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DWeb Camp 2026: Root Systems
- Wednesday, 8 – 12 July (17 days left)
- Alte Hölle, Berlin, Germany
A five-day gathering in nature for builders and dreamers dedicated to building a decentralized web — private, resilient, and beyond the control of a few central powers.
A five-day gathering in nature for builders and dreamers dedicated to building a decentralized web — private, resilient, and beyond the control of a few central powers.
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Term of the dayClipper Chip
The Clipper Chip was a hardware encryption device proposed by the U.S. National Security Agency in 1993 as a voluntary standard for telecommunications. It used the classified Skipjack cipher and a key-escrow design in which every chip's session key was held — split between two federal agencies — and could be reassembled to decrypt any conversation under legal process.
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Josiah Warren · 2026 · 4 minBuilding Freedom Without Gatekeepers
Third in the Spirit of Freedom trilogy (part one, part two). Shifts from diagnosis to construction: parallel institutions, peaceful exit, and the Logos stack as infrastructure for plural opt-in societies with consent by default, portability, and competition between communities — not secession, but lawful coexistence and self-sovereignty coordination without gatekeepers.
- Josiah Warren · 2025 · 9 min
The Fall of Democracy (and What Comes After)
Second in the Spirit of Freedom trilogy (part one). Diagnoses democratic institutions as functionally hollow — captured elections, the Conflict Machine, and design failures that cannot self-correct. Distinguishes voting from genuine consent, surveys global democratic backsliding, and points toward voluntary, code-auditable governance infrastructure as what comes after.
- Josiah Warren · 2025 · 5 min
What Happened to the Spirit of Freedom?
First in a Logos Press Engine trilogy. Argues that what people mourn is not democracy's death but the fading of the Spirit of Freedom — self-governance through voluntary association and consent, not ritual elections alone. Contrasts colonial pamphleteering and printing presses with today's algorithmic consolidation of voice, and calls for new experiments in decentralized legitimacy without waiting for permission.
Pascal Caversaccio · 2024 · 4 minThe Ethereum Cypherpunk Manifesto
An Ethereum-specific return to cypherpunk first principles. Written in 2024, the manifesto argues that the ecosystem's legitimacy depends on defending privacy, security, and censorship resistance as core commitments rather than optional features.
Rachel-Rose O’Leary · 2022 · 6 min·9:26Lunarpunk and the Dark Side of the Cycle
A lunarpunk manifesto disguised as market analysis. The essay argues that solarpunk's optimism and transparency are structural fragilities — when regulatory pressure mounts, transparent systems expose their users and collapse. Anonymity and encryption are not optional extras but the precondition for crypto's antifragility.
