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We’re moving from the "experimental" to the "invisible." From asset managers arguing for open-source networks to kids leading the deep dives on AI, the infrastructure is finally meeting the users where they are. Read the full report here:

This week’s highlights: 🤖 Kid-Led AI Research: Students defining "AI literacy" on their own terms. 🌍 Humanitarian Finality: The UN moving $38B in aid onto blockchain rails. 🏗️ The Great Convergence: The wall between banks & public chains is coming down.

While the "adults" debate the pilots, the next generation is building the house. Blockchain hasn’t matured as fast as AI, but it’s being pulled forward by a more powerful force: a generation that is fundamentally more empowered than any before it.

🎸 The kids aren’t waiting for a permission slip In 1965, The Who sang “The Kids Are Alright” as an anthem for a generation doing fine without constant supervision. In 2026, that spirit is back! New issue of @Ed3Weekly https://t.co/DjyVolZaOt

The grailiest of the grails has been grailed @Nakamigos coded

> STATUS: ARCHIVED > ENCRYPTION KEY: ********** > LOGOUT COMMAND: /SIGNOFF... CONNECTION TERMINATED. _

This glossary was the blueprint for "Privacy is a choice." By standardizing terms like "Encrypted Remailers" and "Blind Signatures," they gave hackers a common language to build the infrastructure of freedom we now call Web3.

They also defined Information Weapons. 🛡️ In the Cypherpunk vocabulary, "Encryption" was the ultimate defensive weapon. It made personal data "mathematically unavailable" to the state. Mathematics as a shield.

Then came Digital Cash. 💰 Decades before the Bitcoin whitepaper, Hughes and May were defining the mechanics of untraceable, electronic currency. They were following the Mengerian path: money should be a spontaneous market tool, not a government coupon.

One of the most radical terms: Digital Pseudonyms. 🎭 The glossary defined the ability to have a "persistent identity" through a public key without ever revealing your "True Name." This is the direct ancestor to every "Satoshi" and "anon" in the space today.

This glossary was a thoughtful way to impact the world by defining it. The Cypherpunks knew that if they could name the tools of liberation, they could build them. This was a philosophical declaration of war against surveillance.

September 1992. The first-ever Cypherpunk meeting. While the world was just discovering the "World Wide Web," Eric Hughes and Timothy C. May were already writing the dictionary for a new digital reality: The Crypto Glossary. 🧵

> DIAL_UP: 1-800-CRYPTO-ANARCHY > HANDSHAKE... CONNECTED [56k bps] > BYPASSING FIREWALL... [SUCCESS] > DECRYPTING: CYPHERPUNK FILES #0922 > ACCESS GRANTED. WELCOME, AGENT. https://t.co/CWZqKHD6ta

CYPHERPUNK FILE ID: SN-86453-Z // CLASSIFIED [LEVEL 4]

> ACCESSING: CYPHERPUNK FILES #3458 > STATUS: ARCHIVED > ENCRYPTION KEY: ********** > LOGOUT COMMAND: /SIGNOFF... CONNECTION TERMINATED. _

[Relay]: A general term for a computer that receives data and passes it on to another destination. In these files, it represents a "hop" in the chain, such as Delft, NLD [Relay], used to make tracing the communication much more difficult.

[I2P] (Invisible Internet Project): An anonymous, peer-to-peer decentralized network layer. I2P is designed for communication within its own hidden network. Localities like Palm Beach Gardens [I2P] indicate activity within this specific privacy layer.

[Tor] (The Onion Router): A sophisticated system that wraps data in multiple layers of encryption (like an onion) and bounces it through a global volunteer relay network. A label like Langley, USA [Tor] suggests the user is exiting the Tor network from a relay located in Langley.

[Proxy]: Acts as an intermediary server that sits between your computer and the internet. When a file lists a locality like Toronto, CAN [Proxy] or Van Nuys, USA [Proxy], it means the traffic is being routed through that city to hide the original source.

[VPN] (Virtual Private Network): Creates a secure, encrypted "tunnel" between your device and a server in another location. This masks your true IP address from the websites or services you visit.