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-2. MFAQ--Most Frequently Asked Questions
+Most Frequently Asked Questions
+============
 
-  2.1. copyright
-            THE  CYPHERNOMICON: Cypherpunks FAQ and More, Version 0.666,
-            1994-09-10, Copyright Timothy C. May. All rights reserved.
-            See the detailed disclaimer. Use short sections under "fair
-            use" provisions, with appropriate credit, but don't put your
-            name on my words.
+##2.1. copyright
 
-  2.2. SUMMARY: MFAQ--Most Frequently Asked Questions
-    2.2.1. Main Points
-           - These are the main questions that keep coming up. Not
+THE  CYPHERNOMICON: Cypherpunks FAQ and More, Version 0.666,
+1994-09-10, Copyright Timothy C. May. All rights reserved.
+See the detailed disclaimer. Use short sections under "fair
+use" provisions, with appropriate credit, but don't put your
+name on my words.
+  
+##2.2. SUMMARY: MFAQ--Most Frequently Asked Questions
+
+Main Points
+
+- These are the main questions that keep coming up. Not
   necessarily the most basic question, just the ones that get
   asked a lot. What most FAQs are.
-    2.2.2. Connections to Other Sections
-    2.2.3. Where to Find Additional Information
+- Connections to Other Sections
+- Where to Find Additional Information
     - newcomers to crypto should buy Bruce Schneier's "Applied
       Cryptography"...it will save many hours worth of
       unnecessary questions and clueless remarks about
       cryptography.
     - the various FAQs publishe in the newsroups (like sci.crypt,
       alt.security.pgp) are very helpful. (also at rtfm.mit.edu)
-    2.2.4. Miscellaneous Comments
+- Miscellaneous Comments
     - I wasn't sure what to include here in the MFAQ--perhaps
       people can make suggestions of other things to include.
     - My advice is that if something interests you, use your
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       section. Usually (but not always) there's more material in
       the main chapters than here in the MFAQ.
   
-  2.3. "What's the 'Big Picture'?"
-    2.3.1. Strong crypto is here. It is widely available.
-    2.3.2. It implies many changes in the way the world works. Private
+##2.3. "What's the 'Big Picture'?"
+
+- Strong crypto is here. It is widely available.
+- It implies many changes in the way the world works. Private
     channels between parties who have never met and who never
     will meet are possible. Totally anonymous, unlinkable,
     untraceable communications and exchanges are possible.
-    2.3.3. Transactions can only be *voluntary*, since the parties are
+- Transactions can only be *voluntary*, since the parties are
     untraceable and unknown and can withdraw at any time. This
     has profound implications for the conventional approach of
     using the threat of force, directed against parties by
     governments or by others. In particular, threats of force
     will fail.
-    2.3.4. What emerges from this is unclear, but I think it will be a
+ - What emerges from this is unclear, but I think it will be a
     form of anarcho-capitalist market system I call "crypto
     anarchy." (Voluntary communications only, with no third
     parties butting in.)
   
-  2.4. Organizational
-    2.4.1. "How do I get on--and off--the Cypherpunks list?"
+- 2.4. Organizational
+- "How do I get on--and off--the Cypherpunks list?"
     - Send a message to "cypherpunks-request@toad.com"
     - Any auto-processed commands?
     - don't send requests to the list as a whole....this will
       mark you as "clueless"
-    2.4.2. "Why does the Cypherpunks list sometimes go down, or lose the
+- "Why does the Cypherpunks list sometimes go down, or lose the
    subscription list?"
     - The host machine, toad.com, owned by John Gilmore, has had
       the usual problems such machines have: overloading,
@@ -63,7 +68,7 @@
       make digital money more robust and trustable.
     - There is no paid staff, no hardware budget for
       improvements. The work done is strictly voluntarily.
-    2.4.3. "If I've just joined the Cypherpunks list, what should I do?"
+- "If I've just joined the Cypherpunks list, what should I do?"
     - Read for a while. Things will become clearer, themes will
       emerge, and certain questions will be answered. This is
       good advice for any group or list, and is especially so for
@@ -85,7 +90,7 @@
       other topics, and, yes, we sometimes let our views creep
       into discussions. There's no denying that certain
       resonances exist. I'm just urging caution.)
-    2.4.4. "I'm swamped by the list volume; what can I do?"
+- "I'm swamped by the list volume; what can I do?"
    - This is a natural reaction. Nobody can follow it all; I
       spend entirely too many hours a day reading the list, and I
       certainly can't follow it all. Pick areas of expertise and
@@ -105,7 +110,7 @@
    - The mailing list may someday be switched over to a
       newsgroup, a la "alt.cypherpunks." (This may affect some
       people whose sites do not carry alt groups.)
-    2.4.5. "It's very easy to get lost in the morass of detail here. Are
+- "It's very easy to get lost in the morass of detail here. Are
    there any ways to track what's *really* important?"
     - First, a lot of the stuff posted in the Usenet newsgroups,
       and on the Cypherpunks list, is peripheral stuff,
@@ -129,7 +134,7 @@
       interest and follow _them_. You may not need to know the
       inner workings of DES or all the switches on PGP to make
       contributions in other areas. (In fact, you surely don't.)
-    2.4.6. "Who are the Cypherpunks?"
+- "Who are the Cypherpunks?"
    - A mix of about 500-700
    + Can find out who by sending message to majordomo@toad.com
       with the message body text "who cypherpunks" (no quotes, of
@@ -139,7 +144,7 @@
       accounts). Lots of computer science/programming folks. Lots
       of libertarians.
    - quote from Wired article, and from "Whole Earth Review"
-    2.4.7. "Who runs the Cypherpunks?"
+- "Who runs the Cypherpunks?"
    - Nobody. There's no formal "leadership." No ruler = no head
       = an arch = anarchy. (Look up the etymology of anarchy.)
    - However, the mailing list currently resides on a physical
@@ -170,7 +175,7 @@
    - Those who get heard on the mailing list, or in the physical
       meetings, are those who write articles that people find
       interesting or who say things of note. Sounds fair to me.
-    2.4.8. "Why don't the issues that interest me get discussed?"
+- "Why don't the issues that interest me get discussed?"
    - Maybe they already have been--several times. Many newcomers
       are often chagrined to find arcane topics being discussed,
       with little discussion of "the basics."
@@ -182,8 +187,8 @@
       fresher may generate more responses than, say, asking
       what's wrong with Clipper. (A truly overworked topic,
       naturally.)
-    2.4.9. "How did the Cypherpunks group get started?"
-   2.4.10. "Where did the name 'Cypherpunks' come from?"
+- "How did the Cypherpunks group get started?"
+- "Where did the name 'Cypherpunks' come from?"
    + Jude Milhon, aka St. Jude, then an editor at "Mondo 2000,"
       was at the earliest meetings...she quipped "You guys are
       just a bunch of cypherpunks." The name was adopted
@@ -201,7 +206,6 @@
         name are clear. For one thing, many people are bored by
         staid names. For another, it gets us noticed by
         journalists and others.
-             -
    - We are actually not very "punkish" at all. About as punkish
       as most of our cyberpunk cousins are, which is to say, not
       very.
@@ -209,6 +213,9 @@
      - Crypto Cabal (this before the sci.crypt FAQ folks
         appeared, I think), Crypto Liberation Front, other names
      - not everybody likes the name...such is life
+     
+ ## Partially completed FAQ section
+     
    2.4.11. "Why doesn't the Cypherpunks group have announced goals,
             ideologies, and plans?"
            - The short answer: we're just a mailing list, a loose