ON PRIVACY

Privacy when buying (non-KYC), securing, storing and spending bitcoin is becoming more and more important, especially in light of recent events with bank accounts being seized/frozen.

In addition, general digital privacy is critical if you wish to gain online sovereignty, and protect yourself from undue surveillance and fraud.

Below are some current privacy-focused services.

It is beyond the scope of this book to go deeply into each of the following, so absolutely DYOR, and follow the accounts I mention below on Nostr or Twitter for updates.

Privacy is necessary for an open society in the electronic age. Privacy is not secrecy. A private matter is something one doesn't want the whole world to know, but a secret matter is something one doesn't want anybody to know. Privacy is the power to selectively reveal oneself to the world.

~Eric Hughes, From 'A Cypherpunk's Manifesto'