Political view

Cypherpunk

Uses cryptography and open software to protect privacy and to weaken state and corporate control.

Associated with: Timothy May, Eric Hughes, Bitcoin's early community.

Cypherpunk sits in the right-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly free market and strongly libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly libertarian on liberty and authority, strongly tech-optimist on technology and strongly free market on economy.

Where cypherpunk sits on eight dimensions

This is a broad family of ideas, so real people and parties who hold it differ from the profile below. The dot shows the typical tendency.

💰EconomyStrongly free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityStrongly libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyStrongly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional

Leaders in office today who fit

Nicușor Dan President of Romania, 2025 to present52%Milojko Spajić Prime Minister of Montenegro, 2023 to present48%Péter Magyar Prime Minister of Hungary, 2026 to present45%

Leaders from history who fit

Thomas Jefferson US President, 1801 to 180955%Václav Havel President of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic, 1989 to 200355%Corazon Aquino President of the Philippines, 1986 to 199246%

Similar political views

Anarcho-capitalismAbolishes the state in favor of private property, voluntary contracts and competing…84%LibertarianismMaximizes personal and economic freedom and shrinks government to a minimum.79%ObjectivismA philosophy of rational self-interest, individual rights and laissez-faire capitalism.77%MinarchismLimits the state to a minimal "night-watchman" role of courts, police and defense.72%Pirate politicsChampions digital rights, transparency, privacy and copyright reform.69%

Views are simplified profiles built from public writings and records, and they are open to debate. Percentages show how close two profiles are across all eight dimensions.