A memorial reading · 1976–2026

Walk the record. Leave the last line open.

This is a route through the cypherpunk record: scientific prelude, a loose network, a fight over keys, and the tools that followed. It is written in respect. It is not a ranking, not a coin advertisement, and not a claim that costume equals competence.

1. 00Before the first name—1
2. 01Cipher, not costume19922
3. 02Keys that can be shown19763
4. 03Mail that does not point back1981–19854
5. 04They met, and then they wrote1991–19925
6. 05Privacy is the power to choose9 March 19936
7. 06A voice is not a charter1988 · 19927
8. 07Who is allowed to hold them1993–19968
9. 08A machine that could be checked19989
10. 09The body of a letter is not the fact it was sent1996–200610
11. 10Money, before any label1982–200411
12. 11A combination, and a public history2008–200912
13. 12The present does not close the book2012–202513
14. 13A line nobody signed—14