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💡 Fun fact: The Blacksky community offers people to use ".cryptoanarchy.network" domain as their handle. Which is very unfortunate given that their community is heavily pro-censorship and employs discriminatory blocking practices – contradicting the core values of cryptoanarchy.
December 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
💡 Fun fact: The Blacksky community offers people to use ".cryptoanarchy.network" domain as their handle. Which is very unfortunate given that their community is heavily pro-censorship and employs discriminatory blocking practices – contradicting the core values of cryptoanarchy.
8/ Cryptoanarchy was heavily studied and propagated by Prague's Parallel Polis (2014-2024) through their "Institute of Cryptoanarchy". They brought May's vision to life – hosted the annual Hacker Congress, running BTC-only café, and providing free education on privacy tools and decentralized tech.
December 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM
8/ Cryptoanarchy was heavily studied and propagated by Prague's Parallel Polis (2014-2024) through their "Institute of Cryptoanarchy". They brought May's vision to life – hosted the annual Hacker Congress, running BTC-only café, and providing free education on privacy tools and decentralized tech.
5/ This led to the Cypherpunks movement (1992). Founded by May, Eric Hughes, and Hugh Daniel, it became "perhaps the single most effective pro-cryptography grassroots organization in history". Members included a young Julian Assange. Their motto: "Cypherpunks write code"
December 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM
5/ This led to the Cypherpunks movement (1992). Founded by May, Eric Hughes, and Hugh Daniel, it became "perhaps the single most effective pro-cryptography grassroots organization in history". Members included a young Julian Assange. Their motto: "Cypherpunks write code"
4/ May wrote: "Just as printing altered the power of medieval guilds, cryptologic methods will fundamentally alter the nature of corporations and government interference in economic transactions". Mathematics becomes "the wire clippers which dismantle the barbed wire around intellectual property".
December 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM
4/ May wrote: "Just as printing altered the power of medieval guilds, cryptologic methods will fundamentally alter the nature of corporations and government interference in economic transactions". Mathematics becomes "the wire clippers which dismantle the barbed wire around intellectual property".
🧵 THREAD: What is Crypto-anarchy?
1/ Cryptoanarchy is an ideology centered on using cryptography to protect individual privacy and economic freedom. The vision: technology can create spaces where people communicate, transact, and organize outside state control.
1/ Cryptoanarchy is an ideology centered on using cryptography to protect individual privacy and economic freedom. The vision: technology can create spaces where people communicate, transact, and organize outside state control.
December 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM
🧵 THREAD: What is Crypto-anarchy?
1/ Cryptoanarchy is an ideology centered on using cryptography to protect individual privacy and economic freedom. The vision: technology can create spaces where people communicate, transact, and organize outside state control.
1/ Cryptoanarchy is an ideology centered on using cryptography to protect individual privacy and economic freedom. The vision: technology can create spaces where people communicate, transact, and organize outside state control.
1/ Just as states gradually regulated access to finance, they're now regulating access to social networks.
Same pattern. Same outcome.
Discord just leaked 2.1M government IDs. This is what happens when you turn convivial tools into checkpoints. 🧵
Same pattern. Same outcome.
Discord just leaked 2.1M government IDs. This is what happens when you turn convivial tools into checkpoints. 🧵
October 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
1/ Just as states gradually regulated access to finance, they're now regulating access to social networks.
Same pattern. Same outcome.
Discord just leaked 2.1M government IDs. This is what happens when you turn convivial tools into checkpoints. 🧵
Same pattern. Same outcome.
Discord just leaked 2.1M government IDs. This is what happens when you turn convivial tools into checkpoints. 🧵
Be part of the creation of the new BORDEL in Prague and help us transform chaos into shared creation
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June 24, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Be part of the creation of the new BORDEL in Prague and help us transform chaos into shared creation
→ bordel.wtf
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The darknet market maximalist – “We are concerned with preserving civil liberties and will fight tooth and nail to defend them. There will be no compromises.”
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May 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The darknet market maximalist – “We are concerned with preserving civil liberties and will fight tooth and nail to defend them. There will be no compromises.”
