# on cypherpunks

Reading a lot (again) about cypherpunks. Those three essays/manifestos always
resonate with me [1][2][3].

Much is changed, for the better I think: encryption is everywhere, TOR is
practically mainstream and it is widely known that backdoors are bad (even
government agencies publicly say that).  Plus we have cryptocurrencies and in
some years, hopefully, all money and commerce will be out of reach from the
state/government. Won't be easy, anyway: the "pedophiles|chinese|russian
trolls|drug dealers|... are everywhere and they are coming for you" narrative
will be played out a lot, and many people will be scared.  This is not a big
deal: people can choose now, they couldn't before. 

## crypto adoption

- cryptocurrencies aren't stable right now, this is a problem for crypto
  adoption
- more important problem: privacy when buying:
    - today you declare your address (for shipping) when you buy in an online store
    - government can sue the store and know what you bought
- better privacy preserving way:  use a webstore that supports:
    - fake name/pseudonyn in the account
    - privacy preserving cryptocurrencies to pay
    - privacy preserving payment protocol such as [4] 
    - privacy preserving delivery such as ??
- without the last step, you would eventually lose you privacy and/or anonymity
- my opinion: we would not see crypto adoption  until a private and diffused
  shipment protocol is in place
- then we will have liquity and therefore stabilization


[1] https://www.activism.net/cypherpunk/crypto-anarchy.html
[2] https://www.activism.net/cypherpunk/libertaria.html
[3] https://www.activism.net/cypherpunk/manifesto.html
[4] https://arxiv.org/pdf/1212.3257
*Created on  2020-03-27*