Bitcoin-NFC Implant Spotted at Paralelní Polis in Prague
This week a video surfaced showcasing a man with a Bitcoin-NFC implant in his arm conducting a transaction. The scene was filmed at a place you may not have heard about. The Czech-based Paralelní Polis is a three-story house with an organized group who have founded their own Cryptoanarchy Institute and worker’s space. The Ztohoven art group has created....
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Paralelní Polis and the Atlas Network are throwing their annual event, the Hackers Congress In Prague (HCPP16). The third annual conference will run from Sept. 30 through Oct. 2, promoting freedom through the use of cryptography. The Hackers Congress In Prague at Paralelní Polis. Both Atlas and Paralelní Polis are firm believers in using digital tools to....
Bitcoin has foundations in the cypherpunk movement and the philosophy of cryptoanarchy. In 2014, a group of artists and hackers formed the nonprofit Cryptoanarchy Institute Paralelní Polis, in Prague. The organization operates from a multi-level building and caters to decentralized technologies like Bitcoin and 3D printing in a coworking atmosphere.....
This weekend, the annual Hackers Congress Paralelní Polis will be convening in Prague, as well as throwing a massive 58-hour long live stream. We sent over a few questions to the conference's team to help make the case for why this conference is important to Bitcoiners. The post Hackers Congress Paralelní Polis Is Ready to Deliver Fifty-Eight Hours Of Freedom Content appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.
First announced on the cryptography mailing list in 2008, Bitcoin was the embodiment of a decade-old cypherpunk vision. A digital currency not controlled by any government, bank, or company existed in the hearts and minds of hackers and cryptographers long before most even considered the concept viable. Since its launch in 2009, Bitcoin ignited a new industry, with interest reaching far beyond the small group of ideologues. Its blockchain technology today even serves as an inspiration for the very governments, banks, and companies the pioneering cryptocurrency was designed to subvert. The....
In 2003, a group of Czech guerilla artists called Ztohoven began leaving their marks on government-claimed property in Prague. They turned a neon heart on a castle into a question mark. They published the cell phone numbers of government employees in an art exhibition. They even hacked a government news station and began to broadcast footage of an atomic explosion during the weather forecast. After gaining notoriety for these acts and more for over a decade, the group has recently changed course. Earlier this month, Ztohoven's artists joined forces with some of the hackers they'd worked....