Cypherpunk
Why Cypherpunk’s CIO calls Zcash the most mispriced asset in crypto
In his first-ever interview, Cypherpunk CIO Will McEvoy sits down with CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie to make the case that privacy is wildly undervalued and explains what it will take for the market to finally catch up. Plus, he shares his Zcash price prediction and outlines why an AI-driven reckoning may force people to confront how much privacy they've already surrendered.
Crypto Long & Short: the stealth denationalization of money
In this week’s Crypto Long & Short Newsletter, Sylvia To on AI agents choosing denationalized money.
What Are Solarpunk and Lunarpunk Anyway?
Two environmentally focused fictional microgenres have become cornerstones of the Web3 aesthetic. Here’s how that happened.
Investment Firm Cypherpunk Holdings Sells All of Its Bitcoin and Ether
The publicly listed firm has transitioned its treasury to cash amid increased market volatility, but it hasn’t ruled out reinvesting in cryptocurrencies when the market settles down.
Lunarpunks, Privacy and the New Encryption Guerillas
A growing group of cryptography experts are using tools to carve "dark" spaces out of the surveilled web. This article is a preview of Rachel-Rose O'Leary's talk on the 'Big Ideas' stage at Consensus.
The Case for Taxing Proof-of-Work
Most bitcoin owners aren't cypherpunks and don't require an energy-intensive consensus mechanism. A tax would shift them on to sensible alternatives. This post is part of CoinDesk's Tax Week.
So What If Part of Bitcoin's Code Was State-Funded?
Adam Tooze asked if bitcoin politics is self-deluded. Cypherpunks are just resourceful.
Cypherpunk, Crypto Anarchy and How Bitcoin Lost the Narrative
The crypto industry tends to give "cypherpunk" vibes a great deal of lip service without much attention to their real values.
‘Economics Will No Longer Be the Handmaiden of Politics’: A History of the Cypherpunks, Feat. Jim Epstein
An enlightening conversation with Reason’s Jim Epstein, who just released a four-part YouTube documentary on the cypherpunk movement.
