First speakers: @1s4.bsky.social, @danny.spesh.com, @kurtopsahl.bsky.social, @mossy.bsky.social, @ghappour.bsky.social, @jaromil.bsky.social, @scbuergel.bsky.social, @valkenburgh.bsky.social & many others.
Our Flagship event for 2026 - Cypherpunk Congress: 5000 people gathering for internet of freedoms x together with visionaries from @torproject.org, @brave.com, @fil.org, @ethereum.foundation, @human.tech, @dyneorg.bsky.social, @snowstormnet.bsky.social.
Solidarity: congress.web3privacy.info
Neo-cypherpunk stands for fresh take on digital activism rooted in solidarity, positive empowerment, acceptance of newcomers, communal care, and open-minded approach to intersections between tech + social component.
Our location is an incredible Funkhaus - it was built in the early 1950s as the DDR's broadcasting headquarters, designed by Franz Ehrlich, a Bauhaus-trained architect and communist who had been imprisoned in Buchenwald for his antifascist activity.
the first batch of speakers: @jaromil.bsky.social, @juanbenet.bsky.social, @heckerhut.bsky.social, @brettscott.bsky.social, @robin.berjon.com, Calle / bitchat, @tbsocialist.bsky.social, @ariskomporozos.bsky.social, Will Scott / Filecoin Foundation, Mario Havel / Ethereum Foundation & many others.
Our next big Neocypherpunk Summit is coming to Berlin - full day of global hacktivists, researchers, technologists, whistleblowers, philosophers, lawyers & policy-makers.
web: s26ber.web3privacy.info
This talk isn’t about cryptography it’s about boundaries, relationships, and building tech that respects both.
Why Privacy Starts with Consent Not Code
@tessa.germnetwork.com, writer turned founder of @germnetwork.com on how she went from teaching at Stanford to building a private messenger that puts consent at the center of online communication.
Watch the full conversation: youtu.be/0KzYtw0py4M
@tessa.germnetwork.com this
Article: About the trade-offs inherent in open networks by
@kissane.myatproto.social : www.techpolicy.press/trump-admini...
Movie: "Sneakers".
It’s the 30th anniversary of this film and it turns out that many people have, foolishly, still not seen it.
#congressrecommends
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Explore Cypherpunk Congress expert recommendations: @evacide.bsky.social x @eff.org
Books:
"IBM and the Holocaust" by Edwin Black
"Your Face Belongs to U"s by @kashhill.bsky.social
"The Hank Show" by @mckenziefunk.com
Apps: I’ve also had fun playing around with @germnetwork.com recently.
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Special personal stack is here: Roger Dingledine x co-founder @torproject.org
feat
@signal.org, @debian.bsky.social , @torproject.org, pdfLaTeX, Nvim, Evince etc
Empower yourself: stacks.web3privacy.info/stacks/roger...
5. Fellowship by @protocollabs.bsky.social unlocked,
Privacy Stewars of Ethereum supported, & we amplify with our resources.
Well done.
Collaboration in practice
1. @juanbenet.bsky.social spoken at Cypherpunk Congress #1.
2. @protocollabs.bsky.social became member of @web3privacy.info
3. Together we made Cypherpunk Retreat cypherpunk.camp
4. Alpeh_v participated in retreat & came out with Stablecoin privacy.
Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress in numbers - the biggest within Devconnect.
Privacy is a celebration of new internet imaginaries.
Joy: congress.web3privacy.info
RSVP: luma.com/u2sw5kpv
Excited to have @ooni.org with us 🤍
OONI ensures a free and open internet by increasing transparency of internet #censorship around the world.
Since 2012 they are working alongside hundreds of non-profit and NGOs worldwide, and supported by @torproject.org, @mozilla.org...
ooni.org
Milestone unlocked: 2000 individuals registered for our Cypherpunk Congress!
It's the biggest cypherpunk + digital rights event organised by grassroots collective.
congress.web3privacy.info
Thrilled to partner with World Ethical Data Foundation - independent non-profit working on the ethical and practical issues of data, emerging technologies and their impact on societies worldwide.
congress.web3privacy.info
"Ethereum was built open by default. Now it’s time to make it private by design"
In this Academy talk Andy Guzman, PSE lead at @ethereum.foundation explains how Ethereum is evolving toward seamless, user-friendly privacy.
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOwv...
Happy monday aka the Web3Privacy Now newsletter day!
While peers at @mullvad.bsky.social can enjoy this week's spotlight as their VPN scores highest in newest test, according to @wired.com, Universe Browser makes rounds for opposite reasons.
Read about it here: news.web3privacy.info/2025-44/
Transfered all our 103 videos to @archive.org
Enjoy world of cypherpunk, free software, decentralisation, philosophy, deGoogle, & knowledge: archive.org/details/@web...
Pegasus, NSO group, @citizenlab.ca, Catalangate.
Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress lineup is growing - welcome
Joan Arus leading www.sentinelalliance.org
Focus on open-source developers protection, investigative journalists & activists from mercenary spyware.
congress.web3privacy.info
Cypherpunk Congress lineup is a blast!
Welcome @redshiftzero.bsky.social x CTO @freedomofpress!
Core contributor to the @torproject.org, lead developer of the @securedrop.org, a founding engineer of the @penumbrazone.bsky.social cryptography stack.
congress.web3privacy.info
Good news from our camp! We are helping to facilitate Privacy public good round on Gitcoin - $150K to privacy builders.
Privacy apps, R&D, education & infra are welcome.
proposal: gov.gitcoin.co/t/the-case-f...
United in privacy.
A huge thank you to the entire teams at @protocollabs.bsky.social , @web3privacy.info , Cosmik for their outstanding work in doing what surveillance capitalism cannot:
bringing people together.
Much love to @web3privacy.info @protocollabs.bsky.social
for the Cypherpunk Retreat. Easily the most valuable event I’ve attended—connecting with thought leaders, deep thinkers & builders creating the privacy-first tech we need to preserve & expand freedom. 🫶
5. Cypherpunk Retreat's impact will last for years through partnerships, collaborations, standards, projects, initiatives and mutual help.
3. Interdisciplinary approach amplifies new visions of free tech (activists next to technologists, researchers next to legal experts).
4. Previous generation can help young builders to skip mistakes they made.
Key takeaways from Cypherpunk Retreat (collab between Web3Privacy now & @protocollabs.bsky.social
1. Make a productive environment - people will collaborate beyond tribalism (web2, web3, protocol competition).
2. Human-first approach unlocks meaningful conversations.
that's the way!
