Vitalik talks about what Cypherpunk is On January 27, Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin stated at the ETH ChiangMai togETHer Tuesday event that Cypherpunk emerged as early as the 1980s and 1990s, initially focusing on privacy technologies such as digital cash and encrypted communication, aiming to build an internet that better protects personal privacy, freedom, and resists censorship. Entering the 2000s, the emergence of Bitcoin was seen as an important milestone in this long exploration, driving the formation of the cryptocurrency field; subsequently, Ethereum further expanded the blockchain application scenarios based on Bitcoin, accelerating the development of the blockchain ecosystem. Source: ETH ChiangMai togETHer Tuesday