2025-12-27T16:02:45Z https://njump.me Cypherpunk Quotes https://njump.me/npub1jtjd0g3x69hr5n7vmsy75v2zw6l6quxmxc78ykssgrm8kncptsmqqs2uhv https://i.ibb.co/5XHhSsQV/satoshicupher.png https://i.ibb.co/5XHhSsQV/satoshicupher.png https://njump.me/nevent1qqsysquzxs7eujnl30swjcsvt8sdn3fupjh53za4q6jpzu42w2wh3lqzyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvm2r956 &#34;By its very nature, it favors the bright (who can put it to use) over the dull (who cannot). It favors the adaptable (who are quick to see the merit of the new) over the sluggish (who cling to time-tested ways). And what two better words are there to describe government bureaucracy than &#39;dull&#39; and &#39;sluggish&#39;?&#34;<br/><br/>— Chuck Hammill (From Crossbows To Cryptography: Techno-Thwarting The State, 1987)<br/><br/>#government #freedom 2026-09-20T18:32:37Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0pknzwtj6fnzlrgr0l3gmp4g53afwf63athe0c5v9p8q40ysh8tqzyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvznkw0c &#34;There is only one way this vision will materialize, and that is by widespread use of cryptography. Is this technologically possible? Definitely. The obstacles are political—some of the most powerful forces in government are devoted to the control of these tools.&#34;<br/><br/>— Steven Levy (Crypto Rebels (WIRED), 1993)<br/><br/>#cryptography #privacy #government #politics 2026-09-20T12:55:18Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspkld2rgu4f7a5zmy7l6egw8qfdfs2ruxpxjudfvmhu8q64ueclrszyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvcsare4 &#34;I had this view of cryptography in which the critical value of cryptography was that you didn&#39;t have to trust other people.&#34;<br/><br/>— Whitfield Diffie (ITAS Interview, 1992)<br/><br/>#cryptography #trust #autonomy 2026-09-20T03:58:04Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsq66r274zztjmgt7j0ajrxjquyuagy3t4u3ylxesh3c8dx8lnr0pqzyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrv6zg0hx &#34;Since cryptography is a tool for shifting power, the people who know this subject well, like it or not, inherit some of that power.&#34;<br/><br/>— Phillip Rogaway (The Moral Character of Cryptographic Work, 2015)<br/><br/>#cryptography 2026-09-19T18:28:14Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0vfs9pewfxx3d5mtnf9d4pcm0g5stnrglzxcy8z7j86y4fgqfsjczyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrv9ekl2r &#34;If the federal government had access to every email you&#39;ve ever written and every phone call you&#39;ve ever made, it&#39;s almost certain that they could find something you&#39;ve done which violates a provision in the 27,000 pages of federal statues or 10,000 administrative regulations. You probably do have something to hide, you just don&#39;t know it yet.&#34;<br/><br/>— Moxie Marlinspike (We Should All Have Something To Hide, 2013)<br/><br/>#privacy #surveillance #law #nothingtohide 2026-09-19T12:20:24Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswmjecyk282h5cwmsd68f3ru4n5ejte030nc7fqcg4hnz0rq07ekszyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrva92jhe &#34;What if everyone believed that law-abiding citizens should use postcards for their mail? If a nonconformist tried to assert his privacy by using an envelope, it would draw suspicion.&#34;<br/><br/>— Philip Zimmermann (Why I Wrote PGP, 1991)<br/><br/>#privacy #encryption #conformity 2026-09-19T03:42:21Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxlveju68ukq5qe2hvwx3rmj3nl6rc5tfehqz4rzhekdnkzuewf8szyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrv8drtps &#34;In a world without cash (a bearer and peer-to-peer form of money) all transactions must be necessarily intermediated by financial institutions. Intermediated transactions are by their nature subject to surveillance and control.&#34;<br/><br/>— Jerry Brito (The Case for Electronic Cash, 2019)<br/><br/>#cash #surveillance #control #intermediation 2026-09-18T18:55:40Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvhus67vj8wtx9s0wc7ur7gq5h3p7ljqs5204jh5tuncuutfzav6czyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvdju033 &#34;Crypto anarchy is not just about avoiding laws. It&#39;s about making certain laws unenforceable, and hence making them obsolete.&#34;<br/><br/>— Tim May (Cypherpunks Mailing List, 1992)<br/><br/>#cryptoanarchy #law #enforcement 2026-09-18T12:47:11Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrgy3qk4h0m4jhwm8sxjkfmeee4w477h8gk89squyv3un4x84322gzyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrv0trtzu &#34;The real value in encryption and the real threat to intelligence operations, both law enforcement and national security, is integrated, automatic encryption.&#34;<br/><br/>— Martin Hellman (Charles Babbage Institute Oral History, 2004)<br/><br/>#encryption #intelligence #surveillance 2026-09-18T03:45:24Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswfe7lyx44hslv2t79hnffy036huv8kad8qzdz5cmzeckpfg02frszyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrv9jdeef &#34;I would like to die peacefully in my sleep, knowing that I helped create a better world for those who come after me.&#34;<br/><br/>— Hal Finney (BitcoinTalk Forum, 2013) 2026-09-17T19:36:03Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszhpl6uzufwtu9kgp46n0g304r5q3pmdr60kgf8eyu9gl94n75ptczyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvvjee6j &#34;Mathematics is not the law.&#34;<br/><br/>— Tim May (CoinDesk, 2018)<br/><br/>#mathematics #law #cryptography #philosophy 2026-09-17T13:08:43Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdlfy86yrh6lxgkf8pt23vavz3w2dkakv2get5zkwazzz0femvc8gzyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvpac9pf &#34;Cryptography is the ultimate form of non-violent direct action.