Editing Timothy C. May (section)

==Social and political views==
May was an advocate for [[libertarianism]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://beinglibertarian.com/tim-may-passes/|title=Tim May, The Father of Crypto Anarchy, Has Passed Away|date=December 20, 2018|work=Being Libertarian|access-date=August 15, 2019|archive-date=August 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815174103/https://beinglibertarian.com/tim-may-passes/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nakamotoinstitute.org/libertaria-in-cyberspace/|title=Libertaria in Cyberspace|date=September 1, 1992|work=Satoshi Nakamoto Institute|access-date=August 15, 2019|archive-date=August 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815174107/https://nakamotoinstitute.org/libertaria-in-cyberspace/|url-status=live}}</ref> and for internet privacy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/21/obituaries/timothy-c-may-dead.html|title=Timothy C. May, Early Advocate of Internet Privacy, Dies at 66|date=December 21, 2018|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 22, 2018|archive-date=June 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604210742/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/21/obituaries/timothy-c-may-dead.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

He was a founding member of, and had been one of the most voluminous contributors to, the [[Cypherpunk]]s [[electronic mailing list]]. He wrote extensively on cryptography and privacy from the 1990s through 2003.

May wrote a substantial cypherpunk-themed [[FAQ]], "The Cyphernomicon" (incorporating his earlier piece "The [[Crypto-anarchism|Crypto Anarchist]] Manifesto");<ref name="Cyphernomicon">{{cite web |title=The Cyphernomicon: Cypherpunks FAQ and More, Version 0.666 |last=May |first=Timothy C. |date=September 10, 1994 |url=http://www.cypherpunks.to/faq/cyphernomicron/cyphernomicon.html |work=Cypherpunks.to |accessdate=February 28, 2011 |archive-date=June 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607130638/http://www.cypherpunks.to/faq/cyphernomicron/cyphernomicon.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and his essay, "True Nyms and Crypto Anarchy", was included in a reprint of [[Vernor Vinge]]'s novel ''[[True Names]]''. In 2001 his work was published in the book, ''Crypto Anarchy, Cyberstates, and Pirate Utopias''.<ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Ludlow|editor-first=Peter|title=Crypto anarchy, cyberstates, and pirate utopias|year=2001|publisher=MIT Press|location=Cambridge, Mass.|isbn=0-262-62151-7}}</ref>

May led a reclusive life. His ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]'' obituary noted: "He often wrote about arming himself and waiting for government agents to show up. After the Cypherpunks faded in the early 2000s, he began expressing racist sentiments to other online groups".<ref name=":0" />

''[[Reason Magazine]]'' described him as a "significant influence on both [[bitcoin]] and [[WikiLeaks]]" in their obituary.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://reason.com/2018/12/16/tim-may-influential-writer-on-crypto-ana/ |title=Tim May, Father of 'Crypto Anarchy,' is Dead at 66 |date=16 December 2018 |access-date=2020-08-07 |archive-date=2020-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930025211/https://reason.com/2018/12/16/tim-may-influential-writer-on-crypto-ana/ |url-status=live }}</ref>