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| − | == | + | == Biography == |
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| − | + | Amir Taaki was born 6 February 1988 in London, the eldest of three children of a Scottish-English<ref name="standard1"/> mother and an Iranian father who is a property developer. From an early age Taaki took an interest in computer technology, [[autodidacticism|teaching himself]] [[computer programmer|computer programming]].<ref name=EPCA>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110326214259/http://www.epcaconference.com/index.php/2011/2011/speakers/%28offset%29/20 "Speakers 2011,"] 11th International EPCA Summit, European Payments Consulting Association, www.epcaconference.com/ Retrieved 11 October 2011.</ref> | |
| − | === | + | === Free software === |
| − | + | After briefly attending three British universities,<ref name="standard1">{{cite news|last1=Herrmann|first1=Joshi|title=Silicon Roundabout's not for him: meet super-hacker, master coder and Bitcoin boy Amir Taaki in his Hackney squat|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/silicon-roundabouts-not-for-him-meet-superhacker-master-coder-and-bitcoin-boy-amir-taaki-in-his-hackney-squat-9093228.html|accessdate=30 June 2015|date=29 January 2014}}</ref> Taaki gravitated to the [[free software]] movement. Taaki assisted in the creation of SDL Collide, an extension of [[Simple DirectMedia Layer]], an open source [[library (computing)|library]] used by video game developers.<ref>[http://sourceforge.net/projects/sdl-collide/ SDL Collide], Sourceforge, sourceforge.net/</ref> | |
| − | + | In 2006, Taaki became heavily involved in [[Crystal Space]] development under the pseudonym of '''genjix'''.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtGsQPoqm8Y "Blender & CrystalSpace"] in Blender Conference 2006, Youtube.</ref> He also developed a number of video games making use of free software, including the adventure game Crystal Core<ref>[http://www.blender.org/community/blender-conference/blender-conference-2006/proceedings/pablo-martin-moreno-amir-taaki/ "Pablo Martin Moreno and Amir Taaki,"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519094738/http://www.blender.org/community/blender-conference/blender-conference-2006/proceedings/pablo-martin-moreno-amir-taaki/ |date=19 May 2011 }} Blender Conference 2006 Proceedings, www.blender.org/</ref> and the futuristic racer game Ecksdee.<ref>[http://www.crystalspace3d.org/main/Conference2006#Ecksdee_Demonstration_.28Vincent_Knecht_and_Amir_Taaki.29 2006 Crystal Space Conference Report], Crystal Space, www.crystalspace3d.org/</ref> Taaki was also a participant in the [[Blender (software)|Blender]] project ''[[Yo Frankie!]].''<ref>[http://www.yofrankie.org/team/ Yo Frankie developer list], www.yofrankie.org/</ref> | |
| − | + | Taaki was a speaker at the 2007 [[Games Convention]] in [[Leipzig]]. | |
=== Bitcoin === | === Bitcoin === | ||
| − | + | In 2009 and 2010, Taaki made his living as a professional [[poker]] player.<ref name=EPCA /> His experience with [[online gambling]] attracted him to the [[bitcoin]] project.<ref>James Ball, [https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/jun/22/bitcoins-how-do-they-work "Bitcoins: how do they work?"] ''The Guardian,'' 22 June 2011.</ref> He founded a UK bitcoin exchange called "Britcoin", which was succeeded in 2011 by a new British exchange called Intersango, in which he was a principal developer,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120426062717/https://intersango.com/about-us.php "About Us: Personal Statements,"] Intersango, britcoin.co.uk</ref> which was closed after their UK bank account was restricted following an investigation by [[Metro Bank (United Kingdom)|Metro Bank]].<ref>[https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=63877.msg1122824#msg1122824 "Intersango Status Update"] bitcointalk.org.</ref> | |
| − | + | In April 2011, Taaki and Donald Norman established the Bitcoin Consultancy, a group focused on bitcoin project development.<ref name="slashdot">[http://interviews.slashdot.org/story/11/06/22/1737237/Amir-Taaki-Answers-Your-Questions-About-Bitcoin "Amir Taaki Answers Your Questions About Bitcoin,"] Slashdot, 22 June 2011.</ref> | |
| − | + | Taaki created the first full reimplementation of the bitcoin protocol named libbitcoin,<ref name="libbitcoin">{{cite web|url=https://github.com/spesmilo/libbitcoin/|title=spesmilo/libbitcoin · GitHub}}</ref> worked on the bitcoin client Electrum<ref name="electrum server">{{cite web|url=https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum-server/commits/master?author=genjix|title=Commits · spesmilo/electrum-server · GitHub}}</ref><ref name="electrum client">{{cite web|url=https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/commits/master?author=genjix|title=Commits · spesmilo/electrum · GitHub}}</ref> and created other command line utilities around bitcoin and the network.<ref name="subvertx">{{cite web|url=https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=50721.0|title=subvertx command line utilities (proof of concept using libbitcoin)|work=bitcointalk.org}}</ref> The bitcoin standardisation procedure (Bitcoin Improvement Proposals or ''BIPs'') was started by Taaki.<ref name="BIPs first version">{{cite web|url=https://en.bitcoin.it/w/index.php?title=Bitcoin_Improvement_Proposals&oldid=16862|title=Bitcoin Improvement Proposals|work=bitcoin.it}}</ref><ref name="BIP 0001">{{cite web|url=https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/BIP_0001|title=BIP 0001|work=bitcoin.it}}</ref> | |
