The Cypherpunks Thought Process

Cypherpunks were people who used applied cryptography to try and improve privacy. The idea was that if you can use the internet privately you can browse, send emails and communicate. You really needed a private way to pay so electronic cash was a great kind of internet privacy tech but it was as much more challenging to build than other things which which their implementations are.

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