Tales from the Crypt: A Bitcoin Podcast

This week Marty and Matt Discuss: - Coinbase, stake is on the menu - Steve Barbour WSJ article - BSV - Bitmain IPO not happening - ryanofsky PR merged - Gemini bech32 + Blockstream explorer - Eclair mainnet full release - Craig Wright is a fraud - Dream Market shutting down - BitMex LN research Shoutout to this week's sponsor, Unchained Capital. Head over to https://www.unchained-capital.com/vaults/?utm_source=Marty%20Bent&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_campaign=Vault%20Launch and check out their 2-of-3 multisig vault product. If you're in NYC on 4/1, head over to Galvanize to check out a live demo: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/unchained-multisig-vault-demo-tickets-59545962577

On this week's episode Marty and Matt discuss: - Square Crypto initiative - https://twitter.com/jack/status/1108487911802966017 - Lightning Loop - https://blog.lightning.engineering/posts/2019/03/20/loop.html - BlockstreamGreen - https://blockstream.com/2019/03/19/the-all-new-blockstream-green-wallet - Fed shifting posture - https://twitter.com/byHeatherLong/status/1108427995709165573 - Venezuela sanctions payment processors - https://www.theblockcrypto.com/tiny/u-s-considers-sanctions-prohibiting-payment-processing-services-in-venezuela/ - ETH ProgPow - https://twitter.com/TuurDemeester/status/1108561560304316421 - Bitcoin Optech - https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2019/03/19/ - Hash rate - https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty - FUD debunking Shoutout to this week's sponsor, Unchained Capital. Head over to https://www.unchained-capital.com/vaults/?utm_source=MartyBentNewsletter and check out their multisig vault setup which let's you maintain control and sovereignty over your BTC while providing

Join Marty as he sits down with Carl Dong, Bitcoin Core contributor currently working at Chaincode Labs, to discuss responsible disclosures, making Bitcoin Core more modular, Guix containers, Dyson spheres and much more! Follow Carl on Twitter: https://twitter.com/carl_dong Follow Marty on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MartyBent Check out Carl's PR: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/15277

Join Marty as he sits down with Zac Prince & Rene van Kesteren from Blockfi to discuss their new interest account product, how they manage risk with this particular offering, the nature of risk disclosures, and the utility that Bitcoin provides the world that wasn't possible before its existence. Follow Zac on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BlockFiZac Follow Renee on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rene_vankest Follow Marty on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Martybent Shoutout to this week's sponsor, 21Lectures. Head over to https://21lectures.com to learn more about their courses aimed at helping developers become more familiar/comfortable with BTC/LN development!

This week Marty and Matt are joined by Adam Ficsor (@nopara73), Founder of Wasabi Wallet, to discuss: - The current dust attack against Wasabi users - https://twitter.com/nopara73/status/1105779583410946049 - CoinJoins - Privacy - Unchained Capital multisig vaults - Porn KYC in the UK - Drop in BTC transactions - Trezor vulnerabilities Thanks to this week's sponsor, Unchained Capital. Check out their new multisig vault solution today: https://www.unchained-capital.com/vaults/?utm_source=MartyBentNewsletter

Join Marty as he sits down with Jake Chervinsky, a lawyer with a focus on government enforcement defense and securities litigation, as they discuss the law and how it pertains to Bitcoin and everything created in its wake. Topics covered include, Jake's path to Bitcoin, the concept of light touch regulation, organizations like Coin Center, how the SEC has been treating ICOs, how the SEC may treat these ICOs going forward, and hope for a less Orwellian future. Shoutout to this week's sponsor, Lolli! Head over to https://lolli.com/ref/tftc right now and start stacking sats as you shop online today!

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Canadian Revenue Service asking for BTC addresses: https://twitter.com/kyletorpey/status/1103467047412002817 - Ripple, FinCen agreement: https://twitter.com/nic__carter/status/1103356359284805633?s=20 - Is Bitcoin Twitter engagement back at 2015 levels?: https://twitter.com/matt_odell/status/1103673829832970240 - ABCore 0.70 released: https://twitter.com/LarryBitcoin/status/1102255072799535105?s=20 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.greenaddress.abcore - QE, NIRP creeping - BlockFi Interest Account: https://twitter.com/BlockFiZac/status/1103293858283245569 https://twitter.com/vandrewattycpa/status/1102953966537752576 - Coinbase: https://twitter.com/coindesk/status/1103443720307912704 - Facebook going private?: https://twitter.com/SarahJamieLewis/status/1103476030503739393?s=19 - Facebook 2fa phone number leak: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/tiny/facebook-faces-criticism-for-handling-of-phone-numbers-required-for-2fa/ - Chinese database surveillance leak, ht

