Reverend Elvis<p>Crypto, Cypher Oi! Oi! Oi!<br>There is always a lot of grumbling about the crypto and cypherpunk scene, all scammers, fraudsters and most likely they are in cahoots with Elon Musk. The strange thing is that Snowden and Assange have some sympathy for it and at least Snowden is also active on Nostr. A good reason to take a closer look at it.</p><p>Nostr and the whole crypto area, the DAOs and the bitcoiners and the lunarpunks are not good people. They don’t want to be. If you move in that area, you have to be aware (as you do on the whole internet, by the way) that it is a “no trust” environment. Nobody is on your side. This is not because everyone is so evil. Rather, it is because structures are created in which I do not have to trust anyone. Paradoxical as our times are, this is the only way to create trust among anonymous actors.</p><p>Right now, 99.99% of Bitcoin users are people who want to get rich. You can’t stop that because it’s a decentralized currency with no regulatory authorities. But it still remains an emancipatory tool. This can be seen especially in Africa, where there are hardly any meaningful state structures in some areas. Crypto plays a major role there and is massively supported by the evil international cyberpunk scene.</p><p>And you?</p><p>(the video is from BitcoinEkasi in South Africa. The video itself is in Kenya.)</p><p><a href="https://social.undeadnetwork.de/system/media_attachments/files/114/267/398/033/267/825/original/d17a4b18e67d253c.mp4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">social.undeadnetwork.de/system</span><span class="invisible">/media_attachments/files/114/267/398/033/267/825/original/d17a4b18e67d253c.mp4</span></a></p><p><a href="https://word.undead-network.de/2025/04/02/crypto-cypher-oi-oi-oi/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">word.undead-network.de/2025/04</span><span class="invisible">/02/crypto-cypher-oi-oi-oi/</span></a><br><a href="https://social.undeadnetwork.de/tags/africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>africa</span></a> <a href="https://social.undeadnetwork.de/tags/anon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anon</span></a> <a href="https://social.undeadnetwork.de/tags/bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bitcoin</span></a> <a href="https://social.undeadnetwork.de/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://social.undeadnetwork.de/tags/cypher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cypher</span></a> <a href="https://social.undeadnetwork.de/tags/dao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dao</span></a> <a href="https://social.undeadnetwork.de/tags/fight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fight</span></a> <a href="https://social.undeadnetwork.de/tags/kenya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kenya</span></a> <a href="https://social.undeadnetwork.de/tags/punk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>punk</span></a> <a href="https://social.undeadnetwork.de/tags/southafrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>southafrica</span></a></p>