A multidisciplinary exploration of #power, #democracy, and #freedom in the Digital Age by:
🧩 Audrey Tang (Civic Technologist) @audreyt
Cyber Ambassador of Taiwan; former Minister of Digital Affairs (2016–2024); @RadxChange
🧩 Primavera De Filippi (Legal Scholar) @yaoeo
Research Director at @CNRS; Faculty Associate at @BKCHarvard
🧩 Joachim Schwerin (Economist)
Researcher (PhD TU Dresden) on tokenisation, Web3 and DAOs; privacy activist (Digital Freedom Declaration); contributed e.g. to the MiCA Regulation
🧩 David Chaum (Cryptographer) @chaumdotcom
Pioneer of digital cash and foundational figure in modern cryptography
🧩 Denis Jaromil Roio (Hacktivist) @jaromil
PhD in Philosophy, applied cryptographer, and founder of @DyneOrg, a European open-source and digital sovereignty initiative
🧩 Felix Beer (Researcher) @felix_beer
Researcher on digital sovereignty and institutional innovation at the Institute for Future Studies and Technology Assessment @Harvard
🧩 Judith De Boer (Lawyer)
Partner at Hertoghs Advocaten and specialist in white-collar crime and tax litigation
🧩 Glen Weyl (Economist) @glenweyl
Co-Founder @MSFTResearch & @PluralityInst, co-author Radical Markets & @PluralityBook
🧩 Naomi Brockwell (Educator) @naomibrockwell
Founder and President of the @LudlowInstitute, a media and research initiative focused on technology and freedom
🧩 Piergiorgio Catti De Gasperi (Activist) @PG_CDG
Co-founder and Director of Web3Privacy Now
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An urgent call for privacy in the algorithmic age, The Politics of Privacy🔎 examines surveillance capitalism, decentralisation, and governance while 🗺️ mapping concrete paths to reclaim autonomy, rebuild trust, and realign technology with the public good.
How to get your copy 👇
The Politics of Privacy 📗 is live on @metalabel_ → https://t.co/UcplWKEPve
Featuring @jaromil essay: "The @Crypto Commons: The Techno-Political Values of Web3" 🖋️
Freedom pirate, philosopher, cryptographer, and artist at the core, Jaromil is widely recognized in the European digital rights and Web3 communities for promoting ethical technology and user sovereignty.
He founded the hacker collective @DyneOrg and has contributed to countless projects focused on #privacy, #decentralization, and digital autonomy (@DevuanOrg, Zenroom, dyne:bolic, Hasciicam, CJIT, Zencode...)
the list could go on; who knows knows 🏴☠️
Also recently nominated scientific director of the @LuganoPlanB Foundation.
Find the book at the Neo-Cypherpunk Summit in Berlin next month: https://t.co/4HfS6xr9ih
The @ethereumfndn research into post-quantum cryptography is becoming increasingly relevant.
🎥These two talks from the Post-Quantum Meetup held in Rome on May 8 provide a great look into the challenges, research, and implementation efforts already underway.
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The Politics of Privacy 📚
Our upcoming book series on #power, #autonomy, and #democracy — out June 14.
Featuring former Digital Minister of Taiwan @audreyt essay: “#Plurality ⿻: Charting a Future Beyond Technocracy and Libertarianism”
Alongside the @RadxChange community, they helped develop a framework for using technology to strengthen #collaboration across differences rather than deepen polarization.
Audrey’s long-standing work at the intersection of hacktivism, civic tech and participatory #governance grounds the essay in lived practice—showing how these ideas move from theory into real-world democratic systems.
Find physical copies at the Neo-Cypherpunk Summit in Berlin next month: https://t.co/4HfS6xr9ih
Internet freedom funding campaign is live!
Support the longevity of teams protecting journalists, civic society, whistleblowers, activists, doctors, researchers, and you.
Tor is strongest when the broader internet freedom ecosystem is healthy. In partnership with @FundingCommons we are excited to launch a web3-native crowdfunding initiative benefitting 10 internet freedom projects at https://t.co/Nqkoxt9g8T.
Thank you to or generous matchfunders @cakewallet, @ZcashCommGrants, @Logos_network, and @OctantApp
https://t.co/x1w3gkZEZO
THE POLITICS OF PRIVACY 📚
A book series on #power, #autonomy, and #democracy.
Featuring @chaumdotcom essay: “Democracy Jiu-Jitsu: Cryptography and the Reinvention of Democracy”
David is a pioneering cryptographer best known for inventing foundational technologies for digital privacy and electronic cash. In the 1980s, he introduced concepts like blind signatures and founded DigiCash, one of the first attempts at privacy-preserving digital currency.
His work heavily influenced modern cryptocurrencies, anonymous communication systems, and the broader field of online privacy.
Find the physical edition at the Neo-Cypherpunk Summit in Berlin next month: https://t.co/4HfS6xr9ih
3 meetups in Prague, Rome, Cluj. 300 people. Great speakers from all over the world. Free access, knowledge & merch as in freedom.
And almost no donations.
That's what you need to know on the state of "giving back" in our culture.
Last Friday, @VitalikButerin visited the Urbe Hub 🐺
We welcomed researchers from the Ethereum Foundation and a few external visitors for a full day of coworking focused on Ethereum’s post-quantum roadmap. Shoutout to @asanso as well for helping coordinate the day.
We opened the Urbe Hub a little over a year ago with a simple goal: to create a place where builders, researchers, and people passing through could sit together, work together, and exchange ideas.
Friday felt like a reminder of why we opened these doors in the first place. People helping shape Ethereum spent the day here doing exactly what this space was made for.
If you’re building frontier tech, whether in Web3, AI, or beyond, if you live in Rome, or if you’re just passing through, the Urbe Hub is here.
Come find us!
“Only together we are strong”
So true.
And today I feel truly stronger, because in that room yesterday (and in many other places around the world) we confirmed that we are not just a few, that we are united by deep ideals and values, and above all that our purpose is common.
Every day we are creating an alternative for a better future in this world.
Let’s stay together, let’s work together, let’s collaborate.
United in Privacy
@web3privacy@urbeEth@PG_CDG@jaromil@SterlinLujan@therealyingtong@idealgroup@DyneOrg@Logos_network
"Post Quantum Ethereum" organized yesterday by @urbeEth and @matteoikari was a truly above-average event for our community and a special thanks to @asanso and @tcoratger for making it simple and understandable for everyone!
The talks will soon be available online on the urbe.eth channel 🐺📺