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Temporary Autonomous Zone

2010-12-20T16:12:51Z

Psi36:

'''''T.A.Z.: The Temporary Autonomous Zone, Ontological Anarchy, Poetic Terrorism''''' is a book by [[anarchist]] writer [[Hakim Bey]]. It is composed of three sections, "Chaos: The Broadsheets of Ontological Anarchism," "Communiques of the Association for Ontological Anarchy," and "The Temporary Autonomous Zone."

==Themes==
The book describes the socio-political tactic of creating temporary spaces that elude formal structures of control. The [[essay]] uses various [[history|historical]] and [[philosophy|philosophical]] examples, all of which suggest that the best way to create a non-hierarchical system of social relationships is to concentrate on the present and on releasing one's own mind from the controlling mechanisms that have been imposed on it.

In the formation of a TAZ, Bey argues, information becomes a key tool that sneaks into the cracks of formal procedures. A new territory of the moment is created that is on the boundary line of established regions. Any attempt at permanence that goes beyond the moment deteriorates to a structured system that inevitably stifles individual creativity. It is this chance at creativity that is real empowerment.

The titular section is divided up into the following subsections:
# [[Pirate utopia|Pirate Utopias]]
# Waiting for the Revolution
# The Psychotopology of Everyday Life
# The Net and the Web
# "Gone to Croatan"
# Music as an Organizational Principle
# The Will To Power as Disappearance
# Ratholes in the Babylon of Information

== Influence on music ==
The 1992 album ''Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis)'' by [[Praxis (band)|Praxis]] features quotes from ''TAZ'' in its liner notes.

[[Bill Laswell]] produced an album featuring Hakim Bey reading excerpts from ''TAZ'' with music by [[Material (band)|Material]] featuring [[Wu Man]], [[Nicky Skopelitis]], and [[Buckethead]]. It was released by [[Axiom (record label)|Axiom]] in 1994. The six tracks were: "Chaos", "Poetic Terrorism", and "Amour Fou" (all from "Chaos: The Broadsheets of Ontological Anarchism"), "Immediatism", and "The Tong" (both from the book ''Immediatism''), and "Boycott Cop Culture" (from "Communiques of the Association for Ontological Anarchy").

Bey's line ''"art as crime; crime as art"'' from "Poetic Terrorism" was sampled by [[Negativland]] in their song "Downloading" from their album ''[[No Business]]''.

== Example implementations ==
The concept of TAZ was first put into practice on a large scale by the [[Cacophony Society]] in what they called Trips to the Zone, or Zone Trips. One of their Zone Trips gave birth to Black Rock City, also called the [[Burning Man]] Festival.

[[Smart mob]]s and flash mobs are also examples of the concept of Temporary Autonomous Zone put into practice, if only very briefly.

==See also==
* [[Permanent Autonomous Zone]]
* [[Croatoan Island]] and [[Roanoke Colony]]

==External links==
* Text of Temporary Autonomous Zone at [http://www.hermetic.com/bey/taz_cont.html 'Hermetic.com']

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encrypting your money

2010-12-20T13:45:44Z

Psi36:

Financial [[cryptography]] is a large and [[complex]] area. Physically carrying or having physically stored money can be handy but is limited for transactions with others and may be vulnerable to confiscation. Obviously, regular banks and [[PayPal]] can also be confiscated.

==== Alternatives ====

* [[Bitcoin]] is a virtual currency using cryptography and peer-to-peer technology, doesn't rely on a central issuer. It is probably the first usable form of cryptocurrency.

* [https://www.e-gold.com E-gold] (and its immediate competitors) provides a commonly required level of safety. If your [[computer]] is clean and you maintain a couple of accounts then it would take some effort to take your funds. E-gold does honour court warrants so be aware that if your main account can be found its potentially siezed.

* [https://www.1mdc.com 1MDC] provides an abstraction layer for E-gold and allows much better [[anonymity]] (and shields against fees), 1MDC has a long good track record but requires some trust in its operator. So far so good, recomended for most regular use.

* [http://www.gdcaonline.org/ GCDA], the [[Global Digital Currency Association]], a trade association of various commercial entities dabling in [[digital cash]].

