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Best Cryptography Talks Recommended on Hacker News

This ranked list contains 28 Cryptography talks from a 89-video topic archive. Entries are ordered by distinct Hacker News recommenders, then by the catalog score; the leading titles include Behind the Scenes of iOS Security, BlackHat USA 2011: SSL And The Future Of Authenticity, and Bitcoin 2012 London: Mike Hearn. The broader topic archive has 599 labeled comments across 2011–2026, but this list only includes videos classified as talks. Each row shows its recorded recommendation count and a reason based on its tags and HN history. Use the recent-video archive to browse every format by latest HN mention instead.

  1. 1
    Behind the Scenes of iOS Security

    9 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Security & hacking; the recorded mentions span 2016–2026.

    9 recommenders
  2. 2
    BlackHat USA 2011: SSL And The Future Of Authenticity

    9 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Cryptography; the recorded mentions span 2011–2017.

    9 recommenders
  3. 3
    Bitcoin 2012 London: Mike Hearn

    6 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Cryptography; the recorded mentions span 2013–2014.

    6 recommenders
  4. 4
    LibreSSL with Bob Beck

    6 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Cryptography; the recorded mentions span 2014–2025.

    6 recommenders
  5. 5
    Theory and Practice of Cryptography

    5 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Cryptography; the recorded mentions span 2011–2019.

    5 recommenders
  6. 6
    Kim Nilsson - Cracking MtGox

    5 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Cryptography; the recorded mentions span 2017–2021.

    5 recommenders
  7. 7
    DEF CON 19 - Moxie Marlinspike - SSL And The Future Of Authenticity

    4 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Cryptography; the recorded mentions span 2013–2026.

    4 recommenders
  8. 8
    Blockchain vs. Bullshit: Thoughts on the Future of Money [Classic Bitcoin & Open Blockchain Talk]

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Cryptography; the recorded mentions span 2017–2017.

    3 recommenders
  9. 9
    Defeating Ssl Using Sslstrip (Marlinspike Blackhat)

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Security & hacking; the recorded mentions span 2014–2018.

    3 recommenders
  10. 10
    Moxie Marlinspike, Next Generation Threats 2014

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Cryptography; the recorded mentions span 2015–2021.

    3 recommenders
  11. 11
    35C3 - The year in post-quantum crypto

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Cryptography; the recorded mentions span 2019–2019.

    3 recommenders
  12. 12
    Brian Warner - Magic Wormhole- Simple Secure File Transfer - PyCon 2016.mp4

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Cryptography; the recorded mentions span 2018–2023.

    3 recommenders
  13. 13
    LibreSSL: The first 30 days, and what the Future Holds

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Cryptography; the recorded mentions span 2014–2022.

    3 recommenders
  14. 14
    Peter Rizun, Andrew Stone -- 1 GB Block Tests -- Scaling Bitcoin Stanford.

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Cryptography; the recorded mentions span 2017–2022.

    2 recommenders
  15. 15
    Gopherfest 2017 | Upspin with Rob Pike

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about C, C++, Rust, Go & systems languages; the recorded mentions span 2017–2025.

    2 recommenders
  16. 16
    Here's Why Your Static Website Needs HTTPS

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Security & hacking; the recorded mentions span 2020–2023.

    2 recommenders
  17. 17
    How I hacked a hardware crypto wallet and recovered $2 million

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Security & hacking; the recorded mentions span 2022–2023.

    2 recommenders
  18. 18
    Behind the scenes of iOS and Mac Security

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Security & hacking; the recorded mentions span 2019–2022.

    2 recommenders
  19. 19
    27c3: Console Hacking 2010 (en)

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Speedrunning, glitches & game hacking; the recorded mentions span 2019–2026.

    2 recommenders
  20. 20
    36C3 - The ecosystem is moving

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Privacy, surveillance & cybercrime; the recorded mentions span 2020–2026.

    2 recommenders
  21. 21
    DEF CON 26 CRYPTO AND PRIVACY VILLAGE - Scott Arciszewski - No Way JOSE! Designing Cryptography

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Cryptography; the recorded mentions span 2019–2020.

    2 recommenders
  22. 22
    ZFS Native Encryption by Tom Caputi

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Databases & storage; the recorded mentions span 2016–2022.

    2 recommenders
  23. 23
    The Stellar Consensus Protocol | David Mazières | Talks at Google

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Distributed systems; the recorded mentions span 2018–2021.

    2 recommenders
  24. 24
    Beyond Passwords: Secure Authentication with Mozilla Persona

    1 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Security & hacking; the recorded mentions span 2013–2016.

    1 recommenders
  25. 25
    DCEmu Reviews - 27C3 - Chaos Communication Congress 2010 - fail0verflow - FULL VIDEO

    1 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Security & hacking; the recorded mentions span 2011–2015.

    1 recommenders