# Cypherpunk Manifesto

**Published by:** [ZKSTX](https://paragraph.com/@zkstx/)
**Published on:** 2022-06-06
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@zkstx/cypherpunk-manifesto

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Privacy is necessary for an open society in the electronic age. Privacy is not secrecy. A private matter is something one doesn't want the whole world to know, but a secret matter is something one doesn't want anybody to know. Privacy is the power to selectively reveal oneself to the world.

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