Fantastic production by NLW (Nathaniel Whittemore) who is “an independent strategy and communications consultant for leading crypto companies as well as host of The Breakdown – the fastest-growing podcast in crypto…”
Here he interviews Jim Epstein (executive editor of ReasonTV podcasts, producer of the recent documentary “Cypherpunks Write Code.” and he give NLW a behind the scenes look on the interviews and conversations that went into the documentary.
Watch “Cypherpunks Write Code” for how the cypherpunks started, schisms in the movement, and how the movement lives on today.
Part 1 - Before the Web
Part 2 - Cryptography vs. Big Brother
Part 3 - When Encryption Was a Crime
Part 4 - Bitcoin and the End of History
See also: Bitcoin and the Rise of the Cypherpunks, one thing that may surprise you are notable achievements by these massively brave and intelligent people: here’s a list from the article above:
Jacob Appelbaum: Tor developer
Julian Assange: Founder of WikiLeaks
Dr Adam Back: Inventor of Hashcash, co-founder of Blockstream
Bram Cohen: Creator of BitTorrent
Hal Finney: Main author of PGP 2.0, creator of Reusable Proof of Work
Tim Hudson: Co-author of SSLeay, the precursor to OpenSSL
Paul Kocher: Co-author of SSL 3.0
Moxie Marlinspike: Founder of Open Whisper Systems (developer of Signal)
Steven Schear: Creator of the concept of the “warrant canary”
Bruce Schneier: Well-known security author
Zooko Wilcox-O’Hearn: DigiCash developer, Founder of Zcash
Philip Zimmermann: Creator of PGP 1.0