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Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress #2 (2025) by @web3privacy.info #devconnect
📅 November 16, 2025
📍 Buenos Aires, Argentina
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📅 November 16, 2025
📍 Buenos Aires, Argentina
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March 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress #2 (2025) by @web3privacy.info #devconnect
📅 November 16, 2025
📍 Buenos Aires, Argentina
lu.ma/u2sw5kpv
📅 November 16, 2025
📍 Buenos Aires, Argentina
lu.ma/u2sw5kpv
Please welcome here @monerokon.org 👋
A technical conference in privacy and financial technology
Date: 20th - 22nd June 2O25
Location: Prague, Czech Republic 🇨🇿
A technical conference in privacy and financial technology
Date: 20th - 22nd June 2O25
Location: Prague, Czech Republic 🇨🇿
November 26, 2024 at 7:23 PM
Please welcome here @monerokon.org 👋
A technical conference in privacy and financial technology
Date: 20th - 22nd June 2O25
Location: Prague, Czech Republic 🇨🇿
A technical conference in privacy and financial technology
Date: 20th - 22nd June 2O25
Location: Prague, Czech Republic 🇨🇿
𝚌𝚛𝚢𝚙𝚝𝚘-𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑𝚢
A movement that promotes using encryption and digital technologies to protect privacy and reduce government control over individuals. Emerged from the cypherpunk culture of the 90s aiming to create voluntary communities free from state oversight.
paralelnipolis.info/t/cryptoanar...
A movement that promotes using encryption and digital technologies to protect privacy and reduce government control over individuals. Emerged from the cypherpunk culture of the 90s aiming to create voluntary communities free from state oversight.
paralelnipolis.info/t/cryptoanar...
![Cryptoanarchy [movement]
Cryptoanarchy is a political philosophy and technological movement that advocates for the use of strong cryptography and privacy-enhancing technologies to advance individual liberty, economic freedom, and political autonomy. Emerging in the late 1980s with the Cypherpunk movement, cryptoanarchy draws inspiration from anarchist and libertarian ideals, as well as from technological innovations in computer science and cryptography.
Central to cryptoanarchist thought is the belief that widespread adoption of encryption, anonymous networks, and decentralized systems can fundamentally reshape social and economic structures by undermining state surveillance, censorship, and financial control. Key figures like Timothy C. May and Eric Hughes laid the groundwork for the movement, advocating for tools such as cryptocurrency, secure communication protocols, and smart contracts to create autonomous digital spaces beyond government reach.
The cryptoanarchist vision has significantly influenced technological development, inspiring projects like Bitcoin, Tor, and WikiLeaks. However, the movement faces criticism for potentially enabling illegal activities and undermining necessary societal functions. The ongoing debate surrounding cryptoanarchy encompasses issues of digital rights, online privacy, financial regulation, and the balance between individual freedom and collective security in the digital age.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:e65t3gncdccjiyscoqekbfwz/bafkreifcrpmkp62zg64ui3a7aprz46kje6hlu3mrwfuvwlt77qlxysw43e@jpeg)
November 16, 2024 at 5:58 PM
𝚌𝚛𝚢𝚙𝚝𝚘-𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑𝚢
A movement that promotes using encryption and digital technologies to protect privacy and reduce government control over individuals. Emerged from the cypherpunk culture of the 90s aiming to create voluntary communities free from state oversight.
paralelnipolis.info/t/cryptoanar...
A movement that promotes using encryption and digital technologies to protect privacy and reduce government control over individuals. Emerged from the cypherpunk culture of the 90s aiming to create voluntary communities free from state oversight.
paralelnipolis.info/t/cryptoanar...
The first batch of videos from the last Hacker Congress "Hardcore" #HCPP24 are out!
Watch → paralelnipolis.info/e/hcpp24
Watch → paralelnipolis.info/e/hcpp24
November 14, 2024 at 11:28 AM
The first batch of videos from the last Hacker Congress "Hardcore" #HCPP24 are out!
Watch → paralelnipolis.info/e/hcpp24
Watch → paralelnipolis.info/e/hcpp24
🧵 5/7 From 2014-2024, this vision lived on in Prague's physical Paralelní Polis - a unique hackerspace, crypto-only cafe & community hub that applied these principles to modern cryptoanarchy, digital privacy & cryptocurrency experimentation.
November 10, 2024 at 4:40 AM
🧵 5/7 From 2014-2024, this vision lived on in Prague's physical Paralelní Polis - a unique hackerspace, crypto-only cafe & community hub that applied these principles to modern cryptoanarchy, digital privacy & cryptocurrency experimentation.
🧵 4/7 Paralelní Polis wasn't about resistance through force, but through living as if you were already free. Underground seminars taught banned philosophy. Secret art shows displayed censored works. People created the society they wanted to live in.
November 10, 2024 at 4:40 AM
🧵 4/7 Paralelní Polis wasn't about resistance through force, but through living as if you were already free. Underground seminars taught banned philosophy. Secret art shows displayed censored works. People created the society they wanted to live in.
