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Cypherpunk | 数码朋克 | サイファーパンク | 사이퍼 펑크

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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The Evolution of Sovereignty: From Information Privacy to Cognitive Freedom

October 10, 2016

Opinion, Visual Arts

My illustration entitled: "The Four Gates of Freedom" - I walks through four monumental gates labelled DATA, IDENTITY, BODY and MIND. The final gate opens into a vast blue-and-gold horizon shaped like a hum...

The Rights and Responsibilities of the Cypherpunkist

August 8, 2016

Opinion, Visual Arts

My illustration entitled: "The Cypherpunkist’s Shield and Key" - Herbert carries a luminous shield protecting individual rights while holding a cryptographic key that must be used responsibly. The shield di...

The Architecture of Economic Power: Networks, Gatekeepers and Exit

July 20, 2016

Opinion, Visual Arts

My illustration entitled: "The Gatekeeper Network" - A vast city’s money, data, energy and trade routes converge at a central tower where a few gatekeepers control access, while independent paths remain vis...

Cypherpunk: Politics Versus Technology

October 5, 2015

Opinion, Visual Arts

In my latest illustration, I feature Cypherpunk activists wearing Guy Fawkes masks during in a Million Mask march in a futuristic cyberpunk style art carrying sign 'Anonymous' and 'Cypherpunk Manifesto'. Yo...

The Custody Question: Who Holds the Keys to Value?

June 20, 2015

Opinion, Visual Arts

My illustration entitled: "The Split Safe" - A safe divided in two: one half guarded by bureaucrats, the other opened directly by an individual. My illustration "The Split Safe" work-in-progress. T...

The Cybersecurity of Cryptocurrencies: Constant Evolution

May 15, 2015

Opinion, Visual Arts

In my latest illustration, I drew myself as an ethical white-hat hacker 'Cypherpunk' (数码朋克) attempting to do a pentration-test hacking into a technological company's servers. ------------------------------...

A Genealogy of Cypherpunkism

October 21, 2014

Opinion, Visual Arts

From Cryptography and Distributed Networks to a Philosophy of Digital Sovereignty My illustration entitled: "The Ancestral Hall of Ideas" - I walk through a grand hall containing statues and illuminate...

In the Beginning, There Was CypherPunks

October 2, 2014

Opinion, Visual Arts

My illustration sketch of a group of CypherPunks (数码朋克) in action, championing Anonymous (匿名者), they are all wearing the Guy Fawkes masks. ------------------------------------------------------------- Pri...