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· Nov 10
Ever heard of Paralelní Polis? It's one of the most fascinating concepts to emerge from Cold War-era Czechoslovakia 🇨🇿. Coined by Václav Benda in 1978, it proposed creating parallel structures alongside the authoritarian state.
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"Creating the Cypherpunk Future we'd want to live in" by @kurtopsahl.bsky.social @ ECC#2
Talk about building a future where technology serves people, rooted in cypherpunk values of privacy, freedom, and responsibility — our work doesn't end with development.
parallelpolis.info/v/omRpR1-g0Z...
Talk about building a future where technology serves people, rooted in cypherpunk values of privacy, freedom, and responsibility — our work doesn't end with development.
parallelpolis.info/v/omRpR1-g0Z...
Creating the Cypherpunk Future we'd want to live in
“Privacy is necessary for an open society in the
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December 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
"Creating the Cypherpunk Future we'd want to live in" by @kurtopsahl.bsky.social @ ECC#2
Talk about building a future where technology serves people, rooted in cypherpunk values of privacy, freedom, and responsibility — our work doesn't end with development.
parallelpolis.info/v/omRpR1-g0Z...
Talk about building a future where technology serves people, rooted in cypherpunk values of privacy, freedom, and responsibility — our work doesn't end with development.
parallelpolis.info/v/omRpR1-g0Z...
"Every authoritarian regime in history started by promising to protect people from "dangerous" speech. The power to censor is the power to control. Once speech is restricted, all other freedoms inevitably fall."
global-free-speech.shakespeare.wtf
global-free-speech.shakespeare.wtf
What You're Not Allowed to Say - Global Censorship Atlas
Documenting forbidden topics worldwide. From North Korea's death camps to America's vaccine debate. The truth about what's banned everywhere.
global-free-speech.shakespeare.wtf
December 11, 2025 at 11:37 PM
"Every authoritarian regime in history started by promising to protect people from "dangerous" speech. The power to censor is the power to control. Once speech is restricted, all other freedoms inevitably fall."
global-free-speech.shakespeare.wtf
global-free-speech.shakespeare.wtf
🧵 THREAD: What is Crypto-anarchy?
1/ Cryptoanarchy is an ideology centered on using cryptography to protect individual privacy and economic freedom. The vision: technology can create spaces where people communicate, transact, and organize outside state control.
1/ Cryptoanarchy is an ideology centered on using cryptography to protect individual privacy and economic freedom. The vision: technology can create spaces where people communicate, transact, and organize outside state control.
December 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM
🧵 THREAD: What is Crypto-anarchy?
1/ Cryptoanarchy is an ideology centered on using cryptography to protect individual privacy and economic freedom. The vision: technology can create spaces where people communicate, transact, and organize outside state control.
1/ Cryptoanarchy is an ideology centered on using cryptography to protect individual privacy and economic freedom. The vision: technology can create spaces where people communicate, transact, and organize outside state control.
December 11, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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🔥 It's happening! The first pure DeFi mortgage is live, powered by PWN protocol, AAVE pools and EtherFi weETH
loan.bordel.wtf
@pwndao.bsky.social @aave-defi.bsky.social
loan.bordel.wtf
@pwndao.bsky.social @aave-defi.bsky.social
Decentralized crowdloaning
Bordel Hackerspace is experimenting with the first community funded Defi mortgage on Ethereum! Learn details and support our efforts at loan.bordel.wtf
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November 25, 2025 at 11:41 AM
🔥 It's happening! The first pure DeFi mortgage is live, powered by PWN protocol, AAVE pools and EtherFi weETH
loan.bordel.wtf
@pwndao.bsky.social @aave-defi.bsky.social
loan.bordel.wtf
@pwndao.bsky.social @aave-defi.bsky.social
1/ Just as states gradually regulated access to finance, they're now regulating access to social networks.
Same pattern. Same outcome.
Discord just leaked 2.1M government IDs. This is what happens when you turn convivial tools into checkpoints. 🧵
Same pattern. Same outcome.
Discord just leaked 2.1M government IDs. This is what happens when you turn convivial tools into checkpoints. 🧵
October 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
1/ Just as states gradually regulated access to finance, they're now regulating access to social networks.
Same pattern. Same outcome.
Discord just leaked 2.1M government IDs. This is what happens when you turn convivial tools into checkpoints. 🧵
Same pattern. Same outcome.
Discord just leaked 2.1M government IDs. This is what happens when you turn convivial tools into checkpoints. 🧵
"A Return to Cypherpunk Values" by Sterlin Lujan @monerokon.org 2024
Advocating for a return to cypherpunk values over the "crypto casino" trend, the proposal includes building a "dark forest" infrastructure to safeguard freedom and unify "punk" ideals.
parallelpolis.info/v/qm978gqLUG...
