RE: TOKENOMIX CONTEST - Win MAPX tokens - Round 4 of 10

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TOKENOMIX CONTEST - Win MAPX tokens - Round 4 of 10

in cryptography •  6 years ago  (edited)

I love it too!
All the codes was invented to send encrypted messages during wars. This code is also used during American Civil War.

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Yeah, for a long time it was considered uncrackable and can only be done by brute-force frequency analysis, hence can be done by computers. I think that if the keyword is longer than the message it remains uncrackable, eg. use the first paragraph from a book as the keyword.

But how did it work before they had computers, then? And is it now crackable without a computer? (probably silly questions, but my brain is fried at the moment, lol)

I didn't know that. Another thing learned today 👍