| − | + | In 2014, together with [[Cody Wilson]], he launched the [[Dark Wallet]] project after a crowdfunding run on [[IndieGoGo]] which raised over $50,000.<ref name="NYR">{{cite web|last=Del Castillo|first=Michael|title=Dark Wallet: A Radical Way to Bitcoin|url=http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/currency/2013/09/dark-wallet-bitcoin.html|work=The New Yorker|date=24 September 2013|accessdate=15 May 2014}}</ref><ref name="DWF1">{{cite web|last=Greenberg|first=Andy|title=Dark Wallet Aims To Be The Anarchist's Bitcoin App of Choice|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/10/31/darkwallet-aims-to-be-the-anarchists-bitcoin-app-of-choice/|work=Forbes Online|date=31 October 2013|accessdate=15 May 2014}}</ref><ref name="DWW1">{{cite web|last=Greenberg|first=Andy|title='Dark Wallet' Is About to Make Bitcoin Money Laundering Easier Than Ever|url=https://www.wired.com/2014/04/dark-wallet/|work=Wired|date=29 April 2014|accessdate=15 May 2014}}</ref> Taaki, along with other developers from [https://airbitz.co/#/ Airbitz, Inc.] (producers of a bitcoin business directory and mobile bitcoin wallet) created a prototype for a decentralised marketplace called "DarkMarket" in 2014, at a hackathon in Toronto,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.coindesk.com/airbitz-wins-toronto-bitcoin-expo-hackathon-darkmarket/|title=DarkMarket Team Win Toronto Bitcoin Expo Hackathon|work=CoinDesk}}</ref> which was forked into the [[OpenBazaar]] project.<ref name=wired-darkmarket-prototype>{{cite web | url = https://www.wired.com/2014/04/darkmarket | title = Inside the 'DarkMarket' Prototype, a Silk Road the FBI Can Never Seize | last = Greenberg | first = Andy | publisher = ''[[Wired (website)|Wired]]'' | date = 24 April 2014 | accessdate = 23 August 2014}}</ref> | |
| − | === | + | === Activism === |
| − | + | Taaki has been outspoken in favour of [[Internet activism]] such as [[Anonymous (group)|Anonymous]], likening them to modern day freedom-fighters.<ref name="thisweek">{{cite av media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwNfBgwbqng|title=YouTube|work=youtube.com}}</ref> A long-time contributor to free software, he advocates total data freedom.<ref name="slashdot" /> Taaki has labelled censorship policies as being a wedge towards ever-increasing censorship.<ref name="thisweek" /> He proposes a shift away from specialist thinking towards a creative society of generalist knowledge workers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://n-1.cc/pg/blog/read/44422/jb |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313142635/https://n-1.cc/pg/blog/read/44422/jb |dead-url=yes |archive-date=2012-03-13 |title=N-1 |work=n-1.cc }}</ref> | |
| − | + | Taaki is a speaker of [[Esperanto]], which he promotes as an auxiliary country-neutral international language to preserve local languages. He writes that Esperanto serves to break down barriers and help the flow of media across cultural boundaries.<ref>[https://n-1.cc/pg/groups/44414/esperanto/ n-1.cc] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111111045245/https://n-1.cc/pg/groups/44414/esperanto/ |date=11 November 2011 }} Esperanto page</ref> | |
| − | + | Amir Taaki formerly lived in an anarchist squat in Barcelona, Spain.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ihb.io/2014-04-15/news/amir-taaki-dark-wallet-4742|title=Amir Taaki and the Dark Wallet|work=IHB}}</ref> He now resides in an anarchist squat in the former anti-[[G7 (forum)|G8]] HQ building in London, England.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Siddique|first1=Haroon|title=G8: riot police enter central London building occupied by protesters|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/11/g8-riot-police-building-protesters|accessdate=8 July 2015|date=11 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Copestake|first1=Jen|title=Hiding currency in the Dark Wallet|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-29283124|accessdate=8 July 2015|date=19 September 2014}}</ref> | |
| − | === Rojava === | + | ===Rojava=== |
| − | + | In 2015, Taaki went to [[Rojava]] (Syrian Kurdistan) to offer his skills to the revolution, and served the YPG military.<ref>https://www.wired.com/2017/03/anarchist-bitcoin-coder-found-fighting-isis-syria/</ref> He had no training, but spent three and a half months in the [[People's Protection Units|YPG military]] fighting on the front. He was then discharged and worked in the civil society for over a year on various projects for Rojava's economics committee. | |
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| − | + | Amir Taaki was born 6 February 1988 in London, the eldest of three children of a Scottish-English<ref name="standard1"/> mother and an Iranian father who is a property developer. From an early age Taaki took an interest in computer technology, [[autodidacticism|teaching himself]] [[computer programmer|computer programming]].<ref name=EPCA>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110326214259/http://www.epcaconference.com/index.php/2011/2011/speakers/%28offset%29/20 "Speakers 2011,"] 11th International EPCA Summit, European Payments Consulting Association, www.epcaconference.com/ Retrieved 11 October 2011.</ref> | |
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