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The co-founder of Cypherpunks, Timothy C. May, died of natural causes, a Facebook eulogy published by cypherpunk, Lucky Green, said on December 15th.
In his post on social media, Green has informed:
"It has come to me that my dear friend, co-conspirator in many things and for many years, Comrade Freedom Fighter Tim May disappeared earlier this week at his home in Corralitos, California."
May is the author of "The Crypto Anarchist Manifesto", published in 1992, in which he apparently predicted some elements of today's decentralized cryptocurrencies:
"Naturally the state will try to slow down or stop the spread of this [cryptography-based] technology, citing national security concerns, the use of technology by drug dealers and tax evaders and fears of social disintegration. "
However, May also admitted in the Manifesto that "many of these concerns will be valid", since "crypto-anarchy will allow national secrets to operate freely and allow trade in illicit and stolen materials".
In his post on Facebook, Green wrote that while the autopsy has not yet been performed, "death seems to come from natural causes." Green explains that May "co-founded the Cypherpunks, perhaps the most effective cryptocracy base organization in history, along with Eric Hughes and John Gilmore in 1992."
As Cointelegraph reported last year, many consider that the "criptpunk movement deserves as much credit as Satoshi [Nakamoto] for having thrown the fundamental development of cryptography. "The legendary creator of Bitcoin (BTC) was reported in communication with the cypherpunk community before the release of the Bitcoin whitepaper in 2008, and communicated his ideas to them in an e-mail thread.
As Cointelegraph reported in a dedicated analysis, government monitoring of cryptocurrencies is increasing, but there are many ways to avoid it.
Privacy defender and informant Edward Snowden believes that the main Bitcoin cryptocurrency is not the best solution for private peer transactions. In addition, Snowden has repeatedly noted that he considers ZCash (ZEC) the "most interesting" altcoin, due to the concentration on privacy.
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