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. 🧵

Be part of the creation of the new BORDEL in Prague and help us transform chaos into shared creation

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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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Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress #2 (2025) by @web3privacy.info #devconnect

📅 November 16, 2025
📍 Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Please welcome here @monerokon.org 👋

A technical conference in privacy and financial technology

Date: 20th - 22nd June 2O25
Location: Prague, Czech Republic 🇨🇿

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A movement that promotes using encryption and digital technologies to protect privacy and reduce government control over individuals. Emerged from the cypherpunk culture of the 90s aiming to create voluntary communities free from state oversight.

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The first batch of videos from the last Hacker Congress "Hardcore" #HCPP24 are out!

Watch → paralelnipolis.info/e/hcpp24

🧵 5/7 From 2014-2024, this vision lived on in Prague's physical Paralelní Polis - a unique hackerspace, crypto-only cafe & community hub that applied these principles to modern cryptoanarchy, digital privacy & cryptocurrency experimentation.

🧵 4/7 Paralelní Polis wasn't about resistance through force, but through living as if you were already free. Underground seminars taught banned philosophy. Secret art shows displayed censored works. People created the society they wanted to live in.

🧵 3/7 Why "parallel"? Because these structures didn't try to overthrow the system - they simply existed alongside it, creating free spaces where people could live in truth, as Václav Havel put it.

🧵 2/7 The idea was revolutionary yet simple: Instead of directly confronting the regime, create independent spaces for free culture, education & civic life. Think underground universities, samizdat publishing & secret concerts.

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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"Cypherpunks need a comeback"

The annual Hackers Congress Paralelni Polis featured renowned speakers like Amir Taaki, Paul Rosenberg, Richard Stallman, Adam Back, Andreas Antonopoulos, Jim Bell, and Timothy C. May. These events brought together leading minds in cryptography, digital rights, and decentralized systems. (5/5)

It helps with coordination and collaboration to early 3D printing enthusiasts, including Prusa Research, and served as a pivotal point for early bitcoin adoption and devs, including those working on the Trezor hardware wallet. It also helped spark a culture of local hackathons. (4/5)

The space quickly became a nexus for the Czech and international cryptoanarchist community. It served as a meeting point and incubator for innovative ideas, attracting numerous influential figures in technology, cryptography, and alternative governance. (3/5)

Paralelní Polis created the world's first crypto-only café, refusing to accept state-issued currencies. This move demonstrated the practical application of cryptocurrency in everyday transactions and challenged conventional economic norms. (2/5)

Paralelní Polis, founded in 2014 by Czech art group Ztohoven, was an experimental space in Prague that operated outside state authority. It embraced voluntarism, encryption, and decentralized technologies, aiming to create a parallel structure to traditional societal systems. (1/5)