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Best Cryptography videos, as recommended on Hacker News

71 videos about cryptography that Hacker News commenters keep recommending, mentioned between 2011 and 2026. Mostly talk, explainer, documentary. Channels that come up most: Computerphile, aantonop, Black Hat, Tom Scott. Sorted by how consistently HN recommended them over the years.

The most recommended is Behind the Scenes of iOS Security: HN repeatedly recommends it as the deepest public look at how iCloud Keychain and Apple's device and cloud security are designed.

• talkBehind the Scenes of iOS SecurityBlack Hat · 9 HN recommenders · 2016–2026
• explainerWhy Electronic Voting Is Still A Bad IdeaTom Scott · 11 HN recommenders · 2020–2026
• explainerBut how does bitcoin actually work?3Blue1Brown · 15 HN recommenders · 2017–2024
• explainerDiffie-Hellman Key ExchangeArt of the Problem · 9 HN recommenders · 2016–2024
• talkBlackHat USA 2011: SSL And The Future Of AuthenticityChristiaan008 · 9 HN recommenders · 2011–2017
• lectureBlockchains Are a Bad Idea (James Mickens)HBS Digital Initiative · 8 HN recommenders · 2018–2023
• documentaryLine Goes Up – The Problem With NFTsFolding Ideas · 12 HN recommenders · 2022–2026
• talkTheory and Practice of CryptographyGoogle TechTalks · 5 HN recommenders · 2011–2019
• explainerWhy Electronic Voting is a BAD Idea - ComputerphileComputerphile · 7 HN recommenders · 2015–2025
• commentaryThe Future is a Dead Mall - Decentraland and the MetaverseFolding Ideas · 6 HN recommenders · 2023–2025
• talkBitcoin 2012 London: Mike HearnIndependent POV · 6 HN recommenders · 2013–2014
• talkLibreSSL with Bob BeckJason Tubnor · 6 HN recommenders · 2014–2025
• talkKim Nilsson - Cracking MtGoxTheBitcoinArmy · 5 HN recommenders · 2017–2021
• explainerWas YOUR vote counted? (feat. homomorphic encryption) - NumberphileNumberphile · 5 HN recommenders · 2016–2024
• talkDEF CON 19 - Moxie Marlinspike - SSL And The Future Of AuthenticityDEFCONConference · 4 HN recommenders · 2013–2026
• documentaryBitcoin - Unmasking Satoshi NakamotoBarely Sociable · 5 HN recommenders · 2021–2026
• commentaryExposing Tether - Bitcoin's Biggest SecretCoffeezilla · 7 HN recommenders · 2021–2025
• talkBlockchain vs. Bullshit: Thoughts on the Future of Money [Classic Bitcoin & Open Blockchain Talk]aantonop · 3 HN recommenders · 2017–2017
• explainerFlaw in the Enigma Code - NumberphileNumberphile · 4 HN recommenders · 2013–2025
• explainerThe Only Safe Phone Is One Even the Police Can't UnlockCGP Grey · 4 HN recommenders · 2016–2025
• tutorialBlockchain 101 - A Visual DemoAnders Brownworth · 3 HN recommenders · 2017–2025
• explainerComputer Scientist Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty | WIREDWIRED · 3 HN recommenders · 2022–2026
• interviewVitalik Buterin: Ethereum, Cryptocurrency, and the Future of Money | Lex Fridman Podcast #80Lex Fridman · 3 HN recommenders · 2020–2021
• talkDefeating Ssl Using Sslstrip (Marlinspike Blackhat)TheSecurityTube · 3 HN recommenders · 2014–2018
• explainerHow secure is 256 bit security?3Blue1Brown · 2 HN recommenders · 2020–2023
• documentary"This Machine Greens" - Bitcoin Documentary - Online PremiereSwan Bitcoin · 5 HN recommenders · 2021–2022
• explainerHow Does SHA-256 Work?learnmeabitcoin · 3 HN recommenders · 2020–2022
• talkMoxie Marlinspike, Next Generation Threats 2014Techworld Sverige · 3 HN recommenders · 2015–2021
• lectureLecture 7: Introduction to Galois Fields for the AES by Christof PaarIntroduction to Cryptography by Christof Paar · 3 HN recommenders · 2017–2020
• talkPeter Rizun, Andrew Stone -- 1 GB Block Tests -- Scaling Bitcoin Stanford.OnChain Scaling · 2 HN recommenders · 2017–2022
• explainerCracking Enigma in 2021 - ComputerphileComputerphile · 3 HN recommenders · 2021–2024
• talk35C3 - The year in post-quantum cryptomedia.ccc.de · 3 HN recommenders · 2019–2019
• explainerHow Quantum Computers Break Encryption | Shor's Algorithm Explainedminutephysics · 3 HN recommenders · 2019–2023
