RE: Can we use Tauchain, EOS, Tezos, Ethereum, to bring about a new Age of Enlightenment?
How do you measure significance? I think in terms of clearing the way politically their role was very significant because without their activities there would be sociopolitical barriers. Similar to how cypherpunks clear the way politically for blockchain technology by offering the initial subculture and ideological basis for the development of Bitcoin.
Also the illuminati lasted only 10 years , and most of its time was wasted in power struggles . Very few of its members were involved in any of the scientific advancements taking place. Their most significant contribution was probably reforming Freemasonry which in a new form then harboured many Enlightenment figures. Some argue the Illuminati effectively took over Freemasonry since all their conditions were met at the masonic conference of Wilhelmsbad.
Satoshi Nakamoto wasn't even around for 10 years and look at the impact. A lot can change in society in 10 years. While I'm not a historian and not the best person to examine the impact of the Illuminati, I would not underestimate their impact either. Comparing them to the similar groups of today, I can see how a small group of dedicated individuals can have a very large impact depending on who is in the group.
Some argue the Illuminati effectively took over Freemasonry since all their conditions were met at the masonic conference of Wilhelmsbad.
Very unlikely since Freemasonry is a decentralized network and has no centralized leadership. There are many lodges and while some lodges in France may have been taken over it is unlikely that all lodges all around the world were taken over. Again this is speculation and only a historian on Freemasonry can answer that question. If you can cite a historian source then you can settle this because I don't rely on rumors.
the cypherpunks came BEFORE the blockchain revolution .
Satoshi Nakamoto was an inventor, lots of the cypherpunks programmers.
the illuminati were an Elite backing the scientific revolution which had already commenced. hardly any of them was a scientist. They invented nothing.
the illuminati are more like the Wiklevoss Brothers, Roger Ver ,Barry Silbert, etc. financial and political muscle behind blockchain adoption. important advocates in influential circuits.
Surely important but ultimately the trains set lose by Satoshi, Vitalik and Dan would be running strong regardless.
Regarding Freemasonry, the Strict Observance was binned after the masonic conference. a new form of freemasonry was created more in line with the demands of the Illuminati. After the conference the Illuminati even became part of the New Eclectic Freemasonry and then this merged into the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry and Swedish Rite. Leo Zagami (an insider) says the illuminati in the US are ingrained within the higher degrees of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry.
Do you have any sources on this? I don't know for a fact that Leo Zagami is a trustworthy source or that he is even a Mason. So if he is the best source you have then you have to do better than that.
Historical sources are better, where many historians reach a consensus on a chain of events. Such as it's known fact that Freemasons were some of the founders of the United States based on the consensus of historians. Rumors of meetings behind closed doors and unknown individuals like Leo Zagami aren't what I considered to be good sources of evidence.