* [http://orlingrabbe.com/dmt_guide.htm DMT/ALTA] - very good anonymity except at getting in or out large amounts as they bank wire. You may be able to structure well enough to get away with almost anything if you can do so via other DMT users with combined E-gold movements. Their minimum amount deposits are large ([[US dollar|US$]]1000). Some fees apply to transactions. They have a [[Java (programming language|Java]] transaction [[client (computing)|client]]. The page is 404 and no trace left of it on http://orlingrabbe.com. What happened to the money?
** http://www.dmt-alta.com/ is a page accusing DMT of being a scam

* [http://vault.dot.de The Vault] extreme anonymity except operator might be found as it uses [[Yahoo]]. Operator suggests he would move to [[Freenet]] if the situation would require it. No visible track record. Appears to be based on [[public key]] signed receipts and transfers with 1MDC funds pool backing it up, details hazy.

* [http://pktp.sourceforge.net PKTP] not operational looks as if stalled, meant to be [[distributed]] over [[Freenet]] as Java application. Does not do anything yet.

* [http://yodelbank.com/ Yodel Bank] Claims offering anonymous on-line banking and certificate based payment on top of DMT, Pecunix, 1MDC and e-libertydollar. the bank is only accessible through [[IIP]].

{{infoanarchy|Encrypting_Your_Money|Encrypting Your Money}}

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Bitcoin

2010-12-20T13:44:58Z

Psi36: bitcoin moved to Bitcoin: proper capitalization

Bitcoin is a virtual currency not supported by a central issuer, but by all users. It uses [[open-source]] software to send, receive and generate money. It is a form of [[cryptocurrency]], relying on [[cryptography]] as well as [[peer-to-peer]] technology to work. Bitcoin is designed in such a way that you can send and receive money [[anonymity|anonymously]].

Bitcoin is probably the first usable implementation of cryptocurrency, which was first described in 1998 by Wei Dai on the [[cypherpunk]]s mailing list.

== See also ==
* [[encrypting your money]]
* [[crypto-anarchism]]
* [[cypherpunk]]

== External links ==
* Bitcoin official website: http://www.bitcoin.org
* Bitcoin forum: http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/
* Paper by Satoshi Nakamoto: "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System" http://www.bitcoin.org/sites/default/files/bitcoin.pdf

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bitcoin

2010-12-20T13:44:58Z

Psi36: bitcoin moved to Bitcoin: proper capitalization

#REDIRECT [[Bitcoin]]

Bitcoin

2010-12-20T13:44:24Z

Psi36:

crypto-anarchism

2010-12-20T13:42:30Z

Psi36: /* See also */

'''Crypto-anarchism''' is an online [[philosophy]] that expounds the use of strong [[public key]] [[cryptography]] to enforce [[privacy]] and therefore individual [[freedom]]. Cryptoanarchists aim to create encrypted virtual communities where everyone is absolutely [[anonymity|anonymous]] or [[pseudonymity|pseudonymous]].

In such virtual communities the physical [[identity|identities]] of the [[pseudonym]]s are almost totally untraceable. Crypto-anarchists believe that inside their communities is the only place where they can be totally free, because in all other communities there will always be someone that will listen at what you say and know who you are. Development of methods of [[surveillance]], and in particular the spread of [[Internet]] communication opens unprecedented powers of [[computer surveillance]]. Crypto-anarchists consider the development and use of cryptography to be the main defence against this, instead of political action. Cryptoanarchists believe that privacy is to reveal one's self selectively and unless one can do that as you wish, there is no privacy. Inside the [[Crypto-society]], it is impossible to know the physical identities of whom you are talking to unless the speakers wish to reveal themselves.

Untraceable, privately issued [[electronic money]] and [[anonymous internet banking]] are being developed for these virtual communities that can be used to trade anonymously. This is easiest to achieve for information services that can be provided over the internet (such as consulting, programming, etc.) Providing physical products is more difficult as the anonymity is more easily broken when crossing into the physical world. Untraceable money would make it possible to ignore some of the [[law]]s of the physical world, as the laws cannot be enforced without knowing people's physical identities. For instance, tax on income for online services provided pseudonymously can be avoided if no government knows the identity of the service provider. Of course, such freedom could be abused by criminals. But cryptoanarchists claim that those people are already communicating pretty much anonymously - the [[Crypto-society]] will just bring the benefits such as privacy and [[freedom]] of anonymity to the ordinary people. It is even difficult to say which country's laws will be ignored, as even the location (country) of the participants is unknown. In a sense, the internet (or '[[cyberspace]]') can be regarded as an independent territory. In spite of this, is already illegal to use strong cryptography itself in some countries. To enforce a ban on the use of cryptography, however, is probably impossible, as cryptography itself can be used to hide even the existence of encrypted messages (see [[steganography]]).

