密码朋克x思想者聚会 @清迈
在主流的技术叙事中，“明日”意味着更高的效率和更严密的系统。但在那个追求极致优化的世界里，作为具体的、充满不确定性的人，我们往往被视为一种阻碍数据流动的“摩擦力”。
而我们或许比世界其他地方更早地置身于这种超强控制的“明日”之中。
我们更早体会到了系统对个体的全面凝视，也更清楚当常规路径被切断时产生的无力感。正因为现实中可用的反抗手段寥寥无几，我们才更迫切地需要找到一种无需许可的生存方式。
对于我们而言，密码朋克的意义不在于构建某种宏大的乌托邦，而在于通过加密技术与去中心化工具，为个体保留最后的选择权： 拥有一笔不需要审批就能支配的资金； 保留一段不需要审核就能留存的记录； 维持一个不需要实名认证也能存在的身份。
在这里，技术不是为了改造世界，而是为了确保在任何环境下，我们都能保有无法被剥夺的生存底线。
这正是我们在清迈发起这场密码朋克x思想者聚会，让技术极客和人文社科学者面对面的初衷：当一种严密的现实已经逼近，仅靠单一维度的突围已不再奏效。只有当构建者开始思考“为了谁而建”，当思想者开始理解“用什么去抗衡”，我们才可能在那个严丝合缝的系统里，凿出一点透气的缝隙。
欢迎来到明日的世界。在这里，没有标准答案，只有真诚而尖锐的思辨与沟通，以及我们共同构建的、关于自由的某种可能性。
我们希望它成为一次真正的面对面交流，而不仅是线上讨论的线下延续。不同背景的参与者将在同一空间中展开讨论，观众也将被邀请加入对话。通过互动展览与工作坊等形式，参与者可以亲自接触这些工具与实践，理解它们如何进入日常生活。
已确认嘉宾：
Jeffery Hu，Yzi Labs投资总监，比特币研究者
Kurt Pan，ZKPunk, Crypto Primitive, 数字自耕农
高重建，《区块链社会学》作者
方可成，香港中文大学副教授，新闻实验室与过滤气泡主理人
黄孙权，中国美术学院教授，网络社会研究所所长
映彤，独立密码学家
孙鹏，独立研究员
戎航，上海纽约大学互动媒体与商学助理教授
孙哲，社会学学者、播客 “社会学人”主播
姚建华，复旦大学新闻学院教授
Mashbean豆泥，分散式科技与数位自主权探索者
石可，南京大学全球人文研究院副教授
胡翌霖，自由学者，关注科技史、科技哲学和科技艺术
In the mainstream technical narrative, “tomorrow” is synonymous with higher efficiency and tighter systems. Yet, in a world obsessed with radical optimization, we—as concrete, unpredictable human beings—are often viewed as nothing more than “friction” obstructing the flow of data.
Perhaps we have found ourselves inhabiting this hyper-controlled “tomorrow” sooner than the rest of the world. We were the first to feel the total gaze of the system upon the individual, and we know all too well the powerlessness that comes when conventional paths are severed. Precisely because the means of resistance in reality are so few, we feel an urgent need to discover a permissionless way to exist.
For us, the significance of Cypherpunk lies not in building a grand utopia, but in utilizing encryption and decentralized tools to safeguard the ultimate right of choice for the individual: to possess funds that require no approval to spend; to maintain records that require no censorship to persist; and to sustain an identity that requires no real-name authentication to exist.
Here, technology is not meant to "disrupt" the world, but to ensure that in any environment, we retain an inalienable bottom line for survival.
This is the original intent behind our Cypherpunk x Thinkers Assembly in Chiang Mai. When a suffocating reality closes in, a single-dimensional breakthrough is no longer enough. Only when builders ask “for whom are we building,” and when thinkers understand “what tools can we use to resist,” can we begin to chisel a gap for air within that seamless system.
Welcome to the world of tomorrow. There are no standard answers here—only sincere, sharp debate and the shared possibilities of freedom we build together.
We hope this serves as a genuine face-to-face exchange rather than a mere offline extension of online chatter. Participants from diverse backgrounds will share the same space, and the audience is invited to join the dialogue. Through interactive exhibitions and workshops, you will engage directly with these tools and practices, understanding how they weave into the fabric of daily life.
Confirmed Guest Speakers
Jeffery Hu — Investment Director at YZi Labs, Bitcoin Researcher
Kurt Pan — ZKPunk, Crypto Primitive, Digital Self-Sovereignty Farmer
Gao Chongjian — Author of Blockchain Sociology
Fang Kecheng — Associate Professor at The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Director of the Journalism Lab & Filter Bubble Project
Huang Sun-Chuan — Professor at China Academy of Art; Director of the Institute of Network Society
Ying Tong — Independent Cryptographer
Sun Peng — Independent Researcher
Helena Rong — Assistant Professor of Interactive Media and Business, NYU Shanghai
Sun Zhe — Sociological Scholar; Host of the podcast Sociology People
Yao Jianhua — Professor at Fudan University School of Journalism
Mashbean — Explorer of Decentralized Technologies and Digital Autonomy
Shi Ke — Associate Professor at the Institute for Global Humanities, Nanjing University
Hu Yilin — Independent Scholar focusing on the History, Philosophy, and Arts of Technology