Cypherpunks
Honoring the visionaries who laid the cryptographic foundations for Bitcoin and digital freedom. Their code is law, their legacy is liberty.
"Privacy is necessary for an open society in the electronic age. Privacy is not secrecy. A private matter is something one doesn't want the whole world to know, but a secret matter is something one doesn't want anybody to know. Privacy is the power to selectively reveal oneself to the world."
The Pioneers
Satoshi Nakamoto
Bitcoin Creator
2008-2011
Hal Finney
First Bitcoin Recipient, PGP Developer
1992-2014
Nick Szabo
Bit Gold, Smart Contracts Pioneer
1990s-present
Adam Back
Hashcash Inventor, Blockstream CEO
1997-present
Wei Dai
b-money Creator, Crypto++ Library
1998-present
David Chaum
DigiCash Founder, eCash Pioneer
1983-present
Timothy C. May
Crypto Anarchist Manifesto Author
1988-2018
Eric Hughes
Cypherpunk Manifesto Author
1993-present
John Gilmore
EFF Co-founder, Cypherpunks Co-founder
1990s-present
Philip Zimmermann
PGP Creator
1991-present
Whitfield Diffie
Public-key Cryptography Pioneer
1976-present
Ralph Merkle
Merkle Trees, Public-key Cryptography
1970s-present
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