Where is Amir Taaki?

[LiteCoinGuy]

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

[pereira4]

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

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.

[Slark]

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?

[cellard]

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

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.

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.

[manselr]

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.

[calkob]

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. 

[Angelina Jolie]

Bump.  Where is Genjix?

May be in Syria/Iraq fighting for ISIS ?

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

[Hippie Tech]

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

https://youtu.be/A0tCaOI0UYM

[Quantus]

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.

[tokeweed]

Bump.  Where is Genjix?

May be in Syria/Iraq fighting for ISIS ?

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

Damn...  I hope not.

[rebuilder]

May be in Syria/Iraq fighting for ISIS ?

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

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.

[inBitweTrust]

Bump.  Where is Genjix?

May be in Syria/Iraq fighting for ISIS ?

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

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. "

[21bitcoins]

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

[yenxz]

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?

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.

[dancupid]

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/

[pawel7777]

He's back:

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

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

[dancupid]

He's back:

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

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

[Minecache]

Hats off to him.

Or should that be 'helmets off to him'?

[AGD]

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

[AGD]

From the Wired story

“Is Amir Taaki still alive?” asked a thread on Reddit’s bitcoin forum a year ago.

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