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About the book

Before Bitcoin, digital free markets or the global conversation about technological sovereignty existed, A Lodging of Wayfaring Men anticipated —with startling precision— the emergence of parallel networks beyond the reach of traditional governments.

In this provocative novel, Paul Rosenberg weaves together science, philosophy, cryptography and politics to follow a handful of characters —scientists, hackers, journalists, investors— who step away from the institutions of the official world and begin to build their own. What they discover is not just a new way of thinking, but a new way of existing: free, voluntary and encrypted.

Midway between a novel of ideas and a visionary warning, this work reads as a covert treatise on individual sovereignty, free markets and peaceful resistance to centralized power.

About the author

Paul Rosenberg has been involved in cryptography projects since the 1990s. He drafted the first protocols for law in cyberspace, co-authored a seminal paper on private digital economies and co-founded the anonymous VPN Cryptohippie. For the past fourteen years he has published regularly on his blog Free-Man's Perspective.

Previously, Paul authored more than 50 books and hundreds of articles for the construction and engineering sectors. He developed and taught continuing-education courses for the College of Engineering at Iowa State University, co-founded the Fiber Optic Association and has served as an expert witness in numerous legal cases.