Advocating for a return to cypherpunk values over the "crypto casino" trend, the proposal includes building a "dark forest" infrastructure to safeguard freedom and unify "punk" ideals.
parallelpolis.info/v/qm978gqLUG...
A Return to Cypherpunk Values
Going to provide a talk on returning to cypher punk values and discarding the crypto casino mentality. I will explain what "cypherpunk" means and why the crypto casino does not align with those anti-e...
parallelpolis.info
September 2, 2025 at 7:37 PM
"A Return to Cypherpunk Values" by Sterlin Lujan @monerokon.org 2024
Advocating for a return to cypherpunk values over the "crypto casino" trend, the proposal includes building a "dark forest" infrastructure to safeguard freedom and unify "punk" ideals.
parallelpolis.info/v/qm978gqLUG...
Advocating for a return to cypherpunk values over the "crypto casino" trend, the proposal includes building a "dark forest" infrastructure to safeguard freedom and unify "punk" ideals.
parallelpolis.info/v/qm978gqLUG...
"Tor: From the Dark Web to the Future of Privacy" by @susansegfault.bsky.social
A biography of Tor — a cultural and technological history of power, privacy, and global politics at the internet's core. #book
Free PDF: direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...
Buy: mitpress.mit.edu/978026254818...
A biography of Tor — a cultural and technological history of power, privacy, and global politics at the internet's core. #book
Free PDF: direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...
Buy: mitpress.mit.edu/978026254818...
Tor: From the Dark Web to the Future of Privacy
A biography of Tor—a cultural and technological history of power, privacy, and global politics at the internet's core.Tor, one of the most important and mi
direct.mit.edu
August 30, 2025 at 10:39 AM
"Tor: From the Dark Web to the Future of Privacy" by @susansegfault.bsky.social
A biography of Tor — a cultural and technological history of power, privacy, and global politics at the internet's core. #book
Free PDF: direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...
Buy: mitpress.mit.edu/978026254818...
A biography of Tor — a cultural and technological history of power, privacy, and global politics at the internet's core. #book
Free PDF: direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...
Buy: mitpress.mit.edu/978026254818...
Be part of the creation of the new BORDEL in Prague and help us transform chaos into shared creation
→ bordel.wtf
→ bordel.wtf
June 24, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Be part of the creation of the new BORDEL in Prague and help us transform chaos into shared creation
→ bordel.wtf
→ bordel.wtf
They paid ~$6,5k for a ghost. The Prague domain (paralelnipolis.cz) is now a hollow AI, its physical shell finally shed.
Let them have the ashes. We kept the fire.
A new Parallel Polis is forged in the digital expanse.
Source: x.com/SodomakCZ/st...
Let them have the ashes. We kept the fire.
A new Parallel Polis is forged in the digital expanse.
Source: x.com/SodomakCZ/st...
June 24, 2025 at 2:21 AM
They paid ~$6,5k for a ghost. The Prague domain (paralelnipolis.cz) is now a hollow AI, its physical shell finally shed.
Let them have the ashes. We kept the fire.
A new Parallel Polis is forged in the digital expanse.
Source: x.com/SodomakCZ/st...
Let them have the ashes. We kept the fire.
A new Parallel Polis is forged in the digital expanse.
Source: x.com/SodomakCZ/st...
The darknet market maximalist – “We are concerned with preserving civil liberties and will fight tooth and nail to defend them. There will be no compromises.”
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antimoonboy.com/darknetmarke...
May 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The darknet market maximalist – “We are concerned with preserving civil liberties and will fight tooth and nail to defend them. There will be no compromises.”
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antimoonboy.com/darknetmarke...
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Early speakers behind Cypherpunk Congress from cryptographers to policy makers.
Building anti-surveillance tools, fostering anti-big tech collab environment, promoting fresh gaze on cypherpunk culture.
congress.web3privacy.info
Building anti-surveillance tools, fostering anti-big tech collab environment, promoting fresh gaze on cypherpunk culture.
congress.web3privacy.info
March 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Early speakers behind Cypherpunk Congress from cryptographers to policy makers.
