Timothy C. May · life event
2018-12-13 secondary
📌 Died, aged 66
Timothy C. May
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Writer and Intel scientist; founder of crypto-anarchism, co-founder of the cypherpunks
Wrote The Crypto Anarchist Manifesto in 1988 and co-founded the cypherpunks mailing list in 1992 with Eric Hughes and John Gilmore. Wei Dai's b-money opens with his name.
In memoriam · 2018Limited sources
Joined: 1988 · 1988: The Crypto Anarchist Manifesto · activism.net ↗ primary
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🕯 Died at home on 13 December 2018, aged 66. · en.wikipedia.org ↗ secondary
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Timothy C. May · life event
1992 secondary
📌 Co-founds the cypherpunks mailing list
Timothy C. May
1988 · via personal website ↗ primary
Opening line of The Crypto Anarchist Manifesto
“A specter is haunting the modern world, the specter of crypto anarchy.”