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Ever heard of Paralelní Polis? It's one of the most fascinating concepts to emerge from Cold War-era Czechoslovakia 🇨🇿. Coined by Václav Benda in 1978, it proposed creating parallel structures alongside the authoritarian state.
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"Democracy once helped diverse people coordinate across space and ideology. But today’s systems are too slow, siloed, and captured to evolve."
press.logos.co/article/fall...
press.logos.co/article/fall...
The Fall of Democracy (and What Comes After) - Logos Press Engine
This op-ed on the fall of democracy is part of a series of articles written by Logos community member JosiahWarren. The first, titled "What Happened to the Spirit of Freedom?" <a href="https://press.l...
press.logos.co
October 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM
"Democracy once helped diverse people coordinate across space and ideology. But today’s systems are too slow, siloed, and captured to evolve."
press.logos.co/article/fall...
press.logos.co/article/fall...
1/ Just as states gradually regulated access to finance, they're now regulating access to social networks.
Same pattern. Same outcome.
Discord just leaked 2.1M government IDs. This is what happens when you turn convivial tools into checkpoints. 🧵
Same pattern. Same outcome.
Discord just leaked 2.1M government IDs. This is what happens when you turn convivial tools into checkpoints. 🧵
October 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
1/ Just as states gradually regulated access to finance, they're now regulating access to social networks.
Same pattern. Same outcome.
Discord just leaked 2.1M government IDs. This is what happens when you turn convivial tools into checkpoints. 🧵
Same pattern. Same outcome.
Discord just leaked 2.1M government IDs. This is what happens when you turn convivial tools into checkpoints. 🧵
"A Return to Cypherpunk Values" by Sterlin Lujan @monerokon.org 2024
Advocating for a return to cypherpunk values over the "crypto casino" trend, the proposal includes building a "dark forest" infrastructure to safeguard freedom and unify "punk" ideals.
parallelpolis.info/v/qm978gqLUG...
Advocating for a return to cypherpunk values over the "crypto casino" trend, the proposal includes building a "dark forest" infrastructure to safeguard freedom and unify "punk" ideals.
parallelpolis.info/v/qm978gqLUG...
A Return to Cypherpunk Values
Going to provide a talk on returning to cypher punk values and discarding the crypto casino mentality. I will explain what "cypherpunk" means and why the crypto casino does not align with those anti-e...
parallelpolis.info
September 2, 2025 at 7:37 PM
"A Return to Cypherpunk Values" by Sterlin Lujan @monerokon.org 2024
Advocating for a return to cypherpunk values over the "crypto casino" trend, the proposal includes building a "dark forest" infrastructure to safeguard freedom and unify "punk" ideals.
parallelpolis.info/v/qm978gqLUG...
Advocating for a return to cypherpunk values over the "crypto casino" trend, the proposal includes building a "dark forest" infrastructure to safeguard freedom and unify "punk" ideals.
parallelpolis.info/v/qm978gqLUG...
"Tor: From the Dark Web to the Future of Privacy" by @susansegfault.bsky.social
A biography of Tor — a cultural and technological history of power, privacy, and global politics at the internet's core. #book
Free PDF: direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...
Buy: mitpress.mit.edu/978026254818...
A biography of Tor — a cultural and technological history of power, privacy, and global politics at the internet's core. #book
Free PDF: direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...
Buy: mitpress.mit.edu/978026254818...
Tor: From the Dark Web to the Future of Privacy
A biography of Tor—a cultural and technological history of power, privacy, and global politics at the internet's core.Tor, one of the most important and mi
direct.mit.edu
August 30, 2025 at 10:39 AM
"Tor: From the Dark Web to the Future of Privacy" by @susansegfault.bsky.social
A biography of Tor — a cultural and technological history of power, privacy, and global politics at the internet's core. #book
Free PDF: direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...
Buy: mitpress.mit.edu/978026254818...
A biography of Tor — a cultural and technological history of power, privacy, and global politics at the internet's core. #book
Free PDF: direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...
Buy: mitpress.mit.edu/978026254818...
Be part of the creation of the new BORDEL in Prague and help us transform chaos into shared creation
→ bordel.wtf
→ bordel.wtf
June 24, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Be part of the creation of the new BORDEL in Prague and help us transform chaos into shared creation
→ bordel.wtf
→ bordel.wtf
They paid ~$6,5k for a ghost. The Prague domain (paralelnipolis.cz) is now a hollow AI, its physical shell finally shed.
