The Unbreakable Kryptos Code

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  • čas přidán 28. 05. 2024
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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
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  • @LEMMiNO
    @LEMMiNO  Před 24 dny +3836

    [Credits, References, and More]
    www.lemmi.no/p/the-unbreakable-kryptos-code

    • @MrCommentGod
      @MrCommentGod Před 24 dny +55

      You just love to see it
      *215 days of waiting has 100% been worth it*

    • @LOL_MANN
      @LOL_MANN Před 24 dny +26

      WE EATING GOOD WITH THIS ONE

    • @doorkarma1288
      @doorkarma1288 Před 24 dny +6

      Thank you sir

    • @LOL_MANN
      @LOL_MANN Před 24 dny +11

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    • @ARipeBanana
      @ARipeBanana Před 24 dny +8

      Thanks for making awesome content my guy

  • @mxtorres30
    @mxtorres30 Před 24 dny +53063

    Brothers, we have been reunited once again.

  • @jacobstoner8468
    @jacobstoner8468 Před 16 dny +3668

    Me: “What’s the WI-FI password?”
    Friend: “It’s on the back of the router”
    The back of the router:

  • @_hank9508
    @_hank9508 Před 15 dny +830

    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.

    • @i1a2159
      @i1a2159 Před 12 dny +86

      I was thinking the same thing. Maybe it has been tried though, and he just didn't mention it in this video

    • @leenaymarshall6594
      @leenaymarshall6594 Před 11 dny +17

      I thought the same honestly. I wonder if this is actually the solution to the puzzle?

    • @kevindharmawan3697
      @kevindharmawan3697 Před 11 dny +24

      Maybe that was how you obtain these clues? But not a lot of manpower went into it and it's not like we can just camp in CIA grounds either.

    • @AGoodLookingMushroom
      @AGoodLookingMushroom Před 11 dny +82

      @@kevindharmawan3697 you can always recreate the model in blender and shine some light onto it yourself

    • @Adam-pv8je
      @Adam-pv8je Před 10 dny +71

      Also, the double-curve nature of the sculpture would mean that one piece of the text would be projected in the morning, as the sun rises on the east side -- and the other would be more visible in the evening, as the sun sets on the west side.
      Harkens back to his apparent interest in ancient Egyptian design.

  • @kalebbruwer
    @kalebbruwer Před 17 dny +822

    I do like the conflict of the artist trying to design a puzzle to be solved in a certain way and the cryptographers finding their own way entirely. It shows a difference in mentality between artists and, well, nerds.

    • @forgotultag1543
      @forgotultag1543 Před 16 dny +66

      There is also the realistic necessity for NSA cryptography guys to avoid the "artist approach" - they very likely need to decipher codes in unfamiliar languages, or even languages that do not make their words (lexicon) with verbal alphabets, so the usage of maths is just them being professionals

    • @neptoon1518
      @neptoon1518 Před 14 dny +55

      There’s something fitting about the final cypher not being cracked despite the massive technological advances since the puzzle was created. Almost like the solution must be solved with this artistic mentality.

    • @alexjames7144
      @alexjames7144 Před 10 dny +9

      ​@@forgotultag1543 Yeah the thing is that whilst for a creator the solution may seem very doable, there are realistically billions of ways to creatively and artistically encode something. So trying to work based on that idea would be true brute force work and take way longer than using clever pattern recognition to bypass the encryption.

    • @Blex_040
      @Blex_040 Před 8 dny +5

      It very much reminds me of the battle between game devs and speedrunners. Game devs put so much thought into boss design and then a speedrunner comes equipped with a fish using a specific attack to do animation cancelling beating the boss by just spamming one button xD

    • @synthwave7467
      @synthwave7467 Před 6 dny +3

      @@Blex_040 tbf, those speedrunners have spent a lot of time on said game to know about those exploits

  • @HistoryDose
    @HistoryDose Před 24 dny +41354

    Lemmino just makes consistent “drop everything and watch this now” videos

    • @MrCommentGod
      @MrCommentGod Před 24 dny +152

      This video is definitely gonna get over 10 million views

    • @TheNamesFathom
      @TheNamesFathom Před 24 dny +123

      exactly dude, guess I’m not doing homework for the next 47 minutes

    • @NotTheRambo
      @NotTheRambo Před 24 dny +24

      ​@@TheNamesFathomAgent 47

    • @muhammedaasil969
      @muhammedaasil969 Před 24 dny +6

      ​@@NotTheRambo The star trek number...

    • @lukemimnagh2594
      @lukemimnagh2594 Před 24 dny +17

      Bruh, literally. I was in the middle of another video essay and then I saw this, I clicked immediately

  • @Gorevet
    @Gorevet Před 20 dny +5226

    K4 says “If you enjoyed my puzzle, like and subscribe”

    • @efudesu9267
      @efudesu9267 Před 18 dny +131

      subscriberlinclock

    • @Rollerbear712
      @Rollerbear712 Před 15 dny +23

      @efudesu9267 to the east of the subscribe button is the like button and to the northeast of the video is where the channel pop up at the end of the video on the video player is

    • @PhillyCh3zSt3ak
      @PhillyCh3zSt3ak Před 14 dny +16

      I swear, if it's the URL for rick rolling I'll laugh my ass off.

    • @aserta
      @aserta Před 14 dny +3

      "and don't forget to click the bell icon notification"

    • @darktheories1758
      @darktheories1758 Před 14 dny +3

      I was thinking more like "I am the zodiac"

  • @TheIndispensableOpposition
    @TheIndispensableOpposition Před 18 dny +466

    29:10 only lemmino can make his audience sit through a black screen with only morse code beeps and letters in the middle of a 50 minute documentary

  • @ironvix5183
    @ironvix5183 Před 18 dny +758

    13:09 if you look VERY carefully you can see the word "abscissa" right as it goes to the bottom. cool detail LEMMiNO

    • @darshbhardwaj5502
      @darshbhardwaj5502 Před 15 dny +29

      Nice catch

    • @saaros
      @saaros Před 14 dny +1

      sorry, could you point out more specifically where?

    • @AbrahamssonAlexander
      @AbrahamssonAlexander Před 14 dny +22

      @@saaros Last example of what word he might have used as a keyword just before the red words goes out of screen

    • @domcxz8643
      @domcxz8643 Před 12 dny +13

      How the fck do spot that 😊

    • @ApofKol
      @ApofKol Před 12 dny +3

      What a sneaky bastard

  • @DanielBrown
    @DanielBrown Před 24 dny +9766

    Yeah my buddy Eric solved it already but he doesn't “want to brag about it” he's a very humble and chill guy

    • @justinallen5215
      @justinallen5215 Před 24 dny +242

      “Be sure to drink your Ovaltine.” Probably

    • @KarelPletsStriker
      @KarelPletsStriker Před 24 dny +70

      Is his surname Fermat perhaps?