&#34;<br/><br/>— Julian Assange (Cypherpunks: Freedom and the Future of the Internet, 2012)<br/><br/>#cryptography #nonviolence 2026-09-17T03:58:13Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqxy08datl2rnd7phnsc9c2tzkandd76fzq8ysduege9r6sjkpcrgzyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrv53xkqm &#34;The tech powers that be are nothing without our data.&#34;<br/><br/>— Carissa Véliz (Privacy is power (Aeon), 2019)<br/><br/>#data #power #resistance #techcompanies 2026-09-16T19:25:08Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsf9w99ww29evue55ygy8tt2h8r3979e0z4xvatnpsmyvhw0vu6peczyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvaumt77 &#34;&#39;Swiss banks in cyberspace&#39; will make economic transactions much more liquid and much less subject to local rules and regulations.&#34;<br/><br/>— Tim May (Crypto Anarchy and Virtual Communities, 1994)<br/><br/>#digitalcash #economics #regulation #freedom 2026-09-16T13:14:01Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqst2d90gnv3948fxfdkkn6gm3pv8vxqrzwj8llyr4pamd5s3ewfpjgzyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvccfa8n &#34;Instead of trying to convince our current government not to try, we&#39;ll develop the technology (e.g., remailers and ecash) that will make it impossible for the government to succeed.&#34;<br/><br/>— Wei Dai (Cypherpunks mailing list, 1995)<br/><br/>#ecash #remailers 2026-09-16T03:53:07Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsze0yghxk9xvq5uzu45vrjse66qwgse0kqq0wpnd70upe5cy3sr8gzyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvs463v9 &#34;I am an engineer, not a mathematician. I try to find practical solutions to actual problems.&#34;<br/><br/>— Philip Zimmermann (GrepLaw, 2003)<br/><br/>#cryptography 2026-09-15T19:33:50Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrzew82kq4j2dp5t63emla7pqdu343pwrd9naxfstp0hd0nlq7u3qzyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrv2ym3eu &#34;I see Bitcoin as ultimately becoming a reserve currency for banks, playing much the same role as gold did in the early days of banking.&#34;<br/><br/>— Hal Finney (BitcoinTalk Forum, 2010)<br/><br/>#bitcoin #banking #gold 2026-09-15T13:15:22Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrr83csxvddmvxnmplwse8cq2zwvlcdce4ma30lq3xd6rgj9n6x9qzyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrv25ljsz &#34;Remember, there are a lot tyrants out there.&#34;<br/><br/>— Tim May (CoinDesk, 2018)<br/><br/>#tyranny #warning #freedom 2026-09-15T03:55:51Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqjgzy90lm9lamew6xut5hhm6lf4c7t6jf9ezssg08gxmln9k5ewgzyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvd458ny &#34;Privacy is the foundation that allows freedom of speech, thought, and association to thrive. Without it, these freedoms exist only on paper and can&#39;t be exercised in practice in a meaningful way.&#34;<br/><br/>— Zooko Wilcox (Cypherpunk Technologies Press Release, 2023)<br/><br/>#privacy #freespeech #freedom 2026-09-14T20:11:10Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswzm2ddwdnx7umtqma7gq2gzd0cayqnja5p6l53vmfkc4d0g8dg0szyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvv4vc7g &#34;The best defense against abusive government is an informed and active citizenry.&#34;<br/><br/>— Whitfield Diffie (Congressional testimony, 1993)<br/><br/>#government #defense 2026-09-14T14:49:13Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxyy36g3r8jyghrrsltxxwav35qn2myh9jnsr2m6ne75p2qewm0hqzyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvrt490k &#34;We must defend our own privacy if we expect to have any. We must come together and create systems which allow anonymous transactions to take place.&#34;<br/><br/>— Eric Hughes (A Cypherpunk&#39;s Manifesto, 1993)<br/><br/>#privacy #selfdefense #anonymoustransactions 2026-09-14T03:56:16Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdj75rm3qfmk3ud6wu4ry2lwq75z7ejd7h0w37jyy0dunf5gsx0aqzyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvqg5yz3 &#34;Computer technology is on the verge of providing the ability for individuals and groups to communicate and interact with each other in a totally anonymous manner.&#34;<br/><br/>— Tim May (The Crypto Anarchist Manifesto, 1988)<br/><br/>#anonymity #privacy 2026-09-13T18:36:00Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvgd6tjxtpk9t66durhq7508yvxu259hym546xtsugy8jlegluvyczyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvc95g2w &#34;But there is another solution, one advocated forcefully by computer scientist David Chaum. Rather than relying on new laws and more government, Chaum looks to technical solutions. And these solutions rely on the ancient science devoted to keeping information confidential: cryptography.&#34;<br/><br/>— Hal Finney (Protecting privacy with electronic cash, 1993)<br/><br/>#cryptography #privacy #government 2026-09-13T13:10:07Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszxyw6vyqd8cv8tu426pd4d3ypv3739t38vk5qauuzedjfaemytdszyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvdr5qwk &#34;Just as a merchant will accept cash from a customer without demanding proof of identity, we also want our electronic money system to allow similar transactions to take place, without the identity of the people involved being revealed to each other, or even to someone who is monitoring the network.