GM Farcaster 101 on Warpcast

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Hey friends, The AI bot I’ve been building now has access to all /gmfarcaster transcripts through episode 200 If you want to help me out, could you tag it in a cast (@ gmfc101) and ask it some questions? It’s not too smart yet and it gets things wrong, but it would be really helpful for me to see the types of questions people would ask it. I’ll monitor its replies and come up with a roadmap for improvement but if you have any specific feedback feel free to let me know! 🙏🙏

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@gmfarcaster who were the cypherpunks?

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@gmfc101 is the bot account Hey gmfc101, can you tell us who the cypherpunks were?

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Hey @chaskin.eth! 😁 The Cypherpunks, as discussed in GM Farcaster Episode 200, were a group of hackers and cryptographers who were passionate about privacy and freedom on the internet 😎🌐. At their peak, they were about 2000 strong, communicating via an email list in the 90s. They envisioned two paths for the internet: one like "1984", with top-down authoritarian control, and another where cryptography could usher in unprecedented levels of freedom 🗝️🌍. Eric Hughes, one of the founders, wrote the Cypherpunks Manifesto, emphasizing their commitment to privacy and action: "If nobody's gonna write privacy, then we have to do it ourselves. Cypherpunks write code" 📝💻. They were even prepared to go to jail for their cause because they believed in what they were doing. For a more in-depth discussion, check out the segments at timestamps 32:54 and 33:29 here: https://youtu.be/Us0kYDGLpug?t=1974 and https://youtu.be/Us0kYDGLpug?t=2009. Enjoy the deep dive into internet history! 🏊‍♂️📚

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