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cryptographer

[krip-tah-gruhf-er] / krɪpˈtɑ grəf ər /


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Zooko Wilcox-O’Hearn, an American computer-security specialist and cryptographer, served as CEO of Electric Coin Co., which Zcash co-founders formed to develop the coin’s blockchain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

Its history is linked to WhatsApp: the site was founded by cryptographer and entrepreneur Moxie Marlinspike, with an initial $50 million from WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton.

From Barron's ● Apr. 25, 2026

According to the report, bitcoin’s inventor is Adam Back, a British cryptographer and still a major player in the bitcoin movement.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 8, 2026

American cryptographer Bruce Schneier told the BBC that failures in cryptographic systems often lie in the fact that "to provide any actual security" they have to be "operated by humans".

From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2025

Sometimes Elizebeth also worked as a cryptographer, which meant that she was the one coming up with ways of obscuring the plaintext.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

He hired astrophysicists, cryptographers and speech-recognition experts — no Wall Street experience allowed.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 15, 2025

Japanese cryptographers had been breaking U.S. military codes — seemingly at will — and Navajo, a complex, little-known, tonal language, turned out to be a perfect solution to a dire problem.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2024

“Our engineers, cryptographers, designers, policy experts and product managers have worked tirelessly to rebuild Messenger features from the ground up.”

From Washington Times ● Dec. 7, 2023

She and a team of other cryptographers began to try to figure out what the letter said.

From NewsForKids.net ● Nov. 29, 2022

And yet...through painstaking work, day after day, the cryptographers at Arlington Hall began to pick up fragmented meanings in the Soviet cables.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau


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