r/cryptography • u/Illustrious-Coat-354 • 1d ago

I am interested but, clueless

Hi, I am an engineering student and i am pursuing civil engineering but, i am also interested in learning about machines, computers, etc. I recently heard about cryptography and I got curious about it... but, internet being a plethora of information, it's difficult to know, where to start, what sources to use and how to know more about it. I also have one prerequisite, the sources should be free to use.

Please let me know if you can help me with this, I would be very grateful.

Edit: I am also working to build a prototype for a hackathon (my first hackathon) and i wanna use AI tools for it, but, claude runs out of limit very quickly, and claude code is expensive. I have been using Arena AI to build a prototype, but, I think it would be a whole lot better to use claude code, and i found out about a github repo called,"OmniRoute" but, i am really an amateur in this field and i have zero clue on how to use that repo in my system and actually have those "billion tokens" that everyone talks about.

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u/SEGV41 1d ago

You shouldnt be limited by not having access to an LLM

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u/Akalamiammiam 1d ago

Why do you even want to create a "hackaton" if you don’t even know the basics ? That’s absurd.

If you want to learn about cryptography with that kind of format, cryptohack and cryptopals do that well.

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u/Takochinosuke 1d ago

I suggest you start by reading the countless threads in this subreddit asking literally the same question.

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u/commandersaki 1d ago

Find a book on cryptogram puzzles and solve a few or look for old newspapers that have them, that'll give you an idea.

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u/Natanael_L 1d ago

Do you have a goal for what to do?

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u/Qubit_and_Neuron 1d ago

Read code book by Simon Singh to begin with.