DarkWallet dev Amir Taaki went to Syria to fight ISIS

[anonymoustroll420]

https://www.wired.com/2017/03/anarchist-bitcoin-coder-found-fighting-isis-syria/

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[manselr]

Thats pretty crazy. Glad he is ok. Looks like he is back to coding and will continue DarkWallet. Also doesn't buy the Craig Wright bullshit. Hope he helps in fighting the BUcoin takeover attempt.

[Xester]

https://www.wired.com/2017/03/anarchist-bitcoin-coder-found-fighting-isis-syria/

Wow he is sure a brave person. But I wonder what is his affiliation with the military that he went to Syria to fight against the ISIS. It is a mad story though it is interesting. Let us hope that he will survive the war and will return back in piece. If he died in the battle then its good by for darkwallet or somebody will be happy and will take over the company, that is for sure.

[Thatstinks]

So let me get this right...he planned on tech work and instead shot at people he was told by a terror linked group were the bad guys. Returns to be shocked he was arrested.

Ya, horrible injustice.

[tobacco123]

Wow... this is complicated... I hope he is safe now. He should continue to fight in the online world. Good luck!

[anonymoustroll420]

So let me get this right...he planned on tech work and instead shot at people he was told by a terror linked group were the bad guys. Returns to be shocked he was arrested.

Ya, horrible injustice.

Apparently Rojava/YPG aren't considered a terrorist group by the UK. The only country that considers them such is Turkey, obviously.

[Thatstinks]

Well, even if the accusation is suspect why go do tech work for them at all? I am sure there are MANY groups to fight with in Syria.

[anonymoustroll420]

Well, even if the accusation is suspect why go do tech work for them at all? I am sure there are MANY groups to fight with in Syria.

Rojava are trying to build an anarchist society in Syria. Thats the main reason he went there. Amir considers himself an anarchist revolutionary. Fighting "islamic fascism" was secondary.

I do think that people who participated in the conflict and return should be watched, as who knows if they have suffered psychological damage or even been brainwashed by ISIS to carry out an attack. But allegedly, Amir is the only person who is being investigated after returning from helping Rojava. The others had a chat with police/intelligence, and were let go.

[Thatstinks]

Well, even if the accusation is suspect why go do tech work for them at all? I am sure there are MANY groups to fight with in Syria.

Rojava are trying to build an anarchist society in Syria. Thats the main reason he went there. Amir considers himself an anarchist revolutionary. Fighting "islamic fascism" was secondary.

I do think that people who participated in the conflict and return should be watched, as who knows if they have suffered psychological damage or even been brainwashed by ISIS to carry out an attack. But allegedly, Amir is the only person who is being investigated after returning from helping Rojava. The others had a chat with police/intelligence, and were let go.

I agree, could be targeted or could be a reason, never know and that is the scary part.

[dopecoindude]

Wow hahaha 

[pedrog]

Now we know why Dark Wallet development has been halted.

Hope he gave hell to those bastards.

[pbleak]

https://www.wired.com/2017/03/anarchist-bitcoin-coder-found-fighting-isis-syria/

Wow he is sure a brave person. But I wonder what is his affiliation with the military that he went to Syria to fight against the ISIS. It is a mad story though it is interesting. Let us hope that he will survive the war and will return back in piece. If he died in the battle then its good by for darkwallet or somebody will be happy and will take over the company, that is for sure.

He is fighting with the Kurds, a sort of left wing group opposed to ISIS. Good guys broadly and I'm not even a leftist.

[pbleak]

Well, even if the accusation is suspect why go do tech work for them at all? I am sure there are MANY groups to fight with in Syria.

Amir is a left winger and the group he is supporting are too.

[pbleak]

Well, even if the accusation is suspect why go do tech work for them at all? I am sure there are MANY groups to fight with in Syria.

Rojava are trying to build an anarchist society in Syria. Thats the main reason he went there. Amir considers himself an anarchist revolutionary. Fighting "islamic fascism" was secondary.

I do think that people who participated in the conflict and return should be watched, as who knows if they have suffered psychological damage or even been brainwashed by ISIS to carry out an attack. But allegedly, Amir is the only person who is being investigated after returning from helping Rojava. The others had a chat with police/intelligence, and were let go.

I agree, could be targeted or could be a reason, never know and that is the scary part.

Not really, the Kurds are basically a normal-ish army, not some wild militia. It's the same as if he was in a normal war really, he was not in with wild ISIS stuff, which would feck up people.

[FiiNALiZE]

That's pretty sad. The people that are in ISIS have families and friends that need money and other stuff, as much as I don't like ISIS because it's just another group of people tryna start stuff -the whole thing is just embarrassing.
Protecting the Country is one thing though when these battles begin to fall apart and a new one forms with another group of people in it, those families on both side from before would become friends and they will not know the real reason why their loved ones were controlled to do what they do.

[K128kevin2]

I'm glad he's safe.

While I'm proud that he's fighting for what he believes in, I hope that the home office/police don't give him too much trouble.

[jaberwock]

He should stick with programming instead of working as a paw for powers he doesn't even know.

Syria's situation is complex even for experts, he may be fighting to create an evil as big and the ISIL itself, or even worse, if he doesn't have enough study and knowledge

[manselr]

Its clear that this guy is a badass, i doubt any other dev would pick up a gun and fight for their ideals.

But hopefully his intellect is not lost in the battlefield, we need now more than ever, anarchists to defend bitcoin and aim at the right direction. We have Craig Wright, CIA Andersen and the rest trying to take it over.

[Kprawn]

Now we know why Dark Wallet development has been halted.

Hope he gave hell to those bastards.

I doubt if he will continue with the development of DarkWallet whilst he is under investigation. In a police state like the UK, you are under close

scrutiny when you are associated with ISIS.... even if you are fighting against them.  .... It does not matter what he did, he will always have

the Anarchist label branding him as a extremist in their eyes. 

[franky1]

1. amir was a contributor but nothing big. his fame was just timing of being in early
2. amir says he was on the 'frontline' but then retracts to say he was at a distance.
3. amir says he didnt go there to kill, he went there to use his skills elsewhere (EG set up comms/payments)
4. amir wont defend bitcoin, mentioning bitcoin is going to be twisted into bitcoin used by extremists. personally he should stick to promoting his dash/darkwallet as the extremists preferential payment method.

IF we see amir talk about bitcoin as the payment method for extremists and then mention dark/dash as a separate thing for normal people. dont think of it as a good promo