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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amir_Taaki

- Developer of DarkMarket/OpenBazaar, libbitcoin and Darkwallet.
- Promotes Bitcoin with interviews in big media sites
- Posted strange young age stuff here on Bitcointalk: https://bitcointalk.org/?topic=3066.0
- BBC published an article in Sept. 2014, where they made him look almost like a terrorist: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-29283124
- Disappeared from the internet in February this year and is now more than 4 month absent from public.


I was wondering, if there was more behind his disappearance, than just a little offtime.

Has anyone had any verified contact with Amir after Feb 8 this year?

This is the only reply I found  - 2015-05-05

https://lists.dyne.org/lurker/message/20150505.125747.df78f1c6.en.html


Author: Amir Taaki
Date: 2015-05-05 06:57 -600
To: unsystem
Subject: Re: [unSYSTEM] New PGP key
Will write more stuff soon, sorry been busy.

Washington Sanchez:
> Where have you been Amir? Unusually silent :)

Thanks for the find. The conversation is getting interesting. "Shoe on your head" lol

edit: Just in case. Here is my public key:

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Amir probably has much better things to do that post on this forum. Is he still working on OpenBizarre didn't they just get a million dollars worth of funding? He's probably busy with that amongst other things.

He did appear on the Dark Web Movie... He seemed pretty 'radical' to me. Ranting about our fascist government and whatnot.

Bump.  Where is Genjix?

For full on paranoid mode this should have been quoted ages ago.

The "shoe on head" pic never took place, did it?  ???

Thx!

Don't think so.  It's not in his character.

Last I heard he was developing something big.  Someone described it as something like "Start Up Governments" via crypto.  

Edit:  Wait.  Shoe on head meaning he ran away with some money?  Or he was found lying in an alley somewhere with a shoe on his head?

Here's an interview with him, published 7 Oct 2015, so must be pretty recent:

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitcoin-technology-worth-nothing-interview-dark-wallet-front-man-amir-taaki-1412722833

He looks relaxed

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/img/articles/bitcoin-technology-worth-nothing-interview-dark-wallet-front-man-amir-taaki.jpg

Edit: Sorry, it's actually from 2014.

People asked Amir to make a pic with a shoe on his head to prove his identity after his silence.
edit: ... and he agreed to make this pic as far as I can remember.

confirmed, this is the last I've heard of the person.  Someone who I spoke to informally had mentioned that he's a nature style bug-out person,  that he can survive on his own quite proficiently on the land.  I don't know how accurate that is or isn't but it would align to his message of 'being busy' (off the grid living my life as I please)  <filled in with my own interpretation, yours may vary.

Thanks for posting. 

How's the traffic at Betcoin btw?

Depression, suicide, accident (hospital)... only three reasons which every one of them could cause him dissapear ;P
Noone knows for sure.

That's a year old.

I am really disappointing to see Darkwallet project being stopped. It was my big hope to see Bitcoin working as originally intended by Satoshi: p2p internet cash. Unfortunately it has become more and more regulated. We need people like Amir to get Bitcoin back to its roots of a true p2p cash system and as fungible as possible.

https://lists.dyne.org/lurker/message/20150918.072727.8791867d.en.html

https://lists.dyne.org/lurker/message/20151001.170935.0fba9ce0.en.html

Did he finally sign a message with his private key? People asked him to do that and he agreed.

pinged here : https://soundcloud.com/mindtomatter/ltb-e265-classic-exploring-bitcoin-with-amir-taaki

maybe he is smoking too much weed at the moment and is unable to turn on the pc  :P

It says it was published at published on 2015-11-21
Well, it seems he's ok then, glad to see he is still fine. I hope they are still working in Darkwallet. I think I heard Cody Wilson talking about him in other podcast the other day saying he was ok, but there was another guy that disappeared for sure, I don't remember the name. Let's just hope all those cool anonymous wallets continue being developed without people randomly disappearing in the process.

It this matter where he is now? He is not a wanted man like Variety Jones was or Ross Ulbricht, right? Or are you worried that he disappear because his Dark market activity?

That soundcloud is not recent.. it was published recently yes, but it was recorded a year ago, notice the tag "classic". Also when you start listening to it the host says that it was recorded in 2014. Therefore, the guy is still missing as far as I know. The last stuff I have seen were it was confirmed to be him talking are all from a year ago at least.

I was following the developments of Dark Wallet since the early days, at the beginning they were really active but it seems something went wrong in the team. If they aren't doing any progress I would like that they join team Samurai Wallet and work from there, as far as I know its a similar goal.

I have not got a clue where Amir taaki is?  i asked his mother mrs Taaki but she soes not know where he is either.  i think hes probably taking a break.  ;D

May be in Syria/Iraq fighting for ISIS ?

https://lists.dyne.org/lurker/message/20150528.122123.272bad8e.en.html

Anarchistic Anonymous Dark Wallet Creator: Amir Taaki
Published on May 19, 2014

https://youtu.be/A0tCaOI0UYM

I remember this guy, he was one of the first Bitcoin supporters to get on network TV channels like Bloomberg.
I really liked this guy, he always had such strong enthusiastic determination when talking about Bitcoin. I hope he is well.

Damn...  I hope not.

Seems unlikely. Complete ideological conflict. That text doesn't say ISIS should be supported, it says ISIS is a cancer that isn't going away. ("We are now living with cancer. Time to accept it.")

What I'm taking away from that is that Taaki sees ISIS as proof the western powers can't deal with that type of non-state threat. I'm not sure whether he sees that as encouraging from an anarchist's point of view or whether he's saying it's on the public to renew Western civilization so it can survive.

What I'm definitely not seeing is a call to arms for ISIS.

He is actually fighting against ISIS


https://twitter.com/PoliceTerror
http://rojavaplan.com/
https://coopfunding.net/en/campaigns/feed-the-revolution/
http://rojavaplan.com/articles/2016/5/feed-the-revolution.html

"For the revolution and the fight against ISIS to continue, solutions MUST be found to the embargo which is dramatically limiting vital resources. "

https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/737521718881701888/rKzniUtF.jpg

i think i found him in this clip @ around 50 seconds, not sure tho.
https://youtu.be/W2lWlwveU-0?t=50

Really?come from which country he was?i never heard that name,is this guy come from asian country?
its great if he really developer of big marketplace like darknet and openbazaar,but i wish he was not a terrorist.

He's back:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-39417937

edit: and now Wired:

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

Damn, you may like Amir or not, but the sonofabitch sure ain't your average 'starbucks anarchist' and puts his actions where his mouth is. His political views are teenage-tier imo, but I admire his consistency.

>tfw Bitcoin becomes official currency of Kurdistan

"teenage-tier" is the world changing tier

Hats off to him.

Or should that be 'helmets off to him'?

Good to have you back, Amir. Keep up your vision!

From the Wired story

My OP was posted June 16th 2015. That's why this Bitcoinforum is way better than Reddit. We are always ahead...

I am not sure if it was true but I read an article on this forum that the developer of DarkMarket and Darkwallet has gone to Syria to fight the ISIS. It seems funny but somehow as I go through the lines I started thinking that there was a possibility that it could be true. We just all hope that he will return safely and continue to run his site.

Well looks like he was fighting ISIS lmfao