Cypherpunk


Opinion

What Are Solarpunk and Lunarpunk Anyway?

Two environmentally focused fictional microgenres have become cornerstones of the Web3 aesthetic. Here’s how that happened.

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Finance

Investment Firm Cypherpunk Holdings Sells All of Its Bitcoin and Ether

The publicly listed firm has transitioned its treasury to cash amid increased market volatility, but it hasn’t ruled out reinvesting in cryptocurrencies when the market settles down.

Cypherpunk sold to avoid plunging into a hole. (Unsplash)

Opinion

Lunarpunks, Privacy and the New Encryption Guerillas

A growing group of cryptography experts are using tools to carve "dark" spaces out of the surveilled web. This article is a preview of Rachel-Rose O'Leary's talk on the 'Big Ideas' stage at Consensus.

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Opinion

The Case for Taxing Proof-of-Work

Most bitcoin owners aren't cypherpunks and don't require an energy-intensive consensus mechanism. A tax would shift them on to sensible alternatives. This post is part of CoinDesk's Tax Week.

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Opinion

So What If Part of Bitcoin's Code Was State-Funded?

Adam Tooze asked if bitcoin politics is self-deluded. Cypherpunks are just resourceful.

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Markets

‘Economics Will No Longer Be the Handmaiden of Politics’: A History of the Cypherpunks, Feat. Jim Epstein

An enlightening conversation with Reason’s Jim Epstein, who just released a four-part YouTube documentary on the cypherpunk movement.

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Markets

A Day in the Life of the Splinternet

Cypherpunk historian Finn Brunton imagines a future where there are many internets, each making demands on your attention.

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Tech

Bitcoin Has Lost Its Way: Here’s How to Return to Crypto’s Subversive Roots

Bitcoin has traded its radical potential for the prospect of mainstream adoption. It's not worth it, writes Rachel-Rose O'Leary.

Projects like Darkwallet extend the ideological reach of what should remain private. (Rachel-Rose O'Leary)

Markets

Why Cypherpunk Witches Love Bitcoin

Cryptocurrency lets modern-day witches transact beyond the grasp of restrictive e-commerce platforms.

RITUAL OBJECTS: Censorship-resistant money lets KVLT Kreations sell its wares. (Courtesy photo)

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