Join Marty as he sits down with Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter and Square, to discuss how Jack came to experiment with Bitcoin, the parallels he sees between Twitter and Bitcoin, dealing with pseudonymity on Twitter, how Bitcoin curbs the State, education in the Information Age, what it's like to be a part of the Casa node club, and much more. Thank you to this week's sponsors: Honeyminer is the easiest way to earn Bitcoin. A simple crypto mining application that uses your computer's CPUs and GPUs to mine cryptocurrencies and pays you in Bitcoin. Go to https://www.honeyminer.com today and start earning BTC now. Lolli lets you earn up to 30% back in BTC when you shop online. Shop from 750+ online retailers including Jet, Overstock, SeatGeek, Priceline, Hotwire, Walmart, CVS, Best Buy, GAP, Macy’s, Hilton, and Mariott and earn BTC via the Lolli extension. Head over to https://lolli.com/ref/tftc today!

This week Marty and Matt discuss: -Casa new product lineup https://www.theblockcrypto.com/2019/02/28/casa-is-dramatically-shifting-its-business-and-its-kicking-off-with-two-new-products/ -Facebook coin FUD https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/technology/cryptocurrency-facebook-telegram.html -Venezuela bitcoin article https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/23/opinion/sunday/venezuela-bitcoin-inflation-cryptocurrencies.html#click=https://t.co/P8hxu1vqni -Square sold 10k BTC in Q4 2018 https://www.theblockcrypto.com/2019/02/27/square-sold-over-166m-worth-of-bitcoin-in-2018/ -Coinomi spellcheck bug https://medium.com/coinomi/official-statement-on-spell-check-findings-547ca348676b -Trezor and Ledger update reminders -Samourai Whirlpool in testing phases, running on nodl.it -Wasabi, try it out free shill - www.twitter.com/@tweet_stamp is pretty cool, uses OpenTimestamps -Torpedo vulnerable https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/24/new-4g-5g-security-flaws/ -New privacy wiki up by Chris Belcher https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Privacy Sho

Join Marty as he sits down with Bitcoin researcher Misir Mahmudov to discuss many topics including Bitcoin as Time, Bitcoin's amorality, Bitcoin's incentives, and family values. Follow Misir on Twitter: www.twitter.com/misir_mahmudov Follow Marty on Twitter: www.twitter.com/martybent Thanks to this week's sponsor, BlockFi! Head over to www.blockfi.com/talesfromthecrypt to see how you can avoid selling your BTC today!

This week Marty and Matt discuss: -Galaxy S10 Bitcoin wallet confirmed https://bitcoinist.com/samsung-galaxy-s10-bitcoin-wallet/ -Jack activates tippin.me https://twitter.com/jack/status/1098324828182831104 -Coinbase acquires chain analysis company https://twitter.com/francispouliot_/status/1098275229556768768 -Elon Ark Invest pod https://twitter.com/yassineARK/status/1097905577831862272 -Coinmama KYC breach 450k customer affected https://twitter.com/bitentrepreneur/status/1096549320302776320 -IMF NIRP Blog post https://blogs.imf.org/2019/02/05/cashing-in-how-to-make-negative-interest-rates-work/ Thanks to this week's sponsor, Honeyminer! Head over to stackingsats.com and download Honeyminer today! The easiest way to begin earning BTC with your spare computing hardware. Now available for Linux (www.honeyminer.com/labs).

Join Marty as he sits down with Eric Spano, Founder of bylls.com, to discuss building a product with little understanding of code, enterprise blockchain consulting, Bitcoin service provider UX, and much more. Follow Eric on Twitter: www.twitter.com.espano_ Follow Marty on Twitter: www.twitter.com/martybent Peep the Nielsen Norman Group's 10 Usability Heuristics for User Interface Design https://www.nngroup.com/articles/ten-usability-heuristics/ Visit www.bylls.com

Join Marty as he sits down with André Neves, Co-Founder and Co-CTO of Koala Studio, to discuss everything from BTC/LN adoption via gaming, what it's like to live in the UAE, the Surveillance State, and much more. Follow André on Twitter: www.twitter.com/andreneves Follow Marty on Twitter: www.twitter.com/martybent Check out Koala Studio: koalastud.io Thanks to our sponsors: BlockFi, head over to www.blockfi.com/talesfromthecrypt to see how you can avoid selling your BTC this tax season. Lolli, head over to lolli.com/ref/tftc and download Lolli today so you can begin earning up to 30% cash back in BTC!

