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− | '''Amir Taaki''' (born 6 February 1988<ref>[https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/sEU_7R7M4GXsOIcg6vWFrVMoE6Q/appointments Companies House UK - Amir Taaki]</ref>) is a British-Iranian revolutionary, hacker, and programmer who is known for his leading role in the [[bitcoin]] project, and for pioneering many open source projects. Forbes listed Taaki in their top 30 entrepreneurs of 2014.<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/special-report/2014/30-under-30/technology.html Forbes]</ref>. Taaki driven by the political philosophy of the Rojava revolution, travelled to Syria serving in the YPG military, and worked in Rojava's civil society on various economic projects for a year and a half.<ref>[http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/tech-enigma-amir-taaki-on-forbes-and-fighting-isis-a3509096.html Tech enigma Amir Taaki on Forbes and fighting Isis in Syria]</ref>
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− | == Biography ==
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− | === Early years ===
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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, teaching himself computer programming.<ref name=EPCA>[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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− | === Free software ===
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− | After briefly attending three British universities,<ref name="standard1">[http://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 Silicon Roundabout's not for him: meet super-hacker, master coder and Bitcoin boy Amir Taaki in his Hackney squat]</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 used by video game developers.
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− | In 2006, Taaki became heavily involved in Crystal Space development under the pseudonym of '''genjix'''. 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,"] Blender Conference 2006 Proceedings, www.blender.org/</ref> and the futuristic racer game Ecksdee. Taaki was also a participant in the Blender project ''Yo Frankie!'.
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− | Taaki was a speaker at the 2007 Games Convention in Leipzig.
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− | === Bitcoin ===
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− | {{#ev:youtube|h1MpJO-vlF8|500|right|Hackers Congress HCPP17 Amir Taaki}}
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− | 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 in the UK.
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− | In April 2011, Taaki and Donald Norman established the Bitcoin Consultancy, a group focused on bitcoin project development.
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− | Taaki created the first full reimplementation of the bitcoin protocol named libbitcoin, and created other command line utilities around bitcoin and the network.<ref name="subvertx">[https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=50721.0 Subvertx command line utilities (proof of concept using libbitcoin)]</ref> The bitcoin standardisation procedure (Bitcoin Improvement Proposals or ''BIPs'') was started by Taaki.
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− | 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">[http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/currency/2013/09/dark-wallet-bitcoin.html Dark Wallet: A Radical Way to Bitcoin]</ref><ref name="DWW1">[https://www.wired.com/2014/04/dark-wallet/ 'Dark Wallet' Is About to Make Bitcoin Money Laundering Easier Than Ever]</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>[http://www.coindesk.com/airbitz-wins-toronto-bitcoin-expo-hackathon-darkmarket/ DarkMarket Team Win Toronto Bitcoin Expo Hackathon]</ref> which was forked into the [[OpenBazaar]] project.
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− | === Activism ===
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− | Taaki has been outspoken in favour of Internet activism such as Anonymous, likening them to modern day freedom-fighters. A long-time contributor to free software, he advocates total data freedom. Taaki has labelled censorship policies as being a wedge towards ever-increasing censorship. He proposes a shift away from specialist thinking towards a creative society of generalist knowledge workers.
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− | 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.
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− | Amir Taaki formerly lived in an anarchist squat in Barcelona, Spain. He now resides in an anarchist squat in the former anti-G8 HQ building in London, England.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/11/g8-riot-police-building-protesters G8: riot police enter central London building occupied by protesters]</ref><ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-29283124 Hiding currency in the Dark Wallet]</ref>.
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− | ===Rojava===
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− | 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 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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| ==Active Creations== | | ==Active Creations== |
− | * BIP process and several proposals | + | * [[BIP]] process and several proposals |
− | * Libbitcoin C++ developer toolkit | + | * [[Libbitcoin]] C++ developer toolkit |
− | * Obelisk blockchain server (later [[Libbitcoin_Server|Bitcoin Server (bs)]]) | + | * [[Obelisk]] blockchain server (later [[Libbitcoin_Server|Bitcoin Server (bs)]]) |
− | * [[SubvertX|SubvertX (sx)]] Bitcoin command line application (later Bitcoin Explorer (bx) | + | * [[SubvertX|SubvertX (sx)]] Bitcoin command line application (later [[Libbitcoin_Explorer|Bitcoin Explorer (bx)]]) |
| * [http://www.wired.com/2014/04/darkmarket Darkmarket] (later [https://openbazaar.org OpenBazaar]) | | * [http://www.wired.com/2014/04/darkmarket Darkmarket] (later [https://openbazaar.org OpenBazaar]) |
− | * Freecoin | + | * [[Freecoin]] |
− | * Pastecoin | + | * [[Pastecoin]] |
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| ==Defunct or Inactive Creations== | | ==Defunct or Inactive Creations== |
| * [[Britcoin]] exchange | | * [[Britcoin]] exchange |
− | * Intersango exchange | + | * [[Intersango]] exchange |
− | * Spesmilo RPC client | + | * [[Spesmilo]] RPC client |
− | * Bitcoin Consultancy | + | * [[Bitcoin Consultancy]] |
| * Bitcoin Media Blog author | | * Bitcoin Media Blog author |
− | * Vibanko web wallet provider | + | * [[Vibanko]] web wallet provider |
| * [[GLBSE]] exchange client | | * [[GLBSE]] exchange client |
− | * [https://github.com/genjix/kartludox Kartludox] Bitcoin poker room<ref>[http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/28/internet-poker/rake-free-open-poker-room-run-poker-community-938389 Rake-Free & Open Poker Room, Run By the Poker Community?]</ref> | + | * [https://github.com/genjix/kartludox Kartludox] Bitcoin poker room<ref>[http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/28/internet-poker/rake-free-open-poker-room-run-poker-community-938389 Rake-Free & Open Poker Room, Run By the Poker Community?]</ref> |
− | * Python bindings for bitcoin | + | * Python bindings for bitcoin <!-- link? --> |
| * [https://bitcoinmagazine.com/7892/shedding-light-on-the-dark-wallet Darkwallet] | | * [https://bitcoinmagazine.com/7892/shedding-light-on-the-dark-wallet Darkwallet] |
| * [http://reason.com/blog/2015/02/24/darkleaks-the-decentralized-information Darkleaks] | | * [http://reason.com/blog/2015/02/24/darkleaks-the-decentralized-information Darkleaks] |
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− | == External links == | + | ==See Also== |
− | * [https://amirtaaki.org/ Personal website] | + | * [[User:Genjix]] |
− | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwNfBgwbqng Interview with "Gavin Andresen and Amir Taaki, Bitcoin,"], ''This Week in Startups'', video on YouTube | + | * [[Developers]] |
− | * [https://www.theguardian.com/technology/video/2013/mar/22/bitcoin-currency-video Bitcoin: the fastest growing currency in the world – video], The Guardian | + | * [[People]] |
| * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amir_Taaki Wikipedia profile] | | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amir_Taaki Wikipedia profile] |
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− | == References == | + | ==References== |
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| + | [[Category:People]] |