Timothy C. May
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In plain words
Timothy C. May: 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.
Source: activism.net
Key facts
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Also known as | tcmay | activism.net |
| Role | Writer and Intel scientist; founder of crypto-anarchism, co-founder of the cypherpunks | activism.net |
| First known Bitcoin link | 1988: The Crypto Anarchist Manifesto | activism.net |
| Died | Died at home on 13 December 2018, aged 66. | en.wikipedia.org |
| Work | Intel, senior scientist (retired 1986) | en.wikipedia.org |
Background
Crypto-anarchy, anonymous communication and markets [activism.net]
Timeline
- 1992: Co-founds the cypherpunks mailing list. [en.wikipedia.org]
Connections
- Eric Hughes: Co-founded the cypherpunks movement [en.wikipedia.org]
- John Gilmore: Co-founded the cypherpunks movement [en.wikipedia.org]
- Wei Dai: b-money opens with “Tim May's crypto-anarchy” [weidai.com]
In their own words
“A specter is haunting the modern world, the specter of crypto anarchy.” (1988, via personal website) [activism.net]
FAQ
- Who is Timothy C. May?
- Timothy C. May: 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. (source: activism.net)
- When did Timothy C. May first appear in Bitcoin's history?
- 1988: The Crypto Anarchist Manifesto. (source: activism.net)
- When did Timothy C. May die?
- Died at home on 13 December 2018, aged 66. (source: en.wikipedia.org)
- How was Timothy C. May connected to Eric Hughes?
- Co-founded the cypherpunks movement. (source: en.wikipedia.org)
See also
- Eric HughesEric Hughes: Mathematician and programmer; co-founder of the cypherpunks, author of A Cypherpunk's Manifesto. Founded and ran the cypherpunks mailing list, hosted the first anonymous remailer and coined the motto “Cypherpunks write code”. A Cypherpunk's Manifesto, 9 Mar 1993. Privacy, anonymous remailers, cryptography, electronic money.
- John GilmoreJohn Gilmore: Co-founder of the EFF and of the cypherpunks. Co-founded the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the cypherpunks movement. The list ran at cypherpunks@toad.com, his domain: Adam Back's 1997 Hashcash announcement went to that address. 1992: co-founds the cypherpunks. Electronic Frontier Foundation (co-founder).
- Wei DaiWei Dai: Computer engineer, author of b-money, reference [1] of the whitepaper. Described b-money in 1998: money created by solving computational problems and kept on pseudonymous accounts. Satoshi wrote that Bitcoin “expands on your ideas into a complete working system”. Announced b-money on the cypherpunks list, 27 Nov 1998 (UTC).
References
- activism.net activism.net
- en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org
- en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org
- en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org
- weidai.com weidai.com