COINOTAG News on September 26 reported that Ethereum founder Vitalik posted on the decentralized social media protocol Farcaster, observing that “A taxi is a form of cypherpunk,” highlighting everyday privacy practices. The cypherpunk movement, originating in the 1990s, advocated technical safeguards for individual privacy and decentralization; in 1992 Tim May’s Cypherpunk Manifesto argued that privacy must be actively pursued through technology rather than relied upon by law. Such commentary is relevant to market participants and governance stakeholders assessing regulatory scrutiny and the role of privacy-preserving tools in crypto infrastructure, informing ongoing discussions about compliance, user autonomy, and the practical intersection of privacy principles with decentralized finance and protocol design.