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The '''Crypto Anarchy Principle''' declares that strong cryptography can create zones in which only voluntary interactions are possible.
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The '''Crypto Anarchy Principle''' declares that strong cryptography can create zones in which only voluntary interactions are possible.<ref>[http://koeln.ccc.de/archiv/cyphernomicon/chapter4/4.11.html Cyphernomicon: The Crypto Anarchy Principle]</ref>
  
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Crypto-anarchism is 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]].
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Example: [[public key cryptography]] and [[steganography]] allows one to create [[identity|identities]] that are fully verifiable, yet [[pseudonym|pseudonymous]] and invisible to uninvited parties.
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Example: [[public key cryptography]] and [[steganography]] allows one to create [[identities]] that are fully verifiable, yet [[pseudonymous]] and invisible to uninvited parties.
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See also: [[cypherpunks]], [[Cyphernomicon]], [[temporary autonomous zone]], [[voluntaryism]].
 
See also: [[cypherpunks]], [[Cyphernomicon]], [[temporary autonomous zone]], [[voluntaryism]].
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The Crypto Anarchy Principle declares that strong cryptography can create zones in which only voluntary interactions are possible.[1]

Example: public key cryptography and steganography allows one to create identities that are fully verifiable, yet pseudonymous and invisible to uninvited parties.

See also: cypherpunks, Cyphernomicon, temporary autonomous zone, voluntaryism.

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  1. ↑ Cyphernomicon: The Crypto Anarchy Principle
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