Unsurprisingly, I frequently need the text of the Unlicense. So, I've gone ahead and packaged that up as a Ruby gem: $ gem install unlicense github.com/unlicense/unli…

The "Hello, World!" of intellectual property skeptics.

End of an Era: Room 77 in Berlin Closes Doors Permanently! Blame it on Covid or blame it on gentrification. Either way, this Kreuzberg landmark has served as a Bitcoin watering hole for over 10 years, with thousands making the obligatory pilgrimage. Thx for the memories, Joerg!

The end of an era indeed 😢 Many thanks to Jörg for being the first who made Bitcoin something that people could grasp in the physical world. There must be countless documentaries that showed how to buy a beer or burger with Bitcoin at Room 77.

In memoriam ROOM77: a thread down memory lane from my time in Berlin during the early Bitcoin boom years. Dedicated to the freedom of transaction, and chronicling my journey to blockchain eternity and beyond!

It's 2012. Erik Voorhees Roger Ver and I decided to pool our money together for the first #Money2020 event. We told them we wanted the best booth we could afford, but we needed to be next to the PayPal booth so we can show the world OUR financial system! Welcome, Paypal!

When Encryption Was a Crime: The 1990s Battle for Free Speech in Software [The third installment in Reason's four-part documentary series] youtu.be/lv8OFSWZkGs

"Each use further bolsters the case that cryptocurrencies can help support meaningful dissent and political diversity even in the face of extreme repression." -Roger Huang forbes.com/sites/rogerhua…

The butterfly effects from 1991 have compounded impressively.

Let's do another follow-up in 2030.

"You'll own nothing. And you'll be happy. You'll eat much less meat." Enjoy your Soylent Green folks! #CPAF

Twitter is censoring tweets about mandatory covid testing experience of slovaks. Sad world. Let's listen to Cypherpunk Bitstream pandemic edition again, vivid description of the world we live in. taz0.org/bitstream/0x07…

Today we are excited to announce the largest community-funded initiative to date on NEAR Protocol. Cypherpunk Guild. The Future of Privacy on Web3 Starts Here. medium.com/nearprotocol/c…

Was the alleged operator of Kickass Torrents outed in part via his Coinbase account? x.com/madbitcoins/st…

Ethereum is now officially an ad hoc Proof-of-Stake system. Much worse than any formally proposed PoS ever.

This is why so many recommend you power off your laptop and phone before going through immigration: facebook.com/maria.abihabib…

The next iteration of big torrent sites will be unstoppable and profitable. torrentfreak.com/kickasstorrent…