Amir Taaki News

Amir Taaki wants to use a “politicized startup accelerator” to restore Bitcoin’s “vision” and bring about political change, starting in Catalonia.

With Bitcoin and Kalashnikov, a well-known Bitcoin developer fought for the decentralized economy in Syria.

The developers of Darkwallet, the intentionally controversial and OBPP award winning Privacy Bitcoin client are believed to have abandoned the project.

Visa Europe believes existing payments companies and new players should cooperate more openly; BitFury announced that it has raised US$20 million in its third venture capital round and more news

Max Keiser sat down with the fireball Dark Wallet developer Amir Taaki in a far-reaching interview that touches on a number of cool topics: The anonymity-minded Bitcoin wallet as subject of a recent BBC piece, emerging political movements, and Apple's encryption scheme decried by the FBI. Mad about the state of democracy, bro? Curious about the future of Bitcoin? They discuss that too. Let's dig into it.