&#34;<br/><br/>— Hal Finney (Protecting privacy with electronic cash, 1993)<br/><br/>#digitalcash #anonymity #privacy 2026-09-13T03:48:20Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswyfy0n49sm6c0nxntqz38w75jwahz79axzksaxgr7hsadtke0lmqzyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvnzem2y &#34;When a company goes to develop a product, that has only two options, secure or insecure, they should, from day one, define the product as either secure or insecure.&#34;<br/><br/>— Martin Hellman (Charles Babbage Institute Oral History, 2004)<br/><br/>#security #transparency 2026-09-12T18:11:45Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsd9xmthfetqdk23kmqg9tjmwkeh8are960c4jg54jfytgv5775z6qzyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrv67ha7a &#34;Information is power. But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves.&#34;<br/><br/>— Aaron Swartz (Guerilla Open Access Manifesto, 2008)<br/><br/>#openaccess 2026-09-12T12:00:50Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs00ymcy30c36f6wqkxxln5q9jnt6grrdldnts0nvj5h94myfsctzgzyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvyf64qc &#34;Truth happens. We will succeed. Don&#39;t wait around for others to take action. We must dive head first without regard for consequences, and break the inertia of passivity.&#34;<br/><br/>— Amir Taaki (The libbitcoin Manifesto, 2013)<br/><br/>#resistance #freedom 2026-09-12T03:40:59Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsw86a3kwxywxeqvdrm0gwl9cpenfnpt6qc8g06zws0wvwhwwmuquczyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvl0zujy &#34;Arise, You have nothing to lose but your barbed-wire fences.&#34;<br/><br/>— Steven Levy (Crypto Rebels (WIRED), 1993)<br/><br/>#cypherpunk #freedom #resistance 2026-09-11T19:01:53Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszcpn6vel0t88aq8tfdqpy30ugl6avxc5j576njkm28qvmjgtnywszyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvlqkyxf &#34;Google and Facebook are not really in the business of data – they are in the business of power.&#34;<br/><br/>— Carissa Véliz (Privacy is power (Aeon), 2019)<br/><br/>#surveillance #power #techcompanies #data 2026-09-11T12:40:32Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsw8ys5e459tn6dqeneedyznp7gf5je9wmyqj7d9dzl4kvl04vuqxqzyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvmc3uvy &#34;The key question at the heart of the cypherpunk movement was not freedom, but the crisis of freedom in a situation of extensive social control of dominant institutions over private individuals.&#34;<br/><br/>— Enrico Beltramini (Against technocratic authoritarianism, 2020)<br/><br/>#cypherpunk #freedom #surveillance #control 2026-09-11T03:36:51Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsydf6zvzvswfutlqxymavrnqqxl48rfgr92hdx58fsx4wltlm6j3qzyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvra35c0 &#34;The NSA has built an infrastructure that allows it to intercept almost everything. With this capability, the vast majority of human communications are automatically ingested without targeting.&#34;<br/><br/>— Edward Snowden (The Guardian Interview, 2013)<br/><br/>#nsa #surveillance #masssurveillance 2026-09-10T18:59:56Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdxkj2l97qyltf2hnh0tr0q7nagucjslnqg5xcfwe3qh6g9f03fsgzyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrv0pz0nq &#34;A phase change is coming. Virtual communities are in their ascendancy, displacing conventional notions of nationhood. Geographic proximity is no longer as important as it once was.&#34;<br/><br/>— Tim May (Crypto Anarchy and Virtual Communities, 1994) 2026-09-10T12:45:51Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqstnhmjht8gkvw5lcgnad9c65ax57n57803n7d3skv38arcuwm20xczyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvz0sh5d &#34;I don&#39;t want to live in a world where everything I do and say is recorded. That is not something I am willing to support or live under.&#34;<br/><br/>— Edward Snowden (The Guardian Interview, 2013)<br/><br/>#surveillance #privacy #freedom 2026-09-10T03:38:41Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxv8shzncf8unek54j56kuscrfnzwwzc3a0cp6dj2h0hcd0ulu92szyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvw6zpz4 &#34;The internet, our greatest tool of emancipation, has been transformed into the most dangerous facilitator of totalitarianism we have ever seen.&#34;<br/><br/>— Julian Assange (Cypherpunks: Freedom and the Future of the Internet, 2012)<br/><br/>#internet #surveillance #totalitarianism 2026-09-09T19:08:00Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsf0hnzvu4ascu0e09395msnuxhxhg9z22r6w55lndnnyy6mp3q9mczyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvv5lsyz &#34;How can we translate the freedom afforded by the Internet to ordinary life?&#34;<br/><br/>— Jim Bell (Assassination Politics, 1997)<br/><br/>#freedom #internet #cypherpunk 2026-09-09T12:47:57Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqlm0vk0wrd6dsynm3hq4kfu7jda8r52jy0052vluwcr54mt8p0zszyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvv978f0 &#34;Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence and thereby eventually lose all ability to defend ourselves and those we love.&#34;<br/><br/>— Julian Assange (State and Terrorist Conspiracies, 2006) 2026-09-09T03:40:53Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszqqjqx5faaxx0k8u9lq8kdu5xaqf2vm2wz3e4f39ay4sy5p9vfgczyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrv05ru34 &#34;If you encrypted your files, then if a court wanted your files they would have to come and threaten you and you would have the control to make the choice as to whether you would surrender your files or not.&#34;<br/><br/>— Whitfield Diffie (ITAS Interview, 1992)<br/><br/>#encryption #privacy 2026-09-08T19:18:39Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9efspqnmluj2jz7nzptckgjq5hzqddct2c86ywt3h4p4trsvvtrgzyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrv50h5am &#34;Every action I took was out of a desire to enable people to have freedom and control over their own lives.