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Před 24 dny +277

      I solved but then I accidentally threw away the Post-It Note where I wrote the solution. I forgot it now.

    • @beesinpyjamas9617
      @beesinpyjamas9617 Před 23 dny +450

      my girlfriend solved it but she goes to another school you woudln't know her

    • @morganmccool6026
      @morganmccool6026 Před 23 dny +75

      Nah, my cousins girlfriend's college roommate said that she solved it and gave your friend Eric a fake solution because he wouldn't stop asking her about it

  • @TheLOL_11
    @TheLOL_11 Před 24 dny +7660

    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.

    • @ktleen
      @ktleen Před 24 dny +586

      Exactly the vibes i get from him haha

    • @iGamezRo
      @iGamezRo Před 24 dny +356

      The guy is 3 weeks older than my grandpa. My grandpa, a train mechanic with an average pension and heart disease from an ex-comunist country, is still holding, so a guy like Jim, who could who has much more money and who could get access to much more professional health care won't die anytime soon.

    • @marcelhdhd
      @marcelhdhd Před 24 dny +22

      Nice profile pic bro

    • @alexsmith-ob3lu
      @alexsmith-ob3lu Před 24 dny +174

      I get the impression that he used “spiritual” (numerology) ciphering for the last part. Not so much scientific, technical or mathematical encryption.

    • @elsienova4269
      @elsienova4269 Před 24 dny

      I tend to agree with this.
      I am not an expert cryptographer but I have been invested in the topic from a young age, especially around the history of famous codes. One thing that I learnt is that any sort of code that takes this long to break, is simply a troll. Any method of encryption that a human mind can use, even one that they created themselves not based upon an already existing cypher, is reversible or the plain text can be extracted. There is in fact no event in history since the 60s where actually decryptable code, has remained encrypted for this long before being found out. Every single time it's either that the text was never meant to be something that can be decrypted. The fact Kryptos K4 stays not even extracted for this long when we have machines and information like we do today, meanwhile the entire other part of Kryptos was decrypted in just 2 days by a bunch of interns, is proof that the entire puzzle has no solution. Nothing to be obtained at the end or understood. Like Sanborn said in interviews, it's just a form of long art.

  • @crushbeast29
    @crushbeast29 Před 12 dny +198

    34:10 I deliberately slowed down the video and you actually said all 192 letters, both times. Thank you.

    • @Heisenberg48346
      @Heisenberg48346 Před dnem +3

      Pretty sure he just used the same audio twice but still it shows how much effort he puts in his videos

  • @ifeigen
    @ifeigen Před 16 dny +636

    Sound design is amazing as usual. Thanks for making this video.

  • @ThinkerYT
    @ThinkerYT Před 24 dny +17221

    Crazy how i watched 47 minutes of numbers and letters and didnt get bored for a second lol Lemmino is the goat

    • @JoeRogansForehead
      @JoeRogansForehead Před 24 dny +97

      You’re forcing yourself to like this because of the channel it comes from. Atleast be honest , this ain’t no jfk or jack the ripper video . This is a filler video I hope .

    • @mazef8836
      @mazef8836 Před 24 dny +412

      @@JoeRogansForehead nah this is more interesting than jfk and jack the ripper honestly

    • @TigerTex
      @TigerTex Před 24 dny +40

      @@JoeRogansForehead totally agree. Not a good topic. The planets one is his best in recent memory

    • @JoeRogansForehead
      @JoeRogansForehead Před 24 dny +111

      @@mazef8836 that Jack the Ripper video is one of THE best true crime documentaries ever made . Way better than the ones put out on TV or Netflix even. I usually skip Jack the Ripper videos because it’s been done so much but the visuals he used in it to map out the crimes is perfect . He somehow got the environment of Victorian England to come through on an animated CZcams documentary.

    • @tw507
      @tw507 Před 24 dny +28

      not much of a thinker are you then?

  • @white_out
    @white_out Před 24 dny +4859

    Putting the NSA through a whole ass ARG is crazy 💀

    • @jacobp8294
      @jacobp8294 Před 24 dny +324

      Then they solve it and get mad because it's a buncha hippie bullshit

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Před 24 dny +236

      I mean, going through an ARG is pretty much their job, except for them it's real life.

    • @tonton9598
      @tonton9598 Před 23 dny +182

      bro was commissioned to do an art piece but gave the entire human race a headache in the next 30 years (and counting)

    • @NoSaysJo
      @NoSaysJo Před 23 dny

      bro doesn't know how to use grammar ​@@tonton9598

    • @thezipcreator
      @thezipcreator Před 23 dny

      @@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 it's just an RG

  • @dbensdrawinvids8390
    @dbensdrawinvids8390 Před 15 dny +89

    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.

    • @theoneway22
      @theoneway22 Před 8 dny +4

      So uh, just spit all in right now, but and hear this through, could the entire answer actually be what the chick in the 1992 February Hustler magazines tattoo actually spells?

    • @nacaburnett1635
      @nacaburnett1635 Před 7 dny

      Now my brain is braining

    • @skylernathanielspenillo3279
      @skylernathanielspenillo3279 Před 5 dny

      I really like this theory, but I think in the video Samborn mentions you don't need to be there in person to solve it.

    • @dbensdrawinvids8390
      @dbensdrawinvids8390 Před 4 dny

      @@skylernathanielspenillo3279 would you really have to be at Langley to test the idea? We have maps of all the relevant pieces of kryptos as they relate to each other and the surrounding geography. It shouldn't be too hard to work out a general idea of how the sun strkes and casts shadows.

  • @prabhchahal4492
    @prabhchahal4492 Před 17 dny +329

    The beat part of Lemmino is he isnt partnering with anyone, no nebula, no nothing. Selects a fantastic topic, puts in tremendous effort, drops a banger on youtube! Guy’s a messiah

    • @Kwyjibo28372
      @Kwyjibo28372 Před 16 dny +38

      Yeah. Though if Nebula came to his door with a briefcase full of cash, I wouldn't blame him for taking it!

    • @okla2196
      @okla2196 Před 13 dny +1

      Yeah bro hes really good but no messiah please do not use gods name in vain

    • @BryanLu0
      @BryanLu0 Před 12 dny +9

      ​@@okla2196A messiah is not necessarily God, could be a king or high priest. Messiah means savior/liberator

    • @WaaluigiBoard
      @WaaluigiBoard Před 12 dny +5

      Nebula is great tho

    • @ernad395
      @ernad395 Před 11 dny +3

      @@okla2196 Please do not compare God to a messiah, that is an insult as God cannot be compared to human beings

  • @DHCR-core
    @DHCR-core Před 24 dny +5292

    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.

    • @typicalchomper917
      @typicalchomper917 Před 24 dny +326

      I know it was almost certainly intentional, but the idea he genuinely just misspelled those words by accident is funny af to me

    • @RyanSoltani
      @RyanSoltani Před 24 dny +35

      I like to think bro just forgot how to spell and didn’t bother fixing it

    • @NP_Al
      @NP_Al Před 23 dny +46

      @@typicalchomper917 he released the thingys for k1&2 and one of the words that were "misspelled " were spelled correctly in the official release

    • @psterud
      @psterud Před 23 dny +4

      "desparatly" has two errors in it.

