Back in 1992, the Cypherpunks electronic mailing list brought together cryptographers and engineers who shared a single conviction: the creation of systems that do not rely on trust. They approached decentralization, privacy-by-design, and strong cryptography not merely as ideology, but as core engineering tasks. While Bitcoin proved the potential of these ideas, Polkadot is continuing that legacy. It designs infrastructure that features resilience and scalability as fundamental components.