2 Legendary Hackers REVEAL Their Early Lives

In the 90s the term Cypherpunk became commonly used to describe a movement of coders who wanted to change the world via privacy-tools like encryption. They fought against the US government's war on encryption and won, and their legacy continues today as many of the most powerful tools we use for protecting privacy today were built by some of these early cypherpunks. I chat to 2 OG and legendary cypherpunks, Zooko Wilcox and Michael Tiffany, about the early cypherpunk years, how times have changed, and which battles remain the same today.00:00 Teaser00:58 Intro01:36 How I got into tech and privacy04:30 Havenco and Sealand10:29 Early work30:00 Cypherpunk mailing list41:20 Surveillance and Culture48:41 9/1101:06:20 Surveillance capitalism01:19:38 Financial censorship & bitcoin01:35:52 Government & Finance = Zero SumTo support NBTV, visit https://www.nbtv.media/support(tax-deductible in the US)Sign up for the free CryptoBeat newsletter here:https://cryptobeat.substack.com/Beware of scammers, I will never give you a phone number or reach out to you with investment advice. I do not give investment advice.Visit the NBTV website:https://nbtv.mediaSupport the show