    • @ninetailedfox579121
      @ninetailedfox579121 Před 23 dny +21

      ​@iyoeYou see that door right there? The one marked pirate? You think a pirate lives in there?

  • @sydssolanumsamsys
    @sydssolanumsamsys Před 19 dny +2678

    the creator getting impatient and giving huge clues to k4 is so relateable. what a normal guy

  • @sevensagittarius6759
    @sevensagittarius6759 Před 17 dny +59

    something i noticed was in 13:06, when the graphic starts scrolling down, one of the keywords is "Abscissa". you cheeky little cryptid you

    • @swagmanjay.
      @swagmanjay. Před 12 dny +5

      thats so cool, knowing how much time and effort he puts into these it doesn't surprise me he would put little easter eggs in them

    • @sevensagittarius6759
      @sevensagittarius6759 Před 12 dny +5

      @@swagmanjay. up until now, i didnt realize he made his own music for them either. my appreciation for his videos has went up a lot!

  • @waffle911
    @waffle911 Před 18 dny +111

    My aunt actually dated Jim Sanborn in the late 90's. Got to meet him as a kid. He was working on a reconstruction of the nuclear fission bomb lab, got one of the control machines restored in working order and the others cosmetically restored with simulated indicators.

  • @Renouf
    @Renouf Před 20 dny +3153

    31:45 "T IS YOUR POSITION" -> So "you" are at "T" -> VIR"TU"ALLY is the only instance of a U at a T -> the letters immediately following it are the ALLYINVI for ABSCISSA

    • @yuu34567
      @yuu34567 Před 20 dny +376

      that definitely sounds like the intended process actually! great catch??

    • @Drumm333r
      @Drumm333r Před 20 dny +175

      Also randomly noted that the iqlusion typo coincides with the extra L on the text and maybe we can suppose that in the last sentence the Q near the question mark is just a simple substitution for the L. Also i think that the question mark is intended as a visual representation of a letter or of a word in some culture related to the rest of the text

    • @SixStringsGeek
      @SixStringsGeek Před 20 dny +15

      good spot there!

    • @glasses2926
      @glasses2926 Před 19 dny +139

      This also implies that there isn't any "cut out part" - this was the intended sentence. Nice spot, this definitely deserves to be higher in the comments so Lemmino can see it!

    • @ghostsoffishandcrows7341
      @ghostsoffishandcrows7341 Před 19 dny +3

      +

  • @RAWMUSICTV
    @RAWMUSICTV Před 23 dny +5370

    I've never been more confused in my entire life for 47 minutes straight whilst also being utterly fascinated with why I'm so confused.

    • @kyles7533
      @kyles7533 Před 23 dny +85

      This video made me feel so dumb
      B and smart all at once.

    • @LuisSierra42
      @LuisSierra42 Před 23 dny +45

      I solved K4 but will not tell anyone

    • @soniablanche5672
      @soniablanche5672 Před 23 dny +26

      You will be even more confused when you try to understand how actual good encryption algorithms work

    • @Ok-lu8gx
      @Ok-lu8gx Před 23 dny

      ok

    • @Souleater787
      @Souleater787 Před 23 dny +29

      I thought I couldn't grasp it because I was too high but I just watched it sober and yeah its just a step above my paygrade

  • @vishalbala1
    @vishalbala1 Před 13 dny +29

    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.

    • @shipsdarknes5127
      @shipsdarknes5127 Před 8 dny +2

      Another little detail I found were the words DIG and CAR I’m not sure if this is purposeful or if it will help but I found it

    • @AllGoodOutside
      @AllGoodOutside Před 7 dny

      You're way off, the answer is Jimmy Stewart-42

  • @Amy-oh8qb
    @Amy-oh8qb Před 12 dny +26

    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 ☺

    • @Hrshgn
      @Hrshgn Před 11 dny +5

      I was also thinking superimposition. It would explain why the letters are not aligned properly. The resulting light pattern could be morse code again for example.

  • @QuilloManar
    @QuilloManar Před 24 dny +1679

    With the morse code, the RQ at the end (.-. --.-) is actually probably meant to be CQ (-.-. --.-) - When a tapper taps out CQ CQ CQ, they are asking "Can anyone hear me?" or "Is someone receiving?"
    So,
    CQ
    SOS
    "Can anyone hear me?"
    "I need help!"

    • @daavocadoguy5733
      @daavocadoguy5733 Před 23 dny +147

      During my boy scouts radio merit badge training our instructors told us that CQ also sounds as "seek you"

    • @0x7d69
      @0x7d69 Před 23 dny +69

      CQ is used the same way in Ham Radio, as well as most military situations iirc, usually when using morse code or long distance comms, that's a good catch! i'm a ham and didn't even notice it!

    • @KevinEnjoyer
      @KevinEnjoyer Před 23 dny +14

      Interesting. Does this have anything to do with CQD, the original distress code?

    • @daiyankhan6502
      @daiyankhan6502 Před 23 dny +233

      - "Can you see Q?"
      - Can you CQ?
      - Can you "hear me"?

    • @vishak-nair
      @vishak-nair Před 23 dny +14

      Is it possible four strings of E in morse code means error in transmission?

  • @CrimsoniteSP
    @CrimsoniteSP Před 24 dny +4722

    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

    • @bentumbling9876
      @bentumbling9876 Před 24 dny +47

      @@jaypolas4136 the term "once in a blue moon" refers to an event that "rarely" happens. just like blue moon that happens every two or three years.

    • @vnlbrand
      @vnlbrand Před 24 dny +90

      even crazier to think when i first saw this guy he was doing like top 10 rage comics type videos

    • @Pingwinho
      @Pingwinho Před 24 dny

      @@jaypolas4136 my brother, why ask in a comment (where you can get false, satirical answers) instead of just typing the same thing into Google?!

    • @yugdails
      @yugdails Před 24 dny +11

      Yeah… it takes long because he’s working on the next video.

    • @wowplayer160
      @wowplayer160 Před 24 dny +4

      @@vnlbrand At least he was uploading

  • @Joangelo12345
    @Joangelo12345 Před 16 dny +48

    It’s incredible how we’ve gone from ‘top 10’ videos to these amazingly put together documentaries

  • @vaquess8384
    @vaquess8384 Před 17 dny +10

    Has anyone considered that the 'Q' in K3 and the question mark are deliberately swapped? If they are, it would mean the previous sentence made more sense, might also explain why its been so hard for K4 to be solved as they are having to work with an incomplete text.
    Also to consider, travelling from the Mengenlehreuhr or "Berlin Clock" in an "EastNorthEast" direction will take you directly to the building where Enigma was created at Schiffbauerdamm 30.

