cypherpunk

English

Alternative forms
  • cipherpunk (rare)

Etymology

Blend of cipher +‎ cyberpunk, coined by American hacker and author Jude Milhon (St. Jude) in 1992.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsʌɪfəpʌŋk/
  • Audio (UK)(file)
  • Hyphenation: cy‧pher‧punk

Noun

cypherpunk (plural cypherpunks)

  1. (computing) A person with an interest in encryption and privacy, especially one who uses encrypted email.
    Coordinate term: crypto-anarchist

References
  1. Laurent Gayard (2018) Darknet: Geopolitics and Uses, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 85: “The term “cypherpunk” itself was created by Jude Milhon, a U.S. civil rights activist from the 1960s and pioneer computer scientist, with a play on words between “cypher”, which means “encrypt”, the term “punk” […] and the term “cyberpunk”, […]”

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