Tales from the Crypt

Join Marty as he sits down with Joe Looney, Co-Founder of the Rare Pepe Foundation, to discuss digital collectibles, the history of Rare Pepes, efficiencies provided to power plants via PoW mining, and much more.  Follow Joe on Twitter: @wasthatawolf Follow Marty on Twitter: @MartyBent

Join Marty as he sits down with Alejandro Machado to discuss Bitcoin and Venezuela, how Bitcoin may be able to help the struggling country, and how Venezuela got to this point. The two also venture into discussions about UX in crypto, the weird world we're living in, and how it's getting harder and harder to trust the information we receive on a day-to-day basis. Follow Alejandro on Twitter @alegw Follow Marty on Twitter @MartyBent

Join Marty as he sits down with Charles Hwang, Managing Partner at Lightning Capital and adjunct professor at Baruch College, to discuss what it's like teaching the subject of Bitcoin to college students, how regulators are and should classify Bitcoin, brain wallets, the introduction of a new segment "Freak Questions", and much more!  Follow Charles on Twitter: @cryptocharlesh Follow Marty on Twitter: @MartyBent

Join Marty as he sits down with Patrick Stanley, Growth Partner at Blockstack, to discuss Blockstack, decentralizes applications, how Blockstack differs from Ethereum, education in America, and thinking different.  Follow Patrick on Twitter: @PatrickWStanley Follow Marty on Twitter: @MartyBent 

Join Marty as he sits down with Anthony "Pomp" Pompliano as they dive into a meandering conversation about mining, tokenized securities, memes, and the need for better UX in crypto.  Follow Pomp on Twitter: @APompliano Follow Marty on Twitter: @MartyBent 

Join Marty as he gets off the beaten path with Dylan Curran to talk about data in today's digital world, how we are controlled by it, and how we can change our tendencies to take back some privacy + control of our data. They get a little cosmic towards the end too. Follow Dylan on Twitter: @iamdylancurran Follow Marty on Twitter: @MartyBent 

In the second half of their conversation, Marty and Tom dive into leadership centralization, easy money, traditional financial markets, and the ongoing brain drain into crypto. 

Marty sits down with Tom Garrambone, co-founder of Tetris Captial in NYC, to talk about his approach to investing in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, the differences between a medium of exchange and store of value, and Silicon Valley v. Wall Street. 

Join Marty as he sits down with Matt Odell to talk about Bitcoin's game theory, the mining landscape, and the need for people to avoid FOMO as hard as they can. Join in on the ramblings of two shitposters who have been observing the space for many years. 

Part II of Marty's conversation with the brothers O'Beirne gets more philosophical as the crew dives into many different topics. 

Join Marty as he sits down with brothers James and Will O'Beirne to talk about Bitcoin and Ethereum. James is now a full-time Bitcoin Core contributor, working at Chaincode Labs. Will is a part of the MyCrypto.com team and finally gives us a peek into the mind of someone building on and around Ethereum. The conversation meanders through many topics including prediction markets, Proof-of-Work v. Proof-of-Stake, the philosophy behind these technologies, and the current state of the space. 

Join Marty as he sits down with Bobb Fogg to discuss a litany of topics including; Bitcoin Maximalism, do blockchains have to be decentralized, the concepts of Nassim Taleb, and the state of governance in blockchains and the world.  Follow Bobb on Twitter: @BobbFogg Subscribe. Rate. Review. Share. 

Join Marty as he sits down with Ari Paul to discuss a wide range of topics including; the token economy, the range of disciplines that someone investing in this asset class must have (at the very least) a grasp on, how little we know, and how important (not) knowing Satoshi is.  You can find out more about Ari by following him on Twitter @AriDavidPaul.

Join Marty as he sits down with Eduardo Medina to discuss Venezuela, the country's current crisis, the Petro, and how Bitcoin may help. Zah joins us for this episode to help draw parallels between Venezuela's situation and Zimbabwe's run-in with hyperinflation. This is why we Bitcoin.  

**Sorry for the poor sound quality on my end of the mic. Recorded on my laptop and the mic wasn't configured properly.** Join Marty as he sits down with JW Weatherman to learn about the cypherpunk movement, JW's definition of modern-day slavery, anarcho-capitalism and how they all relate to Bitcoin. Hold onto your butts, the conversation broaches some controversial topics that will make you think about the systems we've grown up within.  JW is on Twitter under the handle @WeathermanIam. Follow him.