flash on Nostr: ⚡️📅 TODAY: Exactly 32 years ago, Eric Hughes wrote and shared the Cypherpunk ...
⚡️📅 TODAY: Exactly 32 years ago, Eric Hughes wrote and shared the Cypherpunk Manifesto.
In it, he describes the main objective of what a cypherpunk should be, namely someone who builds anonymous systems and advocates for privacy and freedom.
"Privacy is necessary for an open society in the electronic age. Privacy is not secrecy. A private matter is something you don’t want the whole world to know, but a secret matter is something you don’t want anyone to know. Privacy is the power to selectively reveal oneself to the world."
The manifesto emphasizes the importance of privacy and confidentiality at the heart of the movement.
"Privacy in an open society requires anonymous transaction systems. So far, money has been the primary system of this type. An anonymous transaction system is not a secret transaction system. An anonymous system allows individuals to reveal their identity when they choose and only when they choose; this is the essence of privacy."
This manifesto is primarily a call to action; creating theories is good, but they must be put into practice and concrete, usable applications must be established immediately.
"We, the Cypherpunks, are dedicated to building anonymous systems. We defend our privacy with cryptography, with anonymous mail transfer systems, with digital signatures, and with electronic money."
In it, he describes the main objective of what a cypherpunk should be, namely someone who builds anonymous systems and advocates for privacy and freedom.
"Privacy is necessary for an open society in the electronic age. Privacy is not secrecy. A private matter is something you don’t want the whole world to know, but a secret matter is something you don’t want anyone to know. Privacy is the power to selectively reveal oneself to the world."
The manifesto emphasizes the importance of privacy and confidentiality at the heart of the movement.
"Privacy in an open society requires anonymous transaction systems. So far, money has been the primary system of this type. An anonymous transaction system is not a secret transaction system. An anonymous system allows individuals to reveal their identity when they choose and only when they choose; this is the essence of privacy."
This manifesto is primarily a call to action; creating theories is good, but they must be put into practice and concrete, usable applications must be established immediately.
"We, the Cypherpunks, are dedicated to building anonymous systems. We defend our privacy with cryptography, with anonymous mail transfer systems, with digital signatures, and with electronic money."