3.3.3. “How did the Cypherpunks group get started?”
- History?
- Discussions between Eric Hughes and me, led to Eric’s decision to host a gathering
- First meeting was, by coincidence, the same week that PGP
2.0 was released…we all got copies that day
- morning session on basics
- sitting on the floor
- afternoon we played the “Crypto Game”
- remailers, digital money, information for sale, etc.
- John Gilmore offered his site to host a mailing list, and his company’s offices to hold monthly meetings
- The mailing list began almost immediately
- The Name “Cypherpunks”?
