Metadata Is Power

Why Protecting the Contents of a Message Is No Longer Enough My illustration entitled: "The Digital Breadcrumb Trail" - I walk through a dark futuristic city, unknowingly leaving glowing footprints beh...

Privacy Is Sovereignty

Why Control Over Disclosure Is Essential to Human Freedom in the Digital Age In my illustration entitled "The Data Shadow Reclaimed" - A citizen’s enormous digital shadow—formed from messages, purchase...

What Makes Cypherpunkism a Philosophy?

Above is my illustration entitled: "The Compass of the Digital Age" - I navigate a technological wilderness using a large luminous compass. Around him are surveillance states, centralized platforms, artific...

The Eight Principles of Cypherpunkism

A Framework for Privacy, Cryptography, Decentralization and Digital Sovereignty In my illustration, entitled: "The Architect’s Blueprint", I stand over an enormous holographic architectural table conta...

What is Decentralization Actually About?

My illustration sketch of 'Cypherpunk Girl' (数码朋克女侠 - 女黑客), in futuristic style, wearing virtual reality (VR) googles, that has the technological advancements of controlling or possibly even hacking into co...

The Cypherpunkist Manifesto

A Declaration of Privacy, Cryptography, Decentralization and Digital Sovereignty In my illustration above, entitled: "David Against the Digital Leviathans" - I stand between two enormous mechanical gia...