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Launch a potentially system-threatening technology while avoiding personal targeting

Founders building technologies that challenge existing power structures, especially financial or governmental systems

Multi-year strategy from launch through potential exit

What Success Looks Like

Technology achieves widespread adoption while founder remains unknown and safe from retaliation by threatened institutions.

Steps to Execute

1

Use pseudonym from project inception

2

Never reveal personal details or location

3

Communicate only through forums and encrypted channels

4

Build technology that can survive without ongoing founder involvement

5

Plan exit strategy before technology becomes too visible to authorities

6

Leave clear succession plan for community governance

Checklist

Pseudonym established with no links to real identity
Communication channels secured and anonymous
Technology designed for decentralized operation
Community capable of continuing without founder
Exit timing planned around external threat levels
No financial traces connecting to real identity

Inputs Needed

  • Strong technical skills
  • Understanding of OpSec
  • Patient long-term thinking
  • Ability to build community trust

Outputs

  • Adopted technology
  • Preserved anonymity
  • Avoided institutional retaliation

Example

“Satoshi launched Bitcoin under pseudonym, built community, and disappeared when Wikileaks attention threatened to bring government scrutiny, leaving technology to succeed independently.”