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A discord server I'm on has a cryptography fanatic on there who preps challenges once in a while.
Figured it might be fun to repost them for y'alls to solve.

I already solved this first one. It's fairly easy with just the first 2 hints.
Please try to practice some restraint from viewing them all...

Message to decipher:
WSTON ATHNE TRITC ANFHN GLGSI EXR



Hint #1 - Cipher method hint

Hint #2 - Cipher method example

Hint #3 - Solution length hint

Hint #4 - Solution Letter spoiler

I think I know too little about deciphering to even know what to look for, haha The puzzle seems fun though.

ltsune wrote:I think I know too little about deciphering to even know what to look for, haha The puzzle seems fun though.

I didn't know anything either when I started, but the first two hints + some trial and error were enough for me to figure it out from nothing on my own. It's really not very hard at all. Only took me about 1-2 hours to figure it out.

All you really need is notepad, the right wikipedia page and a bit of trial and error.

poehalcho wrote:

ltsune wrote:I think I know too little about deciphering to even know what to look for, haha The puzzle seems fun though.

I didn't know anything either when I started, but the first two hints + some trial and error were enough for me to figure it out from nothing on my own. It's really not very hard at all. Only took me about 1-2 hours to figure it out.

All you really need is notepad, the right wikipedia page and a bit of trial and error.

1-2 hours is a decent amount of time. But still, nice. Glad you were able to solve it. I bet the "reward" of finally being able to solve it was worth the few hours spent. I can imagine