This week Marty and Matt discuss: -Tippin.me extension -Lolli extension -Spacebit.live -Venezuela ATH LocalBitcoins volume - 2454 Bitcoin / 8.95 million USD https://coin.dance/volume/localbitcoins/VES/BTC -Bitcoin Ham radio https://twitter.com/nvk/status/1095354354289135617 -Full nodes, block size, offline transactions, 65% of 4000 said no full node -JPM shitcoin -Bitdevs https://www.meetup.com/BitDevsNYC/events/258566808/ -Wasabi update -Coin Center on cash + privacy https://coincenter.org/entry/the-case-for-electronic-cash Shout out to this week's sponsors: Lolli, head over to www.lolli.com/ref/tftc and start earning Bitcoin when you shop on the net today! Honeyminer, head over to www.honeyminer.com/labs to check out their new Linux compatible software. Or head to stackingsats.com to pump our ref link.

Join Marty as he sits down with Alex Adelman, Co-Founder and CEO of Lolli, to discuss developers building for developers, the retail landscape, building a consumer facing product with a BTC component, and much more. Follow Alex on Twitter: www.twitter.com/alexadelman Follow Marty on Twitter: www.twitter.com/martybent Thanks to our sponsor BlockFi! Head over to www.blockfi.com/talesfromthecrypt to see how you can use your bitcoin as collateral to get USD loans in minutes!

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Matt handing off the LN torch to @jack https://twitter.com/jack/status/1092891165966229509 - Matt Ahlborg's LocalBitcoins analysis and new metric https://medium.com/@mattahlborg/nuanced-analysis-of-localbitcoins-data-suggests-bitcoin-is-working-as-satoshi-intended-d8b04d3ac7b2 - Koala Studio Lightning Chess https://koalastud.io/ - Blockstream Proof of Reserve https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/blockstream-open-sources-development-its-proof-reserves-tool/ - ZCash inflation vulnerability disclosed https://z.cash/blog/zcash-counterfeiting-vulnerability-successfully-remediated/ - Abra releases new equities exposure product https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/abra-users-can-now-buy-stocks-and-etfs-using-bitcoin/ Shoutout to our sponsors: BlockFi, head over to www.blockfi.com/talesfromthecrypt and learn how you can avoid selling your BTC today! Honeyminer, peep www.honeyminer.com/labs to see the new Honeyminer Max implementation for Linux users. Or www.stackingsats.com to pum

This week we are joined by Murad Mahmudov to discuss a litany of topics. Had a bunch of topics planned but didn't get to all of them. A lot of tangents. Thanks to our sponsors: BlockFi - Head over to www.blockfi.com/talesfromthecrypt and learn how to leverage your crypto without selling! HoneyMiner - Now available for Linux users! HoneyMiner is the easiest way to earn BTC. Peep their site here to learn more - https://honeyminer.com/?utm_source=bent&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=marty%20bent%20honeyminer

This week Marty and Matt discuss: - Venezuela - https://twitter.com/btcven - Post-Soviet LN + Satellite API messages - https://twitter.com/notgrubles/status/1088402776638541827 - Lightning games - https://mailchi.mp/9e176e464777/martys-bent-january-21st-2018-issue-402 - Georgia & Bitfury - https://twitter.com/nic__carter/status/1088816882872926211 - Taproot article by Aaron van Wirdum - https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/taproot-coming-what-it-and-how-it-will-benefit-bitcoin/ - ETF withdrawn - https://twitter.com/gaborgurbacs/status/1088173233722089486 Thanks to this week's sponsor, Honeyminer! All you home mining freaks should head over to www.honeryminer.com/labs to check out their new version, now available to Linux users!

Join Marty as he sits down with Chris Dannen, co-founder and Partner at Iterative Capital, to discuss a range of topics including the evolution of software development culture, destroying the technostructure, the poison that is mainstream media, and much more. Follow Chris on Twitter: www.twitter.com/chrisdannen Follow Marty on Twitter: www.twitter.com/MartyBent Check out Iterative's thesis: iterative.capital/thesis Thanks to our sponsor BlockFi! Head over to www.blockfi.com/talesfromthecrypt to peep the special offer they have for you freaks!

Join Marty on this week's edition of Tales from the Crypt as he sits down with BitcoinTINA aka Rick Flex to discuss how bullish he is, past tech trends and how we may use them to guess how Bitcoin adoption may play out, and much much more. Banger of an episode.