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'''Ralph C. Merkle''' is a computer scientist. He is one of the inventors of public key cryptography. He is a researcher and speaker on [[cryonics]].
'''Ralph C. Merkle'''<ref name="Personal website">[https://ralphmerkle.com/ Personal website]. Retrieved February 9, 2024</ref> (born 1952) is an American computer scientist and [[Cryonics|cryonicist]]. He is also a researcher and speaker on nanotechnology.


==On Cryonics==
Merkle received his B.A. in Computer Science, U.C. Berkeley, in 1974, his M.S. in Computer Science, U.C. Berkeley, in 1977, and his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Stanford, in 1979. His doctoral thesis is named "Secrecy, authentication, and public key systems".<ref>[https://www.ralphmerkle.com/merkleDir/eduWork.html Merkle Education and Work]. ralphmerkle.com. Retrieved February 9, 2024</ref>
<blockquote>"Researchers in [[molecular manufacturing|molecular]] [[nanotechnology]] are more aware than most of the truly remarkable medical advances we can expect in the next few decades. The ability to arrange and rearrange atoms and molecules in most of the ways permitted by natural law will enable revolutionary capabilities, including the full power of a mature nanomedicine, which should make good health the birthright of all humanity. Disease, disability, and the infirmities of old age will become rarities; joining polio, the plague and smallpox as ancient pestilences finally laid to rest by the inexorable advance of technology. While some of us might have the good fortune to stay alive and healthy until these medical marvels are available, cryonics offers a bridge to the future in case we wouldn't otherwise make it. Should our health fail we can be cryopreserved and cooled to the temperature of liquid nitrogen. At that temperature, tissue remains essentially unchanged for centuries. We can preserve ourselves for the few remaining decades until the day when nanomedicine can heal our injuries and restore our health: as good or better than the health we enjoyed in our 20's or 30's."<ref>http://www.merkle.com/</ref></blockquote>


== Nanotechnology & Cryonics – Preserving Ourselves for the Future, August 2017 ==
Merkle signed up for [[cryopreservation]] arrangements with the [[Alcor Life Extension Foundation]] in 1989.<ref name="Personal website" /> He is a member of the Alcor Board of Directors (since May 21, 1998),<ref>[https://www.alcor.org/library/alcor-board-of-directors/#merkle Alcor Board of Directors]. alcor.org</ref><ref name="Personal website" /> the Scientific Advisory Board of Alcor,<ref name="Scientific Board">[https://www.alcor.org/about/#scientific-advisory-board Scientific Advisory Board]. alcor.org</ref> and the [[UK Cryonics and Cryopreservation Research Network]].<ref name="About Us">[https://www.cryonics-research.org.uk/about-us.html About Us]. cryonics-research.org.uk</ref> He is a signatory of the [[Scientists' Open Letter on Cryonics]], having signed it on March 19, 2004.<ref>[https://www.biostasis.com/scientists-open-letter-on-cryonics/ SCIENTISTS’ OPEN LETTER ON CRYONICS]</ref>
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==External Links==
His wife, Carol Shaw, a retired video game designer, also has signed up for cryonics.<ref>[https://www.ralphmerkle.com/relatives/ Some relatives of Ralph C. Merkle]. ralphmerkle.com. Retrieved February 9, 2024</ref><ref name="Personal website" /><ref>Wikipedia: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Shaw Carol Shaw]</ref>
* [http://www.merkle.com/ Ralph Merkle's Home Page]
* [https://www.crypto-economy.net/en/ralph-merkle-self-improving-dao-democracy/ Ralph Merkle proposes a self-improving DAO democracy]
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== References ==
== Sources ==
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== External links ==
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* [https://ralphmerkle.com/ Personal website]
* LinkedIn: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/ralph-merkle-a420522/ Ralph Merkle]
* YouTube: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arBrZw0fTUU Alcor Conference 2006 - Ralph Merkle - Nanotechnology and Cryonics]
* YouTube: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdKyf8fsH6w An Introduction to Molecular Nanotechnology with Ralph Merkle | Singularity University]
* YouTube: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhPtQd9rAEo Part 1: Ralph Merkle on the State of the Art of Cryopreservation] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek6ym2FhR_s part 2] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJJvzTsIITY part 3]
* [https://www.cryonicsunderground.com/1510453/10029093-ralph-merkle-on-nanotech-manipulating-the-microcosmos Ralph Merkle – On Nanotech & Manipulating the Microcosmos]. ''[[Cryonics Underground]]'' discussion (2022)
* Wikipedia: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Merkle Ralph Merkle]
 
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