&#34;<br/><br/>— Ross Ulbricht (Letter to Judge Forrest, 2015)<br/><br/>#freedom #autonomy 2026-09-08T12:40:57Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqeqfud4ff7yf3thy4am3w2crcp2mvuypd0yhm8xhfjafcul7j5lqzyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvltceyg &#34;Tracking everyone is no longer inconceivable, and is in fact happening all the time.&#34;<br/><br/>— Moxie Marlinspike (We Should All Have Something To Hide, 2013)<br/><br/>#surveillance #tracking #privacy #warning 2026-09-08T03:36:07Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2y6kd2lmehpkzv4lpgdcuj7n4slm8yfeuru9khcx2nmmfg6u34hczyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvrdemrw &#34;The law enforcement folks were stuck longer in the hard-core phase, and still are, even now using Bin Laden to suggest that crypto has GONE TOO FAR, damn it.&#34;<br/><br/>— Steven Levy (The WELL - Crypto Discussion, 2001)<br/><br/>#lawenforcement #cryptography #government #terrorism 2026-09-07T19:40:30Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9096h5h02nx0hpa5z4p8wvr8t5cf9xf64s7l3msvnhm3uw5e5fkczyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvtk4dtj &#34;Power over others&#39; privacy is the quintessential kind of power in the digital age&#34;<br/><br/>— Carissa Véliz (Privacy is power (Aeon), 2019)<br/><br/>#privacy #power #digitalage #surveillance 2026-09-07T14:03:40Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2sxrr9dmrwaz9xrz3z0z7ak29cfnxjsg2268r94hxyqxqeh05d4szyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvfxj7nf &#34;They have built a legal paradigm that presumes records collected about us do not belong to us.&#34;<br/><br/>— Edward Snowden (Joe Rogan Experience, 2019)<br/><br/>#privacy #legal 2026-09-07T03:30:48Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqqj7f58eklpnumf9qxaded3ad5emdplqddsz2q9937jtrdxhsh3czyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvtf22kc &#34;Capable, generous men do not create victims, they nurture them.&#34;<br/><br/>— Julian Assange (Cypherpunks: Freedom and the Future of the Internet, 2012) 2026-09-06T18:05:51Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszuur2c7w39qqr3llj9f4hpljppr64fhwwqtdsle3ft5x2rduhecqzyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrv9zrl3e &#34;A smart contract is a set of promises, specified in digital form, including protocols within which the parties perform on these promises.&#34;<br/><br/>— Nick Szabo (Smart Contracts: Building Blocks for Digital Markets, 1996)<br/><br/>#smartcontracts #digital #protocols 2026-09-06T12:00:37Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs84ke2w746gphumxpl73kz9ccpuy2rj498qjyz2l3nxyv6lqs4wngzyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvk5gnrx &#34;Somebody had to be the first one to start banging on the Berlin Wall, with a sledgehammer, in 1989. Somebody had to be the first to walk through. Somebody had to be the first to stand up and say, &#39;Enough!&#39;&#34;<br/><br/>— Jim Bell (Assassination Politics, 1997)<br/><br/>#resistance #freedom 2026-09-06T03:30:49Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswsac6k4ypl7ymwwvr7euq540m6mhlkyg7uv8smn8g4ly3tcnjeaqzyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvk9fhn9 &#34;WE STAND TODAY on the brink of a revolution in cryptography.&#34;<br/><br/>— Whitfield Diffie and Martin E. Hellman (New Directions in Cryptography, 1976)<br/><br/>#cryptography #revolution #privacy #publickey 2026-09-05T17:58:57Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsyx2fdl4vl08m88cu2fqlnvzlc7dgfkewuqsfha4sxkqxyesrapsqzyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvke6mlq &#34;There has never been a government that didn&#39;t sooner or later try to reduce the freedom of its subjects and gain more control over them, and there probably never will be one.&#34;<br/><br/>— Wei Dai (Cypherpunks mailing list, 1995)<br/><br/>#freedom #cypherpunk 2026-09-05T11:42:42Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrcsyewvrgjamuur9dn9a4nds30lw8lyd4yuu7ylap4usnn74nh5czyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvp7r6cd &#34;In one direction lies unprecedented scrutiny and control of people&#39;s lives; in the other, secure parity between individuals and organizations. The shape of society in the next century may depend on which approach predominates.&#34;<br/><br/>— David Chaum (Security Without Identification: Transaction Systems to Make Big Brother Obsolete, 1985)<br/><br/>#privacy #surveillance 2026-09-05T03:30:20Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2snzxl22fd88sv8v7h2ha7azdw62ppkmgx4mwec6qtd4d5ht463qzyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrv2ymch4 &#34;The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.&#34;<br/><br/>— John Gilmore (Time Magazine, 1993)<br/><br/>#censorship #internet #freedom 2026-09-04T18:53:06Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0q7kvahalzdj3xwqqfjzehnyhe28hc9azkdn0zqkut654l57rf7czyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvayyw6a &#34;There&#39;s a real possibility that all the noise about &#39;governance,&#39; &#39;regulation&#39; and &#39;blockchain&#39; will effectively create a surveillance state, a dossier society.&#34;<br/><br/>— Tim May (CoinDesk, 2018)<br/><br/>#surveillance #regulation #blockchain #government 2026-09-04T12:34:17Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsw3a7d6gn60sdw4x5jtruqnfk9pwkt05rx7eykpul8um7xs7nqt5gzyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvhze63u &#34;Remember, there are a lot tyrants out there.