{"id":477,"date":"2025-03-17T22:35:57","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T21:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sfisqlu.cluster100.hosting.ovh.net\/?page_id=477"},"modified":"2025-05-08T14:00:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T12:00:46","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/sfisqlu.cluster100.hosting.ovh.net\/index.php\/cryptocode\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-794e3cfa wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Cryptocode was intented by Joseph Grassi, who filed a patent on June 1st, 1922 in the UK, then in several other countries in the following years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The device was sold by the Cryptocode Machine Syndicate, based in London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not much is known about its commercial success, or its inventor&#8217;s life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two devices are known to still exist:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>One is at NSA&#8217;s National Cryptographic Museum.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The other is in private hands, it was sold on May 2006 for \u00a32,400.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"614\" height=\"932\" src=\"http:\/\/sfisqlu.cluster100.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/cryptocode-patent.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-574\" style=\"width:auto;height:600px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sfisqlu.cluster100.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/cryptocode-patent.png 614w, http:\/\/sfisqlu.cluster100.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/cryptocode-patent-198x300.png 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>U.S. patent for the Cryptocode &#8211; U.S. patent and trademark office<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cryptocode was intented by Joseph Grassi, who filed a patent on June 1st, 1922 in the UK, then in several other countries in the following years. 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