    • @PleatGFX
      @PleatGFX Před 15 hodinami

      this is so true it has to mean smth

  • @davi4816
    @davi4816 Před 23 dny +2323

    i can hear the sheer annoyance and desperation of cracking this code at the end there lmao this definitely got lemmino crazy for months

  • @mane4299
    @mane4299 Před 24 dny +2515

    Never clicked faster in my life

  • @Mattipedersen
    @Mattipedersen Před 15 dny +26

    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!".

    • @chrisw.5138
      @chrisw.5138 Před 11 dny +1

      It's funny, I never read the book mentioned, but I immediately had for some reason Carter and the tomb in my head...

    • @cameron6538
      @cameron6538 Před 10 dny +2

      Book cipher for k4 moment??

    • @Mattipedersen
      @Mattipedersen Před dnem

      @@cameron6538Possibly. I left some of my own thoughts, regarding a potential clue, in another comment. But, I'll repeat it again, below, in case anyone has anything they want to add, if not some feedback, constructive criticisms, etc.
      I'm thinking that K4 could be related to the Compass Rose (shown at 1:25), since it points to the lodestone on one end, but on the opposite end, it is pointing to East-North-East (one of the K4 hints given at 41:30). Of course, you'll need to refer to an image of a 16-wind Compass Rose (which can be found online), to confirm this for yourself.
      On another note, if we were looking at the face of a Clock, where North is equal to 12 o'clock, this hand would be pointing at 2 o'clock, which may be potentially related to the "Clock" reference (in the K4 hints at 41:30) as well as the "X Layer Two" reference (mentioned at 37:45).

    • @whitewolf262
      @whitewolf262 Před dnem +1

      Yeah, me too. I was like "hey, that's king tut's tomb lol"

  • @mysteriousoul
    @mysteriousoul Před 15 dny +16

    Here is how one reads the Berlin Clock: Top circle: light flashes every 2 seconds; 'on' 1-second, 'off' 1-second. 1st row: hour of day in 5-hour increments, up to 20. 2nd row: hour of day in 1-hour increments, up to 4

  • @Joey_Rodgers
    @Joey_Rodgers Před 24 dny +2209

    You know it’s a great day when lemmino remembers his CZcams password 🙏

  • @jaxenbond422
    @jaxenbond422 Před 24 dny +2511

    LEMMiNO is seriously the gold standard for documentaries/ video essays. The amount of production, research, and effort is so apparent and incredible. Im honestly suprised he can put out the number of videos he does

    • @YoY664
      @YoY664 Před 24 dny +4

      No arguments there

    • @nulled7888
      @nulled7888 Před 24 dny +21

      Melodysheep is a very close contender too imo

    • @jaxenbond422
      @jaxenbond422 Před 24 dny +6

      @@nulled7888 Definitely agree, but gotta give the gold standard to lemmino because I'm a lemmino fanboy

    • @barsnack7999
      @barsnack7999 Před 24 dny +4

      lolwhat he release one video half a year dmbfuki

    • @CFP2000
      @CFP2000 Před 24 dny

      @@barsnack7999you go produce something even half as good as this, no chance you’ll get it done in a year lmao

  • @jmorgmate
    @jmorgmate Před 11 dny +5

    The fact you had to learn and understand this first, in order to be able to create this content and explain it to us is just incredible dedication. You're the absolute GOAT, never stop doing these.

  • @Tomasz987987
    @Tomasz987987 Před 16 dny +9

    41:05 - how about Urania-Weltzeituhr clock instead? If you look at this clock from above you can see that it is divided into 12 parts, like on compass.. Sooo maybe cities on east-north-east part are clues? Krasnojarsk, Irkutsk, Ulan-Bator, Hanoi, Bangkok, Phnom Penh, Jakarta, Peking, Shanghai, Manila, Perth, Hongkong, Kuala lumpur, Singapur

  • @LM-MMM
    @LM-MMM Před 22 dny +4156

    Holy fuck, I can't believe it's been 9 months since the JFK video. I was in an awful place when that video came out, I watched it from my desk at a job that made me fat and miserable. I quit, went back to college full time, and started working out every day. I am so much happier and healthier right now. I hope everyone else has been doing well since the last upload :)

  • @alexberta5195
    @alexberta5195 Před 23 dny +2119

    The fact that he said in a recording that he's not very good at math and that he loves putting out misinformation and scramble decipher attempts using extra letters or intentional misspellings, and of course the fact that he said that he's getting impatient that nobody can solve K4 can be pointing towards just pure trolling in general. He said that he wanted to make something to practically immortalize his name. K4 could very well just be gibberish and he's one of the worlds biggest trolls.

    • @lonestarr1490
      @lonestarr1490 Před 23 dny +236

      But would you rather want to be immortalized by gibberish, or by genuine code that nobody can crack? It doesn't have to be gibberish to be virtually uncrackable.

    • @frosthammer917
      @frosthammer917 Před 23 dny +161

      @@lonestarr1490 I mean yeah, if you just throw enough cyphers at the same piece of text repeatedly, you can get something that is virtually uncrackable. Its not a particularly good or interesting from a codebreaking challenge point of view, but wouldn't be surprised if he did it.

    • @cocrush8470
      @cocrush8470 Před 23 dny +26

      eastnotherneast berlinclock

    • @andysandy3465
      @andysandy3465 Před 23 dny +19

      @@lonestarr1490 but does anyone seriosuly believe that the guy was actually let in on something top secret/important and they just let him just share it all with everyone, even though in a decryptc form.
      We are living in the world that doesn't make much sense. It's all non-sense. And he might've just (arguably) immortalized himself as the biggest troll in the history of humankind?

    • @lonestarr1490
      @lonestarr1490 Před 23 dny +84

      @@andysandy3465 I have no idea where you pulled the "top secret/important" from. Did anyone suggest that K4 might held some form of secret information? I'm not aware of such a statement.

  • @astrxo2
    @astrxo2 Před 2 dny +3

    This guy’s video’s are so entertaining, useful. Watching this channel everyday now.

  • @uzqx.
    @uzqx. Před 18 dny +6

    something that caught my eye was the mention of the use of light and technology to decrypt. i'm sure someone has tried this but maybe digitally scanning both "halves" of the sheet and mapping them on each other? maybe some shadow would be produced by using 3d simulation software? that's what got me thinking anyways

  • @pcfreakx
    @pcfreakx Před 23 dny +1761

    I'm an infosec/crypto nerd and the amount of research done here is insane. And the editing work. If I had to do just one of these sequences in After Effects, I'd cry.
    Amazing work here.

