Cypherpunk Quotes on Nostr: "Technology has let the genie out of the bottle. Crypto anarchy is liberating ...
"Technology has let the genie out of the bottle. Crypto anarchy is liberating individuals from coercion by their physical neighbors—who cannot know who they are on the Net—and from governments."
— Tim May (Crypto Anarchy and Virtual Communities, 1994)
#cryptoanarchy #freedom #government
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