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Cypherpunk

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Podcasts
Podcasts
The Punk Fighting for an Open Metaverse
On today’s show we look at how an NFT collector is attempting to avoid a metaverse hellscape owned by Meta, courtesy of CoinDesk’s features reporter and assistant opinion edit...
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By Adam B. LevineAdrian Blust
Dec 29, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. UTC
Dec 29, 2022
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Consensus Magazine
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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By Paul J. Dylan-Ennis
Sep 20, 2022 at 8:59 p.m. UTC
Sep 20, 2022
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Cypherpunk sold to avoid plunging into a hole. (Unsplash)
Finance
Bitcoin
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 settle...
Cypherpunk sold to avoid plunging into a hole. (Unsplash)
By Elizabeth Napolitano
Jun 28, 2022 at 8:27 p.m. UTC
Jun 28, 2022
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Consensus Magazine
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 I...
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By Rachel-Rose O'Leary
Jun 8, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Jun 8, 2022
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Consensus Magazine (layer2)
Bitcoin
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 Coin...
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By JP Koning
Feb 24, 2022 at 3:34 p.m. UTC
Feb 24, 2022
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Consensus Magazine
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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By Daniel Kuhn
Feb 22, 2022 at 8:45 p.m. UTC
Feb 22, 2022
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Hidden in a crowd.
Tech
Privacy
Cypherpunk, Crypto Anarchy and How Bitcoin Lost the Narrative
The crypto industry tends to give "cypherpunk" vibes a great deal of lip service without much attention to their real values.
Hidden in a crowd.
By Brady Dale
Nov 24, 2020 at 12:18 p.m. UTC
Nov 24, 2020
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Breakdown Cypherpunk History 11-4-20
Markets
Cypherpunk
‘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.
Breakdown Cypherpunk History 11-4-20
By Nathaniel Whittemore
Nov 4, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. UTC
Nov 4, 2020
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Markets
Privacy
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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By Finn Brunton
Oct 18, 2020 at 12:26 p.m. UTC
Oct 18, 2020
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Projects like Darkwallet extend the ideological reach of what should remain private. (Rachel-Rose O'Leary)
Technology
Privacy
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)
By Rachel-Rose O'Leary
Aug 21, 2020 at 8:00 a.m. UTC
Aug 21, 2020
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