''This should not be confused with the use of the prefix 'crypto-' to indicate an ideology or system with an intentionally concealed or obfuscated "true nature". For example, some would use the term "crypto-fascist" to describe an individual or organization that holds [[fascist]] views and subscribes to fascist doctrine but tries to hide this agenda from those outside of itself. However, Timothy C. May's 'Cyphernomicon' indicates that the term 'crypto-anarchist' was partially intended as a [[pun]] on this usage, even though he did not intend to conceal his beliefs or agenda.''

===[[anarcho-capitalism|Anarcho-capitalist]] views===

Crypto-anarchism is considered a cyberspatial realization of [[anarcho-capitalism]]<ref>Vernor Vinge, James Frankel. ''True Names: And the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier'' (2001), Tor Books, p.44</ref> that expounds the use of strong [[public-key cryptography]] to enforce [[privacy]] and individual [[freedom (political)|freedom]]. Crypto-anarchists aim to create cryptographic [[software]] that can be used to evade prosecution and harassment by the [[state]] while sending and receiving information in computer networks. The use of such software renders the connection between the [[identity (social science)|identity]] of a certain user or organisation and their [[pseudonym]] is almost entirely unprovable unless the user reveals the connection. It is even difficult to say which country's laws would be ignored, as even the location (country) of a given user is unknown. In this sense, the encrypted anonymous networks (known as "[[cipherspace]]") are an independent, lawless territory; this does not restrict participants from voluntarily create new laws using [[smart contract]]s or [[online reputation]]-dependent systems. Cryptoanarchism is a variant of [[technocapitalism]], and is distinct from [[infoanarchism]], an umbrella term for those opposed to [[intellectual property]].

==See also==
* [[Anarchism]]
* [[Anarcho-capitalism]]
* [[Assassination market]]
* [[Bitcoin]]
* [[Cipherspace]]
* [[Cypherpunk]]
* [[Data haven]]s
* [[Digital reputation]]s
* [[Fritz-chip]]
* [[Hyperreal]]
* [[I2P]]
* [[Jurisdictional arbitrage]]
* [[Libertarian socialism]]
* [[Secure cryptoprocessor]]
* [[ISXUbuntu]]
* [[Linux]]

==External links==
* [http://yodelbank.com/ Yodel Bank - Anonymous Certificate Payment]
* [http://www.swiss.ai.mit.edu/6805/articles/crypto/cypherpunks/cyphernomicon/CP-FAQ ''The Cyphernomicon''] by [[Timothy C. May]] ("Cypherpunks FAQ and More" from 1994; Need serious updating but still excellent.)
* [http://www.eff.org/~barlow/Declaration-Final.html A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace] by [[John Perry Barlow]]

* [[Freenet]]
** [http://www.freenetproject.org Their webpage]
** [http://www.freenetproject.org/index.php?page=philosophy Their philosophy]
* [http://www.ovmj.org/GNUnet/ GNUnet, Anonymous file sharing]
* [[I2P]]
** [http://www.i2p.net The I2P webpage. I2P is a network like the internet, but anonymous]

==References==
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==Credits==
*Original text is compilation of two texts: (1) Definition from [http://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia] and (2) [http://www.infoshop.org/faq/ An Anarchist FAQ].
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Bitcoin

2010-12-20T13:41:00Z

Psi36: /* See also */

Bitcoin is a virtual currency not supported by a central issuer, but by all users. It uses [[open-source]] software to send, receive and generate money. It is a form of [[cryptocurrency]], relying on [[cryptography]] as well as [[peer-to-peer]] technology to work. Bitcoin is designed in such a way that you can send and receive money [[anonymity|anonymously]].

Bitcoin is probably the first usable implementation of cryptocurrency, which was first described in 1998 by Wei Dai on the [[cypherpunk]]s mailing list.

* Bitcoin official website: http://www.bitcoin.org
* Paper by Satoshi Nakamoto: "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System" http://www.bitcoin.org/sites/default/files/bitcoin.pdf

== See also ==
* [[encrypting your money]]
* [[crypto-anarchism]]
* [[cypherpunk]]

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Bitcoin

2010-12-20T13:34:31Z

Psi36:

Bitcoin is a virtual currency not supported by a central issuer, but by all users. It uses [[open-source]] software to send, receive and generate money. It is a form of [[cryptocurrency]], relying on [[cryptography]] as well as [[peer-to-peer]] technology to work. Bitcoin is designed in such a way that you can send and receive money [[anonymity|anonymously]].

