About this episode
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 MY PREMIUM NEWSLETTER ? http://watchmanstorch.com ? Join my exclusive privacy community MY PRIVACY TUTORIALS ? https://escapethetechnocracy.com/ (including consulting) ? https://watchmanprivacy.com (Gabriel's personal site) ? https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy SUPPORT INDEPENDENT GONZO TECHNO-ADVENTURE JOURNALISM ? No sponsors. No ads. Just truth. ? 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
