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Ideologies / Crypto-Anarchist / Timothy C. May
Timothy C. May — ink portrait
§ The minds · 1951–2018 · United States · Cypherpunk founder

Timothy C. May

The Crypto Anarchist Manifesto

Cryptography will unravel the state.

Heterodox Crypto-Anarchist →
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SocialistMarket
Governance−94
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Social+30
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The former Intel engineer whose 'Crypto Anarchist Manifesto' founded the movement: a prophecy that cryptography would let people transact and associate beyond the reach of any state.

social

Radically individualist, anti-authoritarian.

economic

Untraceable digital markets beyond taxation or control.

governance

Cryptography dissolves the state's power to surveil and coerce.

Notable for
  • 'The Crypto Anarchist Manifesto'
  • Co-founded the cypherpunks
  • 'Cyphernomicon'
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