How do we sponsor & maintain critical infrastructure (rsa, tor, floss hardware, ...)

grarpamp grarpamp at gmail.com
Sun Dec 1 20:11:44 PST 2019


On 12/1/19, Adéla Eastmund <r3xsav2t1h7 at temp.mailbox.org> wrote:
> How would one, as a 'cypherpunk' develop cool and helpful technology

Most opensource software and hardware development
still occurs on the side in free time over a span of time.
Whether cushy govcorp job, or warehouse worker,
might make little difference in free time and hidden
talent and interests invested over such time.
More cash or cashflow makes more free time possible,
even equally does throwing out the TV and other wastes.
So far Satoshi's and hundred of other Anonymous use
of anon ops tech seems to be holding up, or at least the
NSA et al have still chosen not to tip their hat.
Many now take crypto donations.

Or just start some non-profit or cypherpunk collective
and do it all in public under the sun of free speech.

Even ignoring any meta issues of who, where, for how much,
why etc... tor and other networks would still take lots of valid
heat because of their design failings up against certain types
of adversarial attacks. Opensource code should ultimately
stand on its own strength, design, correctness, bug free,
and application use case... independant from the meta.
There are certainly no absolutes there, only a continuum
for pundits.

Many different ways to approach different projects.

If it's a project that needs doing, the "how" will mostly
figure itself out. Have fun :)


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