Where is Amir Taaki?

[AGD]

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?

[BitUsher]

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

[AGD]

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

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

-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Version: GnuPG v2

mQENBFV1TmgBCACfIm6BbEhCJEugWPFLNWpKOXYJ1tS8a0tENuLnO0HZ3JTIg6z9
mixmXsILqgfhSNl6dfw5B8Swz3S5a3ceJV3OrbeBfHg0tTKz0drAiyhnwE857Jaq
3LjnMEVS0UT4MeKONpNosENekOa788jbAN/FhucmU+SvFQtT8S9PvLt8ArAzA7/e
OTbLZFhJTrD62fJoDKqPyMtN3H8CALVHHBX1IzbLlc7jXxgh8QknuCpYy9Te161x
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SyAoMTVLZzczUXZiQjlOWnFmamNuV3dnSEg5Qm1hYUpLeVgzSCkgPEFHREBpbnRl
cm5ldC5jb20+iQE5BBMBAgAjBQJVdU5oAhsPBwsJCAcDAgEGFQgCCQoLBBYCAwEC
HgECF4AACgkQHGgNdNtxTUCangf6AhEZj9YKMiaYwpJMf1RHQ3HbQ7ggdQeUyq6l
ShV7QKc6AHFmoM72WiMfffdIP4nBS/w0kTFzzj14a5thoAWCaJyIUaGIMqfppj3S
OVC5eSB9Dzom2IRHhOe/aKiaxy7A2eTuEfWsL6GQ4w4tQUWUIbprdycroWDeSS76
GWmokvFU8n9bAIC4xWA8icFTwieeFEydWC7IEZ/vw6FOZHx9CiXw7t3AkRrei/7c
ro3L0ehsZVB/n/ueBZO2ePtBt7C7F/ik3tXKlawrlUmcFjuMutUfS54TJIfOb2kQ
Cv4qNyCo7I/sJ9amT0PCWGEwYGjFn5Qlk9YAnzhRr+l8oInhOw==
=RV01
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

[Beyonce]

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.

[bennybong]

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

[tokeweed]

Bump.  Where is Genjix?

[ABitNut]

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

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

-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Version: GnuPG v2
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=RV01
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

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

[AGD]

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

[AGD]

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

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

-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Version: GnuPG v2
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=RV01
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

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

Thx!

[tokeweed]

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

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?

[pawel7777]

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



Edit: Sorry, it's actually from 2014.

[AGD]

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

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?

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.

[frankenmint]

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

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.

[tokeweed]

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

Thanks for posting. 

How's the traffic at Betcoin btw?

[Velkro]

- Disappeared from the internet in February this year and is now more than 4 month absent from public.

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

[xDan]

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

That's a year old.

[AtheistAKASaneBrain]

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.

[timtimsen]

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

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

[AGD]

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

[slashbinslashnoname]

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