Amir Taaki unmasks supertestnet around 49mins, referencing the infamous debate between Luke Parker and Supertestnet.
Watchman Privacy: 188 - Amir Taaki: Let There Be Dark
Episode webpage: https://watchmanprivacy.com/
Media file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/watchmanprivacy/188_-_Amir_Taaki_Let_There_Be_Dark.mp3?dest-id=2727836
I listened starting at 49mns for a couple of minutes and he's just rambling that the lightning guys were lying, and he keeps repeating that. I was waiting for a little bit more meat on those argument bones. He says now he'll just challenge them to fight him physically... That didn't convince me of anything.
In my book, he's insane.
He went to fight ISIS, which to me indicates that he understands very little of what is actually going on in the world.
And in went to Rojova to do that. Rojova = Kurds. Kurds still do excision (female mutilation).
That this guy (Amir Taaki) would still be considered even remotely relevant blows my mind.
You need to listen to the original debate between Luke and Supertestnet to get the full scope.
And Amir is definitely just as relevant and just as smart, albeit somewhat eccentric sure, but that often comes with the territory.
I see that he's starting his own shitcoin : https://dark.fi/
"DarkFi is a new Layer 1 blockchain, designed with anonymity at the forefront." https://codeberg.org/darkrenaissance/darkfi and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amir_Taaki
So bitcoin is not good enough for him, monero is not good enough for him.
I remember how he just abandoned his darkwallet project. I'm not holding my breath for anything to come out of this either.
Yeah except it's not a shitcoin, it's a completely opaque smart contract platform, basically the Monero of smart contracts.
Monero is great but it doesn't do smart contracts.
Unless you think smart contracts are totally useless, #darkfi will level up the game massively.
You're right, I have no interest in smart contracts.
I'm only looking for freedom money.
Fair enough! I honestly don't care a whole lot myself, but I think the utility is undeniable. But the added risk (and there is always some) is not worth it at this stage for me.
Happy that the possibility exists for others who calculate differently, and in that case, smart contract privacy is a must.