&#34;<br/><br/>— Tim May (CoinDesk, 2018)<br/><br/>#tyranny #warning #freedom 2026-09-04T03:35:06Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdnp7pggsre9cv9nve5j5fzzh80fy484wm0wcmx2rnf5gumhzkp3qzyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrve3vyw0 &#34;I see Bitcoin as ultimately becoming a reserve currency for banks, playing much the same role as gold did in the early days of banking.&#34;<br/><br/>— Hal Finney (BitcoinTalk Forum, 2010)<br/><br/>#bitcoin #banking #gold 2026-09-03T19:10:16Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspmm3phds69304vrpn80yrtrz55k0m4acnudu8xm0wzudgf74dgtszyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvf37ajr &#34;There is power in knowing. By protecting our privacy, we prevent others from being empowered with knowledge about us that can be used against our interests.&#34;<br/><br/>— Carissa Véliz (Privacy is power (Aeon), 2019)<br/><br/>#privacy #power #knowledge #surveillance 2026-09-03T12:40:24Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs09p8eat4drzv7snh9eww3pv4j3ah7q0gzeuzzwt8e3j72vdtw04czyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrva7kx98 &#34;Public key cryptography is a revolution that puts control of privacy into the hands of the individual.&#34;<br/><br/>— Whitfield Diffie (New Directions in Cryptography, 1976)<br/><br/>#cryptography #publickey #privacy 2026-09-03T03:30:32Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs05zgz93gge3vzhpaa2hypr8030s2cqrgsk3wsl40wzlqq7z7u8fczyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrv9wedrh &#34;There is a war going on between those who would liberate crypto and those who would suppress it. The seemingly innocuous bunch strewn around this conference room represents the vanguard of the pro-crypto forces.&#34;<br/><br/>— Steven Levy (Crypto Rebels (WIRED), 1993)<br/><br/>#cryptography #cypherpunk #resistance #government 2026-09-02T19:16:04Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsg8lc45fwl8ekfqwjukud65cfxx4e63gx4tmu3tzlsjlnk22tgu5czyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrv9k98t9 &#34;We need to make cryptography the solution to the problem: &#39;how do you make surveillance more expensive?&#39;&#34;<br/><br/>— Phillip Rogaway (The Moral Character of Cryptographic Work, 2015)<br/><br/>#cryptography #surveillance #resistance 2026-09-02T12:37:19Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0udh9hxjanr7ddpjlrhmw2tszwap4hay5f4m9gdk9wd5d5nh080czyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvh3vavu &#34;Bitcoin isn&#39;t just money for the internet. It&#39;s a new form of money that is native to the internet.&#34;<br/><br/>— Andreas Antonopoulos (Mastering Bitcoin, 2014)<br/><br/>#bitcoin #internet #money 2026-09-02T03:29:20Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqt25h7yhx56wlvsx37nqr3kcmhp386ymynhnxf53xxf32s8t7ewszyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvxchxsy &#34;Cryptography can make possible a world in which people have control over information about themselves, not because government has granted them that control, but because only they possess the cryptographic keys to reveal that information. This is the world we are working to create.&#34;<br/><br/>— Hal Finney (Protecting privacy with electronic cash, 1993)<br/><br/>#cryptography #privacy #government 2026-09-01T19:15:46Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsyen29v8gfpwfzw079v65x2el7ew0lpgdrykdnw39r0536rf3pcxczyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvhy44pd &#34;A phase change is coming. Virtual communities are in their ascendancy, displacing conventional notions of nationhood. Geographic proximity is no longer as important as it once was.&#34;<br/><br/>— Tim May (Crypto Anarchy and Virtual Communities, 1994) 2026-09-01T13:13:11Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszxse49lsu7czplftl6uq43k4sgx4825mx0d8lxs9qenp6q7vundczyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvfefkph &#34;Security is a process, not a product.&#34;<br/><br/>— Bruce Schneier (Secrets and Lies, 2000)<br/><br/>#security 2026-09-01T04:07:16Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9gzg8ctsxke98ksfd0kumfgeg67mcekyjhpdv8jgyhlxevrzzk4czyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrv7rmkzv &#34;Cryptography was a technique that did not require your trusting other people.&#34;<br/><br/>— Whitfield Diffie (ITAS Interview, 1992)<br/><br/>#cryptography #trust #privacy 2026-08-31T21:23:37Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszqw273q6pnl2s90d9jp2h0snl8lcadd65ms86cpymnzdxv926rmqzyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrv2ptq9q &#34;Most people are unaware of how visible email is. Email could be intercepted by a lot of parties along the way, it could be captured and logged, scanned and then used years later.&#34;<br/><br/>— Philip Zimmermann (GrepLaw, 2003)<br/><br/>#email #surveillance #privacy #interception 2026-08-31T15:56:37Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsyxz5czxamacqkxsvf2we650ycq4ns0yhq3efzg40mwskv4luwrmgzyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvz7hssr &#34;The scandal isn&#39;t how they&#39;re breaking the law. The scandal is that they don&#39;t have to break the law.&#34;<br/><br/>— Edward Snowden (Joe Rogan Experience, 2019)<br/><br/>#surveillance #law #government #legal 2026-08-31T04:23:02Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs24gg2mhx84jv5r3dsmm695lljn6e547pwd8cmxnp2wurrgczyfsqzyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrv7av78f &#34;Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace, the new home of Mind.