"privacy" isn't a cypherpunk "narrative"

it is the normal thing

we can just call private chains normal chains

and everything else "transparent chains"

seeing each other's tx history / balances / spying on counterparties is the version that needs explanation or "narrative"

Really, all of cypherpunk / free software / ... is just trying to preserve boundaries that were unquestioned in the year 1900.

* Your device serves you, not some gov or corp overlord
* You can repair and modify your device to better serve you
* Your private conversations are private
* Your private money is private

I think these were not normal in 1900 *at a distance*. You indeed had these guarantees over local/physical distance, but you just lose them over 100km (everyone reading your mail, etc.)

The fun thing that happened was an inversion: we got privacy over long distance, but lost it over short-distance