diff --git a/concepts/cryptoanarchism.md b/concepts/cryptoanarchism.md index f9699fd..cd8548e 100644 --- a/concepts/cryptoanarchism.md +++ b/concepts/cryptoanarchism.md @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@ # Cryptoanarchism -Cryptoanarchism or cyberanarchism is a political ideology whose aim is to achieve the protection of privacy, political freedom and economic freedom through the use the use of cryptography and [crypto assets](../cryptoasset.md). Cryptoanarchism sees itself as reaction to the overreach of governments and the state into the private and financial lives of citizens and asserts the need for so-called *total freedom*. +Cryptoanarchism or cyberanarchism is a political ideology the aim of which is to achieve the protection of privacy, political freedom and economic freedom through the use of cryptography and [crypto assets](../cryptoasset.md). Cryptoanarchism sees itself as a reaction to the overreach of governments and the state into the private and financial lives of citizens and asserts the need for so-called *total freedom*. -* Total anonymity of individuals in the digital spaces. +* Total anonymity of individuals in the digital spaces * Total freedom of speech without censorship or moderation * Total freedom to trade without regulation or protections The idea revolves around the politics that individuals are self-sovereign and that the internet or cyberspace as a whole is an independent territory outside the remit and regulation of governments. This is outlined in the seminal writing by cryptoanarchist leader John Barlow in his writing *A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace*. -The ideas behind [bitcoin](../bitcoin.md) can be traced to another seminal work *The Crypto Anarchist Manifesto*. +The ideas behind [bitcoin](../bitcoin.md) can be traced to another seminal work, *The Crypto Anarchist Manifesto*. See also [anarchocapitalism](../anarchocapitalism.md), [libertarianism](libertarianism.md) and [post-state technocracy](../../notes/post-state-technocracy.md). @@ -38,4 +38,4 @@ See also [anarchocapitalism](../anarchocapitalism.md), [libertarianism](libertar 1. Jarvis, Craig. 2021. ‘Cypherpunk Ideology: Objectives, Profiles, and Influences (1992–1998)’. Internet Histories, 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1080/24701475.2021.1935547. 1. Phillips, David J. 1998. Digital Cash and the Surveillance Society: Negotiating Identification in New Consumer Payment Systems. University of Pennsylvania. https://search.proquest.com/openview/7ca922683fe4b5a94427e0ba59af4def/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y. 1. West, Sarah Myers. 2018. ‘Cryptographic Imaginaries and the Networked Public’. Internet Policy Review 7 (2): 1–16. https://doi.org/10.14763/2018.2.792. -1. ———. 2020. ‘Survival of the Cryptic: Tracing Technological Imaginaries across Ideologies, Infrastructures, and Community Practices’. New Media and Society, 1461444820983017. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444820983017. \ No newline at end of file +1. ———. 2020. ‘Survival of the Cryptic: Tracing Technological Imaginaries across Ideologies, Infrastructures, and Community Practices’. New Media and Society, 1461444820983017. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444820983017.