Bitcoin Privacy Developer Amir Taaki Deported From Singapore
- —Taaki said Singapore police questioned him about "what I work on" before deportation
- —He was deported from Argentina and Mexico and detained in Serbia and Japan in the past year
- —Taaki is currently building the privacy protocol DarkFi
- —He authored BIP 0001 and wrote early implementations of CoinJoin and stealth addresses
Why it matters: Mounting pressure on privacy developers raises risks for privacy protocols and their teams.
Source: Bitcoin Magazine
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