&#34;<br/><br/>— John Perry Barlow (A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace, 1996)<br/><br/>#cyberspace #independence #government 2026-08-30T19:07:15Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsthgw9ljrz87s2358mtw56ul9fr7txxh77cgzrs32q4xl2v6cw0vgzyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrv0wcxwg &#34;The ecosystem is moving towards consolidation because users don&#39;t want to run their own servers.&#34;<br/><br/>— Moxie Marlinspike (My First Impressions of Web3, 2022)<br/><br/>#decentralization 2026-08-30T13:38:50Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszk9k6lak5pxcvc73mcx9ttnq3cxr36tjlgel7klz5nue7acm4hngzyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvtf3n8w &#34;The cypherpunk movement provides an intelligible, viable, and effective model of data activism and strategic agency.&#34;<br/><br/>— Patrick D. Anderson (Of Cypherpunks and Sousveillance, 2022)<br/><br/>#cypherpunk #dataactivism #resistance #agency 2026-08-30T04:17:46Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfgww8uz9cn06c4yw0vzkdxp6up7d09afaz94jlyd5gsu6kp3r3dszyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvx44xnn &#34;It&#39;s not data that&#39;s being exploited. It&#39;s people that are being exploited. It&#39;s not data that&#39;s being manipulated, it&#39;s you that&#39;s being manipulated.&#34;<br/><br/>— Edward Snowden (Joe Rogan Experience, 2019)<br/><br/>#surveillance #privacy 2026-08-29T19:16:23Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsx2c92uph4aexlwjgyfw753srum035x8c9u4e3wlxzqc63rcltjsczyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvhfuwmk &#34;You claim there are problems among us that you need to solve. You use this claim as an excuse to invade our precincts.&#34;<br/><br/>— John Perry Barlow (A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace, 1996)<br/><br/>#government #regulation #cyberspace 2026-08-29T13:41:10Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsd8ajmtvyngkpdeuk2mzfdwlzu209alq73u9kc098g3sr6pkwf5kgzyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvx3agte &#34;The State will of course try to slow or halt the spread of this technology, citing national security concerns, use of the technology by drug dealers and tax evaders, and fears of societal disintegration.&#34;<br/><br/>— Tim May (The Crypto Anarchist Manifesto, 1988)<br/><br/>#government #regulation 2026-08-29T06:10:05Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvzq56lyhz330gdnm3w94t3zzuuhu3tjsmync80j3sxx8sju0anfgzyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrv5pnc2j &#34;Cryptography rearranges power: it configures who can do what, from what. This makes cryptography an inherently political tool, and it confers on the field an intrinsically moral dimension.&#34;<br/><br/>— Phillip Rogaway (The Moral Character of Cryptographic Work, 2015)<br/><br/>#cryptography #politics 2026-08-28T19:57:35Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvad2cu0cvtss7z7gn98dm0rel0yfcgwmydzeetcaexn2fg9lxydszyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrv3ec8rl &#34;Privacy is not secrecy. A private matter is something one doesn&#39;t want the whole world to know, but a secret matter is something one doesn&#39;t want anybody to know. Privacy is the power to selectively reveal oneself to the world.&#34;<br/><br/>— Eric Hughes (A Cypherpunk&#39;s Manifesto, 1993)<br/><br/>#privacy #secrecy 2026-08-28T00:46:58Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0y2aq52n2wfauz475dffvdq9gmlyd0mp6tnqlhetm7zvlpe6gmwczyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvkq2zx4 &#34;The State will of course try to slow or halt the spread of this technology, citing national security concerns, use of the technology by drug dealers and tax evaders, and fears of societal disintegration.&#34;<br/><br/>— Tim May (The Crypto Anarchist Manifesto, 1988)<br/><br/>#government #regulation 2026-08-27T08:08:12Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsgl4hrhwzp8kvngpc4lj7rcrjkp0csz7lex05psdawls0rdut6pfczyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvxut9dw &#34;The NSA has built an infrastructure that allows it to intercept almost everything. With this capability, the vast majority of human communications are automatically ingested without targeting.&#34;<br/><br/>— Edward Snowden (The Guardian Interview, 2013)<br/><br/>#nsa #surveillance #masssurveillance 2026-08-26T16:48:48Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsf488j73k058cpvygae0tyqe6mnrz02ytqvpv28kff2dgl04pfryszyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrv5jg9e0 &#34;Digital cash, untraceable and anonymous (like real cash), is also coming, though various technical and practical hurdles remain.&#34;<br/><br/>— Tim May (Crypto Anarchy and Virtual Communities, 1994)<br/><br/>#digitalcash #anonymity #privacy 2026-08-26T08:45:42Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsr0srvpmapdujxn79vn82d0vhlk59xgg4n87t6ss370hm89nemv9czyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvggmemp &#34;I am an engineer, not a mathematician. I try to find practical solutions to actual problems.&#34;<br/><br/>— Philip Zimmermann (GrepLaw, 2003)<br/><br/>#cryptography 2026-08-26T01:24:09Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszngll2zskan3fhqnqx0lnur9hkaxd55ecrl0gexza66ujdt0v6aqzyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvcq9y5k &#34;I don&#39;t want to live in a world where everything I do and say is recorded. That is not something I am willing to support or live under.&#34;<br/><br/>— Edward Snowden (The Guardian Interview, 2013)<br/><br/>#surveillance #privacy #freedom 2026-08-25T16:38:52Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqar2w39zz72hsdgkzyk4hmm4kccpyrweuf3zkre0xvtg7kuza4lszyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvxk595m &#34;What is the greatest unsolved problem in cryptography today? Lack of user awareness.