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Bitcoin Is the Technology of Dissent That Secures Individual Liberties

We, Bitcoiners, are all dissidents in the Old World of trusted third parties. By using Bitcoin, we defy the rules of empire states in order to reclaim our own authority.

Celebrating a Pioneer, Bitcoiners Will #RunForHalFin

On September 6, 2019, Bitcoiners will celebrate Bitcoin pioneer Hal Finney by taking up one of his favorite past times: running.

The Genesis Files: How David Chaum’s eCash Spawned a Cypherpunk Dream

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies can trace their roots to this earlier, privacy-focussed payment system for the internet.

How Bitcoin Revived the Cypherpunk Revolution

Zooko Wilcox-O’Hearn found the cypherpunks mailing list when he was 19. Since then, he has been lucky enough to work on cypherpunk-oriented technologies for...

Back to the Future: Adam Back Remembers the Cypherpunk Revolution and the Origins of Bitcoin

Bitcoin Knowledge Podcast host Trace Mayer interviewed legendary cryptographer Adam Back on his role in the creation and deployment of some of the most potent privacy software...

‘Bitcoin is Teaching Realism to Libertarians’: An Interview With Old-School Cypherpunk Vinay Gupta

As an old-school cypherpunk in the 1990s and one of the most active members of the E-gold community before this centralized precursor of Bitcoin...

My Fascination with Daniel Krawisz and his Negative Stance on Altcoins

By: Catherine BleishDaniel Krawisz has made a name for himself as the philosophical opponent to competing currencies. He takes issue specifically with competing crypto...

The Arrogance of Dollars

One sentence perfectly summarizes the problems with modern finance, and you can find it in your pocket. Open up your wallet and take out...

Bitcoin and Bilingualism

Bitcoin, theoretically and empirically, already qualifies as money. Bitcoin is not Chuck-E Cheese tokens and, despite Charlie Munger’s esteemed opinion, certainly not “rat poison.”...
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