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The Cyphernomicon §2.4.17: What does 'Cypherpunks write code' mean? (Timothy C. May, 1994)

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Timothy C. May September 10, 1994

2.4.17. “What does “Cypherpunks write code’ mean?”

  • a clarifying statement, not an imperative
  • technology and concrete solutions over bickering and chatter
  • if you don’t write code, fine. Not everyone does (in fact, probably less than 10% of the list writes serious code, and less than 5% writes crypto or security software

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Original external source

https://nakamotoinstitute.org/static/docs/cyphernomicon.txt
One section of Timothy C. May's The Cyphernomicon: Cypherpunks FAQ and More, Version 0.666, dated September 10, 1994. The FAQ as a whole runs to more than 22,000 lines; this entry keeps only this section, which May's copyright notice allows ("Use short sections under 'fair use' provisions, with appropriate credit"). Wording, outline markers and typos are kept as in the Satoshi Nakamoto Institute copy; the time of day is not recorded, so it is set to 00:00 UTC.