The crypto industry tends to give “cypherpunk” vibes a great deal of lip service without much attention to their real values.
Cypherpunk, Crypto Anarchy and How Bitcoin Lost the Narrative
The crypto industry tends to give “cypherpunk” vibes a great deal of lip service without much attention to their real values.
Bitcoiners in Europe Reflect on Economic Shocks as Coronavirus Spreads
With assets from oil barrels to bitcoin being pulverized by the coronavirus slowdown, people worldwide are reevaluating their plans for crypto gatherings, especially in geographies where anti-COVID-19 measures are increasingly serious. In Milan, Italy, which was officially placed in lockdown by the Italian government on Sunday, bitcoin entrepreneur and meetup organizer Mir Liponi is facing […]
At Devcon, Bitcoin Developer Amir Taaki Foresees a ‘DarkTech Renaissance’
“Why are we not thinking about how to create dark finance tools we can leverage against government bonds?”
All of It Dark, All of It P2P: After the Binance Hack, Bitcoin Doesn’t Cut It
That Binance could have colluded with miners to roll back hack transactions means bitcoin is not resistant enough to censorship, says Amir Taaki.
This Binance-Backed Crypto Startup Wants to Anonymize Everything
Built atop a near-forgotten anonymity system named mix networks, Nym Technologies is entering the proof-of-concept phase following a 10-week incubation program with Binance Labs.
A War-Torn Country in Syria Will Use Crypto to Power an Anarchist State
A region in Northern Syria named Rojava is looking to implement cryptocurrency to overcome economic sanctions.
Code as a Weapon: Amir Taaki Wants You to Join the Real Crypto Revolution
Infamous developer Amir Taaki believes bitcoin’s potential is exhausted, but he’s not giving up the fight to change the world with cryptocurrency.
Code Is Speech: Amir Taaki on Crypto’s Debt to Phil Zimmerman
Fresh from meeting legendary cryptographer Phil Zimmermann, hacktivist and early bitcoin adopter Amir Taaki reflects on the PGP inventor’s legacy.