Marty Bent
marty@primal.net
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Founder of @TFTC, co-host of Rabbit Hole Recap, Managing Partner at Ten31
Carmel by the Sea is pretty epic.
It’s a beautiful morning in Austin, TX.
I am here to remind you that there is no industry in the world that is more ruthlessly competitive than the bitcoin mining industry.
With difficulty at an all time highs, hashprice hovering above all time lows, and no price pump in sight it's very hard to be a bitcoin miner.
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You don't hate the media enough.
Just recorded the most insightful and invigorating rip for TFTC in some time.
Be the change you want to see in the world.
Action leads to change.
We’re going to win.
Building a company is hard in it's own right. Building a bitcoin company is significantly harder for a number of reasons.
I shared some reflections on my conversation with Will Reeves about Fold's journey from a startup to a publicly traded company.
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The zombie economy is on its last legs as is evidenced by companies like Walgreens, which find themselves strapped for cash, loaded with debt, and on the brink of bankruptcy.
This puts the Fed in a catch-22; let them fail or turn the money printer on.
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“Hate speech” is a made up Marxist euphemism. A dog whistle for aspiring censors.
There is no such thing as hate speech. There is only speech that particular people don’t like.
With all of the focus on bitcoin as a strategic asset I think some technical developments and trends have been overlooked. Particularly in the realm of second layer privacy.
BOLT 12 is making progress and people are waking up to the power of ecash.
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You are being robbed by the government and your hard earned money is being funneled to criminals.
I had a great time joining Tom Luongo on his podcast last week to discuss bitcoin from first principles, some of the uncomfortable truths that exist within the protocol at the moment, and the correct approach to "selling" bitcoin to others.
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Gold Goats 'n Guns Podcast • Episode #191 - Marty Bent and Aligning Expectations In Bitcoin • Listen on Fountain
Podcaster, writer and Bitcoin advocate Marty Bent joins me for an honest discussion about where Bitcoin is, where we've been in relation to it, and...
I've gotten 9 hours of sleep two nights in a row and I feel like I can take over the world.
Said another way: “The citizens using their freedom of speech on social media sites are more powerful than our propaganda and we can’t have that.”
These despots are really going to hate Nostr when they finally figure it out.
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The New York Times is an actively hostile Marxist media organization operating in the US.
We live in the most interesting point in human history.
There are two paths that lay before us and forces are exerting a lot of pressure in one direction or the other.
The path we ultimately go down depends on the individual.
Will you cave to the totalitarians or will you embrace freedom tech and stand up to the insane people who want to control every part of your life?
The Nanny State will tax, censor and jail you if you don’t take a stand.
Make yourself resilient by embracing freedom tech like bitcoin, Nostr, and other open source software projects while building a strong community in meat space.
We can defeat these despots. It will take many individuals taking action to do so though. Don’t cower in fear. The future of humanity depends on you taking a stand.
The Cuban Nipple Crisis is going mainstream. It’s about time.
