Rachel-Rose O'Leary

Rachel-Rose O'Leary

Rachel-Rose O'Leary is a coder and writer at Dark Renaissance Technologies. She was lead tech writer for CoinDesk 2017-2018, covering privacy tech and Ethereum. She has a background in digital art and philosophy, and has been writing about crypto since 2015.

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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 I...
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We Have Entered the Age of Anonymous Crypto
Spurred by an information crisis and compounding global unrest, privacy has entered public consciousness.
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Projects like Darkwallet extend the ideological reach of what should remain private. (Rachel-Rose O'Leary)
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)
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Sharia Goldbugs: How ISIS Created a Currency for World Domination
By trading oil using its own currency, ISIS planned to destabilize the US economy by forcibly decoupling the dollar from the oil business.
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This North Syrian School Is a Baby Step Toward a Blockchain Society
Students in Rojava, a semi-autonomous enclave of Syria, are making up for years of lost education by studying computer code and blockchain technology.
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Murder, Censorship and Syria: Crypto and the Future of Uprisings
One technologist's imprisonment and execution in Syria exemplifies the parallel use of technology for both liberation and repression – and why bitcoin and other censorship res...
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The Trolls Accused Me of ‘Crypto-Colonialism’ in Syria – I’m Listening
Cryptocurrency isn't colonialism in Syria – it's a step in ensuring the technological autonomy of the region.
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Sand, Death and Cryptocurrency: Life in a Decentralized Syria
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The 'Thirdening' Approaches: How to Watch Ethereum's Fork as It Happens
The world’s third largest blockchain by total value, ethereum, is about to upgrade its code. Here's how you can watch the event live.
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This Scaling Tech Could Let You Sync Bitcoin Straight From Your Phone
A new approach to storing bitcoin's "state" could help significantly reduce storage requirements for users of the cryptocurrency.
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