Building anti-surveillance tools, fostering anti-big tech collab environment, promoting fresh gaze on cypherpunk culture.
congress.web3privacy.info
Building anti-surveillance tools, fostering anti-big tech collab environment, promoting fresh gaze on cypherpunk culture.
congress.web3privacy.info
Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress #2 (2025) by @web3privacy.info #devconnect
📅 November 16, 2025
📍 Buenos Aires, Argentina
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📅 November 16, 2025
📍 Buenos Aires, Argentina
lu.ma/u2sw5kpv
March 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress #2 (2025) by @web3privacy.info #devconnect
📅 November 16, 2025
📍 Buenos Aires, Argentina
lu.ma/u2sw5kpv
📅 November 16, 2025
📍 Buenos Aires, Argentina
lu.ma/u2sw5kpv
"DarkFi: 500 Year Forest Dynasty" by Rachel Rose O'Leary @ Eth Cypherpunk Congress 2024 @web3privacy.info
Forest-as-a-metaphor of shelter for communities to flourish, neo dark age, shifting power dynamics, self-defence digital tooling, anonymous coordination
parallelpolis.info/v/av2KLxXZz3...
Forest-as-a-metaphor of shelter for communities to flourish, neo dark age, shifting power dynamics, self-defence digital tooling, anonymous coordination
parallelpolis.info/v/av2KLxXZz3...
DarkFi: 500 Year Forest Dynasty
Rachel Rose O'Leary on forest-as-a-metaphor of shelter for communities to flourish, neo dark age, shifting power dynamics, self-defence digital tooling, anonymous coordination at Ethereum Cypherpunk ...
parallelpolis.info
March 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
"DarkFi: 500 Year Forest Dynasty" by Rachel Rose O'Leary @ Eth Cypherpunk Congress 2024 @web3privacy.info
Forest-as-a-metaphor of shelter for communities to flourish, neo dark age, shifting power dynamics, self-defence digital tooling, anonymous coordination
parallelpolis.info/v/av2KLxXZz3...
Forest-as-a-metaphor of shelter for communities to flourish, neo dark age, shifting power dynamics, self-defence digital tooling, anonymous coordination
parallelpolis.info/v/av2KLxXZz3...
"Assembling the Cypherpunks of the Future" by @drnick.bsky.social @ Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress 2024 @web3privacy.info
Talk about expanding cypherpunks desires, historical parallels, focus on privacy, cypherpunks in 2024 and challenges ahead of us.
parallelpolis.info/v/AGUrqPJDr...
Talk about expanding cypherpunks desires, historical parallels, focus on privacy, cypherpunks in 2024 and challenges ahead of us.
parallelpolis.info/v/AGUrqPJDr...
Assembling the Cypherpunks of the Future
Nick Almond from FactoryDAO expanding cypherpunks desires, historical parallels, focus on privacy, cypherpunks in 2024 and challenges ahead of us.
parallelpolis.info
February 23, 2025 at 6:35 AM
"Assembling the Cypherpunks of the Future" by @drnick.bsky.social @ Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress 2024 @web3privacy.info
Talk about expanding cypherpunks desires, historical parallels, focus on privacy, cypherpunks in 2024 and challenges ahead of us.
parallelpolis.info/v/AGUrqPJDr...
Talk about expanding cypherpunks desires, historical parallels, focus on privacy, cypherpunks in 2024 and challenges ahead of us.
parallelpolis.info/v/AGUrqPJDr...
1/ The story of Paralelní Polis Prague is a cautionary tale about the dangers of centralization, ideological drift, and toxic leadership. What began as a beacon of cryptoanarchy and decentralization ultimately fell victim to the very systems it sought to oppose. 🧵
February 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM
1/ The story of Paralelní Polis Prague is a cautionary tale about the dangers of centralization, ideological drift, and toxic leadership. What began as a beacon of cryptoanarchy and decentralization ultimately fell victim to the very systems it sought to oppose. 🧵
"Decolonizing Money" by Julio Linares @ Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress 2024 @web3privacy.info
How to move from Big Tech dependency, build a sovereign stack towards socio-technical counter-positioning
parallelpolis.info/v/OT1MYlona2...
How to move from Big Tech dependency, build a sovereign stack towards socio-technical counter-positioning
parallelpolis.info/v/OT1MYlona2...
Decolonizing Money
How to move from Big Tech dependency, build a sovereign stack towards socio-technical counter-positioning unpacked by Andreas from Fileverse & https://ddocs.new
parallelpolis.info
February 21, 2025 at 6:31 AM
"Decolonizing Money" by Julio Linares @ Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress 2024 @web3privacy.info
How to move from Big Tech dependency, build a sovereign stack towards socio-technical counter-positioning
parallelpolis.info/v/OT1MYlona2...
How to move from Big Tech dependency, build a sovereign stack towards socio-technical counter-positioning
parallelpolis.info/v/OT1MYlona2...
"Collective self-determination" by Sam Hart @ Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress 2024 @web3privacy.info
How to build solidarity economy, reach collective self-determination, and role of privacy in the realm of accountable sovereignity.
parallelpolis.info/v/fSJly21Dtk...
