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crypto-anarchist

crypto-anarchist noun: a proponent of crypto-anarchism.

Noun

crypto-anarchist (plural crypto-anarchists)

  1. A proponent of crypto-anarchism.
    • The crypto anarchist position is that cyberspace is on a non-stop drift towards crypto anarchy. Powerful encryption algorithms, including the Data Encryption Standard (DES), triple-DES, RSA and IDEA, are readily available at no charge […]2003, Brian D. Loader, editor, The Governance of Cyberspace, Routledge, →ISBN, page 176
    • About a year ago I bought 30 Bitcoins, the online peer-to-peer crypto-currency, for about £3 each using a European website called Bitstamp.net. Bitcoins appealed to my inner crypto-anarchist and I felt they had great potential.2013 July 1, Kate Craig-Wood, “Bitcoin: how I made a virtual fortune”, in The Guardian

Examples of crypto-anarchist in a sentence

  • Crypto-anarchists build software – think of it as political computer code – that can protect us online.2017 June 4, Jamie Bartlett, “Forget far-right populism – crypto-anarchists are the new masters”, in The Observer:
  • One of the film’s producers is Cody Wilson, a self-defined “crypto-anarchist”.2020 May 1, Jessa Crispin, “'Incel' culture has sparked panic and pity – but little thoughtful conversation”, in The Guardian:

Forms of crypto-anarchist

pluralcrypto-anarchists

Origin of crypto-anarchist

From crypto- + anarchist, popularized by Timothy C. May in The Crypto Anarchist Manifesto (1988).

Questions about crypto-anarchist

What does crypto-anarchist mean?
Crypto-anarchist means a proponent of crypto-anarchism.
How do you use crypto-anarchist in a sentence?
Crypto-anarchists build software – think of it as political computer code – that can protect us online.
What part of speech is crypto-anarchist?
Crypto-anarchist is a noun.
What is the plural of crypto-anarchist?
The plural of crypto-anarchist is crypto-anarchists.

Words near crypto-anarchist in the dictionary

  1. crypto wallets
  2. crypto winter
  3. crypto winters
  4. crypto-
  5. crypto-anarchism
  6. crypto-anarchist
  7. crypto-anarchists
  8. crypto-believer
  9. crypto-believers
  10. crypto-bro
  11. crypto-bros

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