To everyone involved in crypto-currency now, be it from a pure financial profit perspective or an ideology perspective, the cypher-punk manifesto shows how the issue of privacy and digital freedom is as old as the internet itself. Those visionaries paved the way and helped spread awareness about important issues that still need to be addressed this day.
For that reason, the early adopters of blockchain technology should feel proud of being involved in such a movement and in the future, they will have some good stories to be proud about telling their grandchildren.
https://w2.eff.org/Privacy/Crypto/Crypto_misc/cypherpunk.manifesto