How to build solidarity economy, reach collective self-determination, and role of privacy in the realm of accountable sovereignity.
parallelpolis.info/v/fSJly21Dtk...
Collective self-determination
How to build solidarity economy, reach collective self-determination, and role of privacy in the realm of accountable sovereignity.
parallelpolis.info
February 21, 2025 at 6:27 AM
"Collective self-determination" by Sam Hart @ Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress 2024 @web3privacy.info
How to build solidarity economy, reach collective self-determination, and role of privacy in the realm of accountable sovereignity.
parallelpolis.info/v/fSJly21Dtk...
How to build solidarity economy, reach collective self-determination, and role of privacy in the realm of accountable sovereignity.
parallelpolis.info/v/fSJly21Dtk...
"Corruption, KYC and the Cost of Compliance" by Jarrad Hope @ Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress @web3privacy.info
How trillions of dollars in illicit financial flows slosh around our financial system today, facilitated by the most powerful centralized institutions.
parallelpolis.info/v/kbwL-a3c3o...
How trillions of dollars in illicit financial flows slosh around our financial system today, facilitated by the most powerful centralized institutions.
parallelpolis.info/v/kbwL-a3c3o...
Corruption, KYC and the Cost of Compliance
Jarrad Hope [Logos, Status] on how trillions of dollars in illicit financial flows slosh around our financial system today, facilitated by the most powerful centralized institutions. Current efforts t...
parallelpolis.info
February 19, 2025 at 1:53 AM
"Corruption, KYC and the Cost of Compliance" by Jarrad Hope @ Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress @web3privacy.info
How trillions of dollars in illicit financial flows slosh around our financial system today, facilitated by the most powerful centralized institutions.
parallelpolis.info/v/kbwL-a3c3o...
How trillions of dollars in illicit financial flows slosh around our financial system today, facilitated by the most powerful centralized institutions.
parallelpolis.info/v/kbwL-a3c3o...
"Securing internet trust & establishing Digital Human Rights" by @juanbenet.bsky.social @ Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress
Humanity's potential, role of the web3, policy progress, mass surveillance, necessity of the decentralized collaboration and 5-10Y projections.
parallelpolis.info/v/xCpqpRIQ_sw
Humanity's potential, role of the web3, policy progress, mass surveillance, necessity of the decentralized collaboration and 5-10Y projections.
parallelpolis.info/v/xCpqpRIQ_sw
Securing internet trust & establishing Digital Human Rights
Juan Benet explored humanity's potential, role of the web3, policy progress, mass surveillance, necessity of the decentralized collaboration and 5-10Y projections.
parallelpolis.info
February 19, 2025 at 1:50 AM
"Securing internet trust & establishing Digital Human Rights" by @juanbenet.bsky.social @ Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress
Humanity's potential, role of the web3, policy progress, mass surveillance, necessity of the decentralized collaboration and 5-10Y projections.
parallelpolis.info/v/xCpqpRIQ_sw
Humanity's potential, role of the web3, policy progress, mass surveillance, necessity of the decentralized collaboration and 5-10Y projections.
parallelpolis.info/v/xCpqpRIQ_sw
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Start week with a cypherpunk lessons: @drnick.bsky.social x FactoryDAO at Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress keynote.
Cypherpunks through the history till nowadays, actual challenges and possible resistance techniques.
watch: youtube.com/watch?v=AGUr...
event: congress.web3privacy.info
Cypherpunks through the history till nowadays, actual challenges and possible resistance techniques.
watch: youtube.com/watch?v=AGUr...
event: congress.web3privacy.info
youtube.com
December 9, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Start week with a cypherpunk lessons: @drnick.bsky.social x FactoryDAO at Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress keynote.
Cypherpunks through the history till nowadays, actual challenges and possible resistance techniques.
watch: youtube.com/watch?v=AGUr...
event: congress.web3privacy.info
Cypherpunks through the history till nowadays, actual challenges and possible resistance techniques.
watch: youtube.com/watch?v=AGUr...
event: congress.web3privacy.info
Paralelní Polis is now on Matrix! 💬
Connect with fellow cryptoanarchists and community members at chat.paralelnipolis.info
Matrix Address: "#general:pp0.co"
Connect with fellow cryptoanarchists and community members at chat.paralelnipolis.info
Matrix Address: "#general:pp0.co"
December 9, 2024 at 2:41 AM
Paralelní Polis is now on Matrix! 💬
Connect with fellow cryptoanarchists and community members at chat.paralelnipolis.info
Matrix Address: "#general:pp0.co"
Connect with fellow cryptoanarchists and community members at chat.paralelnipolis.info
Matrix Address: "#general:pp0.co"