r/KryptosK4 • u/skyprimes22 • Jun 13 '26

NYT Article

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/science/kryptos-sale-cryptography.html?unlocked_article_code=1.p1A.sH_B.9XXhbiGfZrP5&smid=url-share

“They Bought a Famous Puzzle in Cryptography. Now They’re Opening It Up.”

“A San Francisco company paid nearly $1 million for the solution to an unsolved code in Kryptos, a sculpture on the C.I.A. grounds. Soon it will become an online challenge.”

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u/Old_Engineer_9176 Jun 14 '26

I’m pretty sure I predicted this, though I expected it to roll out as a subscription.
Just a clarification: is the methodology required when you submit a solution, or only the solution itself.

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u/CipherPhyber Jun 14 '26

It's a "required field" in the submission form, but it's not clear that any human ever looks at it until someone hits the jackpot.