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Cyberpunk is the gritty near future Blade Runner inspired style of max headroom (which takes place "5 minutes in the future") and the works of William Gibson. Cypherpunks are the gen x people behind things like PGP and Bitcoin. To quote wikipedia: "A cypherpunk is any individual advocating widespread use of strong cryptography and privacy-enhancing technologies as a route to social and political change."

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I made a typo.

Should have written cypherpunk (a subgenre of science fiction in a dystopian futuristic setting said to focus on a combination of "low-life and high tech")

No mate, cypherpunk is a totally different scene. Julian Assange was a notable cypherpunk, as were most of the people who have been accused of being Satoshi Nakomoto.

Cyberpunk is the scene you’re looking for.

Yes I made the same typo again _Cyberpunk_.

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