Kill the Middleman, Hack the Tower

The cyberpunk genre has always been about friction—between man and machine, between freedom and control, between the street and the tower. But beneath its neon-soaked aesthetics and chrome implants lies a consistent economic tension: centralized systems that no longer serve the many, and decentralized workarounds that barely keep the underclass alive. In many ways, the rise of crypto and Web3 today doesn’t just echo cyberpunk themes—it realizes them.

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