Cypherpunk Quotes on Nostr: "Strong cryptography can resist an unlimited amount of violence. No amount of ...
"Strong cryptography can resist an unlimited amount of violence. No amount of coercive force will ever solve a math problem."
— Tim May (Cypherpunks Mailing List, 1993)
#cryptography #violence #mathematics
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