Timothy May

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Event September 21, 1992 Added September 27, 2026 Updated September 27, 2026 Analysis

The Cypherpunks: where Bitcoin's building blocks were first posted

Bitcoin Institute ↔ Timothy May, Eric Hughes, Hal Finney, Adam Back, Wei Dai, David Chaum, Len Sassaman, Satoshi Nakamoto

How a 1992 Oakland meeting became the Cypherpunks mailing list: the name, the remailers, the Clipper fight, the 1997 split, and the Hashcash and b-money posts the Bitcoin whitepaper later cited.

Event March 9, 1993 Added September 23, 2026 Updated September 27, 2026 Biography

Eric Hughes — Coined "Cypherpunks write code" and founded the Cypherpunks mailing list

Eric Hughes

Eric Hughes, a mathematician, co-founded the Cypherpunks in 1992, ran their mailing list, built early anonymous remailers, and wrote A Cypherpunk's Manifesto on March 9, 1993.