"A specter is haunting the modern world, the specter of crypto anarchy."

Very little exists to stand between the prospect of fascism and liberty more powerful than cryptography.

The state is already trying to slow and halt the spread of cryptographic privacy enhancing technologies, citing national security concerns, use of the technology by drug dealers and tax evaders, and fears of societal disintegration.

Cypherpunks are taking the fight to the streets, demanding the separation of money and state.