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Protocol Labs @protocollabs.bsky.social · 12d

🛡️ Privacy isn’t just about you, it’s care for your community.

Alina Latinina of Web3privacy now calls it emotional onboarding into an infrastructure that safeguards those most vulnerable.

What if we saw online privacy as a way to keep our friends safe? #privacy #web3

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Protocol Labs @protocollabs.bsky.social · 7d

8/ Read the full Threads From the 2025 Cypherpunk Retreat. ⤵️

Threads From the 2025 Cypherpunk Retreat

Key takeaways from the Cypherpunk Retreat, where 100 leading builders advanced privacy-tech coordination.

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Protocol Labs @protocollabs.bsky.social · 7d

7/ The conversations in Berlin were a first — though nonetheless exciting — step in the greater goal of establishing a fully private, decentralized internet.

We'll continue the conversation in Buenos Aires during the Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress at LabWeek Web3.

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Protocol Labs @protocollabs.bsky.social · 7d

6/ Trusted computing enterprise adoption is growing. The group discussed how to leverage this momentum to improve the tech stack — and whether there’s a path to broader user adoption.

Protocol Labs @protocollabs.bsky.social · 7d

5/ Most wallets today leak information about the user to the RPC provider that they use as a backend. A set of conversations considered how additional networking tools between users and RPC can improve this.

Protocol Labs @protocollabs.bsky.social · 7d

4/ A systematic risk is the centralization of physical infrastructure in the US, so efforts are pushing for more international hosting. Several countries in the EU are working towards gaining jurisdiction clarity.

Protocol Labs @protocollabs.bsky.social · 7d

3/ AT Proto is expanding into payments and private group messaging to improve decentralized identity interoperability and extensibility.

Protocol Labs @protocollabs.bsky.social · 7d

2/ The Internet Archive is interested in how a larger number of entities can host slices of archival data with minimal liability, initially demonstrated around github.com/vpavlin/onio....

GitHub - vpavlin/onion-press: A simple Docker Compose to run Wordpress as an Onion Service

A simple Docker Compose to run Wordpress as an Onion Service - vpavlin/onion-press

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Protocol Labs @protocollabs.bsky.social · 7d

1/ A coordination issue several projects were hoping to advance in Berlin was on constructing a larger anonymity set for peer-to-peer networks by making nodes look "generic" and difficult to probe without direct introduction.

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Protocol Labs @protocollabs.bsky.social · 7d

🇩🇪 @protocollabs.bsky.social and @web3privacy.info recently hosted a retreat outside of Berlin for 100 leading builders in the privacy-tech space.

Here's a summary of the opportunities and discussions from the retreat by Will Scott.

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Protocol Labs @protocollabs.bsky.social · Sep 9

🇦🇷 LabWeek Web3 lands in Buenos Aires this November.

A decentralized global gathering for founders, builders & visionaries advancing privacy, DePIN, digital rights, AI, & self-sovereign identity.

Join us:
📍Nov 13–19, 2025 | Buenos Aires
🔗 labweek.io/25-w3

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Protocol Labs @protocollabs.bsky.social · 9d

🔒 The builders behind the world’s most powerful anonymity network are coming to RealFi.

Join @torproject.bsky.social tomorrow at 1:30 pm ET for a 90-min workshop introducing Arti, a new Rust-based Tor implementation bringing censorship resistance & privacy directly into apps.

🗓️ bit.ly/3VSmUvM

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James 🔒 = 🕊️ @jamesfarrell.me · 9d

Some excellent notes on what was worked on by @wills.co.tt at the recent CypherPunk retreat held by @protocollabs.bsky.social and @web3privacy.info www.protocol.ai/blog/threads...

Threads From the 2025 Cypherpunk Retreat

Key takeaways from the Cypherpunk Retreat, where 100 leading builders advanced privacy-tech coordination.

www.protocol.ai

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Protocol Labs @protocollabs.bsky.social · 12d

🛡️ Privacy isn’t just about you, it’s care for your community.

Alina Latinina of Web3privacy now calls it emotional onboarding into an infrastructure that safeguards those most vulnerable.

What if we saw online privacy as a way to keep our friends safe? #privacy #web3

YouTube video by Protocol Labs

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Piergiorgio Catti De Gasperi @pg.web3privacy.info · 15d

CYPHERPUNK RETREAT 2025 Recap

TL;DR — Human-first approach can unlock meaningful conversations.

🧩 Interdisciplinarity — only together are we strong.

🧩 Same values — diverse approaches. Truly productive.

🧩 Lasting impact — for the whole ecosystem (web2, web3, foss)

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Web3Privacy Now @web3privacy.info · 20d

Key takeaways from Cypherpunk Retreat (collab between Web3Privacy now & @protocollabs.bsky.social

1. Make a productive environment - people will collaborate beyond tribalism (web2, web3, protocol competition).

2. Human-first approach unlocks meaningful conversations.

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James 🔒 = 🕊️ @jamesfarrell.me · 20d

Much love to @web3privacy.info @protocollabs.bsky.social
for the Cypherpunk Retreat. Easily the most valuable event I’ve attended—connecting with thought leaders, deep thinkers & builders creating the privacy-first tech we need to preserve & expand freedom. 🫶

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ProbeLab @probelab.io · 20d

The ProbeLab team participates in FIL-rPGF Round 3 to showcase the extensive set of results that we've been producing for the Filecoin network.

Thanks to @protocollabs.bsky.social @fil.org LotusPond Association for supporting this round.

Check our extensive results at: probelab.io

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Web3Privacy Now @web3privacy.info · 21d

Cypherpunk Retreat impressions are coming in.

Happy that so many people enjoyed our collaboration with @protocollabs.bsky.social

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Mykola Siusko @siusko.bsky.social · 21d

10 months of hard work with @protocollabs.bsky.social

People genually interested in each other. Complimentary with knowledge: future of search next to private transactions, ethical verifiable credentials (ah, here we go again!) next to network-level privacy.

Cypherpunk Retreat 2025.

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Web3Privacy Now @web3privacy.info · 23d

Cypherpunk Retreat opening ceremony feat

@pg.web3privacy.info x @web3privacy.info
@wills.co.tt x @protocollabs.bsky.social

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Protocol Labs @protocollabs.bsky.social · 26d

Learn more about @gainforest.earth and @daviddao.org's work at gainforest.earth

GainForest.Earth | Co-creating our planet's digital nature archive

GainForest is a decentralized science non-profit developing advanced and equitable nature tech to support global conservation.

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David Dao @daviddao.org · Sep 11

At @gainforest.earth, we explore how emerging tech can enable local communities to govern the commons at scale in the intelligent age. Read the vision here: www.daviddao.org/posts/regene...

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Mykola Siusko @siusko.bsky.social · 26d

See you in a few days in Berlin - wonderful collab with @protocollabs.bsky.social

Web3Privacy Now @web3privacy.info · 26d

Few days left for Cypherpunk Retreat [our collaboration with
@protocollabs.bsky.social to happen.

It will unite passionate free internet activists for a 3-day close collaboration.

And our lineup is growing: cypherpunk.camp

Protocol Labs @protocollabs.bsky.social · 26d

🌍 What if data could be worth more than deforestation?

GainForest turns local environmental knowledge into income, using web3 to incentivize protection rather than exploitation.

What if we could prevent deforestation with data?

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Protocol Labs @protocollabs.bsky.social · Sep 13

2/ Want to dig deeper?

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Learn more. 👇

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