🧵 3/7 Why "parallel"? Because these structures didn't try to overthrow the system - they simply existed alongside it, creating free spaces where people could live in truth, as Václav Havel put it.
November 10, 2024 at 4:40 AM
🧵 3/7 Why "parallel"? Because these structures didn't try to overthrow the system - they simply existed alongside it, creating free spaces where people could live in truth, as Václav Havel put it.
🧵 2/7 The idea was revolutionary yet simple: Instead of directly confronting the regime, create independent spaces for free culture, education & civic life. Think underground universities, samizdat publishing & secret concerts.
![samizdat illustration picture
Samizdat (Russian: самиздат, pronounced [səmɨzˈdat], lit. 'self-publishing') was a form of dissident activity across the Eastern Bloc in which individuals reproduced censored and underground makeshift publications, often by hand, and passed the documents from reader to reader. The practice of manual reproduction was widespread, because typewriters and printing devices required official registration and permission to access. This was a grassroots practice used to evade official Soviet censorship.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:e65t3gncdccjiyscoqekbfwz/bafkreigc6hi7ltssyqazzbmkdqie6eumy7fumrdbinjci4u2gtmlns3kjq@jpeg)
November 10, 2024 at 4:40 AM
🧵 2/7 The idea was revolutionary yet simple: Instead of directly confronting the regime, create independent spaces for free culture, education & civic life. Think underground universities, samizdat publishing & secret concerts.
Ever heard of Paralelní Polis? It's one of the most fascinating concepts to emerge from Cold War-era Czechoslovakia 🇨🇿. Coined by Václav Benda in 1978, it proposed creating parallel structures alongside the authoritarian state.
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November 10, 2024 at 4:40 AM
Ever heard of Paralelní Polis? It's one of the most fascinating concepts to emerge from Cold War-era Czechoslovakia 🇨🇿. Coined by Václav Benda in 1978, it proposed creating parallel structures alongside the authoritarian state.
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"Cypherpunks need a comeback"
October 27, 2024 at 10:17 PM
"Cypherpunks need a comeback"
The annual Hackers Congress Paralelni Polis featured renowned speakers like Amir Taaki, Paul Rosenberg, Richard Stallman, Adam Back, Andreas Antonopoulos, Jim Bell, and Timothy C. May. These events brought together leading minds in cryptography, digital rights, and decentralized systems. (5/5)
October 21, 2024 at 8:59 AM
The annual Hackers Congress Paralelni Polis featured renowned speakers like Amir Taaki, Paul Rosenberg, Richard Stallman, Adam Back, Andreas Antonopoulos, Jim Bell, and Timothy C. May. These events brought together leading minds in cryptography, digital rights, and decentralized systems. (5/5)
It helps with coordination and collaboration to early 3D printing enthusiasts, including Prusa Research, and served as a pivotal point for early bitcoin adoption and devs, including those working on the Trezor hardware wallet. It also helped spark a culture of local hackathons. (4/5)
October 21, 2024 at 8:59 AM
It helps with coordination and collaboration to early 3D printing enthusiasts, including Prusa Research, and served as a pivotal point for early bitcoin adoption and devs, including those working on the Trezor hardware wallet. It also helped spark a culture of local hackathons. (4/5)
The space quickly became a nexus for the Czech and international cryptoanarchist community. It served as a meeting point and incubator for innovative ideas, attracting numerous influential figures in technology, cryptography, and alternative governance. (3/5)
October 21, 2024 at 8:59 AM
The space quickly became a nexus for the Czech and international cryptoanarchist community. It served as a meeting point and incubator for innovative ideas, attracting numerous influential figures in technology, cryptography, and alternative governance. (3/5)
Paralelní Polis created the world's first crypto-only café, refusing to accept state-issued currencies. This move demonstrated the practical application of cryptocurrency in everyday transactions and challenged conventional economic norms. (2/5)
October 21, 2024 at 8:59 AM
Paralelní Polis created the world's first crypto-only café, refusing to accept state-issued currencies. This move demonstrated the practical application of cryptocurrency in everyday transactions and challenged conventional economic norms. (2/5)
Paralelní Polis, founded in 2014 by Czech art group Ztohoven, was an experimental space in Prague that operated outside state authority. It embraced voluntarism, encryption, and decentralized technologies, aiming to create a parallel structure to traditional societal systems. (1/5)
October 21, 2024 at 8:59 AM
Paralelní Polis, founded in 2014 by Czech art group Ztohoven, was an experimental space in Prague that operated outside state authority. It embraced voluntarism, encryption, and decentralized technologies, aiming to create a parallel structure to traditional societal systems. (1/5)