"There is nothing quite so disempowering as a government that can read all your most intimate thoughts and correspondence." — Philip Zimmermann (Why I Wrote PGP, 1991) #surveillance #government #privacy

"The goal of electronic cash is to allow these same kinds of private transactions to take place electronically." — Hal Finney (Protecting privacy with electronic cash, 1993) #digitalcash #privacy #transactions

"Crypto anarchy is not just about avoiding laws. It's about making certain laws unenforceable, and hence making them obsolete." — Tim May (Cypherpunks Mailing List, 1992) #cryptoanarchy #law #enforcement