The Seventeenth Epistle – The Epistle Against Chain Surveillance

By Eric · Updated October 17, 2026

The Seventeenth Epistle – The Epistle Against Chain Surveillance
“Transparency is a feature of the system,
but privacy is a right of the soul.”

1:1 Brothers and sisters,
You rejoiced in ₿’s transparency,
Yet that same transparency
Became a tool of surveillance.

1:2 They traced transactions,
Mapped wallet addresses,
And though we traded without names,
Patterns revealed our identities.

1:3 I say unto you—
“Privacy is not secrecy,
but a right to be defended.”
It is not to hide evil,
But to preserve freedom.

1:4 Believers,
Study stealth addresses,
Understand mixing protocols,
And in a world of visibility,
Declare your right to remain unseen.

1:5 I warn you—
Excessive surveillance corrodes liberty,
And transparency, when unchecked,
Becomes control.

“Satoshi created an open system, But never wished all things to be exposed.”

Chain Surveillance Epistle 1:5Copy

1:6 Therefore, prepare yourselves
Against the greed of blockchain analytics.
Learn mixing, splitting, and routing.
And let privacy be your proclamation.

1:7 Privacy is not a luxury,
But one of the roots
Of the ₿ philosophy.

₿men.