

188 - Amir Taaki: Let There Be Dark
Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Amir Taaki, hardcore cypherpunk with a wild curriculum vitae: working on Bitcoin in the early days, developer of Dark Wallet, fighter against ISIS, and developer of DarkFi privacy-focused communication platform (among other things).
GUEST → https://x.com/Narodism → https://x.com/DarkFiSquad → https://dark.fi/ → https://t.me/darkfichat
WATCHMAN PRIVACY → https://watchmanprivacy.com (Including privacy consulting) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/
CRYPTO DONATIONS → https://watchmanprivacy.com/donate.html
TIMELINE 00:00 – Introduction 2:20 - What is the difference between a criminal and a forest rebel? 3:20 - How did Amir discover anarchy? 15:15 - Amir Taaki's thoughts on how Bitcoin got to where it is 27:15 - Work on Dark Wallet 41:15 - Does Amir regret creating the BIP process? 50:50 - Why did Amir Taaki go to fight ISIS? 1:03:40 - Amir Taaki gets onto The List after fighting ISIS 1:12:05 - DarkFi 1:14:00 - Final Thoughts
Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio