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Keeping crypto cypherpunk protects users from censorship and corporatism — Gnosis VP
8.1.2025
Sebastian Bürgel, vice president of technology at Gnosis and founder of Hopr, argues that hyperfinancialization and profit-seeking are a threat to privacy and the crypto sector
$100K Bitcoin price: From cypherpunk dream to financial mainstream
8.12.2024
Crypto sees a historic moment as Bitcoin crosses the symbolic $100,000 threshold
There’s more to Bitcoin than its price: Early dev shares BTC’s ‘new permutation’
27.11.2024
Bitcoin’s journey from idea to reality (and near six figures) has been amazing, and Hemi co-founder Jeff Garzik says the network is ready for its next growth stage
BTCTKVR: Privacy Magazine Makes Crypto Cypherpunk Again
22.11.2024
PRESS RELEASE. As cryptocurrency adoption grows, the cypherpunk spirit appears to be fading. The crypto anarchists who started it all often find themselves outnumbered and have their voices drowned out by misguided speculators who are more than willing to surrender their privacy and sovereignty...
Smart contract blockchains will become less cypherpunk, says VC boss
30.9.2024
Jesse Walden, a managing partner at Variant Fund, says original cypherpunk values of crypto are likely to fade over time
Smart contract blockchains will become less cypherpunk, says VC boss
30.9.2024
Jesse Walden, managing partner at Variant Fund, says the original cypherpunk values that influenced early blockchains could fade over time
Smart contract blockchains will become less cypherpunk, says VC boss
30.9.2024
Jesse Walden, managing partner at Variant Fund, says the original cypherpunk values that influenced early blockchains could fade over time
Remembering Hal Finney’s Vision: The 20th Anniversary of Reusable Proofs of Work
17.8.2024
This week marks the 20th anniversary of Hal Finney’s introduction of Reusable Proofs of Work (RPOW), a groundbreaking concept that paved the way for today’s digital currencies. Finney’s visionary work continues to echo throughout the cryptocurrency community, underscoring...
Ex-Valkyrie CEO Leah Wald to Take Reins of Crypto Investment Firm Cypherpunk
9.7.2024
The co-founder and former Valkyrie CEO will the digital asset management firm to "push boundaries" of crypto investing
Headline speakers announced the Second iteration of the ‘Proof-of-Work Summit’, taking place in Frankfurt, Germany, 27-29 September 2024!
4.7.2024
The ETC Cooperative and Litecoin Foundation have joined forces to bring the second ‘Proof-of-Work Summit’ to Frankfurt, Germany, from September 27 to 29, 2024. Hosting the second Proof-of-Work (POW) Summit in a city renowned for its technological and financial heritage, like Frankfurt, was...
Vitalik Buterin: L2s are ‘cultural extensions’ of Ethereum
30.5.2024
Buterin said Ethereum layer 2s have become “the ultimate playing field for action” from institutional profit-oriented groups and people buying pictures of monkey NFTs
Vitalik Buterin Blames Rising Transaction Fees for Web3’s Drift from Decentralization
29.12.2023
Source: ShutterStock In a recent blog post titled “Make Ethereum Cypherpunk Again,” Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin expressed concerns about the veering trajectory of Web3 from its original vision. Buterin contends that the foundational principles of Web3 have gradually receded...
Bitcoin pioneer Hal Finney couldn't be Satoshi Nakamoto, new analysis suggests
23.10.2023
The investigator, Jameson Lopp, compiled archived emails from 2010, data from a 10-mile race in California in 2009, and other evidence to make the argument
Centralized Mining Pools ‘Antithetical to the Ideals That Gave Rise to BTC and the Blockchain Movement’ — Tomer Afek
22.10.2023
The apparent centralization in both proof-of-work and proof-of-stake protocols is “tragic because it’s antithetical to the cypherpunk ideals” that birthed the the bitcoin and blockchain movement, Tomer Afek, the CEO at the crypto platform Spacemesh, has argued. To back this assertion...
Bitcoin could hit $10M in 9 years but more sidechains needed: Blockstream CEO
13.2.2023
If Back and Finney’s $10 million price prediction becomes true, the BTC market cap will reach approximately $200 trillion
Close to 60,000 BTC Erased From Bitcoin Treasuries in 9 Months, 4 Entities Hold More Than 100K BTC
17.10.2022
During the last two years, a number of public and private companies, exchange-traded products (ETPs), and countries have added bitcoin to their balance sheet. However, during the last nine months of 2022, the number of bitcoin stored in these types of treasuries dropped by 57,481 bitcoin, worth...
Selling Bitcoin doesn’t mean you’re not bullish: Cypherpunk CEO
9.8.2022
Cypherpunk is one of the first public firms in the world to ever invest in Bitcoin and it opted to sell 100% of its crypto by June 2022
Bitcoin Treasuries Records Show $2.1 Billion in BTC Was Erased From Balance Sheets
18.7.2022
During the 12 months, public companies, private companies, exchange-traded funds, and even countries have added bitcoin to their balance sheets. As of July 17, 2022, the aforementioned types of entities hold approximately 1,325,396 bitcoins worth $27.84 billion today. However, the number of coins...
Risk of ‘Significant Drawdowns’ Pushes Cypherpunk Holdings to Sell Entire Stash of Bitcoin and Ethereum
30.6.2022
On Tuesday, the Canada-based investment firm Cypherpunk Holdings Inc. announced that the company has sold all of its bitcoin and ethereum due to the “risk of further significant drawdowns.” The company has transitioned its treasury to cash after selling 214.72 bitcoin and 205.82...
Investment Firm Cypherpunk Holdings Sells All of Its Bitcoin and Ether
28.6.2022
The publicly listed firm has transitioned its treasury to cash amid increased market volatility, but it hasn’t ruled out reinvesting in cryptocurrencies when the market settles down