Let them have the ashes. We kept the fire.
A new Parallel Polis is forged in the digital expanse.
Source: x.com/SodomakCZ/st...
Let them have the ashes. We kept the fire.
A new Parallel Polis is forged in the digital expanse.
Source: x.com/SodomakCZ/st...
June 24, 2025 at 2:21 AM
They paid ~$6,5k for a ghost. The Prague domain (paralelnipolis.cz) is now a hollow AI, its physical shell finally shed.
Let them have the ashes. We kept the fire.
A new Parallel Polis is forged in the digital expanse.
Source: x.com/SodomakCZ/st...
Let them have the ashes. We kept the fire.
A new Parallel Polis is forged in the digital expanse.
Source: x.com/SodomakCZ/st...
The darknet market maximalist – “We are concerned with preserving civil liberties and will fight tooth and nail to defend them. There will be no compromises.”
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antimoonboy.com/darknetmarke...
May 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The darknet market maximalist – “We are concerned with preserving civil liberties and will fight tooth and nail to defend them. There will be no compromises.”
antimoonboy.com/darknetmarke...
antimoonboy.com/darknetmarke...
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Early speakers behind Cypherpunk Congress from cryptographers to policy makers.
Building anti-surveillance tools, fostering anti-big tech collab environment, promoting fresh gaze on cypherpunk culture.
congress.web3privacy.info
Building anti-surveillance tools, fostering anti-big tech collab environment, promoting fresh gaze on cypherpunk culture.
congress.web3privacy.info
March 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Early speakers behind Cypherpunk Congress from cryptographers to policy makers.
Building anti-surveillance tools, fostering anti-big tech collab environment, promoting fresh gaze on cypherpunk culture.
congress.web3privacy.info
Building anti-surveillance tools, fostering anti-big tech collab environment, promoting fresh gaze on cypherpunk culture.
congress.web3privacy.info
Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress #2 (2025) by @web3privacy.info #devconnect
📅 November 16, 2025
📍 Buenos Aires, Argentina
lu.ma/u2sw5kpv
📅 November 16, 2025
📍 Buenos Aires, Argentina
lu.ma/u2sw5kpv
March 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress #2 (2025) by @web3privacy.info #devconnect
📅 November 16, 2025
📍 Buenos Aires, Argentina
lu.ma/u2sw5kpv
📅 November 16, 2025
📍 Buenos Aires, Argentina
lu.ma/u2sw5kpv
"DarkFi: 500 Year Forest Dynasty" by Rachel Rose O'Leary @ Eth Cypherpunk Congress 2024 @web3privacy.info
Forest-as-a-metaphor of shelter for communities to flourish, neo dark age, shifting power dynamics, self-defence digital tooling, anonymous coordination
parallelpolis.info/v/av2KLxXZz3...
Forest-as-a-metaphor of shelter for communities to flourish, neo dark age, shifting power dynamics, self-defence digital tooling, anonymous coordination
parallelpolis.info/v/av2KLxXZz3...
DarkFi: 500 Year Forest Dynasty
Rachel Rose O'Leary on forest-as-a-metaphor of shelter for communities to flourish, neo dark age, shifting power dynamics, self-defence digital tooling, anonymous coordination at Ethereum Cypherpunk ...
parallelpolis.info
March 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
"DarkFi: 500 Year Forest Dynasty" by Rachel Rose O'Leary @ Eth Cypherpunk Congress 2024 @web3privacy.info
Forest-as-a-metaphor of shelter for communities to flourish, neo dark age, shifting power dynamics, self-defence digital tooling, anonymous coordination
parallelpolis.info/v/av2KLxXZz3...
Forest-as-a-metaphor of shelter for communities to flourish, neo dark age, shifting power dynamics, self-defence digital tooling, anonymous coordination
parallelpolis.info/v/av2KLxXZz3...
"Assembling the Cypherpunks of the Future" by @drnick.bsky.social @ Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress 2024 @web3privacy.info
Talk about expanding cypherpunks desires, historical parallels, focus on privacy, cypherpunks in 2024 and challenges ahead of us.
parallelpolis.info/v/AGUrqPJDr...
Talk about expanding cypherpunks desires, historical parallels, focus on privacy, cypherpunks in 2024 and challenges ahead of us.
parallelpolis.info/v/AGUrqPJDr...
