"If you want a radically different FAQ, write it yourself.  If you don't like this FAQ, don't read it. And tell your friends not to read it."

Alchemist. 
Block Builder. 
Creator.
Degen. 
Ethereum dev. 
Farcaster Framer.

"We are at a fork in the road,  a Great Divide
  - Surveillance vs. Freedom"

"If you disagree with my opinion, and you think you can
       change my mind, or cause me to include your opinion as an
       elaboration or as a dissenting view, then send it. If
       your point requires long debate or is a deep
       disagreement, then I doubt I have the time or energy to
       debate. If you want your views heard, 

write your own FAQ!"

(lol, opportunity client xd)

- Second, "read the sources." Read "1984," "The Shockwave
     Rider," "Atlas Shrugged," "True Names." Read the Chaum
     article on making Big Brother obsolete (October 1985,
     "Communications of the ACM")

"The list has a lot of radical libertarians, some anarcho-capitalists, and even a few socialists"

yeah, we are all together on this.. even some of you don't understand

"If I've just joined the Cypherpunks list, what should I do?"
  - Read for a while. Things will become clearer, themes will
     emerge, and certain questions will be answered.

2.3. "What's the 'Big Picture'?"
 2.3.1. Strong crypto is here. It is widely available.
 2.3.2. It implies many changes in the way the world works. Private
   channels between parties who have never met and who never
   will meet are possible. Totally anonymous, unlinkable,
   untraceable communications and exchanges are possible.
 2.3.3. Transactions can only be *voluntary*, since the parties are
   untraceable and unknown and can withdraw at any time. This
   has profound implications for the conventional approach of
   using the threat of force, directed against parties by
   governments or by others. In particular, threats of force
   will fail.
 2.3.4. What emerges from this is unclear, but I think it will be a
   form of anarcho-capitalist market system I call "crypto
   anarchy." (Voluntary communications only, with no third
   parties butting in.