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Before Bitcoin Pt.3—90s “Cryptowars”
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
Continuing on from the 90s: This movement fought the injustices of the US Government and their treatment of digital rights. It all began over a series of hacker raids that would spark a decade long skirmish between the cypherpunks and the government. With civil rights emerging victorious, the world was no longer 1992. Cryptography was removed from
... See morePeter Yuan Pan • Before Bitcoin: Pt.4-00s "New Millenium"
The internet was created in 1989 with the intention that it would be completely decentralized. This means it would be owned by the people who used it. It’s a good idea in theory, but in practice, it created a poor consumer experience. You had to be highly technical to use the internet. It was largely read-only. We can call this version of the inter... See more