Assembling the Cypherpunks of the Future
Nick Almond from FactoryDAO expanding cypherpunks desires, historical parallels, focus on privacy, cypherpunks in 2024 and challenges ahead of us.
parallelpolis.info
February 23, 2025 at 6:35 AM
"Assembling the Cypherpunks of the Future" by @drnick.bsky.social @ Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress 2024 @web3privacy.info
Talk about expanding cypherpunks desires, historical parallels, focus on privacy, cypherpunks in 2024 and challenges ahead of us.
parallelpolis.info/v/AGUrqPJDr...
Talk about expanding cypherpunks desires, historical parallels, focus on privacy, cypherpunks in 2024 and challenges ahead of us.
parallelpolis.info/v/AGUrqPJDr...
1/ The story of Paralelní Polis Prague is a cautionary tale about the dangers of centralization, ideological drift, and toxic leadership. What began as a beacon of cryptoanarchy and decentralization ultimately fell victim to the very systems it sought to oppose. 🧵
February 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM
1/ The story of Paralelní Polis Prague is a cautionary tale about the dangers of centralization, ideological drift, and toxic leadership. What began as a beacon of cryptoanarchy and decentralization ultimately fell victim to the very systems it sought to oppose. 🧵
"Decolonizing Money" by Julio Linares @ Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress 2024 @web3privacy.info
How to move from Big Tech dependency, build a sovereign stack towards socio-technical counter-positioning
parallelpolis.info/v/OT1MYlona2...
How to move from Big Tech dependency, build a sovereign stack towards socio-technical counter-positioning
parallelpolis.info/v/OT1MYlona2...
Decolonizing Money
How to move from Big Tech dependency, build a sovereign stack towards socio-technical counter-positioning unpacked by Andreas from Fileverse & https://ddocs.new
parallelpolis.info
February 21, 2025 at 6:31 AM
"Decolonizing Money" by Julio Linares @ Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress 2024 @web3privacy.info
How to move from Big Tech dependency, build a sovereign stack towards socio-technical counter-positioning
parallelpolis.info/v/OT1MYlona2...
How to move from Big Tech dependency, build a sovereign stack towards socio-technical counter-positioning
parallelpolis.info/v/OT1MYlona2...
"Collective self-determination" by Sam Hart @ Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress 2024 @web3privacy.info
How to build solidarity economy, reach collective self-determination, and role of privacy in the realm of accountable sovereignity.
parallelpolis.info/v/fSJly21Dtk...
How to build solidarity economy, reach collective self-determination, and role of privacy in the realm of accountable sovereignity.
parallelpolis.info/v/fSJly21Dtk...
Collective self-determination
How to build solidarity economy, reach collective self-determination, and role of privacy in the realm of accountable sovereignity.
parallelpolis.info
February 21, 2025 at 6:27 AM
"Collective self-determination" by Sam Hart @ Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress 2024 @web3privacy.info
How to build solidarity economy, reach collective self-determination, and role of privacy in the realm of accountable sovereignity.
parallelpolis.info/v/fSJly21Dtk...
How to build solidarity economy, reach collective self-determination, and role of privacy in the realm of accountable sovereignity.
parallelpolis.info/v/fSJly21Dtk...
"Corruption, KYC and the Cost of Compliance" by Jarrad Hope @ Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress @web3privacy.info
How trillions of dollars in illicit financial flows slosh around our financial system today, facilitated by the most powerful centralized institutions.
parallelpolis.info/v/kbwL-a3c3o...
How trillions of dollars in illicit financial flows slosh around our financial system today, facilitated by the most powerful centralized institutions.
parallelpolis.info/v/kbwL-a3c3o...
Corruption, KYC and the Cost of Compliance
Jarrad Hope [Logos, Status] on how trillions of dollars in illicit financial flows slosh around our financial system today, facilitated by the most powerful centralized institutions. Current efforts t...
parallelpolis.info
February 19, 2025 at 1:53 AM
"Corruption, KYC and the Cost of Compliance" by Jarrad Hope @ Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress @web3privacy.info
How trillions of dollars in illicit financial flows slosh around our financial system today, facilitated by the most powerful centralized institutions.
parallelpolis.info/v/kbwL-a3c3o...
How trillions of dollars in illicit financial flows slosh around our financial system today, facilitated by the most powerful centralized institutions.
parallelpolis.info/v/kbwL-a3c3o...
