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Timothy C. May
Wrote The Crypto Anarchist Manifesto.
Known as Tim May, Timothy C. MayActive Jan 1988 →
Why they matter
May articulated the political vision — privacy and freedom through cryptography — that motivated the people who built digital cash. Bitcoin is in many ways a cypherpunk project realized.
Profile
Former Intel engineer who co-founded the Cypherpunks mailing list in 1992 and authored The Crypto Anarchist Manifesto (1988), predicting that cryptography would let people transact and associate beyond the reach of states.