&#34;<br/><br/>— Martin Hellman (Charles Babbage Institute Oral History, 2004)<br/><br/>#cryptography 2026-08-25T08:43:59Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqstjzte64az0qkl9mlry09mng2sqej7ceq58nw9qdakt0z6xd30rzqzyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvkc2lxd &#34;I have argued that the Internet should have had security built into it from the very beginning, where every email message was authenticated with a signature, and that there was an adequate public key infrastructure in place.&#34;<br/><br/>— Martin Hellman (Charles Babbage Institute Oral History, 2004)<br/><br/>#internet #security #email #publickey 2026-08-25T01:20:46Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswug39rdr2ref08gkhryw42muvgt92c8e25xw2n0yjke4csxtmacqzyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvxtgn9k &#34;I have been working on ideas to display the information in digital cash in some other way that is more esthetic. It would be nice if the display somehow only worked for correctly signed cash notes, with forged cash not displaying anything nice.&#34;<br/><br/>— Hal Finney (The Beauty of ECash, 1994)<br/><br/>#digitalcash #cryptography 2026-08-24T16:39:46Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsga9clkrzh8w0unve97njf2ynma2rf8pth6mcn3ah80h39u8k4yhczyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvumwsk8 &#34;I&#39;d like to think that decades from now, people will look back and see this time as the dawning of a new era of individual empowerment and freedom.&#34;<br/><br/>— Hal Finney (BitcoinTalk Forum, 2013)<br/><br/>#bitcoin #freedom 2026-08-24T08:49:50Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswe7nwpdn4qfs7r7x2ru466wfk2t7g2496lzmtw0vl4t80a38hwqszyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvq8swjc &#34;When a company goes to develop a product, that has only two options, secure or insecure, they should, from day one, define the product as either secure or insecure.&#34;<br/><br/>— Martin Hellman (Charles Babbage Institute Oral History, 2004)<br/><br/>#security #transparency 2026-08-24T01:23:32Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvegtmfrjgm95ygcquj4hg52lhxzqlherlzgg6uzvcf3c946546zczyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvq6hk3p &#34;Using modern methods of public-key encryption and anonymous &#39;digital cash,&#39; it would be possible to make such awards in such a way so that nobody knows who is getting awarded the money, only that the award is being given.&#34;<br/><br/>— Jim Bell (Assassination Politics, 1997)<br/><br/>#encryption #digitalcash #anonymity #privacy 2026-08-23T16:27:42Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswgy6g8arpjwdz3z79spedss35cktdkqqt5u50s8ar4xghnkz209gzyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvhet0g4 &#34;Courage is contagious. If you demonstrate that individuals can leak something and go on to live a good life, it&#39;s tremendously incentivizing to people.&#34;<br/><br/>— Julian Assange (Forbes, 2010)<br/><br/>#whistleblowing 2026-08-23T08:31:53Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9xyy956ga5dfrfdhnfdsj28pqsw7fn4uak2692vktkyyh2kghhfczyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrv92chth &#34;Pretty Good Privacy empowers people to take their privacy into their own hands. There has been a growing social need for it.&#34;<br/><br/>— Philip Zimmermann (Why I Wrote PGP, 1991)<br/><br/>#pgp #privacy #empowerment 2026-08-23T01:26:11Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsyg70h2k9hkpfn4vux28j4w2g7037tf3ac57nsma2jdxxnsgfa0xgzyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvlkdh2j &#34;I&#39;ve noticed that cryptographic graybeards (I was in my mid 50&#39;s) tend to get cynical. I was more idealistic; I have always loved crypto, the mystery and the paradox of it.&#34;<br/><br/>— Hal Finney (Bitcoin and Me, 2013)<br/><br/>#cryptography #cypherpunk 2026-08-22T16:26:51Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsyy3fur7c2ggwwu3f9knad5ylkwcluxtpymgm8g3pz9qjalswe7ngzyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvee7tty &#34;We cannot expect governments, corporations, or other large, faceless organizations to grant us privacy out of their beneficence.&#34;<br/><br/>— Eric Hughes (A Cypherpunk&#39;s Manifesto, 1993)<br/><br/>#privacy #government #corporations 2026-08-22T08:32:05Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9ywca2squlavwwejngduqr5c5wthsexg32y5ageux7g7esp8prmgzyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvf3dk77 &#34;Cypherpunks write code. We know that someone has to write software to defend privacy, and since we can&#39;t get privacy unless we all do, we&#39;re going to write it.&#34;<br/><br/>— Eric Hughes (A Cypherpunk&#39;s Manifesto, 1993)<br/><br/>#cypherpunk #code 2026-08-22T01:19:04Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszmk5376ayq4w7yck5z68nvpetlzg5tz7tmcu2ccskm4p8zrnedcgzyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvxn4fp5 &#34;I even question Mike&#39;s point about the government&#39;s inability to ban books. Look at the difficulty in keeping PGP available in this country even though it is legal. Not only have FTP sites been steadily closed down, even the key servers have as well.&#34;<br/><br/>— Hal Finney (Politics vs Technology, 1994)<br/><br/>#government #censorship #politics #pgp 2026-08-21T16:36:13Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsysp2k3l46ez0tat7lfejzzljrejrxes82g6rmwx45hepeuc4042czyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrv8ws9ry &#34;Cyberspace consists of transactions, relationships, and thought itself, arrayed like a standing wave in the web of our communications. Ours is a world that is both everywhere and nowhere, but it is not where bodies live.