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It was Timothy C May acquaintance with David Chaum's ideas, particularly his article on identification-free security systems, that pushed May to study public-key cryptography. Through his research and contemplation, May came to the conclusion that cryptography, combined with networked computing, had the potential to "erode the structures of social power." In September 1988, he wrote the "Crypto Anarchist Manifesto", which was based on Karl Marx's "Communist Manifesto."

The Crypto Anarchist Manifesto

Timothy C. May
tcmay@netcom.com

https://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.805/articles/crypto/cypherpunks/may-crypto-manifesto.html