"Securing internet trust & establishing Digital Human Rights" by @juanbenet.bsky.social @ Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress
Humanity's potential, role of the web3, policy progress, mass surveillance, necessity of the decentralized collaboration and 5-10Y projections.
parallelpolis.info/v/xCpqpRIQ_sw
Humanity's potential, role of the web3, policy progress, mass surveillance, necessity of the decentralized collaboration and 5-10Y projections.
parallelpolis.info/v/xCpqpRIQ_sw
Securing internet trust & establishing Digital Human Rights
Juan Benet explored humanity's potential, role of the web3, policy progress, mass surveillance, necessity of the decentralized collaboration and 5-10Y projections.
parallelpolis.info
February 19, 2025 at 1:50 AM
"Securing internet trust & establishing Digital Human Rights" by @juanbenet.bsky.social @ Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress
Humanity's potential, role of the web3, policy progress, mass surveillance, necessity of the decentralized collaboration and 5-10Y projections.
parallelpolis.info/v/xCpqpRIQ_sw
Humanity's potential, role of the web3, policy progress, mass surveillance, necessity of the decentralized collaboration and 5-10Y projections.
parallelpolis.info/v/xCpqpRIQ_sw
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Start week with a cypherpunk lessons: @drnick.bsky.social x FactoryDAO at Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress keynote.
Cypherpunks through the history till nowadays, actual challenges and possible resistance techniques.
watch: youtube.com/watch?v=AGUr...
event: congress.web3privacy.info
Cypherpunks through the history till nowadays, actual challenges and possible resistance techniques.
watch: youtube.com/watch?v=AGUr...
event: congress.web3privacy.info
youtube.com
December 9, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Start week with a cypherpunk lessons: @drnick.bsky.social x FactoryDAO at Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress keynote.
Cypherpunks through the history till nowadays, actual challenges and possible resistance techniques.
watch: youtube.com/watch?v=AGUr...
event: congress.web3privacy.info
Cypherpunks through the history till nowadays, actual challenges and possible resistance techniques.
watch: youtube.com/watch?v=AGUr...
event: congress.web3privacy.info
Paralelní Polis is now on Matrix! 💬
Connect with fellow cryptoanarchists and community members at chat.paralelnipolis.info
Matrix Address: "#general:pp0.co"
Connect with fellow cryptoanarchists and community members at chat.paralelnipolis.info
Matrix Address: "#general:pp0.co"
December 9, 2024 at 2:41 AM
Paralelní Polis is now on Matrix! 💬
Connect with fellow cryptoanarchists and community members at chat.paralelnipolis.info
Matrix Address: "#general:pp0.co"
Connect with fellow cryptoanarchists and community members at chat.paralelnipolis.info
Matrix Address: "#general:pp0.co"
"Choices, Motivation, Meaning: Traversing the Time of our Lives" by Mitch Altman #HCPP24
What motivates us to do what we do? How do we find meaning in it? What drives our choices? Can we do better? What matters? Can we thrive regardless of outcomes?
paralelnipolis.info/v/CbXlr0M6sC...
What motivates us to do what we do? How do we find meaning in it? What drives our choices? Can we do better? What matters? Can we thrive regardless of outcomes?
paralelnipolis.info/v/CbXlr0M6sC...
Choices, Motivation, Meaning: Traversing the Time of our Lives - Mitch Altman
What motivates us to do what we do? How do we find meaning in doing it? What makes us choose what we choose? Can we do better? What is important? Can we thrive and feel excellent, regardless of partic...
paralelnipolis.info
December 9, 2024 at 2:30 AM
"Choices, Motivation, Meaning: Traversing the Time of our Lives" by Mitch Altman #HCPP24
What motivates us to do what we do? How do we find meaning in it? What drives our choices? Can we do better? What matters? Can we thrive regardless of outcomes?
paralelnipolis.info/v/CbXlr0M6sC...
What motivates us to do what we do? How do we find meaning in it? What drives our choices? Can we do better? What matters? Can we thrive regardless of outcomes?
paralelnipolis.info/v/CbXlr0M6sC...
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Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress 🎥 Aftermovie is out.
Watch it now → youtu.be/Un3_zWjL9PA
2200+ Attendees, 51 Speakers from @torproject.org to @xychelsea.tv, same values.
Watch it now → youtu.be/Un3_zWjL9PA
2200+ Attendees, 51 Speakers from @torproject.org to @xychelsea.tv, same values.
Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress @ Devcon 7 | Bangkok 2024
YouTube video by Web3Privacy Now
youtu.be
December 3, 2024 at 4:16 AM
Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress 🎥 Aftermovie is out.
Watch it now → youtu.be/Un3_zWjL9PA
2200+ Attendees, 51 Speakers from @torproject.org to @xychelsea.tv, same values.
Watch it now → youtu.be/Un3_zWjL9PA
2200+ Attendees, 51 Speakers from @torproject.org to @xychelsea.tv, same values.
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ICYMI Protocol Berg will be back in 2025!
What you can expect for v2:
⬩ Two days of content
⬩ June 12-13
⬩ Free tickets
⬩ No sponsors
⬩ Multi-protocol, multi-perspective, multi-learnings
CfP and ticket applications will open early next year. 🥳
protocol.berlin
What you can expect for v2:
⬩ Two days of content
⬩ June 12-13
⬩ Free tickets
⬩ No sponsors
⬩ Multi-protocol, multi-perspective, multi-learnings
CfP and ticket applications will open early next year. 🥳
protocol.berlin
Protocol Berg - Berlin
Protocol Berg is a two-day protocol and research focused technical conference taking place in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, on June 12-13, 2025.
protocol.berlin
December 2, 2024 at 3:45 PM
ICYMI Protocol Berg will be back in 2025!
What you can expect for v2:
⬩ Two days of content
⬩ June 12-13
⬩ Free tickets
⬩ No sponsors
⬩ Multi-protocol, multi-perspective, multi-learnings
CfP and ticket applications will open early next year. 🥳
protocol.berlin
What you can expect for v2:
⬩ Two days of content
⬩ June 12-13
⬩ Free tickets
⬩ No sponsors
⬩ Multi-protocol, multi-perspective, multi-learnings
CfP and ticket applications will open early next year. 🥳
protocol.berlin
"How To Hack The World (2024)" by Paul Rosenberg #HCPP24
Our decentralized, golden-rule approach isn't just about computers—it's a better way to organize society, working with human nature rather than against it.
paralelnipolis.info/v/_I_vLL-mA5...
Our decentralized, golden-rule approach isn't just about computers—it's a better way to organize society, working with human nature rather than against it.
paralelnipolis.info/v/_I_vLL-mA5...
How To Hack The World (2024) - Paul Rosenberg
These efforts of ours go far beyond computer systems: we have a whole world to hack. Our model of golden-ruled decentralization is a fundamentally better way of organizing human life than the regiment...
paralelnipolis.info
November 29, 2024 at 1:59 AM
"How To Hack The World (2024)" by Paul Rosenberg #HCPP24
Our decentralized, golden-rule approach isn't just about computers—it's a better way to organize society, working with human nature rather than against it.
paralelnipolis.info/v/_I_vLL-mA5...
Our decentralized, golden-rule approach isn't just about computers—it's a better way to organize society, working with human nature rather than against it.
paralelnipolis.info/v/_I_vLL-mA5...
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It's official! 2nd installment of Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress will happened in Nov 2025 x Devconnect.
rumors: Buenos Aires.
1st Congress happened recently in Bangkok & attracted 2000 people: congress.web3privacy.info
rumors: Buenos Aires.
1st Congress happened recently in Bangkok & attracted 2000 people: congress.web3privacy.info
November 28, 2024 at 9:31 AM
It's official! 2nd installment of Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress will happened in Nov 2025 x Devconnect.
rumors: Buenos Aires.
1st Congress happened recently in Bangkok & attracted 2000 people: congress.web3privacy.info
rumors: Buenos Aires.
1st Congress happened recently in Bangkok & attracted 2000 people: congress.web3privacy.info
Please welcome here @monerokon.org 👋
A technical conference in privacy and financial technology
Date: 20th - 22nd June 2O25
Location: Prague, Czech Republic 🇨🇿
A technical conference in privacy and financial technology
Date: 20th - 22nd June 2O25
Location: Prague, Czech Republic 🇨🇿
November 26, 2024 at 7:23 PM
Please welcome here @monerokon.org 👋
A technical conference in privacy and financial technology
Date: 20th - 22nd June 2O25
Location: Prague, Czech Republic 🇨🇿
A technical conference in privacy and financial technology
Date: 20th - 22nd June 2O25
Location: Prague, Czech Republic 🇨🇿