Vitalik on What Cypherpunk IsOn January 27, Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin stated at the ETH ChiangMai togETHer Tuesday event that the cypherpunk movement emerged as early as the 1980s and 1990s, initially focusing on privacy-preserving technologies such as digital cash and encrypted communications, with the goal of building an internet that better protects individual privacy and freedom while resisting censorship.Entering the 2000s, the emergence of Bitcoin was seen as an important milestone in this long ...

Vitalik Buterin is building a 'cypherpunk principled non-ugly Ethereum' as devs officially add FOCIL to upgrade roadmap https://t.co/RAui889gd1 ...

Is crypto still cypherpunk? With Miden co-founder Azeem Khan https://t.co/jZA7vPdmEZ ...

👑BANKLESS PREMIUM | AD-FREE & BONUS EPISODES https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium ------ Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox joins Bankless to argue that privacy is back on the critical path—because AI turns chain surveillance into pattern-recognition at scale—and that the real bottleneck for cypherpunk tools has always been UX and onboarding. We dig into Zcash’s “encrypted Bitcoin” meme, the dev fund’s evolving design (and why it helped Zcash survive), recent ZEC momentum, and the wallet/intents stack that makes pri ...

The first Bitcoin post on this app was made 17 years ago today by @halfin. Hal Finney was a software engineer, futurist, father, husband, cypherpunk, and one of the few people who believed in the possibility of bitcoin fixing the world when it had no price nor value. https://t.co/FLHoOuga9Shalfin (@halfin):Running bitcoin ...

2026 thesis: perps, privacy, predictionsmy rough prediction for 2025 was that the dopamine receptors of the masses would dry out by year-end and non-speculative regulatory-friendly things would get the spotlightwe are seeing this w the payments chains, stocks, and things like canton nowit seems this largely played out directionally correct and the question remains what happens next?I think a few things will happen:- crypto is made up of the commercial, the casino, and the cypherpunk- the cypherpunk aspect h ...

MetaDAO Overview - MetaDAO is an ownership coin where token holders control the treasury and all value accrual, making all decisions [1] - MetaDAO's structure is legally and market structurally binding due to its ownership coin setup and futarchy's treasury control [1] - MetaDAO can evolve based on decision market proposals, without needing to force utility or waste revenue on buybacks [2] Revenue Streams - MetaDAO currently generates revenue from a small percentage take rate on AMM fees, which also performs auto arbitrage [2] - Potential increase in the AMM take rate is being considered [2] - MetaDAO anticipates earning revenue from a percentage deposit fee on all ICO commitments, potentially exceeding AMM revenue in the short term [2] - Additional monetization methods exist, leveraging MetaDAO's role as an internet native capital formation layer [2] Founder Compensation & Market Perception - MetaDAO's founders are incentivized with 2% of the token supply for every 1 billion USD increase in market cap [2] - This compensation model was approved via futarchy, indicating market belief in its positive impact on the token's value [2] Visionary Statement - MetaDAO aims to reshape the fabric of society and the concept of value, similar to Bitcoin's initial goals [3]

memecoin supercycle -> cypherpunk sznbattbot🛡️ (@in4crypto):it's ztarknear season aka cypherpunk szn[s]tarknet[z]cash[n]earwith these 3 even you cannot fumble this cycle ...

Hackathon & Product Development - Colosseum's competitions are the biggest in tech broadly [1] - A tsunami of Cypherpunk-inspired products is expected to hit mainnet in the next few months [1] Solana Ecosystem - The Solana Cypherpunk Hackathon was the single largest hackathon in crypto history [1]

RT Bruce Fenton (@brucefenton)We spent this cycle kissing up to politicians, pushing for centralized treasuries and public companies, shilling for fiat based stablecoins and cheering for partnerships with banks.We deserve this market drop and worse.Old school centralized fiat based trad fi is broken. We either replace it and break away with real cypherpunk values of privacy and decentralization or the entire experiment is worthless.Opt out. Get off exchanges. Reject centralization. Go dark. ...