The Unbreakable Kryptos Code

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Published 2024-05-04
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[Chapters]
00:00 Intro
02:30 The Vigenère Table
05:45 Partial Decipherment of Kryptos
07:46 Identifying Ciphers Within the Code
11:09 Breaking K2
15:21 Breaking K3 and K1
17:49 The K1-K3 Plaintext
24:02 The Mystery of K4
27:21 The Intended Solutions
36:50 The IDBYROWS Mishap
39:56 The K4 Clues
41:44 Hypothetical Solutions to K4
45:45 Outro

All Comments (21)
  • @mxtorres30
    Brothers, we have been reunited once again.
  • @jacobstoner8468
    Me: “What’s the WI-FI password?” Friend: “It’s on the back of the router” The back of the router:
  • @_hank9508
    I am a little stunned that none of the solutions have anything to do with the fact that the puzzle is made of holes in a sheet of metal that will cast the letters on the floor infront of the sculpture which would reverse the rows as the bottom rows would now appear at the top in the shadow of the scroll. Sanborn has been talking about light and shadow in K1 and used such language when commenting about the puzzle as a whole. He specifically said that there are encoding systems that use light and shadow and that these systems are the ones he is most interested in. Yet, none of the solution paths have anything to do with this unique property of the puzzle.
  • @crushbeast29
    34:10 I deliberately slowed down the video and you actually said all 192 letters, both times. Thank you.
  • @HistoryDose
    Lemmino just makes consistent “drop everything and watch this now” videos
  • @Gorevet
    K4 says “If you enjoyed my puzzle, like and subscribe”
  • @ifeigen
    Sound design is amazing as usual. Thanks for making this video.
  • K1 mentions light and shadow an an illusion. The morse code tablets are arranged outward almost like fragments of a greater whole, the Berline clock tells time using a morse-like pattern, the bronze cap has compass points on it, and the sculpture allows light to pass through it. The K4 text reads "eastnortheast", and geocoordinates were mentioned earlier. The shadow of the sculpture itself is the key, probably while looking at a specific direction at a certain time of day.
  • @DanielBrown
    Yeah my buddy Eric solved it already but he doesn't “want to brag about it” he's a very humble and chill guy
  • @ThinkerYT
    Crazy how i watched 47 minutes of numbers and letters and didnt get bored for a second lol Lemmino is the goat
  • @vishalbala1
    I figured that "BERLIN CLOCK" was talking about the world clock in Alexanderplatz, which would also align with the "EASTNORTHEAST" clue and the GPS coordinates from K2.
  • @Joangelo12345
    It’s incredible how we’ve gone from ‘top 10’ videos to these amazingly put together documentaries
  • @white_out
    Putting the NSA through a whole ass ARG is crazy 💀
  • @TheLOL_11
    The fact that we've been at this for 33 years, with the first three being solved relatively instantly while the 4th one is still unsolved makes me think that Sanborn is literally just trolling us, and he's just gonna tell us all on his deathbed that he was kidding this whole time and it's all just gibberish.
  • @Amy-oh8qb
    I wonder if anyone has tried reading one half of the sculpture THROUGH the other half (the light of the sun casting shadows as though they're superimposed upon one another). I'd assume the compass pointing to the lodestone, coordinates mentioned in the solved part of the code and/or the East North East Berlin might provide the direction the sculpture is intended to be read through OR the direction in which the sun needs to be shining in order to provide the solution. All of that aside, what a beautiful piece of art! Not just the "main" sculpture, but the whole interactive experience. Absolutely wonderful ☺
  • @Mattipedersen
    I immediately recognized the K3 text, as soon as it was disclosed. Of course it is missing the best part, which is the response from Howard Carter, when Lord Carnarvon asked him "Can you see anything?", to which Carter replied "Wonderful Things!".
  • @DHCR-core
    The deliberate misspellings to throw off codebreaking attempts is one of those things that I love because it can either be a clue or a complete red herring.
  • @CrimsoniteSP
    I like how this guy made a reputation of only posting once in a blue moon and every single video is an absolute banger. Love this guy
  • Surely it's not a coincidence that the compass rose is pointing west-southwest and the k4 plaintext contains the phrase east-northeast? Thats the exact opposite direction... Edit: for fun, I tried to invert the coordinates from K2, to find the exact other side of the earth. It's a few dozen miles off the coast of Île Saint-Paul, an uninhabited island. I would rate the chance that this is the correct solution as low 😅