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0/ You’ve probably heard people yapping about Cypherpunk, but what exactly is it and what is Ethereum’s specific brand of Cypherpunk? A guest thread by post_polar_
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1/ When I’m teaching, I condense Ethereum Cypherpunk into four key values: decentralization, permissionlessness, censorship resistance and credible neutrality.
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2/ Decentralisation means power should be distributed as widely as possible among all Ethereum’s stakeholders.
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3/ Permissionlessness means you shouldn’t need anyone’s permission to use Ethereum (and is also fun to say).
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4/ Censorship resistance means all transactions should be treated equally on Ethereum, no judgement.
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5/ And credible neutrality means Ethereum’s design - and ideally what is built on Ethereum - shouldn’t favour anyone in particular—it should be fair. Credible neutrality is a unique contribution of Ethereum culture, introduced by @vitalik.eth: https://nakamoto.com/credible-neutrality/
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6/ BUT you will be shocked to hear different people define Ethereum’s core Cypherpunk values in different ways.
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7/ In pcaversaccio’s seminal ‘The Ethereum Cypherpunk Manifesto’ we find privacy, security, and censorship resistance listed as the core principles and these exist to support ‘immutability, decentralised governance, open access, global collaboration, and continuous evolution’: https://hackmd.io/@pcaversaccio/the-ethereum-cypherpunk-manifesto
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