Few know that in 1997, the NSA classified strong cryptography as a weapon under US law, restricting its export like missiles or nukes.

Cypherpunks fought back, printing PGP source code in books and exporting it as free speech. That battle paved the way for Bitcoin’s uncensorable nature today.

Without them, we’d still be living in a financial panopticon.

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