CypherPunks, Cryptography, and the movement that would change the world forever. The Blockchain Theory.

Quick history of Cryptography –

Cryptography dates back 1000s of years, simple methods of encryption like pen and paper or mechanical aids to protect secrets.

In the early 20th century the invention of mechanical and electromechanical machines such as the "Enigma rotor machine" used to encrypt nazi communications during WWII, provided a new layer of encryption.

The introduction of electronics and computing, Allowed encryption to reach new levels of complexity.

Up until the late 1960s encryption and ciphers were solely used by governments and spy agencies such as the C.I.A, KGB, SS, MI6 & Mossad.

It wasn't until the early 1970s that IBM created the "data encryption standard" or DES for short, followed by the invention of public key encryption which opened encryption to the public.

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Who are the Cypherpunks**?

The term cypherpunk is derived from the words cipher and cyberpunk.

The term was given to a group of young computer scientists by Judith Milhon a San Francisco Bay area hacker and civil rights activist also known by her pseudonym "St. Jude"