitcoin1:54:59 - No Agenda1:58:59 - These timestamps took a lot of condensing2:00:11 - Drugs, digital and pharmaceutical2:08:05 - v4v thunderdome2:29:12 - Truth For The Commoner2:30:56 - Meetups2:30:58 - We're gonna win
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4/5/2023 • 2 hours, 37 minutes, 53 seconds
#408: The Truth About Renewable Energy with Brian Gitt
Join Marty as he sits down with Brian Gitt to discuss the flawed ideological approach behind ESG mandates and renewable energies.
Brian Gitt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianGitt
Brian's website: https://briangitt.com/
5:23 - California emissions and electric cars14:08 - Material supply for EVs16:21 - California's oil hypocrisy21:15 - EGS mandates don't preserve environment or help human life27:06 - Nuclear safety32:48 - Small modular reactors48:52 - Wind and solar subsidies52:52 - Ranting on batteries55:08 - Unreliable and inefficient renewables1:04:05 - Top down ideological policy1:09:27 - Regulations are the root of the problem1:14:11 - Questioning beliefs and educating1:19:25 - Money and energy are the backbone1:25:23 - Speaking out1:29:56 - Plugs, wrapping up
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3/27/2023 • 1 hour, 31 minutes, 10 seconds
#407: FedNow is not a CBDC with Matthew Mežinskis
Sitting down with Matthew Mežinskis to discuss the Q4 2022 Monetary Base update, the banking crisis, CBDCs, and more
Follow Matthew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/crypto_voices
9:14 - Q4 update, just in time for Q113:32 - Bitcoin price22:29 - The results of raising interest24:42 - Bond duration risk32:30 - QE534:40 - Choke Point 2.038:14 - Balaji's price prediction46:53 - FedNow55:04 - CDBC destroying big banks1:00:09 - US state rights1:05:21 - Flaring natural gas1:11:00 - Blood in the water, Bitcoin is the way out1:19:18 - Custodia Bank1:27:17 - Black markets and civil disobedience1:31:09 - Monetary base1:39:09 - Back to CBDCs1:45:33 - Bitcoin's rank in monetary base1:47:22 - We're gonna win1:59:39 - Gold and Silver2:06:19 - Wrapping up
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3/23/2023 • 2 hours, 9 minutes, 20 seconds
#406: Debt-Based Colonialism and Structural Adjustment with Alex Gladstein
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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3/20/2023 • 1 hour, 21 minutes, 17 seconds
#405: The Biden Laptop Report with Garrett Ziegler
Sitting down with Garrett Ziegler to discuss the Biden laptop.
Follow Marco Polo on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarcoPolo501c3
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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3/18/2023 • 1 hour, 35 minutes, 13 seconds
#404: Thinking Beyond the Crowd with Konstantin Kisin
Join Marty as he sits down with Konstantin Kisin to discuss woke culture, covid hysteria, comedy, Ukraine, and more.
Follow Konstantin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/KonstantinKisin
Check out Triggernometry https://www.youtube.com/c/Triggerpod
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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3/15/2023 • 1 hour, 18 minutes, 48 seconds
#403: Dissecting the Banking Crisis with Parker Lewis
Join Marty as he sits down with Parker Lewis to break down the causes of the banking crisis from first principles.
Follow Parker on Twitter: https://twitter.com/parkeralewis
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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3/13/2023 • 1 hour, 29 minutes, 14 seconds
#402: The Fed Is Losing Money with Lyn Alden
Join Marty as he sits down with Lyn Alden to discuss the state of the Federal Reserve and inflation.
Follow Lyn on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LynAldenContact
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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3/10/2023 • 1 hour, 22 minutes, 31 seconds
#401: Inflation Hitting The Real Estate Market and Bitcoin Urbanism with Kelly Lannan
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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3/8/2023 • 2 hours, 3 minutes, 53 seconds
#400: We're Gonna Win Against Broken Money and Broken Culture with @sovereignbrah
Join Marty as he sits down with Chase, AKA Sovereign Brah, to discuss broken money, degenerate culture, energy, Bitcoin, and God.
