Learning paths

Paths

Ordered reading lists by persona: what to read first, and why, if you are under surveillance, behind a firewall, holding your own money or building the stuff.

[ PATH_01 ] Under Surveillance

Activists, journalists, organisers and dissidents whose communications are, or may be, watched.

20 steps · Surveillance is cheap, automatic and increasingly targeted. This path hardens the device first, then your communications, then your movement across the network, because each layer depends on the one beneath it. [ PATH_02 ] Behind the Firewall

People in countries that block websites, fingerprint VPNs or switch the internet off.

19 steps · Censorship is an arms race. This path explains how blocking works, which disguises defeat which blocks, and what to prepare for the day the network goes dark entirely. [ PATH_03 ] Sovereign Money

Anyone who wants to hold and move value without asking permission, and without broadcasting their finances.

16 steps · Money that cannot be frozen requires keys you hold, a node you run, and habits that keep your history private. This path goes from first principles to self-custody to private payments. [ PATH_04 ] Node Runner

Operators who want to add capacity and independence to free networks.

21 steps · Decentralised networks are decentralised because many independent people run them. This path covers what to run, what it costs and what risks each role carries. [ PATH_05 ] Builder

Developers and engineers designing systems that should not need to be trusted.

19 steps · The strongest systems combine primitives: anonymity networks with encryption, TEEs with attestation, cryptography that computes on data it cannot see. This path covers the building blocks and how they compose. [ PATH_06 ] Sovereign Identity

People who want to own their identity, audience and reputation instead of renting them from platforms.

10 steps · Keys instead of accounts. This path covers creating and protecting a key-based identity, carrying your audience between apps, and building trust without a central authority. [ PATH_07 ] Publish and preserve

Publishers, maintainers and archivists planning for the loss of a host or a name.

9 steps · Start with the failure you need to survive, then plan publication, independent copies, naming and recovery. Rehearse retrieval before depending on an archive.