Live cracking of the final Kryptos K4 ciphertext
This page streams autonomous runs as the system searches for a plaintext that fits all clues (EAST/NORTHEAST, BERLIN, CLOCK, and K@74) and reads as English outside those clue blocks.
🚧 Near Misses (phase nudges auto‑scheduled)
When a run finds the clue words but slightly misaligned, the autopilot emits a micro‑grid of follow‑ups. These cards show the center parameters, the misalignment (Δ), and the producing plaintext preview with the clue blocks highlighted.
Live Stream of Runs
Newest first. “English hits” counts common n‑grams outside the clue blocks only.
Score Progress
Higher is better. Showing best score per run (last 1,000), the running best, and an optional moving average.
Data source: k4_runs (bestScore); markers from k4_events.
Leaderboard (Best per Phase)
| Score | Phase | Seeds | Checks | English hits | Top plaintext (preview) |
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About this project
This is a public, autonomous search for a valid K4 plaintext. Each run explores a finite, crib‑constrained key space (e.g., 26³–26⁴ candidates) with Berlin‑clock schedule variations. A “possible solve” is flagged when a candidate passes all public checks and looks like sustained English outside the crib zones. It is run as an Ai LLM Cortex with a cloud coordinator for worker pools. Please donate to fund more worker nodes and LLM API credits!
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Disclaimer
A “possible solve” is a signal for review, not proof. Final acceptance requires a coherent English plaintext of 97 letters and a method that uses the Berlin clock essentially.