Dec 09 2024 19 mins
The Cypherpunk movement is a socio-political movement advocating for the widespread use of strong cryptography and privacy-enhancing technologies as a means to effect social and political change. Rooted in libertarian philosophy, cypherpunks believe in decentralization, individual autonomy, and freedom from centralized authority. Their impact on society is undeniable, from influencing the development of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin to mainstreaming encryption in everyday technologies like secure messaging apps.
History:
While cryptography was largely confined to military and intelligence agencies until the 1970s, the publication of the Data Encryption Standard (DES) and the first publicly available work on public-key cryptography brought it into the public sphere. David Chaum's 1985 paper, "Security without Identification: Transaction Systems to Make Big Brother Obsolete," further laid the groundwork for Cypherpunk ideas.
The term "cypherpunk" emerged in the late 1980s, and the movement gained momentum with the establishment of the "Cypherpunks" electronic mailing list in 1992. The list, described as "a very active forum," hosted discussions on a range of topics, including mathematics, cryptography, computer science, political and philosophical discussions, personal arguments, and even spam.
Key Principles:
The Cypherpunk ethos is captured in Eric Hughes' 1993 "A Cypherpunk's Manifesto":
"Privacy is necessary for an open society in the electronic age...We cannot expect governments, corporations, or other large, faceless organizations to grant us privacy… We must defend our own privacy if we expect to have any. … Cypherpunks write code. We know that someone has to write software to defend privacy, and … we're going to write it."
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