Glenn and @Snowden were early advocates for encryption to defend human rights against abusive corporations & states alike.
Satoshi was a pioneer in the use of encryption to stop seizures by the same corporations & states.
These are two halves of the same worldview. 🧵
Satoshi was a pioneer in the use of encryption to stop seizures by the same corporations & states.
These are two halves of the same worldview. 🧵
https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1370043555385901069
They coincide exactly, because the private keys to *publish* online are the same as the private keys to *transact* online.
The same censorship-resistant blockchain design that prevents seizure of private property also prevents states & corporations from silencing your voice.
The same censorship-resistant blockchain design that prevents seizure of private property also prevents states & corporations from silencing your voice.
When you digitally sign and broadcast a transaction to a blockchain, it is sometimes referred to as *publishing* a transaction.
With the right design, this gives you pseudonymous, verifiable, uncensorable communication and transaction. Free speech and free markets in one stroke.
With the right design, this gives you pseudonymous, verifiable, uncensorable communication and transaction. Free speech and free markets in one stroke.
As crypto scales, we won’t need to rely as much on fallible human courts to protect our rights.
We guard them mainly through encryption and cryptoeconomic incentives. It becomes so expensive to coerce or deplatform you that states and corporations will need to convince you.
We guard them mainly through encryption and cryptoeconomic incentives. It becomes so expensive to coerce or deplatform you that states and corporations will need to convince you.
https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1177699904904286209
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