The Crypto Anarchist Manifesto

[vinnyglennon]

https://www.activism.net/cypherpunk/crypto-anarchy.html

[quickthrower2]

Worth adding the date to the title, it is 1992.

[vinnyglennon → quickthrower2]

Too late to edit it, very good point

[1996]

It may already be already here, slowly gaining ground.

Some companies only accept crypto. It is both a statement and practical.

[quickthrower2]

Anyone know the significance of "Higher Power: 2^756839"

[Rebelgecko → quickthrower2]

I think think when this was written, that number-1 was the largest known mersenne prime (which are the prime numbers that can be written as 2^something - 1). Some more context on this particular prime here: https://primes.utm.edu/notes/756839.html