Follow Chase on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sovereignbrah
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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3/6/2023 • 2 hours, 4 minutes, 48 seconds
#399: Bitcoin Mining is Igniting an Engineering Renaissance with Rete and Isaac from Cathedra
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.
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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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3/2/2023 • 1 hour, 37 minutes, 17 seconds
#398: Replit, AI, and Bitcoin with Amjad Masad
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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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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3/1/2023 • 1 hour, 3 minutes, 53 seconds
#397: Nostr and Lightning Are The Real Web 3.0 with Myles Snider
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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2/21/2023 • 1 hour, 45 minutes, 18 seconds
#396: How To Get Hired In Bitcoin with Bitcoin Talent Co.
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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2/16/2023 • 1 hour, 9 minutes, 50 seconds
#395: How The Jabs Killed Gut Health with Dr. Sabine Hazan
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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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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2/8/2023 • 49 minutes, 14 seconds
#394: Warrior Cultures, True Friendship, Bitcoin and Austrian Economics with Aleks Svetski
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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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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2/3/2023 • 1 hour, 29 minutes, 16 seconds
#393: Value 4 Value Music with Sam & Michael from Wavlake
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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1/31/2023 • 1 hour, 31 minutes, 44 seconds
#392: Resisting Online Surveillance with Viktor from IVPN
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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1/30/2023 • 1 hour, 27 minutes, 12 seconds
#391: The Epidemic of Sudden Deaths with Ed Dowd
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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1/26/2023 • 57 minutes, 48 seconds
#390: Animal-Based Skincare and Regenerative Agriculture with Charles Mayfield
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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1/24/2023 • 2 hours, 46 seconds
#389: Hydroelectric Bitcoin Mining is Changing Lives in Congo's National Park with Adam Popescu
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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1/18/2023 • 54 minutes, 19 seconds
#388: OP_VAULT and Bitcoin Governance with James O'Beirne
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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1/16/2023 • 1 hour, 41 minutes, 9 seconds
#387: Building Lightning Network Infrastructure with Graham Krizek from Voltage
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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1/12/2023 • 1 hour, 20 minutes, 19 seconds
#386: 3D Printing and CryptoCloaks with Rick V
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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1/10/2023 • 1 hour, 19 minutes, 23 seconds
#385: 2022: Year In Review with David Collum
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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1/8/2023 • 3 hours, 2 minutes
#384: Nostr Got 1.4B Sats From Jack Dorsey And Banned From Twitter with jb55
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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12/19/2022 • 57 minutes, 54 seconds
#383: Bitcoin: A Work In Progress with Sjors Provoost
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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12/16/2022 • 2 hours, 6 minutes, 57 seconds
#382: The Dematerialization of Money with Jesse Myers
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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12/14/2022 • 1 hour, 51 minutes, 12 seconds
#381: Q3 2022 Monetary Base Update with Matthew Mežinskis
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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12/7/2022 • 2 hours, 2 minutes, 31 seconds
#380: The Swiss Government Lied About Jabs with Pascal Najadi
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.
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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12/6/2022 • 1 hour, 3 minutes, 41 seconds
#379: From Neuroscience to Bitcoin Proof of Reserves with Sam Abbassi
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
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12/5/2022 • 1 hour, 48 minutes, 23 seconds
#378: Building a Billion Dollar Payments Company with Ryan Breslow
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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12/2/2022 • 1 hour, 3 minutes, 28 seconds
#377: Is Bitcoin Violence? with Jason Lowery
Join Marty as he sits down with Jason Lowery to discuss whether or not bitcoin is violence.
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11/29/2022 • 3 hours, 37 minutes, 48 seconds
#376: The Texas Hedge with Parker Lewis
Join Marty as he sits down with Parker Lewis to discuss the fallout of the FTX collapse.
