For such anonymity to have purchase (pun intended) with true freedom loving anarchists, requires say a $1 million (1/75th portion of this supposed fund) to be donated to an existing exemplary liberty project, with the prime candidate being Puri.sm - we have no doubt that ze Germans ( cookies :D ) will have no problems putting a spare million fiats to sanity.
Call this "Proof of Substance" - substance of dollars, as well as substance of ethics. Failure to provide such Proof of Substance, leaves a strong implication that this "Anonymous" crowd might be nothing more than a wide fishing net used to collate the ideas of the cutting edge. On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 04:47:15PM -0500, grarpamp wrote: > https://www.unknown.fund/ > > " > Unknown Fund - Press Release 11/13/2019 > > We are going to invest and donate $75 million of bitcoin in startups > that help anonymity ideas. Preferred niches are personal data > protection, tools for online anonymity, cryptocurrencies, blockchain. > > > Unknown Fund is Going to Invest and Donate $75 Million for the > Development of Ideas of Anonymity > > The anonymous organisation Unknown Fund has announced that it intends > to invest and donate $75 million in bitcoin to startups which directly > or indirectly support the idea of anonymity. Preference will be given > to the following niches: protection of personal data, tools for > anonymity, cryptocurrency and blockchain. > > The organizers of the fund are ordinary, anonymous people from > different countries who met on the 4chan English-language imageboard. > In a brief to our news agency Anonymous said: > > “We are you, we are your sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, > friends and colleagues. Our ranks consist of representatives of many > countries and nationalities, united by a virtual comradely spirit and > the belief that we are fighting for the good of many, and not for the > benefit of some. Anonymous is the voice of those who believe in truth, > freedom and the right to self-expression.” > > The Unknown Fund sees the protection of personal data as one of the > main challenges for modern man. The use of data has already become a > powerful tool for manipulating people. The effectiveness of this tool > is both amazing and frightening. > > Using as examples the ultra-targeted advertising used in Brexit > campaigns and in the last presidential elections in the United States, > one can see how easy it is to manipulate public opinion with enough > personal data. However, the manipulation of people occurs not only in > big politics, but also in our daily lives. A perfect example is the > level of addiction that the general population has to social networks > - addiction orchestrated and achieved by corporations. > > Anonymous added: > > “Now the main goal of large corporations is to collect as much > information as possible about the personal lives of people, and then > use it for their enrichment. And they do a great job of it by making > ordinary people get poorer. We are ready to fight for change and > protect people." > > The Unknown Fund also sees incredible opportunities to protect the > rights and freedoms of people that technology such as blockchain and > cryptocurrencies give us. This is a chance for humanity to create a > new environment, a new and honest monetary system, and to make the > world a better place. > > Unknown Fund suggests investment in commercial startups and donations > to nonprofit organizations. Investing is just the beginning. Anonymous > have developed a number of strategies and methods that will be > announced later. > > Anonymous ended the brief with the words: > > “If you believe in freedom of speech and the media, and most > importantly, in a free and accessible Internet, then you are also > Anonymous. Our opponents should not doubt our determination or > conviction. We will continue to fight as much as necessary to achieve > our goal.” > > "
