Presenting our artistic tribute to Elizabeth Stark - a contemporary Cypherpunk, nominated by OG #Cypherpunks & their broad community for her commitment to #privacy & freedom.

@starkness, CEO of Lightning Labs, is scaling #Bitcoin with the Lightning Network, enabling fast, low-cost transactions. In a world of mass surveillance, her work is crucial to preserving digital freedom.

Like original cypherpunks John Gilmore or Tim May, Stark blends academic rigor with activism & tech know-how. With a J.D. from Harvard, she was a digital rights advocate, editor at the Harvard Journal of Law and Technology, and co-founder of the Harvard Free Culture Group. Stark taught at Yale & Stanford, focusing on P2P tech and open-source software. Globally minded, she’s lived in cities like Berlin, Paris, and Singapore, and speaks four languages fluently.

At @lightning Labs, she leads the charge in building scalable, decentralized tech. Stark also co-founded the Open Video Alliance for free expression in online media and works with @coincenter on cryptocurrency policy. She’s a mentor to blockchain startups and a key advocate in the Bitcoin community, fighting for financial sovereignty and privacy rights.

As Stark herself said, "Freedom is the ability to take control of your life in a world that wants to take it away."

Elizabeth Stark is the perfect Next Generation Cypherpunk combining deep technical expertise, a passion for freedom, & a commitment to creating impactful code. 

In an era of growing digital control, she’s a voice for privacy and decentralization, proving that the cypherpunk movement is more important than ever before.
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