"Fireside Chat: Andy Guzman and Vlad Costea" @ Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress 2025 nostr:npub12qz56plzehejkyp4waaannmnny4y4c30j8q55a3wlk49haslga2snypdx8
A conversation exploring privacy solidarity beyond ecosystems — bridging communities and building alliances for digital freedom across different platforms and movements.
https://parallelpolis.info/v/eQvwTaZGYEk/w3pn-eth-cypherpunk-congress-2025-buenos-aires-2025
"Creating the Cypherpunk Future we'd want to live in" by Kurt Opsahl @ ECC#2
Talk about building a future where technology serves people, rooted in cypherpunk values of privacy, freedom, and responsibility — emphasizing that our work doesn't end with development.
"Assembling the Cypherpunks of the Future" by Nick Almond @ Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress 2024
Talk about expanding cypherpunks desires, historical parallels, focus on privacy, cypherpunks in 2024 and challenges ahead of us.
"How To Hack The World (2024)" by Paul Rosenberg #HCPP24
Our decentralized, golden-rule approach isn't just about computers—it's a better way to organize society, working with human nature rather than against it.
https://paralelnipolis.info/v/_I_vLL-mA5o/hcpp24-how-to-hack-the-world-2024
"Playing in Hardcore Mode" by Ryan Lackey #HCPP24
Using technology securely is challenging even with robust protections, and vulnerabilities often exist but are simply too costly to exploit – until they aren't.
"Without permission, with programmable cryptography" by Oskar Thoren #HCPP24
There's a war on general computation, software is eating the world and #privacy is dead. Who owns your data and what do they do with it?
https://paralelnipolis.info/v/HmOw73tYzKI/hcpp24-without-permission-with-programmable-cryptography
"One does not simply try a Bitcoin app" by Martin Habovštiak #HCPP24
When writing Bitcoin applications, developers use test networks to ensure proper functionality. This talk explores these lesser-known networks and their broader value.
https://paralelnipolis.info/v/XwE1jYUevx4/hcpp24-one-does-not-simply-try-a-bitcoin-app
"Musings on our successes and failures" by Exiledsurfer #HCPP24
Michael does his yearly wrap-up of the pulse of the community.
https://paralelnipolis.info/v/qfTP27e481Y/hcpp24-musings-on-our-successes-and-failures
"DarkFi Anonymous Apps: Chat, DAOs, Swaps, Payments" by Amir Taaki #HCPP24
https://paralelnipolis.info/v/ouq68bBp_dI/hcpp24-darkfi-anonymous-apps-chat-daos-swaps-payments
"What are we even doing here?" by Florian Glatz #HCPP24
Crypto was built on a web of trust by like-minded nerds. Today, we don't recognize the field anymore: it's been coopted by lizard-brains and their zero-sum money games..
https://paralelnipolis.info/v/oFRvY5NcULg/hcpp24-what-are-we-even-doing-here
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A New Era begins…
The 11th Hackers Congress at nostr:npub1parp0lkn26z4aznndhr0l09zfdfm8mkmmlmre8jgt92ajrywsd0q3samkj was the last one.
The amazing Hackers Culture that had been fostered all through these years will give birth to a Second one soon.
Here’s the playlist with all presentations of #HCPP24:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRUSTVWJngiefsTySFA3DuW20v4ehxKb8&si=tf8i9Sdvt125aCew
The new era of PP has begun.
"Illusion of Choice" by Amin Rafiee #HCPP24
Examination of limited consumer choices in technology, digital platforms, and society, connecting to themes of freedom, privacy, and cryptocurrency adoption across borders.
https://paralelnipolis.info/v/yFprpxPtywI/hcpp24-illusion-of-choice
"Economic DAO Governance: A Contestable Control Approach" by Jeff Strnad #HCPP24
A new form of DAO governance that uses a sequential auction mechanism to overcome entrenched control issues by creating a regime of temporary contestable control.
"Musings on our successes and failures" by ExiledSurfer #HCPP24
Michael does his yearly wrap-up of the pulse of the community.
https://paralelnipolis.info/v/qfTP27e481Y/hcpp24-musings-on-our-successes-and-failures
"Refuse, Resist with FOSS and Heavy Metal" by Бого #HCPP24
Thanks to the Internet, humanity is changing. Let's explore how crowds can transform centralized systems and then see how FOSS can create large-scale positive impact.
https://paralelnipolis.info/v/6EH_J8rlG94/hcpp24-refuse-resist-with-foss-and-heavy-metal
"How to fix the Internet - Nostr, Reticulum and other ideas" by Juraj Bednár #HCPP24
The internet is broken. We want free stuff, so we are the product. The datacenters are not free. Intermediaries control and can delete our online existence. But ways exists.
"What to do with your phone number in the 21st century?" by Michal Kodnar #HCPP24
Phone numbers are as retro today as FAX or disco parties. But what can be done with them in an age where people other than hipsters or steampunkers use them?
"Travel Hacking for Crypto Digital Nomads" by Pavol Lupták #HCPP24
The workshop for EU citizens aims to explain how it is possible to live a comfortable life as a digital crypto nomad, thanks to your favorite crypto, anywhere in the world, including Europe.
https://paralelnipolis.info/v/zoJJ2bue76M/hcpp24-travel-hacking-for-crypto-digital-nomads
"The Democratic Web" by Neiman #HCPP24
This talk introduces the new internet governance model where users ("Webizens") democratically control the web through updated protocols and blockchain technology, challenging current corporate dominance.
https://paralelnipolis.info/v/4rTCekMDVbc/hcpp24-the-democratic-web
"Fall of Bitcoin Commercial Privacy: a personal account of the privacy wars" by Karo Zagorus #HCPP24
Recent arrests of privacy wallet developers signal growing government crackdown on Bitcoin self-custody and mixing services.