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Feb 2023
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Episode 24: CryptoHack's Collection of C...

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For several years, CryptoHack has been a free platform for learning modern cryptography through fun and challenging programming puzzles. From toy ciphers to post-quantum cryptography, CryptoHack has a wide-ranging and ever increasing library of puzzles for both the aspiring and accomplished cryptographer. On this episode, Nadim and Lucas are joined by Giacomo Pope and Laurence Tennant, the founders of CryptoHack, to discuss how the platform came to be, and how it evolved, as well as how to improve cryptographic pedagogy more broadly.

Special Guests: Giacomo Pope and Laurence Tennant.

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  • CryptoHack — A fun, free platform for learning modern cryptography
  • Some Cryptography Books I Like — This is just a brief post going over a few books on Cryptography I’ve read, and would potentially recommend to people interested in the topic.
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