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ForkLog 122 11.09.2025

‘Cryptography remains the weapon of the weak against the strong’

An interview with cypherpunk Anton Nesterov on how crypto-anarchists resist new forms of total control.

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ForkLog 37 27.05.2025

Critique: Bitcoin’s Shift from Idealism to Speculation

Free software advocate and YouTube blogger Luke Smith has criticized the current state of Bitcoin. According to him, the first cryptocurrency has strayed from its original principles and turned into a tool for speculation. Luke Smith is a tech blogger specializing in free software, privacy, and digital minimalism. Two weeks ago, he broke a two-year […]

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ForkLog 40 01.05.2025

Cryptography Pioneer Adi Shamir Criticizes Cryptocurrencies

Cryptocurrencies have squandered their early potential, becoming tools for speculation and falling under the control of a few centralized platforms. This conclusion was presented by renowned cryptographer and co-author of the RSA algorithm, Adi Shamir, as reported by The Register. At the RSA Conference in San Francisco, the 72-year-old programmer noted that Satoshi Nakamoto’s original […]

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ForkLog 31 11.02.2025

Amir Taaki Discusses Launch of Fully Anonymous Messenger DarkFi

Veteran Bitcoin developer Amir Taaki discussed with journalists from The Block the recent launch of a fully anonymous IRC chat—the first in a series of privacy-focused and encrypted products under the DarkFi project. DarkFi App alpha release! Our app platform featuring its first addon: chat. The world’s strongest anon chat. Fully unlinkable. Tor integration. Full […]

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ForkLog 10 30.09.2024

Expert Predicts Decline of Cypherpunk Values in Blockchain

The cypherpunk values that inspired the first smart contract platforms are likely to gradually disappear over the next decade, according to Jesse Walden, managing partner at Variant Fund. He believes institutional adoption is driving the optimization of protocols to speed up operations and meet regulatory requirements. Walden explained that the first decade of blockchain development […]

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ForkLog 14 29.12.2023

Vitalik Buterin proposes reviving the ‘cypherpunk’ ethos in Ethereum

The Ethereum blockchain must revive the 'cypherpunk' revolution, conceived for the network at its dawn, according to Vitalik Buterin.

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ForkLog 14 31.07.2023

Lunarpunk: The Future of Cryptocurrencies in Regulatory Hell

A translation of Juraj Bednár's article about how the crypto economy can profit from resistance to authorities and regulators.

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ForkLog 36 19.11.2020

From hackers and cypherpunks to online freedom advocates — five software manifests of the Internet

According to a recent report by the rights advocacy organisation Freedom House, the coronavirus pandemic has negatively affected global freedom on the Internet. For ten years running, users have faced a broad erosion of their rights, and this trend is contributing to a crisis of democracy worldwide.

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