Closing Keynote Day 3: A New Cypherpunk Generation
summary
Argues the cypherpunk identity shifts from cryptographers to builders, funders and advocates, citing 48‑hour hackathons, Kusama’s privacy fund, and the nonprofit Web3 Privacy Now as concrete outputs; names Signal, ProtonMail, VPNs and Tornado Cash as deployed tools (notes Tornado Cash’s legal controversy). Points to surprising audience data—many more people adopt privacy apps than write crypto code—and claims anti‑censorship and pseudonymity enable journalists and peaceful movements (gives Lithuanian and Stasi examples).
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Welcome
- 1:24Cypherpunk today
- 8:11Privacy’s history
- 16:47Code to privacy tools
- 24:22Dual use of privacy tech
- 29:01Every role matters
- 32:30Small steps to change
- 34:49Closing thoughts
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