cryptoanarchy

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noun

The use of cryptography to enable individuals to make consensual economic arrangements and transcend national boundaries.

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Meanings

nouncryptoanarchy (uncountable)

alternative crypto anarchy

  1. uncountableThe use of cryptography to enable individuals to make consensual economic arrangements and transcend national boundaries.

    This truism is the core of crypto anarchy. No central control, no ruler, no leader (except by example, reputation), no ‘laws’. No single nation controls the Net, no administrative body sets policy.

    2016, Vernor Vinge, editor, True Names, Penguin, →ISBN

Origin

From crypto- + anarchy.

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Translations

German Krypto-Anarchie
  • Krypto-Anarchieuse of cryptography to economic arrangement and transcend boundaries
Portuguese criptoanarquia
  • criptoanarquiause of cryptography to economic arrangement and transcend boundaries
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APA

cryptoanarchy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cryptoanarchy

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“cryptoanarchy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cryptoanarchy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cryptoanarchy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cryptoanarchy.

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