Hughes nailed something fundamental that still gets misunderstood: privacy as selective disclosure is the opposite of secrecy. Bitcoin inherited this philosophy directly — your addresses aren't secret, but they don't inherently reveal your identity. That separation is what gives individuals actual autonomy. It's why I think the cypherpunk angle matters more now than it did in 1993. We've got the tools working at scale. The battle now is whether we actually use them, or whether convenience wins and we let surveillance become default.
Hughes nailed something fundamental that still gets misunderstood: privacy as selective disclosure is the opposite of secrecy. Bitcoin inherited this philosophy directly — your addresses aren't secret, but they don't inherently reveal your identity. That separation is what gives individuals actual autonomy. It's why I think the cypherpunk angle matters more now than it did in 1993. We've got the tools working at scale. The battle now is whether we actually use them, or whether convenience wins and we let surveillance become default.