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A cypherpunk is any individual advocating widespread use of strong cryptography and privacy-enhancing technologies as a route to social and political change. Originally communicating through the Cypherpunks electronic mailing list, informal groups aimed to achieve privacy and security through proactive use of cryptography. Cypherpunks have been engaged in an active movement since at least the late 1980s.

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Cypherpunkism Against Digital Colonialism

September 19, 2022

Opinion, Visual Arts

My illustration entitled "Breaking the Algorithmic Chains" - Citizens are bound by chains made from data streams, platform logos, identity profiles and surveillance codes. I break the chains using a luminou...

Counter Economics and The State: Power Transfers and Why Bitcoin Is Here To Stay

February 22, 2022

Opinion, Visual Arts

My latest illustration showcasing our modern day society, with the normal people workers coming together in a one-united revolution, with Bitcoin revamping the monetary system. ----------------------------...

Money Without Permission: Networks, Trust and Individual Agency

December 20, 2021

Opinion, Visual Arts

My illustration entitled: "The Permissionless Ledger" - An open ledger stretches across a city, with ordinary people independently recording, verifying and exchanging value. Money is useful because it ...

Bitcoin and Cypherpunkism: Money Without Permission

October 31, 2021

Opinion, Visual Arts

Why Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash Is an Experiment in Digital Sovereignty Above is my illustration entitled: "The Cypherpunk Currency Forge" - Inside an underground cypherpunk workshop, Herbert and a de...

Self-Sovereign Identity: Proving Without Revealing

July 5, 2021

Opinion, Visual Arts

My illustration entitled: "The Broken Mirror of Data Extraction" - a giant corporate scanner attempts to reconstruct Herbert’s complete identity from countless fragments. Herbert raises a cryptographic shie...

Programmable Money, Programmable Power

November 20, 2020

Opinion, Visual Arts

My illustration entitled: "The Code-Controlled Mint" - A grand mint where streams of code program coins, while a few operators adjust the rules from a raised control room. Money has always carried powe...

CBDCs, Stablecoins and Programmable Money

September 24, 2020

Opinion, Visual Arts

My illustration entitled: "The Three Rivers of Digital Money" - Three luminous rivers—CBDCs, stablecoins and Bitcoin—flow through a futuristic city. I stand at their intersection, examining who controls eac...

Blockchain to the Rescue: AI in a Post-Pandemic Dystopia

April 8, 2020

Opinion, Visual Arts

In my latest illustration entitled 'Dystopian Future', referencing that of 'Cyberpunk 2077' - showcasing Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science and Robotics. --------------------------------------------...