Cypherpunks

Australian editor, publisher, and activist (born 1971)

South African entrepreneur; second self-funded visitor to the International Space Station

Satoshi Nakamoto is the name used by the presumed pseudonymous person or persons who developed bitcoin, authored the bitcoin white paper, and created and deployed bitcoin's original reference implementation. As part of the implementation, Nakamoto also devised the first blockchain database. Nakamoto was active in the development of bitcoin until December 2010.

American computer scientist

American programmer, creator of BitTorrent protocol

creator of Pretty Good Privacy

American computer security researcher (born 1983)

American software developer (1956-2014)

A cypherpunk is one who advocates the widespread use of strong cryptography and privacy-enhancing technologies as a means of effecting social and political change. The cypherpunk movement originated in the late 1980s and gained traction with the establishment of the "Cypherpunks" electronic mailing list in 1992, where informal groups of activists, technologists, and cryptographers discussed strategies to enhance individual privacy and resist state or corporate surveillance. Deeply libertarian in philosophy, the movement is rooted in principles of decentralization, individual autonomy, and free

American computer scientist

German free software developer

CryptoParty (Crypto-Party) is a grassroots global endeavour to introduce the basics of practical cryptography such as the Tor anonymity network, I2P, Freenet, key signing parties, disk encryption and virtual private networks to the general public. The project primarily consists of a series of free public workshops.

British cryptographer

Internet activist, software programmer and contributor to the GNU project

American hacker and author (1939–2003)

Cryptome is an online library and 501(c)(3) private foundation created in 1996 by John Young and Deborah Natsios closed in 2023 and reopened soon afterward. The site collected information about freedom of expression, privacy, cryptography, dual-use technologies, national security, intelligence, and government secrecy.

American writer, engineer and scientist (1951–2018)

US computer systems engineer

American computer security expert

American anarcho-capitalist

American cryptographer

New Zealand computer scientist

American computer scientist

American computer security expert

British investigative journalist (1952-)

Dutch hacker (born 1968)

American cybersecurity, privacy and anti-stalkerware activist