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name: Tim C May
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# Tim C May

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## Cultural Context

Timothy C. May wrote "The Crypto Anarchist Manifesto" in 1988, predicting that cryptography would undermine the state's ability to control information and money. His vision of crypto-anarchy directly anticipated the world that Bitcoin, dark markets, and encrypted messaging have created.

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## Justification

Wrote "The Crypto Anarchist Manifesto" in 1988 — predicting dark markets, encrypted messaging, and anonymous digital cash before any of it existed. One of the cypherpunk movement's founding prophets.
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**Swag Score:** 5