The Bitfinex Freedom Manifesto
We dwell in a digital age the place we possess the instruments to allow particular person human freedom like by no means earlier than. But those self same instruments can and can – if we enable it – be used towards us because the final technique of management.
At Bitfinex, we imagine it’s important this by no means involves cross.
Standing on the shoulders of giants, from nice thinkers comparable to Ludwig von Mises and Friedrich von Hayek to legendary cypherpunks comparable to Phil Zimmerman, Jim Bell, and Eric Hughes, we commit ourselves unreservedly to the reason for particular person freedom. Freedom within the fullest sense of the phrase, beginning with monetary freedom and increasing to free speech and privateness by the ability of cryptography, distributed programs and open-source software program.
To paraphrase the Cypherpunk Manifesto, we write code. We all know that somebody has to put in writing software program to defend freedom, and we’re going to put in writing it.
With this Freedom Manifesto, Bitfinex makes the next three pledges:
1. We’re dedicated to constructing open, peer-to-peer communication options to allow anybody, wherever to work together and transact freely on-line
2. We are going to work relentlessly to assist the Lightning Community and related applied sciences and contribute to creating Bitcoin probably the most accessible and best transaction resolution
3. We are going to assist and spend money on the Bitcoin neighborhood, together with builders and white hat hackers, to make sure the power, resilience and immutability of the Bitcoin community
In embracing these pledges, we invite different like-minded companions to hitch us as, collectively, we speed up the transition to a extra open and fairer world.
We imagine Cipher is totally different than crypto.
We imagine schooling is the important thing to create the momentum for optimistic societal change.
We imagine cryptography and peer-to-peer networks are probably the most resilient and battle-hardened expertise for growing freedom worldwide.
We imagine privateness is a basic human proper that’s sacrosanct, and that freedom of speech is an important cornerstone of economic freedom.
We imagine that the permissionless qualities of Bitcoin are the trail of least resistance for mass adoption.
We imagine that Bitcoin as a peer-to-peer community is the easiest way to supply international monetary inclusion.
