"The cypherpunks of the past along with whistleblowers and abolitionists have increased freedom drastically in the last 20 years with technology. The introduction of computer networking, the Internet, computational cryptography, and cryptocurrency have ushered in a new era of thought. One where the very concepts of governance, borders, laws, and sovereign currencies are being increasingly questioned. Like it or not the seeds of decentralization, true peer-to-peer networking, open source technology, and encryption methods are growing exponentially"