cryptolibertarian

English

Alternative forms

• crypto-libertarian

Etymology

From crypto- +‎ libertarian.

Adjective

cryptolibertarian (comparative more cryptolibertarian, superlative most cryptolibertarian)

1. Related to, characteristic of, or espousing cryptolibertarianism.
   • 2012, Andy Greenberg, This Machine Kills Secrets: How WikiLeakers, Cypherpunks and Hacktivists Aim to Free the World's Information‎^[1], page 65:

     With those inchoate thoughts of anonymous security breaches whispering in May’s ear, he discovered the article whose ideas would finally make his crypto-libertarian dreams possible.

   • 2015, Carrie-Ann Biondi, “Counter-Culture Capitalist”, in Shawn E. Klein, editors, Steve Jobs and Philosophy‎^[2], page 20:

     Techno-geeks devoured the crypto-libertarian science fiction of authors like Robert Heinlein, and they ushered in the computer revolution.

   • 2017, Alec Ross, The Industries of the Future‎^[3], page 118:

     I think that the cryptocurrency that breaks out (whether it is Bitcoin or another) will shed its cryptolibertarian roots and embrace the responsibilities that come with being economically significant.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:cryptolibertarian.

Noun

cryptolibertarian (plural cryptolibertarians)

1. One who supports cryptolibertarianism.
   • 1997 September 8, Josh McHugh, “Politics for the really cool”, in Forbes‎^[4], page 172:

     Move over, Democrats and Republicans, Liberals and Socialists and Fascists. Here come the Cryptolibertarians, the wirehead heirs of Thomas Jefferson and Henry David Thoreau.

   • 2018, Primavera De Filippi, “Citizenship in the Era of Blockchain-Based Virtual Nations”, in Rainer Bauböck, editor, Market Valuation of Citizenship by Nation (Value of Human Life)‎^[5], pages 272-273:

     This vision is also shared by a number of crypto-libertarians, such as the team behind Bitnation, who believe that — since we have lost trust in our governments — we shall now rely on blockchain technology to create trustless systems (i.e. systems where trust is no longer needed) with a view to support and facilitate a series of atomic peer-to-peer interactions in a seemingly stateless environment.

   • 2024, Ben Collier, Tor: From the Dark Web to the Future of Privacy‎^[6], page 119:

     In 2008, Murdoch released the Tor Browser Bundle, bringing Tor farther out of the bedrooms of computer enthusiasts and crypto-libertarians and into a much wider world of users.