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560	6800	Hi, I'm Whitney Merrill with the Crypto and Privacy Village. Here we have folks from all over
6800	12660	working on puzzles, talking about cryptography, talking about privacy, and really, you know,
12660	18460	sharing knowledge, both introductory topics on privacy, as well as like deep crypto topics like
18460	23420	quantum resistant cryptography. I think we try to create a puzzle for all different types of people
23420	28400	with different types of knowledge. And so I see kids working on our puzzles, I see adults working
28400	32720	on our puzzles. The hope is that you have to work with other people who have different types
32720	38000	of knowledge in order to solve it. So there's not like a specific persona who is the one that we're
38000	44460	trying to target to try to solve the puzzle. The Crypto and Privacy Village is a 501c3. So we take
44460	51360	donations at DEF CON, and then give like a thank you gift with that donation. We've been running
51360	55980	this village now for our ninth year. And this helps us do just kind of the basic infrastructure,
55980	62700	our storage unit, our annual operating costs, etc. But we are 100% volunteer run. But all of
62700	67280	the money that's donated to us goes to continuing to operate this village year after year. We have
67460	72240	a puzzle going on right now called the Gold Bug. We've been running it for many years. And so folks
72240	80100	are working on that puzzle. I'm Kevin Cryptoc on Discord and Twitter. I'm here with the Gold Bug
80640	88080	Challenge. The Gold Bug Challenge is a crypto puzzle. This year we have a series of 11 puzzles.
88320	95600	Our theme is back to school. So each of the puzzles is based off of a different school subject.
95680	101960	If you go to our website and goldbug.cryptovillage.org, you can download all the puzzles. We
101960	107780	also have a BBS system up there where you can you can submit your answers. I encourage you to go
107780	114680	on our Discord and find a team to work on some of the problems. Your first challenge is going to be
114680	122300	figuring out what you're supposed to do. It's largely a bunch of classic crypto style puzzles,
122300	128980	so not a lot of deep RSA or elliptic curve crypto or anything like that, but definitely not
128980	134200	something that is going to be obvious. The teams that have won in the past have spent their entire
134200	142320	con working on the contest. It takes some resiliency and some ingenuity and creativity to
142320	148720	get to the end. I will say that as the contest goes on, we will start dropping hints to help teams
149360	155620	make progress. Everyone enjoys a contest that, you know, enables you to have those eureka moments.
155620	160080	No one enjoys a contest that just keeps you frustrated. So it's not our intent to make you
160780	165920	hate the puzzle. We want you to have fun. So we'll help you along. Please ask questions. Come
165920	171320	visit us in the Crypto Privacy Village. We have a table set up and we're eager to help you make
171320	176620	progress. You know, even if you know nothing about cryptography or very little about privacy,
176620	182040	you know, come on down, come check out our content. We have all of our previous talks that
182040	186280	we've had over the years available on YouTube, either through Defcon or through our YouTube
186940	190240	channel, which if you look up Crypto Village, you'll find it.
190240	194680	And we really want to be a place where anyone can feel welcome. And so come on down.