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Economic: Laissez-faire
Governance: Anarchic
Coords: X+3 · Y-4
Economic: Laissez-faire
Governance: Anarchic
Coords: X+3 · Y-4
Descriptor
Crypto-Anarchist
“Cryptography as freedom.”
Exemplars · 2 ↓
§ 01
The Idea
What Crypto-Anarchist actually means.
Crypto-Anarchism uses encryption, blockchain, and decentralized tech to bypass state control, enabling unregulated digital economies and private transactions.
Crypto-Anarchists, like Nick Szabo and Hal Finney, pioneered decentralized financial and communication systems that resist government oversight. Through cryptographic privacy tools, anonymous digital currencies, and decentralized networks, they seek to erode state influence and enable self-sovereignty in economic and informational exchanges.
§ 02 · Tenets
Core commitments.
01
Strong cryptography as a route around state power.
02
Anonymous markets and digital cash.
03
Decentralised protocols replace central authorities.
04
Privacy as foundational right.
05
Exit over voice.
§ 03 · Position
Where it sits on the grid.
Economic axis — X+3
LAISSEZ-FAIRE
Full collectivisationUnfettered markets
Governance axis — Y-4
ANARCHIC
Total controlNo state at all
§ 04 · Reading List
Canon & critics.
§ Canon
- The Crypto Anarchist ManifestoTimothy C. May1988 · Pamphlet
- A Cypherpunk's ManifestoEric Hughes1993 · Essay
§ Critics
- The Age of Surveillance CapitalismShoshana Zuboff2019 · ~700 pp
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