financeguy74 on Nostr: Decrypting Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon Solitaire Cipher gives you... Jack Dorsey ...
Decrypting Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon Solitaire Cipher gives you... Jack Dorsey as Satoshi Nakamoto?
Cryptonomicon Solitaire Cipher Opening
Top card: 53
Bottom card: 11 (a Jack)
Satoshi's first transaction: 1/11
Jack's mom's birthday: 1/11
Satoshi's last mined block: 5/3
Jack's dad's birthday: 5/3
The use of real innovative cryptography from Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon was the introduction of the Solitaire Cipher using a deck of cards (look it up. It was made just for this book).
In the story, the author sets up the formula to decrypt the code by grabbing the Joker at the top of the deck with a value of 53, and he says to count down 53 cards from the top of the deck to the last card...
"And that card happens to be the Jack of Clubs, with a value of 11. Eleven, then is the first number in the keystream," the author says.
Thus, the introduction to the cipher is plain as day.
A value of 53 counted down to the value of 11 reveals a... Jack.
Cryptonomicon Solitaire Cipher Opening
Top card: 53
Bottom card: 11 (a Jack)
Satoshi's first transaction: 1/11
Jack's mom's birthday: 1/11
Satoshi's last mined block: 5/3
Jack's dad's birthday: 5/3
The use of real innovative cryptography from Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon was the introduction of the Solitaire Cipher using a deck of cards (look it up. It was made just for this book).
In the story, the author sets up the formula to decrypt the code by grabbing the Joker at the top of the deck with a value of 53, and he says to count down 53 cards from the top of the deck to the last card...
"And that card happens to be the Jack of Clubs, with a value of 11. Eleven, then is the first number in the keystream," the author says.
Thus, the introduction to the cipher is plain as day.
A value of 53 counted down to the value of 11 reveals a... Jack.