    • @Darxeal
      @Darxeal Před 23 dny +31

      I'd hope he used a coding animation tool like manim or motion canvas for the cypher animations

    • @yousef858
      @yousef858 Před 23 dny +19

      No one cares lil bro come join us in waiting for yet another 6 months until another video drops

    • @jamesf4423
      @jamesf4423 Před 23 dny +5

      That would be fascinating were I gay

    • @Technobitz
      @Technobitz Před 23 dny +4

      Are you

    • @saltcruise
      @saltcruise Před 22 dny +2

      i think he is

  • @batt0usai377
    @batt0usai377 Před 23 dny +1630

    No flashy intro. No unnecessary bs. Hops in, blows our mind with therapeutic voice, hops out. Goated

    • @VoxAstra-qk4jz
      @VoxAstra-qk4jz Před 23 dny +23

      Idk man, the DB Cooper video's flashy intro was awsome

    • @lethauntic
      @lethauntic Před 22 dny +2

      If there was a flashy intro the video would suck I agree

    • @wolfiemuse
      @wolfiemuse Před 22 dny

      @@lethaunticDB cooper is sick tho

    • @winKoneR
      @winKoneR Před 22 dny +1

      No flashy intro, no unnecessary bs, just Lemmino.

    • @alexscriba6075
      @alexscriba6075 Před 21 dnem +1

      At this point his intro gives me goosebumps cause I know I’m in for a great time

  • @JulienDavid2024
    @JulienDavid2024 Před 10 dny +3

    For those who are wondering, the song at 23:59 is All Will Pass by Alfie-Jay Winters.

  • @TheFewAndOnly
    @TheFewAndOnly Před 14 dny +9

    I don't quite understand everything here but I always love a new Lemmino video

  • @jontymig2016
    @jontymig2016 Před 24 dny +745

    Irish viewer here. A big thank you for the little pause.

    • @jonesy279
      @jonesy279 Před 24 dny +39

      Appreciated by us Aussies too 😂

    • @DogMutilator
      @DogMutilator Před 24 dny +25

      Don't forget about the rest of the Brits

    • @JediMasterYoda66
      @JediMasterYoda66 Před 24 dny +4

      im american and i could not hold back laughter at his name

    • @bbbnuy3945
      @bbbnuy3945 Před 23 dny +3

      can someone explain?

    • @onlinefriend3889
      @onlinefriend3889 Před 23 dny +10

      @@bbbnuy3945Sheidt sounds like Shite

  • @vostpelk1596
    @vostpelk1596 Před 22 dny +1263

    The clock mentioned in K4 might be the Berlin World Clock, as it has a compass under it, with one of the directions on it being ONO-Osten Nordosten or East North East in english which is also mentioned

    • @joshduffety-wong9618
      @joshduffety-wong9618 Před 22 dny +105

      Around the time the sculptures were commissioned, the Berlin Wall fell. Which may have inspired some influence

    • @julianbustamnte7123
      @julianbustamnte7123 Před 21 dnem +67

      Has anyone considered not an English word but maybe a German word, especially if Berlin is in it

    • @loyje5ter
      @loyje5ter Před 21 dnem +5

      yeah, i think thats nore likely as well, esp considering its much more well known

    • @FHT1883
      @FHT1883 Před 21 dnem

      @@julianbustamnte7123 maybe the codeword is Manhattan (from the Leonard Cohen song)

    • @adrianwilhelm
      @adrianwilhelm Před 21 dnem +71

      Some interesting facts i have found; the original location of the Berlin Clock mentioned in the video was on the intersection of two streets: Kurfürstendamm and Uhlandstraße; the street called Kurfürstendamm is a EAST-NORTHEAST bound street which ends at the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church; notable places located EAST-NORTHEAST of the Berlin Clock: the embassy of the USA, Academy of Arts in Berlin and the Berlin Cathedral.

  • @ciarancoghlan2663
    @ciarancoghlan2663 Před 4 dny +3

    I rarely commect on videos - but this is incredibly well done. The time and effort and editing is phenomenal. And being Irish I appreciated the shoutout to Ireland when Edward Scheidt was introduced 🤣

  • @Disciple-
    @Disciple- Před 15 dny +3

    26:03 Deeply American with equally as deep Irish in my blood, I was already putting my ale through my nose the moment I heard "Edward Scheidt". Poor S.O.B.

  • @KarelPletsStriker
    @KarelPletsStriker Před 24 dny +803

    Sanborn not expecting how long it would take to solve K4 has big "I didn't know number theory proofs would be this hard" energy

    • @lonestarr1490
      @lonestarr1490 Před 23 dny +38

      Mathematics might be Sanborn's bane. But number theory is a mathematician's bane.

    • @AllGoodOutside
      @AllGoodOutside Před 7 dny

      @@lonestarr1490 42

  • @judyyy0180
    @judyyy0180 Před 24 dny +784

    And thus as we conclude watching the video, we crawl back into hibernation, waiting for the next episode to drop, knowing we will be excited and satisfied. Thank you LEMMiNO

    • @Jerebeez
      @Jerebeez Před 23 dny +16

      Just like a Cicada!? 😮

    • @zainpog
      @zainpog Před 23 dny +1

      until then you can watch Fern videos similar quality to Lemmino

    • @vestavind
      @vestavind Před 23 dny

      It was a pleasure to watch. I'm crawling back into my shell now, see you around next time!

  • @Jakentosh
    @Jakentosh Před 9 dny +3

    This video really makes me interested in Kryptos and decided to spent 7 hours of my life trying to crack the code, to no avail.

    • @Jakentosh
      @Jakentosh Před 9 dny

      Really great video though 👍

  • @corvigay
    @corvigay Před 7 dny +2

    as someone who has a very difficult time understanding how cryptography works, your visual representations are absolutely fantastic! it was very easy to understand everything you were explaining, and i appreciate just how much extra work was put into that aspect of the video. very excited to have found this channel!

  • @scapegoat4
    @scapegoat4 Před 24 dny +1120

    The thing I noticed the most while watching this is that Sanborn loves lining things up and making them symmetrical, only to add one or two things that "ruin" it. I feel like the morse code and the berlin clock "line up" in some way too, but I'm a complete idiot and I bet that's already been tried lol. Maybe rotating the clock/ morse code in a similar fashion to what was done previously?
    As per usual, this was a video that's an incredibly random topic-wise but still incredibly entertaining in a way that holds your attention for a longer period of time. Thank you!

    • @aidenbealer8227
      @aidenbealer8227 Před 24 dny +48

      Maybe, somehow, the coordinates for the clock can be cross-referenced to the coordinates in K2, and maybe even those of King Tut’s tomb. Just spitballing

    • @cemsity
      @cemsity Před 24 dny +57

      for me it is the compass, the south arrow points east-northeast. Also i do not believe it is a hill cipher (requires some knowledge of matrix multiplication) and the extra 'L' is symmetrically placed.

    • @joshuadarrow
      @joshuadarrow Před 23 dny +65

      two immediate observations/theories I have regarding K4 involve the idea that the KRYPTOS table itself might have to be altered to decode it, either by:
      A) Shifting the table down two rows so that the L on the left side is in line with the right hand one but keeping the horizontal position the same.
      B) flipping the table so the L is on the Left hand side (This could be done IRL by simply walking around to the other side of the statue)
      C) some combination of the two.

