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crypto-anarchist en · NOUN

Etymology

From crypto- + anarchist, popularized by Timothy C. May in The Crypto Anarchist Manifesto (1988).

Meanings

1. A proponent of crypto-anarchism.
   • The crypto anarchist position is that cyberspace is on a non-stop drift towards crypto anarchy. Powerful encryption algorithms, including the Data Encryption Standard (DES), triple-DES, RSA and IDEA, are readily available at no charge […] 2003, Brian D. Loader, editor, The Governance of Cyberspace, Routledge, →ISBN, page 176:
   • Crypto-anarchists build software – think of it as political computer code – that can protect us online. Julian Assange is a crypto-anarchist (before WikiLeaks he was an active member of the movement’s most important mailing list), and so perhaps is Edward Snowden. 2017 June 4, Jamie Bartlett, “Forget far-right populism – crypto-anarchists are the new masters”, in The Observer:
   • One of the film’s producers is Cody Wilson, a self-defined “crypto-anarchist”. His various run-ins with the law include pleading guilty to endangering a child after being brought up on charges of paying a minor for sex and a legal battle with the feds after he released blueprints online for creating a firearm by 3D printer. 2020 May 1, Jessa Crispin, “'Incel' culture has sparked panic and pity – but little thoughtful conversation”, in The Guardian:
   • About a year ago I bought 30 Bitcoins, the online peer-to-peer crypto-currency, for about £3 each using a European website called Bitstamp.net. Bitcoins appealed to my inner crypto-anarchist and I felt they had great potential. 2013 July 1, Kate Craig-Wood, “Bitcoin: how I made a virtual fortune”, in The Guardian:
   • There's a strong crypto anarchist thread running through the cryptocurrency community. What's a crypto anarchist, you ask? The term was likely first coined (if you excuse the pun!) by Tim May, in his 1988 Crypto Anarchist Manifesto. 2019, Tyler Bain, Peter Kent, Cryptocurrency Mining For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 255:

Forms

Coordinates

cypherpunk

Relateds

crypto-anarchism · cryptoanarchy

Translations (2)

pt criptoanarquista (proponent of crypto-anarchism) · de Krypto-Anarchist (proponent of crypto-anarchism)

wikipedia: Timothy C. May