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Threads From the 2025 Cypherpunk Retreat Key takeaways from the Cypherpunk Retreat, where 100 leading builders advanced privacy-tech coordination.

8/ Read the full Threads From the 2025 Cypherpunk Retreat. ⤵️

7/ The conversations in Berlin were a first — though nonetheless exciting — step in the greater goal of establishing a fully private, decentralized internet.

We'll continue the conversation in Buenos Aires during the Ethereum Cypherpunk Congress at LabWeek Web3.

6/ Trusted computing enterprise adoption is growing. The group discussed how to leverage this momentum to improve the tech stack — and whether there’s a path to broader user adoption.

5/ Most wallets today leak information about the user to the RPC provider that they use as a backend. A set of conversations considered how additional networking tools between users and RPC can improve this.

4/ A systematic risk is the centralization of physical infrastructure in the US, so efforts are pushing for more international hosting. Several countries in the EU are working towards gaining jurisdiction clarity.

3/ AT Proto is expanding into payments and private group messaging to improve decentralized identity interoperability and extensibility.

2/ The Internet Archive is interested in how a larger number of entities can host slices of archival data with minimal liability, initially demonstrated around github.com/vpavlin/onio....

1/ A coordination issue several projects were hoping to advance in Berlin was on constructing a larger anonymity set for peer-to-peer networks by making nodes look "generic" and difficult to probe without direct introduction.

🇩🇪 @protocollabs.bsky.social and @web3privacy.info recently hosted a retreat outside of Berlin for 100 leading builders in the privacy-tech space.

Here's a summary of the opportunities and discussions from the retreat by Will Scott.

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🇦🇷 LabWeek Web3 lands in Buenos Aires this November.

A decentralized global gathering for founders, builders & visionaries advancing privacy, DePIN, digital rights, AI, & self-sovereign identity.

Join us:
📍Nov 13–19, 2025 | Buenos Aires
🔗 labweek.io/25-w3

🔒 The builders behind the world’s most powerful anonymity network are coming to RealFi.

Join @torproject.bsky.social tomorrow at 1:30 pm ET for a 90-min workshop introducing Arti, a new Rust-based Tor implementation bringing censorship resistance & privacy directly into apps.

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Threads From the 2025 Cypherpunk Retreat Key takeaways from the Cypherpunk Retreat, where 100 leading builders advanced privacy-tech coordination.

Some excellent notes on what was worked on by @wills.co.tt at the recent CypherPunk retreat held by @protocollabs.bsky.social and @web3privacy.info www.protocol.ai/blog/threads...

YouTube video by Protocol Labs What if we saw online privacy as a way to keep our friends safe? #privacy #web3

🛡️ Privacy isn’t just about you, it’s care for your community.

Alina Latinina of Web3privacy now calls it emotional onboarding into an infrastructure that safeguards those most vulnerable.

CYPHERPUNK RETREAT 2025 Recap

TL;DR — Human-first approach can unlock meaningful conversations.

🧩 Interdisciplinarity — only together are we strong.

🧩 Same values — diverse approaches. Truly productive.

🧩 Lasting impact — for the whole ecosystem (web2, web3, foss)

Key takeaways from Cypherpunk Retreat (collab between Web3Privacy now & @protocollabs.bsky.social

1. Make a productive environment - people will collaborate beyond tribalism (web2, web3, protocol competition).

2. Human-first approach unlocks meaningful conversations.

Much love to @web3privacy.info @protocollabs.bsky.social
for the Cypherpunk Retreat. Easily the most valuable event I’ve attended—connecting with thought leaders, deep thinkers & builders creating the privacy-first tech we need to preserve & expand freedom. 🫶

The ProbeLab team participates in FIL-rPGF Round 3 to showcase the extensive set of results that we've been producing for the Filecoin network.

Thanks to @protocollabs.bsky.social @fil.org LotusPond Association for supporting this round.

Check our extensive results at: probelab.io

Cypherpunk Retreat impressions are coming in.

Happy that so many people enjoyed our collaboration with @protocollabs.bsky.social

10 months of hard work with @protocollabs.bsky.social

People genually interested in each other. Complimentary with knowledge: future of search next to private transactions, ethical verifiable credentials (ah, here we go again!) next to network-level privacy.

Cypherpunk Retreat 2025.

Cypherpunk Retreat opening ceremony feat

@pg.web3privacy.info x @web3privacy.info
@wills.co.tt x @protocollabs.bsky.social

Learn more about @gainforest.earth and @daviddao.org's work at gainforest.earth

At @gainforest.earth, we explore how emerging tech can enable local communities to govern the commons at scale in the intelligent age. Read the vision here: www.daviddao.org/posts/regene...

See you in a few days in Berlin - wonderful collab with @protocollabs.bsky.social

YouTube video by Protocol Labs What if we could prevent deforestation with data?

🌍 What if data could be worth more than deforestation?

GainForest turns local environmental knowledge into income, using web3 to incentivize protection rather than exploitation.

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YouTube video by Protocol Labs What if we could make authoritarianism mathematically impossible?

Passports can be revoked. Servers can go down. Borders can close.

That’s why Shady El Damaty and human.tech by Holonym Foundation are building identity that survives collapse—math-backed, censorship-resistant, and globally resilient.

🇦🇷 LabWeek Web3 lands in Buenos Aires this November.

A decentralized global gathering for founders, builders & visionaries advancing privacy, DePIN, digital rights, AI, & self-sovereign identity.

Join us:
📍Nov 13–19, 2025 | Buenos Aires
🔗 labweek.io/25-w3

@gainforest.earth Welcome to @bsky.app!

YouTube video by Protocol Labs What if we could end rare disease?

Can a diabetes treatment be used to cure a rare genetic condition like PMM2-CDG?

Curetopia is proving it’s possible, using AI to repurpose old drugs and unlock cures for overlooked rare disease communities.

Retreat will host 50+ experts from @bsky.app, @protocollabs.bsky.social, @brave.com, @namada.bsky.social, Dyne.org, @ethereum.foundation, @session-app.bsky.social, @vocdoni.io, Privacy & Scaling Explorations, Inco, Anoma, @ipfs.tech, Poetic technologies, @germnetwork.com and many others.