    • @Crowald
      @Crowald Před 23 dny +60

      You never know what contribution might end up solving a problem like this. Experts and seasoned veterans of any profession faced with a problem often have tunnel vision, thinking about problems with the same set of solutions every time. The idiom "fresh set of eyes" didn't just show up one day, it was inducted into the English lexicon for a reason. Sometimes a problem requires the insight that a more basic or simple perspective provides.

    • @doctorworm420
      @doctorworm420 Před 23 dny

      Yeah, I think that's why there are so many superfluous Es they're just a pip/dit so they can be used to make the shape symmetrical and the RQ SOS ruins that.
      I think the R is a C there's only one dit difference C is dit-dah-dit-dah and R is dit-dah-dit-dah-dit
      CQ SOS means "I am sending a distress call" or "Have you heard my distress call?" Which I think refers to the Can you see Q?or Can you CQ? The artist wants to know if we've received his message.

  • @cerealisasoup2439
    @cerealisasoup2439 Před 23 dny +536

    18:16 Can't believe that Jim Sanborn travelled 25+ years into the future to make a reference to Walter white in his artwork. Truly a visionary.

    • @sanjaypasupatheeswaran7299
      @sanjaypasupatheeswaran7299 Před 22 dny +5

      you sneaky

    • @ItsDiesL
      @ItsDiesL Před 22 dny +47

      W.W. Huh. Who do you figure that is? Woodrow Wilson? Willy Wonka? Walter White? William Webster?

    • @shua_the_great
      @shua_the_great Před 21 dnem +1

      Exactly my thoughts haha

    • @FHT1883
      @FHT1883 Před 21 dnem +4

      @@ItsDiesL William Wordsworth

    • @Champion919Games
      @Champion919Games Před 20 dny +10

      ⁠@@ItsDiesLWally West? Wonder Woman? William Williams? William Wilburforce? Will Wheaton? Wade Wilson? Wally Walrus?

  • @novocaine88
    @novocaine88 Před 15 dny +5

    Absolutely exceptional editing on this video. Making a very complex topic (almost) completely understandable for a layman! Good shit. Thoroughly interesting.

  • @CollegeHustler
    @CollegeHustler Před 10 dny +2

    Wow! Your explanations of different cypher techniques was so easy to follow and had great visuals! You should release a course class on this subject!

  • @DLAYtv
    @DLAYtv Před 24 dny +1313

    lol as an Irish viewer I laughed at the guys surname “Scheidt” then you said “ok I’m gonna let my Irish viewers process that surname” lol completely broke the 4th wall for me 😂

    • @Sulverhand
      @Sulverhand Před 24 dny +17

      Same 😂

    • @Squizie3
      @Squizie3 Před 23 dny +66

      Non-irish here: works perfectly in Dutch as well. Scheidt would be pronounced as schijt, i.e. the Dutch equivalent of shite

    • @Chikitee
      @Chikitee Před 23 dny +3

      Same here gang

    • @cadendavidson6057
      @cadendavidson6057 Před 23 dny +40

      there’s no 4th wall here. he is directly addressing the audience throughout the entire video

    • @ronsongathus9634
      @ronsongathus9634 Před 23 dny +9

      @@cadendavidson6057 Well yes. Most YT vids do directly addresses their audience, it's common. However it's the level of cinematography of LEMMiNO's documentary that made people forgets it's just a YT video, not a cinema. It's an attest of LEMMiNO's quality work.

  • @ddh9851
    @ddh9851 Před 23 dny +4324

    LEMMiNO - if you ever read this message, you're the best creator on CZcams. And as HistoryDose stated your videos are "drop everything and watch this now" videos. Thank you.

    • @gagemcmahon9485
      @gagemcmahon9485 Před 23 dny +13

      No doubt, hands down, best of the best

    • @kayn840
      @kayn840 Před 22 dny +8

      The goat of CZcams. No questions asked

    • @irotinmyskin
      @irotinmyskin Před 22 dny +4

      Lemmino, Ahoy and Captain Pikant are far far beyond every one else making videos on CZcams or even Netflix, etc.

    • @rektangel333
      @rektangel333 Před 22 dny +9

      @@irotinmyskinwho tf is captain pikant

    • @irotinmyskin
      @irotinmyskin Před 22 dny

      @@rektangel333 Use that search bar tiger, it does wonders.

  • @kidkarbon4775
    @kidkarbon4775 Před 11 dny +1

    Absolute best content ive seen on social media for years, thank you for the effort in making this, super interesting

  • @WindowCrepe
    @WindowCrepe Před 10 dny

    It's been two weeks since the release of this video and I've watched it probably ten times. Your videos are perfect for both attentive watching and background noise for sleeping. I've never found another similar channel for this exact purpose.

  • @iKonographi
    @iKonographi Před 21 dnem +1589

    Irish viewer here; I literally repeated “Scheidt” out loud and chuckled to myself as soon as you said the name, your interjection then straight after was the icing on the cake, thank you LEMMiNO 😂

    • @francescamoran1240
      @francescamoran1240 Před 20 dny +15

      Same here, are we really that predictable 😂😂😂

    • @harshitsharma2690
      @harshitsharma2690 Před 20 dny +8

      what does it mean? Asking for as non english non Irish people.

    • @joedartonthefenderbass
      @joedartonthefenderbass Před 20 dny +43

      @@harshitsharma2690 Literally just means shit

    • @Stripe263
      @Stripe263 Před 19 dny +11

      Northern England here, love the word. I remember a Kevin Bridges bit when he said the main difference between "shit" and "shite" was that people have made "shit" positive now, i.e. "That's good shit" - but "shite" just means "shite". You can't have "good shite" 🤣

    • @manuello1938
      @manuello1938 Před 19 dny +1

      I kept hearing McGregor saying that all the time and I just got the joke immediately when he stated "Irish" lol

  • @ImmaFarmerInMalaysia
    @ImmaFarmerInMalaysia Před 23 dny +262

    I need the unedited version of Lemmino counting to 192 twice

  • @faithF8
    @faithF8 Před 11 dny +2

    Freaking brilliant! Thank you! Hoping we get to enjoy another fantastic one this year 🤗

  • @papafrank7094
    @papafrank7094 Před 13 dny

    Thank you for posting this. A wonderful walk through my mental hobbies. And you've given me the first smile of my day. Thanks again.

  • @miloandash
    @miloandash Před 23 dny +627

    On the ? from K3 (36:08) I’m pretty sure it belongs to K4 because the Q probably represents the question mark in the tomb manuscript. Since X is being used to represent a period it would make sense to use letters for other punctuation. And as we know (especially since it was mentioned in the video) Q is one of the most uncommon letters which makes it a perfect candidate to represent “?”.
    I had a hunch when it was first mentioned at (23:35) but seeing the table basically confirms it.

