Neocypherpunk Summit

Gathering at Berlin's historic Funkhaus, the Neocypherpunk Summit brings together a global network of hacktivists, researchers, technologists, whistleblowers, philosophers, lawyers & policy-makers.

From defending resistance networks under political duress to scaling cryptography as civic infrastructure, the summit explores how open protocols and privacy tools become a resilient, shared foundation for digital autonomy, free assembly, and accountability.
Hosted during Berlin Blockchain Week inside the iconic Funkhaus Berlin, the summit explores a radical but increasingly urgent question:

Featured speakers include:

• Isabela Fernandes (Tor Project)
• Juan Benet (Protocol Labs / IPFS)
• Amir Taaki (DarkFi)
• Xavier Damman (Open Collective)
• Jarrad Hope (Logos)
• Jaromil Roio (Dyne.org)
• Migle Rakitaite (Swarm Foundation / WinPrivacy)
• Paul Dylan-Ennis (University College Dublin)
• Eleftherios (Radicle / Drips)
• Calle (Cashu / bitchat)

The program spans:

— Privacy-preserving technologies
— Freedom of speech & censorship resistance
— Open-source sustainability
— Human rights in the age of AI
— Decentralized social coordination
— Cryptography & resistance networks
— Public-interest infrastructure
— Digital sovereignty & collective autonomy
— Experimental governance & cultural movements

More than a conference, Neo-Cypherpunk Summit is a meeting point for the people building alternatives.

The cypherpunk movement, rooted in Eric Hughes' 1993 manifesto, held that cryptography is a political act: writing code to protect privacy is itself resistance to centralized power. That conviction produced PGP, Tor, BitTorrent, and ultimately Bitcoin and Ethereum. But its emphasis was on the sovereign individual, the lone cryptographer building tools in defiance of the state.

Neocypherpunk carries that conviction forward while expanding who it's for. Where the original cypherpunks built for rugged individuals, neocypherpunk insists that privacy must be practiced collectively to be sustained. Encryption, open protocols, and decentralized infrastructure are shared resources, maintained and defended by communities. The goal is not withdrawal from public life but building the conditions under which movements and ordinary people can communicate, organize, and hold power to account without being surveilled, silenced, or captured.
What is Neocypherpunk?

How do we preserve human freedom in a world of mass surveillance, algorithmic control, AI monopolies, censorship, financial extraction, and collapsing trust in institutions?

Across talks, debates, workshops, performances, and immersive experiences, attendees will explore cryptography as civic infrastructure — not only as technology, but as culture, resistance, and collective coordination.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Funkhaus Berlin, Nalepastraße 18, Berlin, Germany

Concerts, fests, parties, meetups - all the happenings, one place.

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