• explainerAndreas Antonopoulos - 51% Bitcoin AttackRodolfo Díaz · 3 HN recommenders · 2021–2024
• talkBrian Warner - Magic Wormhole- Simple Secure File Transfer - PyCon 2016.mp4PyCon 2016 · 3 HN recommenders · 2018–2023
• talkLibreSSL: The first 30 days, and what the Future HoldsAndrea Ross · 3 HN recommenders · 2014–2022
• explainerHacking at Quantum Speed with Shor's Algorithm | Infinite SeriesPBS Infinite Series · 3 HN recommenders · 2018–2019
• commentaryBitcoin Is Protecting Human Rights Around the WorldReasonTV · 3 HN recommenders · 2021–2021
• talkGopherfest 2017 | Upspin with Rob PikeThe Go Programming Language · 2 HN recommenders · 2017–2025
• talkHere's Why Your Static Website Needs HTTPSTroy Hunt · 2 HN recommenders · 2020–2023
• talkHow I hacked a hardware crypto wallet and recovered $2 millionJoe Grand · 2 HN recommenders · 2022–2023
• newsThe Encryption Tightrope: Balancing Americans’ Security and Privacy: EventID=104573House Committee on the Judiciary · 3 HN recommenders · 2016–2017
• podcastSaifedean Ammous: Bitcoin, Anarchy, and Austrian Economics | Lex Fridman Podcast #284Lex Fridman · 2 HN recommenders · 2022–2023
• talkBehind the scenes of iOS and Mac SecurityBlack Hat · 2 HN recommenders · 2019–2022
• talk27c3: Console Hacking 2010 (en)Christiaan008 · 2 HN recommenders · 2019–2026
• talk36C3 - The ecosystem is movingmedia.ccc.de · 2 HN recommenders · 2020–2026
• lecture1. Introduction for 15.S12 Blockchain and Money, Fall 2018MIT OpenCourseWare · 2 HN recommenders · 2021–2022
• explainerChip & PIN Fraud Explained - ComputerphileComputerphile · 2 HN recommenders · 2015–2018
• explainerThe Lightning Network Explained (Litecoin/Bitcoin)Franklyn · 2 HN recommenders · 2017–2018
• talkDEF CON 26 CRYPTO AND PRIVACY VILLAGE - Scott Arciszewski - No Way JOSE! Designing CryptographyDEFCONConference · 2 HN recommenders · 2019–2020
• explainerWhat is Bitcoin? (v1)WeUseCoins · 2 HN recommenders · 2011–2017
• talkZFS Native Encryption by Tom CaputiOpenZFS · 2 HN recommenders · 2016–2022
• interviewA Conversation with Stewart Brand (Devcon4)Ethereum Foundation · 2 HN recommenders · 2021–2021
• talkThe Stellar Consensus Protocol | David Mazières | Talks at GoogleTalks at Google · 2 HN recommenders · 2018–2021
• explainerBitcoin Q&A: How Do I Secure My Bitcoin?aantonop · 2 HN recommenders · 2017–2018
• commentaryEncryption: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)LastWeekTonight · 2 HN recommenders · 2016–2018
• musicSecrets From The FutureMC Frontalot - Topic · 1 HN recommender · 2021–2022
• lectureComputer Security 161 Cryptocurrency LectureNicholas C Weaver · 1 HN recommender · 2022–2023
• talkBeyond Passwords: Secure Authentication with Mozilla PersonaNext Day Video · 1 HN recommender · 2013–2016
• explainerThe Lava Lamps That Help Keep The Internet SecureTom Scott · 1 HN recommender · 2017–2024
• talkDCEmu Reviews - 27C3 - Chaos Communication Congress 2010 - fail0verflow - FULL VIDEO1KIND Reviews · 1 HN recommender · 2011–2015
• talkCryptocurrency Explained: Money as a System-of-Controlaantonop · 1 HN recommender · 2017–2020
• demoLest We Remember: Cold Boot Attacks on Encryption Keyspucitp · 1 HN recommender · 2011–2020
• documentaryInside a Secret Chinese Bitcoin MineMotherboard · 1 HN recommender · 2017–2017
• interviewWarren Buffett: Bitcoin Is An Asset That Creates Nothing | CNBCCNBC · 1 HN recommender · 2018–2021
• demoPasskeys in Action | FIDO Alliance Demo VideoFIDO Alliance · 1 HN recommender · 2022–2023
• commentaryRick Reacts to Lightning (Again) and brings up a previously undiscussed flawWe Are All Satoshi · 1 HN recommender · 2018–2019
• explainerCh(e)at GPT? - ComputerphileComputerphile · 1 HN recommender · 2023–2026
• documentaryThe Internet Was Weeks Away From Disaster And No One KnewVeritasium · 1 HN recommender · 2026–2026
• explainerElliptic Curve Back Door - ComputerphileComputerphile · 1 HN recommender · 2021–2025
• newsAdmiral Jeremiah Denton Blinks Morse Code Warning as P.O.W.Audie Murphy American Legend · 1 HN recommender · 2018–2023