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Before Bitcoin Pt.3—90s “Cryptowars”
The truth : Nearly a century before the advent of the internet, the communications revolutions of the late 19th century spurred the development of privacy rights in the United States. Entrepreneurs developed technologies that allowed for the unprecedented transmission of information — news, words, pictures, and other media — including the first... See more
6 myths about privacy on blockchains - a16z crypto
argued in his essay “We Owe It All to the Hippies” that “the counterculture’s scorn for centralized authority provided the philosophical foundations of not only the leaderless Internet but also the entire personal-computer revolution.”1
John Markoff • What the Dormouse Said
The Cypherpunks were united by a belief that people should be able to live free from state interference in private matters, and a conviction that this freedom could be achieved through the use of digital encryption technology that allowed people to communicate without being surveilled.
Friends with Benefits (FWB) • A Political History of DAOs
