RE: Are governments deliberately poisoning the cryptographic/cryptocurrency well?
For the truly paranoid among us (to a degree, I include myself in that description), you are likely to either enjoy or be terrified by this bit of crypto arcana still able to be dredged out of "The Wayback Machine."
I, unfortunately, am also one not deep enough into math or crypto to provide an informed analysis of Mr. Douglass' work that is archived there, but if you're reading this post and tracking the comments with interest, you are very likely to find "The CryptoMaverick's" book "SOME THOUGHTS ON "SECURE CODES" AND OTHER MUSINGS" of considerable interest.
The book is available online there in the archive, with the exception of a chapter that would have made it a violation of ITAR.
If I have time one day, I may do a post on this... Follow me, just in case I do? ;)
Thanks for the recommendation. OK I will follow you in case you do lol:)
Thanks for the vote of confidence! ;)
This is a really fascinating topic; I've been researching and working with crypto, specifically Vernam Ciphers a.k.a. One Time Pads, since first reading about them in a Scientific American article from May 1973.