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Cryptography Videos Recommended on Hacker News (90)
Cryptography is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 90 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2011 and 2026 — 253 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.
Cryptography: encryption, public key, RSA, elliptic curves, TLS, hashing, zero-knowledge proofs, Bitcoin, blockchain, cryptocurrency, passwords, history of codes and ciphers, Enigma.
Why HN keeps sending people here — on Behind the Scenes of iOS Security: “if you haven't watched the talk at Black Hat I'd highly recommend it” — an HN commenter, 2018.
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3 mo on HNHacking at Quantum Speed with Shor's Algorithm | Infinite Series
PBS Infinite Series
3 HN recommender · 2018–2019
3 mo on HNBitcoin Is Protecting Human Rights Around the World
ReasonTV
3 HN recommender · 2021–2021
2 mo on HNGopherfest 2017 | Upspin with Rob Pike
The Go Programming Language
2 HN recommender · 2017–2025
2 mo on HNHere's Why Your Static Website Needs HTTPS
Troy Hunt
2 HN recommender · 2020–2023
2 mo on HNHow I hacked a hardware crypto wallet and recovered $2 million
Joe Grand
2 HN recommender · 2022–2023
2 mo on HNHonest Government Ad | Anti Encryption Law
thejuicemedia
3 HN recommender · 2018–2019
2 mo on HNThe Encryption Tightrope: Balancing Americans’ Security and Privacy: EventID=104573
House Committee on the Judiciary
3 HN recommender · 2016–2017
2 mo on HNSaifedean Ammous: Bitcoin, Anarchy, and Austrian Economics | Lex Fridman Podcast #284
Lex Fridman
2 HN recommender · 2022–2023
2 mo on HNDiffie-Hellman Key Exchange
Art of the Problem
2 HN recommender · 2012–2016
2 mo on HNBehind the scenes of iOS and Mac Security
Black Hat
2 HN recommender · 2019–2022
2 mo on HN27c3: Console Hacking 2010 (en)
Christiaan008
2 HN recommender · 2019–2026
2 mo on HN36C3 - The ecosystem is moving
media.ccc.de
2 HN recommender · 2020–2026
2 mo on HN1. Introduction for 15.S12 Blockchain and Money, Fall 2018
MIT OpenCourseWare
2 HN recommender · 2021–2022
2 mo on HNChip & PIN Fraud Explained - Computerphile
Computerphile
2 HN recommender · 2015–2018
2 mo on HNThe Lightning Network Explained (Litecoin/Bitcoin)
Franklyn
2 HN recommender · 2017–2018
2 mo on HNDEF CON 26 CRYPTO AND PRIVACY VILLAGE - Scott Arciszewski - No Way JOSE! Designing Cryptography
DEFCONConference
2 HN recommender · 2019–2020
2 mo on HNWhat is Bitcoin? (v1)
WeUseCoins
2 HN recommender · 2011–2017
2 mo on HNZFS Native Encryption by Tom Caputi
OpenZFS
2 HN recommender · 2016–2022
2 mo on HNA Conversation with Stewart Brand (Devcon4)
Ethereum Foundation
2 HN recommender · 2021–2021
2 mo on HNThe Stellar Consensus Protocol | David Mazières | Talks at Google
Talks at Google
2 HN recommender · 2018–2021
2 mo on HNBitcoin Q&A: How Do I Secure My Bitcoin?
aantonop
2 HN recommender · 2017–2018
2 mo on HNEncryption: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
2 HN recommender · 2016–2018
1 mo on HNCrypto CEO Accidentally Describes Ponzi Scheme
Coffeezilla
1 HN recommend · 2022–2023
1 mo on HNSecrets From The Future
MC Frontalot - Topic
1 HN recommend · 2021–2022
1 mo on HNComputer Security 161 Cryptocurrency Lecture
Nicholas C Weaver
1 HN recommend · 2022–2023
1 mo on HNBeyond Passwords: Secure Authentication with Mozilla Persona
Next Day Video
1 HN recommend · 2013–2016
1 mo on HNThe Lava Lamps That Help Keep The Internet Secure
Tom Scott
1 HN recommend · 2017–2024
1 mo on HNDCEmu Reviews - 27C3 - Chaos Communication Congress 2010 - fail0verflow - FULL VIDEO
1KIND Reviews
1 HN recommend · 2011–2015
1 mo on HNCryptocurrency Explained: Money as a System-of-Control
aantonop
1 HN recommend · 2017–2020
1 mo on HNLest We Remember: Cold Boot Attacks on Encryption Keys
pucitp
1 HN recommend · 2011–2020
1 mo on HNInside a Secret Chinese Bitcoin Mine
Motherboard
1 HN recommend · 2017–2017
1 mo on HNWarren Buffett: Bitcoin Is An Asset That Creates Nothing | CNBC
CNBC
1 HN recommend · 2018–2021
1 mo on HNPasskeys in Action | FIDO Alliance Demo Video
FIDO Alliance
1 HN recommend · 2022–2023
1 mo on HNRick Reacts to Lightning (Again) and brings up a previously undiscussed flaw
We Are All Satoshi
1 HN recommend · 2018–2019
1 mo on HNCh(e)at GPT? - Computerphile
Computerphile
1 HN recommend · 2023–2026
1 mo on HNThe Internet Was Weeks Away From Disaster And No One Knew
Veritasium
1 HN recommend · 2026–2026