Episode 63 - 2018 vs now and then a reading of A Cypherpunk’s Manifesto as a reminder

Good morning! This morning I start off with a thread by Leah Wald, who makes some comparisons between the bear market cycle of 2018 and the current market dip we are in. Alot of this comparison made me want to take it way back to 1993 and go back to the original reason we are all here in this crypto space. This space started because of people's desire for privacy in this digital space. As technology develops and becomes more powerful, so do the powers that govern. The cypherpunks worked hard to try to develop technology to preserve the freedoms and privacy of every individual in this digitization of reality. NFT's and the metaverse are cool and all, but what good is it if we have zero privacy or freedom. So I did a reading of The Cypherpunk Manifesto.

Sources:

https://twitter.com/LeahWald/status/1482019640960290821

https://academy.bit2me.com/en/who-is-eric-hughes/

https://nakamotoinstitute.org/cypherpunk-manifesto/

https://twitter.com/token3conomy/status/1481868075343523850/photo/1