    • @CosmicHase
      @CosmicHase Před 22 dny +15

      That's a really smart theory.

    • @alexties6933
      @alexties6933 Před 22 dny +50

      And to state the obvious, Q = Question mark = ?

    • @judet2992
      @judet2992 Před 22 dny +27

      @@alexties6933probably, since X means a stop like a period, the Q meaning question is not even a stretch.

    • @alexties6933
      @alexties6933 Před 22 dny +42

      @@judet2992 yes and this furthers the idea that K4 is written backwards. Or maybe in spanish, since questions in spanish start with a ? and end with a turned ?

    • @AllyInOrbit
      @AllyInOrbit Před 22 dny +1

      this is exactly what i was thinking

  • @CharlieCrook
    @CharlieCrook Před 23 dny +465

    I really appreciate how you always add closed captioning, thank you so much!!

  • @geoffa3017
    @geoffa3017 Před 5 dny

    The research for this video would have been absolutely brutal, amazing work!

  • @Pindolene
    @Pindolene Před 13 dny

    I absolutely love the way you explained the ciphers!

  • @lachlanlau
    @lachlanlau Před 20 dny +395

    i appreciate you reading all 192 characters multiple times

  • @llellio
    @llellio Před 24 dny +84

    31:00 - In morse code transmission, it is standard practice to parse an incorrect transmission with 5 “E’s”. Essentially it is to signify a false statement made on behalf of the operator.

  • @justbenny9067
    @justbenny9067 Před 15 dny

    Such a detailed and well edited video, great work

  • @user-pi3uv5fc9v
    @user-pi3uv5fc9v Před 16 dny +2

    I remember being a young boy watching top 10 facts on this channel. Please don’t ever stop your youtube career you make a huge(good) impact man 🔥

  • @Nova3482
    @Nova3482 Před 23 dny +731

    No exaggeration, I think this is my favorite Lemmino video till date. I love every video he puts out, but the ones about puzzles have a special touch to them

    • @DwarfDt
      @DwarfDt Před 23 dny +9

      Ì loved his cooper an Malaysia video still to this date🎉😅

    • @schnabelborg
      @schnabelborg Před 23 dny +8

      I totally agree! The Cicade one is also high on the list for me

    • @Belgrythaz
      @Belgrythaz Před 23 dny +2

      That "Top 10 facts - Porn" though. Classic!

    • @DwarfDt
      @DwarfDt Před 23 dny +2

      @@Belgrythaz loved it when he was a top 10 channel. Humble beginnings . What was his weird ass name before he rebranded 🤣

    • @bendring7018
      @bendring7018 Před 23 dny +1

      @@DwarfDt Top 10 Memes I believe

  • @saint2669
    @saint2669 Před 23 dny +597

    Lemmino the kinda dude to show up out of thin air, say two sentences, and the next 40 minutes from that point is a complete mystery to you, cause you've been busy listening to whatever he got on his mind this time. Absolute masterpiece, love your videos!

  • @badaudio3672
    @badaudio3672 Před 23 hodinami

    Lemmino you are my first subscribe channel and you never disappoint. I remember you back when your channel name was different. It always gotten better and better and glad to be a fan.

  • @HungNguyenuc-ry6rm
    @HungNguyenuc-ry6rm Před 14 dny +1

    Appreciate all the amazing work brother , best 45 minutes of the week

  • @xXDYLZ4NXx
    @xXDYLZ4NXx Před 21 dnem +931

    I was watching an episode of Star Trek Deep Space 9 with my brother yesterday and there's a scene where Sisko says 'Let me know', my brother then tells me that he was watching one of your videos and thought he recognized the voice in your intro, lo and behold the 'Lemmino' in your intro is Sisko's line from that episode of DS9. Couldn't believe my brother picked up on that.

    • @LavaCreeperPeople
      @LavaCreeperPeople Před 21 dnem +7

      Nice

    • @teresamatuzak
      @teresamatuzak Před 20 dny +13

      OH OH MY GOD MY MIND IS BLOWN 🤯 I've seen every episode of DS9 and was never able to connect the dots. Thank you for pointing this out! 😁😁

    • @bigdoggo5827
      @bigdoggo5827 Před 20 dny +6

      Holy that's. That's so interesting, I didn't know what was the origin of Lemmino

    • @janeh9962
      @janeh9962 Před 20 dny +2

      OH MY GOD NO WAY. this is so cool

    • @EpsilonKnight2
      @EpsilonKnight2 Před 20 dny +1

      Avery Brooks, the legend.

  • @Pudding404
    @Pudding404 Před 24 dny +479

    Lemmino going into extreme detail with the most random subject every upload on a once a year basis.
    I really want to know what kind of rng he uses to decide his topic.
    Welcome back, everyone. Been a while.

    • @jaypolas4136
      @jaypolas4136 Před 24 dny +13

      RNG? Pretty sure he just picks something cause "It sounded cool"

    • @scallywag-rascal
      @scallywag-rascal Před 24 dny

      It’s obvious he’s on his CIA grind. his last documentary was literally the JFK assassination.

    • @royisdabest
      @royisdabest Před 24 dny

      @@jaypolas4136dont worry, this guy is a poser

    • @Monjijii
      @Monjijii Před 24 dny +7

      pretty sure its unsolved mysteries

    • @ajpdeschenes
      @ajpdeschenes Před 21 dnem

      There's no random subject. It's always about an unsolved mystery.

  • @dominiklovric4026
    @dominiklovric4026 Před 17 dny +6

    Ngl disappointed lemmino didn't play his song "cipher" absolute banger

  • @skultuto5792
    @skultuto5792 Před 14 dny

    I've watched you since the top 10 memes crazy how far its come since than. i always watch these videos at least a few times over!!

  • @carloszaragoza619
    @carloszaragoza619 Před 24 dny +609

    This guy integrated a "like, subscribe, and comment" clip without being annoying about it. That earns a like, subscription, and a comment. Great job Lemmino!

    • @cleetus1715
      @cleetus1715 Před 24 dny +32

      You were already subbed, don’t lie

  • @ItsMoorbinTime
    @ItsMoorbinTime Před 24 dny +897

    All of CZcams gathers to this channel yearly.

  • @Ronin-dy3zo
    @Ronin-dy3zo Před 14 dny

    this is so cool man, glad you uploaded it.

  • @aydenjohnson9108
    @aydenjohnson9108 Před 15 dny

    Lemmino ur content rlly helped me through the years love what you do

  • @krystina662
    @krystina662 Před 21 dnem +678

    everyone is talking about the cipher but I'm actually impressed by the monument and the idea behind it, it's so brilliant

    • @dark_sunset
      @dark_sunset Před 19 dny +19

      without the cypher the monument would not be brilliant

    • @KipIngram
      @KipIngram Před 19 dny +2

      Yeah, I find it very beautiful.

