The Cicada 3301 Puzzles: Recruiting or Experimenting?
Cicada 3301 was a set of cryptography puzzles posted under the name “3301” in 2012, 2013, and 2014. The puzzles claimed to recruit “highly intelligent individuals.” No one has proven who ran them, whether any solver was hired, or whether recruitment was ever the real point. What Cicada 3301 was, in plain terms Cicada 3301 […]
Bitcoin’s Encrypted Creator: The Quest to Uncover Satoshi Nakamoto
Who Is Satoshi Nakamoto? Satoshi Nakamoto is the pseudonym used by the unknown author or group who released the Bitcoin whitepaper on October 31, 2008, mined the genesis block on January 3, 2009, and disappeared from public communication on April 23, 2011. The identity has never been verified, despite multiple high-profile claims and lawsuits. The […]