Amir Taaki: The Cypherpunk Who Writes Dark Code —and Went to War

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/amir-taaki-the-cypherpunk-who-writes-dark-code-and-went-to-war . This is the cypherpunk who went to Syria to fight the Islamic State. He’s also one of the earliest developers of Bitcoin, anarchist, and hacktivist. Check more stories related to web3 at: https://hackernoon.com/c/web3 . You can also check exclusive content about #cypherpunks-write-code , #cypherpunk-rebellion , #cypherpunks-and-blockchain , #amir-taaki , #darkfi , #online-privacy , #obyte , #good-company , and more. This story was written by: @obyte . Learn more about this writer by checking @obyte's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com . Amir Taaki is one of the earliest developers of Bitcoin. He also went to Syria to fight the Islamic State. Taaki was born in 1988 in London to a Scottish-English mother and Iranian father.