    • @davis3138
      @davis3138 Před 19 dny +18

      @@dark_sunset I agree. I thought he had some profound message he wanted to hide, something important that would only be known by the best and smartest of us. But looking at the Morse code and the plaintext K1 through K3, the message doesn't seem to be anything in particular.
      It seems that this monument was made more as an art piece than a legitimate challenge. It was made to be spoken about and raise the public profile of the artist. But maybe this sort of challenge-without-reward situation appeals to those who enjoy the journey as opposed to the destination.

    • @leftover3857
      @leftover3857 Před 18 dny +4

      omg you are soooo different and cool

    • @krystina662
      @krystina662 Před 18 dny

      @@leftover3857 why thank you! :)

  • @Crypticat
    @Crypticat Před 24 dny +384

    the clock shown in the video, the Mengenlehreuhr (Set Theory Clock) or Berlin-Uhr (Berlin Clock), is a 24 hour clock and the way you tell time is by calculating it yourself, the top four red lights are 5 hours each, the set below is one hour each, and the next set is 5 minutes each, and the last set is 1 minute each
    so the time the clock is at in the photo Lemmino used is 10:31 AM
    the creator of Kryptos said he was always fascinated with all of the clocks in Berlin, but the Berlin Clock fascinated him the most, just for more information
    (also not sure if it matters but i tried something random, if you place a compass facing eastnortheast on a normal clock, it points towards 2:15, might as well try anything lol)

    • @815TypeSirius
      @815TypeSirius Před 24 dny +23

      Another example of encryption based on visuals not algorithms. People really are silly.

    • @DG_plusrandomnumbers
      @DG_plusrandomnumbers Před 23 dny +5

      Wouldn't it be 2:15?

    • @bbbnuy3945
      @bbbnuy3945 Před 23 dny +41

      funny how its his fav clock if he hates math so much, u literally have to use math to calculate this clocks time lmao

    • @Crypticat
      @Crypticat Před 23 dny +8

      @@DG_plusrandomnumbers oops yeah you're right i forgot how to read an analog clock for a second lol

    • @jasoncolvin5725
      @jasoncolvin5725 Před 23 dny +1

      ​@DG_plusrandomnumbers yes it would. I was coming to say this as well.

  • @thatbattlefrontguy3931
    @thatbattlefrontguy3931 Před 5 dny +1

    I love your channel lemmino. Your voice is so nostalgic for me. And its the only channel i have notifications on for. Been watching since i was 12 years old. Im 22 now. Keep doing you king 👑.

  • @Sporquill
    @Sporquill Před 8 dny

    I genuinely learned so much about cryptography from this video, which was very interesting, thank you!

  • @MrCommentGod
    @MrCommentGod Před 24 dny +141

    0:00 when you hear the *"just let me know"*
    and that music fade in
    You know you are in for a good watch 🍿

  • @samuelfrancis9143
    @samuelfrancis9143 Před 23 dny +389

    4:16 he sarcastically says “I have a creative mind like the world has never seen” but thing is it’s absolutely true. The creativity in not only videos but also the topics on this channel is unmatched. Oh he also makes his own music for the videos.

    • @alirezamirzanejad7525
      @alirezamirzanejad7525 Před 22 dny +14

      OMG the music, I still fucking love the music he made for the Cicada video, it's an absolute masterpiece

  • @emilyspeight4690
    @emilyspeight4690 Před 7 dny +2

    I’m sure someone else has mentioned this but a Palimpsest is also an archaeological term for a collection of random artefacts (from different time periods or places) that have been deposited in one place by natural or human means. I’m also shocked this wasn’t mentioned though I’m sure someone else has considered it, the references to rows and abscissa could have to do with the “X” points in K2

  • @noxious_2.06
    @noxious_2.06 Před 14 dny +1

    K4 can be organised in a 7*14 grid and BERLIN (the first clue) is at a start of a line
    I don't think you have to rotate anything like K3 or reverse the text because the given words have their exact position set in stone.

  • @MDPOPE
    @MDPOPE Před 22 dny +506

    Lemmino has the kind of optimism not only to make a video about the cryptology equivalent to One Piece because he acquired an enjoyment for cryptology because of Cicada , but then do a call of action at the end. There are virtually no channels left on this website the size you are who are still doing this purely for the love of the sport. Thank you for everything you do. I've been here since top 10s and, with your level of artistic integrity, I'll be here for many more.

  • @Computurtle
    @Computurtle Před 23 dny +326

    I had just been looking at this channel a couple weeks ago saying to myself "damn, I can't wait for him to upload again", and then I saw the iconic thumbnail style and instantly clicked on it. Welcome back LEMMiNO

    • @comradepierogi
      @comradepierogi Před 23 dny +3

      I was rewatching JFK documentary yesterday and was thinking “wonder what his next video is going to be”. Couple hours later I see this pop up.

    • @ino9138
      @ino9138 Před 23 dny +2

      it was yesterday that I talk to myself " hmm last video was 7 month ago, I wonder when will he upload again" and boom this video comes up hours later. it was a good day

  • @crushbeast29
    @crushbeast29 Před 12 dny +4

    Given the fact he already made a mistake earlier in the cypher, and the fact that it's been so long since he made K4 and nobody has gotten close to solving it, leads me to believe there are mistakes laden in K4.

    • @JohnnyH1992
      @JohnnyH1992 Před 11 dny +2

      I’ve got a semblance of a theory that the mistakes in the text of K1-3 might actually help unlock K4 somehow.
      The misplaced/mistake letters are Q, U, E and A. Which with the extra ‘mistake’ L from the Vigienere table could spell out Equal. This could be 1 layer of the code 🤷🏼‍♂️ I’m sure that someone far smarter than me has already noticed and tried this, but it’s something that jumped to my mind while watching

    • @crushbeast29
      @crushbeast29 Před 11 dny +1

      @@JohnnyH1992 That's a great idea actually.

  • @jaronmeyer1
    @jaronmeyer1 Před 13 dny

    Freaking brilliant as always. Great work LEMMiNO

  • @miguelferreira4370
    @miguelferreira4370 Před 24 dny +292

    OMG ITS HAPPENING

    • @kirb2033
      @kirb2033 Před 24 dny +3

      NEW VID

    • @MrCommentGod
      @MrCommentGod Před 24 dny +4

      It has only been 215 days
      (Not that I have been counting)

  • @jameslucas0
    @jameslucas0 Před 24 dny +291

    THE KING HAS RETURNED

    • @shawnchristianson324
      @shawnchristianson324 Před 24 dny +3

      Instant click as soon as I saw the notification. Already know it’s going to be worth every second

    • @thatcat_
      @thatcat_ Před 24 dny +2

      I was almost shocked seeing this in my feed

    • @jaypolas4136
      @jaypolas4136 Před 24 dny

      I started watching with one hand bro

    • @sam08g16
      @sam08g16 Před 14 dny

      King? More like fckn LEGEND!

  • @monographix
    @monographix Před 14 dny +2

    that morse code at 29:10 lowkey was spitting a fire breakcore beat