Crypto-anarchism Crypto-anarchism An assassination market is a theoretical market wherein any party can place a bet (using anonymous electronic money, and pseudonymous remailers) on the date of death of a given individual, and collect a payoff if they "guess" the date accurately. Because the payoff is for knowing the date rather than performing the action of the assassin, it is substantially more difficult to assign criminal liability for the action(s). ...more on Wikipedia about "Assassination market"
BlackNet was (is?) Timothy C. May's proof-of-concept construction of an information trading market where the identity of the participants and the very transactions themselves were cryptographically protected. Written as a kind of faux prospectus, and a tutorial on the uses of anonymity, the document also serves as a brief manifesto of crypto-anarchism. ...more on Wikipedia about "Blacknet"
Cipherspace is the encrypted (and often pseudonymous or fully anonymous) equivalent to cyberspace. Examples of cipherspaces include Freenet, I2P, and some anonymous mail-forwarding services. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cipherspace"
Crypto-anarchism is a philosophy that expounds the use of strong public-key cryptography to enforce privacy and therefore individual freedom. Crypto-anarchists aim to create virtual communities where everyone is absolutely anonymous or pseudonymous. ...more on Wikipedia about "Crypto-anarchism"
A crypto-society is an encrypted virtual community. ...more on Wikipedia about "Crypto-society"
A data haven is a computer or a network that holds data protected by both technical means ( encryption) and location in a country that has either no laws, or poorly-enforced laws against the most common uses of data havens and no extradition treaties. ...more on Wikipedia about "Data haven"
(Hyperreal.info) Hyperreal is a Polish website that has been started in the 1996 as an Crypto-anarchistic site with anonymous remailer interface and an informational site for people interested in narcotics and psychoactive substances. Recently the scope of the site has been expanded and now it covers also netart, independent multimedia and P2P technology retaining main focus on drugs. It actively promotes legalization of cannabis use in Poland. Its current approach is to become more liberal, than an anarchistic site. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hyperreal.info" Things go better with www.shortopedia.com.
An illegal prime is a prime number which contains information forbidden by law to possess or distribute. ...more on Wikipedia about "Illegal prime"
Infoanarchism has been used as an umbrella term for various groups of people who are opposed to forms of so-called intellectual property, including copyright and patents. The term was coined in a TIME Magazine article about Ian Clarke, known as the original designer and lead developer of Freenet, called "The Infoanarchist" in July 2000. ...more on Wikipedia about "Infoanarchism"
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