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crypto-anarchist

noun

Etymology

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

  1. derived from ἀναρχία
  2. derived from anarchiste
  3. prefixed as crypto-anarchist — “crypto + anarchist”

Definitions

  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 […]
    • 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.

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