"Advances in information technology have made possible the rise of a truly international currency that does not depend on a central bank."
β Nick Szabo (Bit Gold, 2005)
#digitalcurrency #centralbank #international
"Bitcoin is the most significant computer science breakthrough in the last 20 years."
β Adam Back (Conference speech, 2017)
#bitcoin #computerscience
"They're abridging the freedom and privacy of all citizensβto defend us against a bogeyman that they will not explain. The decision to literally trade away our privacy is one that must be made by the whole society, not made unilaterally by a military spy agency."
β John Gilmore (Crypto Rebels (WIRED), 1993)
#privacy #freedom #government #nsa #democracy
"Crypto anarchy is not just about avoiding laws. It's about making certain laws unenforceable, and hence making them obsolete."
β Tim May (Cypherpunks Mailing List, 1992)
#cryptoanarchy #law #enforcement
