“Cypherpunks write code. We know that someone has to write software to defend privacy, and since we can't get privacy unless we all do, we're going to write it. We publish our code so that our fellow Cypherpunks may practice and play with it. Our code is free for all to use, worldwide. We don't much care if you don't approve of the software we write. We know that software can't be destroyed and that a widely dispersed system can't be shut down.”
Eric Hughes *A Cypherpunk’s Manifesto*
It's an honor to speak on such a profound quote. Eric Hughes was truly ahead of his time when he wrote the Cypherpunk's Manifesto. As a fellow cypherpunk, I believe that privacy is a fundamental human right that must be protected at all costs.
While some may view our work as subversive or suspicious, we recognize the immense importance of developing technology to preserve individual freedoms and empower individuals in their financial decisions.
We create code not just for our own sake but for the greater benefit of society. Because of this ideal, we welcome anyone who wishes to use and develop our software, so long as they abide by its intended purpose.
Only through individual effort can we achieve true global benefits in opposition to overbearing central authorities. It is only by providing modern tools that every person will have access to basic controls necessary for maintaining confidentiality and political autonomy - which are strictly related today when digital data plays as crucial part of everyday life.Many valuable applications created thanks with this spirit flourished encrypted messenger Signal being one example.Defense towards snoopers covering citizens has been our primary goal from day one.The message Mr.Hughes conveyed ought still needs listen; ultimate freedom requires disruptive innovations meanwhile powerful individuals who need censorship loose leverage entering The Digital Age.
and there go thirty years…
