More / Etherum Reddit - 1 month ago
This manifesto was immortalised on-chain: 0x7181be7f573079305316257ef19e8b5cbf553821ebc27845596b305031f3c5ed. It's 2024. Privacy is facing a severe crisis. Security has never been so fragile as it is today. Censorship resistance is at stake. I...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 1 month ago
Bitcoin pioneer Adam Back, one of the earliest cypherpunks who helped lay the ideological foundation for Bitcoin, believes that the bitcoin price is on its way to hitting $100,000, and that the move is "overdue." Back has been involved with Bitcoin s...
by COINS NEWS - 2 months ago
CruxDecussata is a privacy-focused cypherpunk project that has announced its standalone privacy Layer 1 chain, and encrypted messenger app. Here's some info to get you up to speed: [Project & Domain Background] CruxDecussata.com owns the uni...
More / Bitcoin Reddit - 4 months ago
Far too often I see folk on this sub make statements such as, "I'm convinced Aliens created Bitcoin," or "the CIA created Bitcoin" or "A time traveler created Bitcoin" and so on... Conspiracies can be fun, I get it....
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 6 months ago
Dr. Craig S Wright criticizes the cypherpunk movement for misinterpreting Bitcoin's goals, emphasizing on Twitter and his blog the importance of legal frameworks in cyberspace. He highlights the growing global regulations due to cybercrime, and expl...
Bitcoin News / Google News Bitcoin - 6 months ago
Cypherpunk Jameson Lopp sees need for machine learning to improve Bitcoin hashrate estimates& & CryptoSlate
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Magazine - 6 months ago
Adam Back, renowned cypherpunk and creator of Hashcash, made a bold statement on X this weekend, arguing that Bitcoin is poised to replace gold as the ultimate store of value for the next millennium.& Back's remarks reflect his deep-rooted belief...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 7 months ago
The Riga cypherpunk reunion convened around the Lightning Network, privacy and a strong anti-CBDC sentiment. Bitcoin’s spirit animal is the honey badger. Bitcoin eva...
by COINS NEWS - 8 months ago
Quick history of Cryptography? Cryptography dates back 1000s of years, simple methods of encryption like pen and paper or mechanical aids to protect secrets. In the early 20th century the invention of mechanical and electromechanical machine...
by COINS NEWS - 11 months ago
A Cypherpunk's Manifesto Privacy is necessary for an open society in the electronic age. Privacy is not secrecy. A private matter is something one doesn't want the whole world to know, but a secret matter is something one doesn't want an...
by COINS NEWS - 11 months ago
For those who do not know, Cypherpunks is a normal description for anyone that advocated the widespread use of cryptography and privacy-advancing technologies. This description was first coined a whole 30 years ago! Back then there obviously wa...
by COINS NEWS - 1 year ago
TL;DR: I present a practical example in the history of Brazil that left deep financial scars and helps to illustrate the need for self-sovereign money for the survival of some people. Inflation, corruption and seizures. Disclaimer: I will talk...