Inspiring dive into cypherpunk history from @chaskin.eth 
https://paragraph.xyz/@chaskin/who-even-were-the-cypherpunks

"Let me just say, holy shit. The cypherpunks left an incredible mark on society; they were fearless, visionary, and undeniably badass...They weren’t building tools to get rich or for recognition—they were building because they believed freedom and privacy were fundamental rights. And they were willing to go to jail to defend those rights."

/ethereum foundation | opinions are my own but more than likely they come from Vitalik's blog paragraph.xyz/@chaskin