WHO EVEN WERE THE CYPHERPUNKS?

Summary from the TLDR Crypto newsletter

The cypherpunks were a visionary group of hackers, cryptographers, and activists who built tools to defend privacy, freedom, and decentralization. Laying the foundation for Bitcoin and Ethereum, their contributions, like PGP encryption and zero-knowledge proofs, and their fight for code as free speech have deeply influenced the digital and financial landscapes, inspiring privacy and freedom-focused technologies still shaping the world today.