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11/19/2022 • 59 minutes, 1 second
#375: Keeping Your Bitcoin Safe From Exchanges with Phil Geiger
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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11/16/2022 • 1 hour, 30 minutes, 9 seconds
#374: Bitkit, Hypercore, and RBF with John Carvalho
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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11/10/2022 • 2 hours, 28 minutes, 5 seconds
#373: The Energy of Nations with John Constable
Join Marty as he sits down with John Constable to discuss the economics of renewable energy.
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11/1/2022 • 1 hour, 24 minutes, 2 seconds
#372: Taliban Merch and Spy Encounters with Lord Miles
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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10/31/2022 • 2 hours, 50 minutes, 47 seconds
#371: In-Person Maximalism with Rod Bitkite
Join Marty as he sits down with Rod to discuss Bitcoin Park, building businesses, and the trials of mining.
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10/25/2022 • 1 hour, 54 minutes, 7 seconds
#370: Deezy and Tao Wallet with Danny Diekroeger
Join Marty as he sits down with Danny Diekroeger to discuss his new projects after leaving Cashapp.
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10/24/2022 • 1 hour, 48 minutes, 36 seconds
#369: Bolt.Fun and Bitcoin's Inherent Social Network with Johns and Ed from Peakshift
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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10/21/2022 • 1 hour, 33 minutes, 31 seconds
#368: Powell's Shadow War With Davos with Tom Luongo
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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10/18/2022 • 1 hour, 42 minutes, 51 seconds
#367: Taking Responsibility For Your Health with Andy Schoonover
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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10/17/2022 • 1 hour, 49 minutes, 33 seconds
#366: The Colossal Multisig with Paul Miller
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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10/12/2022 • 2 hours, 8 minutes, 16 seconds
#365: Luxor Mining and Bitcoin Hashrate Derivatives with Matt Williams
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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10/11/2022 • 1 hour, 18 minutes, 11 seconds
#364: The Sovereign Debt Crisis is Imploding in Real Time with Greg Foss
Join Marty as he sits down with Greg Foss to discuss the ongoing financial chaos.
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10/10/2022 • 1 hour, 17 minutes, 20 seconds
#363: Standing up to Big Food with Texas Slim
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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10/4/2022 • 2 hours, 11 minutes, 29 seconds
#362: Debifi with Max Keidun
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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10/3/2022 • 1 hour, 21 minutes, 6 seconds
#361: Tether, Holepunch, and Keet with Paolo Ardoino
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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9/28/2022 • 1 hour, 32 minutes, 43 seconds
#360: Resurrecting the Libertarian Party with Angela McArdle
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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9/20/2022 • 1 hour, 17 minutes, 44 seconds
#359: Sustainable Debt Slavery with Whitney Webb and Iain Davis
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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Whitney and Iain's article: Sustainable Debt Slavery
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9/16/2022 • 1 hour, 47 minutes, 34 seconds
#358: Q2 2022 Monetary Base Update with Matthew Mežinskis
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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9/15/2022 • 2 hours, 33 minutes, 13 seconds
#357: The ESG Narrative is Failing with Tracy Shuchart
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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9/9/2022 • 1 hour, 7 minutes, 3 seconds
#356: The UnCommunist Manifesto with Mark Moss
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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8/31/2022 • 2 hours, 7 minutes, 25 seconds
#355: A different approach to lightning micropayments with Jared Nusinoff
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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8/29/2022 • 1 hour, 59 minutes, 51 seconds
#354: Adventures in war zone countries with Lord Miles
Join Marty as he sits down with Lord Miles to discuss traversing Afghanistan during a time of war. They also discuss the aftermath of visiting countries under sanctions, the global spring upon us and just how fake news coverage by the mainstream is perpetrated.
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8/24/2022 • 1 hour, 58 minutes, 36 seconds
#353: One nation under blackmail with Whitney Webb
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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8/22/2022 • 1 hour, 23 minutes, 37 seconds
#352: Freedom of speech in the digital age with Preston Byrne
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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8/15/2022 • 1 hour, 39 minutes, 18 seconds
#351: Heading toward an inflection point with London Paul
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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8/10/2022 • 2 hours, 21 minutes, 30 seconds
#350: There is no climate emergency with Dr. William Happer
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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