SOME OF THE EARLY CYPHERPUNKS we can thank for contributing to the development of digital peer-to-peer cash

Satoshi Nakamoto - Anonymous cypherpunk who introduced bitcoin to the world in 2009.

Nick Szabo - Bit Gold 2005

Hal Finney - 2004 Reusable Proof of Work (RPoW), Author of PGP 2.0. Second person to run the bitcoin client. Received the first bitcoin transaction of 10 bitcoins from Satoshi Nakamoto

Wei Dai - B-money 1998

Dr Adam Back - HashCash 1997 - CEO Blockstream

Douglas Jackson and Barry Downey - E Gold 1996

John Gilmore

Timothy C.May

Eric Hughes

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Founders of the Cypherpunk movement and mailing list in 1992

Philip Zimmermann - 1991 PGP 1.0, the most widely used email encryption in use.

David Chaum - Ecash 1983 and DigiCash 1989