The Privacy Issue

Bitcoin Magazine – The Privacy Issue (Issue #34, Q3 2024) is a passionate manifesto for financial privacy as a human right – with a clear statement: “Bitcoin is code. Code is speech. Writing code is not a crime."

Core Topics

• Cypherpunk Manifesto 2.0 – Editors' Letter: Privacy as an indispensable fundamental right in the digital age
• Samourai, TornadoCash, Wasabi Wallet – Prosecution of code authors as an attack on freedom of speech
• Craig Raw (Sparrow Wallet) – “Privacy and Pain: Self-Custody & CoinJoin"
• “The Financial Anarchist Manifesto" – Economic sovereignty beyond state control
• Privacy Technologies – Decentralized Identity, Surveillance Resistance, Payjoin, Ecash
• Nakamoto Connection – Satoshi's own thoughts on Zero-Knowledge Proofs in the whitepaper
• Mark Goodwin, Max Keiser, Shinobi, Joe Rodgers – Philosophical, technical & political dimensions
• Lightning Network Privacy – Sender Privacy, UTXO Tracking & decentralized Privacy Tools

About Bitcoin Magazine

Founded in 2012 by Vitalik Buterin and Mihai Alisie – the oldest and most established Bitcoin print magazine worldwide, now operated by BTC Inc. in Nashville.

Bitcoin Magazine #34 – The Privacy Issue! Code is speech, writing code is not a crime. Sparrow Wallet, Samourai, CoinJoin, Ecash & Financial Sovereignty. Mark Goodwin, Max Keiser, Shinobi & Craig Raw. Fight for digital freedom – limited collector's item. Don't trust, verify!