Event August 19, 1993 Added September 27, 2026 Updated September 27, 2026 Mailing List 2 messages BlackNet on the Cypherpunks list (1993–1994) Al Billings ↔ Timothy Newsham Al Billings answers the forwarded BlackNet announcement an hour later: "It had to happen. Even if it isn't real, it will happen soon enough."