Crypto-anarchism is a branch of anarchist philosophy that focuses on the use of technology to protect privacy as a means to assert autonomy from government and non-state actors interference with applications in communications, currency, commerce, and information security.
A crypto-anarchist is a person who consciously uses cryptographic methods for bringing about a more anarchist (meaning decentralized and decoupled form of political power) society. A crypto-anarchist may have one or more interests in cryptography, communications, computers, software, social causes, online rights, and the ability of technology to solve some of the problems humans face.
Many crypto-anarchists ascribe to the anarcho-capitalist or free market economic point of view that encourages individual entrepreneurship. There is little or no reference in the available literature of crypto-anarchists subscribing to the view of disavowing the profit motive for a humane and libertarian society typical in anarchist and communist literature. They are also universally in support of freedom of speech.
Cryptography itself can be used with suitable communications protocols (e.g., RSA, Diffie-Hellman protocol, perfect forward secrecy, etc) makes it possible to communicate privately and securely.
In general crypto-anarchists view government laws as a cynical expression of corporate influence yet the laws of mathematics that make modern cryptography possible is what describes our reality. We can proceed to exploit this difference in order to undermine corrupt authorities. Software that uses public key cryptography makes it very difficult for unintended persons to monitor what people say to each other. This provides a platform for freedom of expression and anonymity.
Being able to communicate securely is the foundation that Internet commerce and modern business was created on. The first papers discussing the possibility of a crypto-anarchism were published by David Chaum in the 1980’s and later by Tim May, people began thinking through the ramifications of new systems where the influence of state authorities wanes or no longer exists. Such systems can span anything from computer networks that do not rely on a centralized computer network like DNS servers (e.g., I2P), cryptography-based monetary systems that do not rely on any bank or authority for it to function (e.g., bitcoin), marketplaces for trade, and other services. All such decentralized and distributed systems rely on self-organization.
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