"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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