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Amir Taaki: ‘Crypto Failed to Achieve Its Vision’
9.3.2025
Taaki, an OG Bitcoin developer who has criticized the direction the bitcoin and crypto ecosystem is taking, explained that the integration of crypto projects into today’s power networks has weakened them, assimilating them into their structures. Amir Taaki Explains Why Crypto Has Failed While...
Amir Taaki Blasts Bitcoin Leadership: ‘Corrupt and Broken Governance’
15.12.2024
This week, Amir Taaki hopped back onto X to share his view that Bitcoin’s leadership “is corrupt.” Taaki announced he’s now more captivated by the Ethereum scene, diving into zero-knowledge (ZK) tech, decentralized finance (defi), and “crypto math.” Bitcoin...
The Flawed Game Awards Delivered Its Best Show In Years
13.12.2024
The Game Awards creator and host Geoff Keighley has spent his life in the vicinity of the video game industry’s Hollywood-inferiority complex. He’s been attached to weird collisions of gaming culture, pageantry, and celebrity cameos dating back to Cybermania ‘94 where, at 15 years old, he was...
Everything We Saw At The 2024 Game Awards
13.12.2024
It’s that time of year when the video game industry gathers in Los Angeles to hear Geoff Keighley talk about what a good year it was, whether that’s actually true or not. But as we reflect on the last 12 months, we also get several trailers for games that are coming out in the future. If...
‘History Has Absolved Roger’: Amir Taaki Slams Bitcoin Core Leadership in Fiery Social Media Post
11.12.2024
On Wednesday, after Roger Ver’s guest appearance on Tucker Carlson, Amir Taaki, a former Bitcoin Core developer, took to social media to share his thoughts about the situation. Taaki emphasized that the ultimate verdict on a man’s actions lies in history, asserting that “history has absolved...
Former Bitcoin Developer Amir Taaki Calls for Ross Ulbricht’s Freedom on Election Day
5.11.2024
Amir Taaki, a former Bitcoin developer, voiced strong support for Ross Ulbricht, founder of Silk Road, in a statement released on U.S. Election Day, emphasizing Ulbricht’s influence on the cryptocurrency landscape and urging his release from prison. Amir Taaki Credits Ross Ulbricht as a Crypto...
Amir Taaki Hints Satoshi’s Unique Code Could Unmask Creator
9.10.2024
A fresh analysis of Bitcoin’s original code reveals key insights about its elusive creator, Satoshi Nakamoto. Amir Taaki,…
Satoshi’s Coding Reveals Clues About Their Background, Amir Taaki Suggests
9.10.2024
Following the premiere of “Money Electric,” a film pointing fingers at Peter Todd as the mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto, former Bitcoin developer Amir Taaki decided to weigh in. Taaki shared some insights on Satoshi’s coding style, suggesting that it reveals clues about their background. According...
Darkfi Unveils ‘World’s Strongest Anonymous Chat’ in Latest IRC Release
2.10.2024
On Oct. 2, 2024, Darkfi, a project led by former Bitcoin developer Amir Taaki and a group of privacy advocates, revealed the launch of an unstable version of its internet relay chat (IRC) text-based communication protocol, proudly calling it “the world’s strongest anonymous chat.” The team...
World's first fully anonymous DAO created to 'defend freedom'
13.8.2024
Everything about this DAO is designed to be completely anonymous and invisible on the blockchain, said Bitcoin OG Amir Taaki
World’s first fully anonymous DAO created to ‘defend freedom’
13.8.2024
Everything about this DAO is designed to be completely anonymous and invisible on the blockchain, said Bitcoin OG Amir Taaki
Romance Hot Cyborgs And Dance To '90s Boy Bands In Warframe's Most Surprising Expansion Yet
22.7.2024
Over the weekend, Digital Extremes hosted Tennocon, its annual convention dedicated to all things Warframe, and unveiled the first extensive look at the shooter’s upcoming 1999 expansion. The free update, which is set to arrive this winter, almost looks like an entirely different game, and will...
‘Globalist Power Is No Longer a Moral Authority’: Amir Taaki Responds to Samourai Charges
28.4.2024
In an era increasingly defined by surveillance and oversight, Amir Taaki stands out as a key figure in the Bitcoin movement, sounding a clarion call for crypto awareness following the indictment of Samourai Wallet. Taaki’s latest initiative, “Darkfi,” seeks to pioneer...
A Decade Later, GTA Online Finally Has Animals Running Around
12.12.2023
‘Tis the season, once again, for Rockstar Games to drop another massive (and free) Grand Theft Auto Online update. And this time, not only has the company added a whole new chop shop business, but it’s also added drift races, new cars, and animals, too. Yes, it took a decade and three console...
Bruno Block, Founder of Oyster Pearl, Receives Four-Year Prison Sentence – Here’s Why
1.11.2023
Amir Elmaani , the 31-year-old founder of Oyster Protocol, has been handed a maximum prison sentence of four years for tax evasion. In a Tuesday announcement, the United States Attorney’s Office said that Elmaani, also known by the alias “Bruno Block,” received this sentence after...
Oyster Protocol founder gets 4 years jail for $5.5M tax evasion
1.11.2023
31-year-old Oyster Protocol founder Amir Bruno Elmaani — aka “Bruno Block” — has been sentenced to four years imprisonment for tax evasion
Davos 2023: CBDCs Are the Future of Central Bank Money but They Are Still Not Ready
21.1.2023
A World Economic Forum (WEF) panel comprised of central bankers and global tech providers has profiled central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) as the future of central bank money, presenting them as one of the solutions for limitations in the payments sector today. However, they have also stated...
Reality Sticks a Pin in His Hot-Air Dreams
5.12.2022
Taking lessons from Napster, Helium Systems envisions a peer-to-peer network powered by the blockchain. Its market cap rose to $2.5 billion on hopes and promise, but has now fallen. That’s why CEO Amir Haleem is one of CoinDesk’s Most Influential 2022
Elden Ring Fans Are Still Begging FromSoftware To Fix The Broken Multiplayer Months Later
26.7.2022
Elden Ring is a tale about a land that has been forsaken by its masters, with many of its legends, deities, and gods either decommissioned, missing, or nearly forgotten. Fans of Elden Ring multiplayer might know exactly what that’s like, because as far as they’re concerned, game developer...
De-Mixing Wasabi Coinjoin Transactions: A Deep Dive Into Chainalysis’ Deanonymizing Claims
23.2.2022
On Tuesday, journalist Laura Shin published a story that claims to identify the 2016 Genesis DAO hacker who siphoned 3.6 million ethereum from the decentralized autonomous organization. While the story surprised the crypto community, one of the biggest eye-openers was the blockchain analysis...