Bitcoin is probably the first usable implementation of cryptocurrency, which was first described in 1998 by Wei Dai on the [[cypherpunk]]s mailing list.

* Bitcoin official website: http://www.bitcoin.org
* Paper by Satoshi Nakamoto: "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System" http://www.bitcoin.org/sites/default/files/bitcoin.pdf

== See also ==
* [[encrypting your money]]
* [[cypherpunk]]

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encrypting your money

2010-12-20T13:28:44Z

Psi36: /* Alternatives */

Financial [[cryptography]] is a large and [[complex]] area. Physically carrying or having physically stored money can be handy but is limited for transactions with others and may be vulnerable to confiscation. Obviously, regular banks and [[PayPal]] can also be confiscated.

==== Alternatives ====

* [[bitcoin]] is a virtual currency using cryptography and peer-to-peer technology, doesn't rely on a central issuer. It is probably the first usable form of cryptocurrency.

* [https://www.e-gold.com E-gold] (and its immediate competitors) provides a commonly required level of safety. If your [[computer]] is clean and you maintain a couple of accounts then it would take some effort to take your funds. E-gold does honour court warrants so be aware that if your main account can be found its potentially siezed.

* [https://www.1mdc.com 1MDC] provides an abstraction layer for E-gold and allows much better [[anonymity]] (and shields against fees), 1MDC has a long good track record but requires some trust in its operator. So far so good, recomended for most regular use.

* [http://www.gdcaonline.org/ GCDA], the [[Global Digital Currency Association]], a trade association of various commercial entities dabling in [[digital cash]].

* [http://orlingrabbe.com/dmt_guide.htm DMT/ALTA] - very good anonymity except at getting in or out large amounts as they bank wire. You may be able to structure well enough to get away with almost anything if you can do so via other DMT users with combined E-gold movements. Their minimum amount deposits are large ([[US dollar|US$]]1000). Some fees apply to transactions. They have a [[Java (programming language|Java]] transaction [[client (computing)|client]]. The page is 404 and no trace left of it on http://orlingrabbe.com. What happened to the money?
** http://www.dmt-alta.com/ is a page accusing DMT of being a scam

* [http://vault.dot.de The Vault] extreme anonymity except operator might be found as it uses [[Yahoo]]. Operator suggests he would move to [[Freenet]] if the situation would require it. No visible track record. Appears to be based on [[public key]] signed receipts and transfers with 1MDC funds pool backing it up, details hazy.

* [http://pktp.sourceforge.net PKTP] not operational looks as if stalled, meant to be [[distributed]] over [[Freenet]] as Java application. Does not do anything yet.

* [http://yodelbank.com/ Yodel Bank] Claims offering anonymous on-line banking and certificate based payment on top of DMT, Pecunix, 1MDC and e-libertydollar. the bank is only accessible through [[IIP]].

{{infoanarchy|Encrypting_Your_Money|Encrypting Your Money}}

[[Category:Economics]]
[[Category:Encryption]]
[[Category:Anonymity]]

Bitcoin

2010-12-20T13:28:14Z

Psi36:

Bitcoin is a virtual currency not supported by a central issuer, but by all users. It uses [[open-source]] software to send, receive and generate money. It is a form of cryptocurrency, relying on [[cryptography]] as well as [[peer-to-peer]] technology to work. Bitcoin is designed in such a way that you can send and receive money [[anonymity|anonymously]].

* Bitcoin official website: http://www.bitcoin.org
* Paper by Satoshi Nakamoto: "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System" http://www.bitcoin.org/sites/default/files/bitcoin.pdf

== More ==
* [[encrypting your money]]

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Bitcoin

2010-12-20T12:51:19Z

Psi36: New page: Bitcoin is a virtual currency not supported by a central issuer, but by all users. It uses open source software to send, receive and generate money. It is a form of cryptocurrency, rel...

Bitcoin is a virtual currency not supported by a central issuer, but by all users. It uses [[open source software]] to send, receive and generate money. It is a form of cryptocurrency, relying on [[cryptography]] as well as [[peer-to-peer]] technology to work. Bitcoin is designed in such a way that you can send and receive money anonymously.

* Bitcoin official website: http://www.bitcoin.org
* Paper by Satoshi Nakamoto: "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System" http://www.bitcoin.org/sites/default/files/bitcoin.pdf

User:Psi36

2010-12-20T12:25:06Z

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