the cypherpunk legacy

func Privacy() Freedom {
    return Encryption().
        WithoutPermission().
        WithoutApology()
}

• the cypherpunks were right
• back in '93, they saw it all coming
• mass surveillance, digital control, privacy erosion, data exploitation
• didn’t just predict the future - built tools to fight it
• laid foundation for resistance infrastructure before we knew we’d need it

what they knew

• privacy isn’t given, it’s taken
• code is stronger than law
• trust through encryption
• action over complaints

graph TD
    A[Privacy] --> B[Encryption]
    B --> C[Freedom]
    C --> D[Human Rights]
    style D fill:#f96,stroke:#333,stroke-width:2px

code became culture

• bitcoin? cypherpunk dna
• tor? cypherpunk creation
• signal? cypherpunk principles
• https? cypherpunk victory

the evolving battlefield

• surveillance grows
• ai powers expand
• data is the new oil
• but we’ve got tools they dreamed of
• blockchains, zero-knowledge proofs, decentralized networks, self-sovereign identity
• decentralization costs money - price worth paying for freedom

the manifesto wasn’t a warning

• it was a blueprint

“privacy is necessary for an open society in the electronic age.” - cypherpunk manifesto, 1993

the tools exist

• cypherpunks gave us the tools
• now it’s our turn to use them
• demand no-compromise open source - closed code hides chains
• understand why deep state fears crypto - first system they can’t control
• cypherpunk legacy isn’t history - it’s tomorrow

See also

• resistance-infrastructure.md
• decentralization-cost.md
• no-compromise-open-source.md
• deepstate-crypto.md