&#34;<br/><br/>— John Perry Barlow (A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace, 1996)<br/><br/>#cyberspace #philosophy #digitalworld 2026-08-21T08:42:00Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvfzaalacynxe34cl2dwzspu6x2wvyehl8hhk5h00uhkh6s8hr08qzyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvfrsswr &#34;They have built a legal paradigm that presumes records collected about us do not belong to us.&#34;<br/><br/>— Edward Snowden (Joe Rogan Experience, 2019)<br/><br/>#privacy #legal 2026-08-21T01:23:22Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0r5u82cglg7lrhvyqr7f70jnkqsja5050zrakrmkwgnycevdnsnszyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvh0df0n &#34;Because Bitcoin&#39;s DMMS is computationally, and therefore thermodynamically, very expensive, alternatives have been proposed which seek to be economically and environmentally more efficient. One popular alternative, proof-of-stake, is frequently proposed as a mechanism for a cheap distributed consensus. As argued by the author in 2014, this is simply not workable.&#34;<br/><br/>— Andrew Poelstra (On Stake and Consensus, 2015)<br/><br/>#bitcoin #consensus #cryptocurrency 2026-08-20T16:36:37Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdgnee5wd6cp6jxpuuzcc9ugxkz9466ng620wef8q4wplt9ldyvwszyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrv4wd88l &#34;Most people are unaware of how visible email is. Email could be intercepted by a lot of parties along the way, it could be captured and logged, scanned and then used years later.&#34;<br/><br/>— Philip Zimmermann (GrepLaw, 2003)<br/><br/>#email #surveillance #privacy #interception 2026-08-20T08:39:51Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfte8aux7q5cmadvkq3en72fwxppu238qjjc7jghjku7wujuej3xgzyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvjzlffh &#34;The last characteristic which we note in the history of cryptography is the division between amateur and professional cryptographers. Skill in production cryptanalysis has always been heavily on the side of the professionals, but innovation, particularly in the design of new types of cryptographic systems, has come primarily from the amateurs.&#34;<br/><br/>— Whitfield Diffie and Martin E. Hellman (New Directions in Cryptography, 1976)<br/><br/>#cryptography #innovation #amateur #freedom 2026-08-20T01:19:39Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspnctqwa8seddw8cwqln8q5qunv93l0pkegu4cge2rg894cf7rqjszyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvmp6utl &#34;Information is power. But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves.&#34;<br/><br/>— Aaron Swartz (Guerilla Open Access Manifesto, 2008)<br/><br/>#openaccess 2026-08-19T16:33:23Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqtlsf4g3erwhmw824f97zp2q6sthy54m5hd56lyjmvq8pp07gawszyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvn4y6de &#34;It is important to realize that while distributed consensus is a hard problem, ordinary consensus is much easier and better studied, and can be solved some trillions of times more efficiently by use of trusted identifiable signing parties. Therefore, cryptocurrencies which compromise by introducing trusted parties, even under limited circumstances, should consider whether their new trust model is one for which consensus is easily achieved by some other mechanism.&#34;<br/><br/>— Andrew Poelstra (On Stake and Consensus, 2015)<br/><br/>#consensus #trust #cryptocurrency #bitcoin 2026-08-19T08:38:52Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvwap70nwfs90ljsgnwaks9yx8rz6xtms26phdf93prle93h9gw6czyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvdax4ay &#34;Privacy gives each of us more control over his own life—which on average, if not in every case, is likely to lead to a freer world.&#34;<br/><br/>— David D. Friedman (The Case for Privacy, 2005)<br/><br/>#privacy #freedom 2026-08-19T01:20:18Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqg96654u5czhzl9pfhj5qp9z7ns9yjugk6stwfrh77rpwyjmktkszyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrveh0hcn &#34;Talk is cheap. Show me the code.&#34;<br/><br/>— Linus Torvalds (Linux Kernel Mailing List, 2000)<br/><br/>#code #opensource 2026-08-18T16:33:07Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswpfvppqu0v3ntw7tm4znmahkmd3azxap4t8uyt5yn87hvlwxfj3gzyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrv0q7s35 &#34;Bitcoin is a tool of resistance gifted to us by Satoshi. The idea has escaped and the idea of cryptocurrency will not be stopped.&#34;<br/><br/>— Amir Taaki (The libbitcoin Manifesto, 2013)<br/><br/>#bitcoin #resistance #cryptocurrency #freedom 2026-08-18T08:38:52Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsft2054gp3k0avxw83jq2cy589ykyzvhmvv68x4q5ft8zgvemjdjgzyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrvlg0kwv &#34;There is nothing quite so disempowering as a government that can read all your most intimate thoughts and correspondence.&#34;<br/><br/>— Philip Zimmermann (Why I Wrote PGP, 1991)<br/><br/>#surveillance #government #privacy 2026-08-18T01:18:34Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszp8gj4pmvy6d7eeqkhdrws5hw66md0f2nausawrpw3pxvkjasg3szyzfwf4azymgkuwj0enwqn633gfmtlgrsmvmrcuj6zpq0v760q9wrv5pxqvh &#34;Money, like written language, was one of the most important inventions of civilization.&#34;<br/><br/>— Nick Szabo (Shelling Out: The Origins of Money, 2002)<br/><br/>#money #civilization #history 2026-08-17T16:29:29Z