[releod]

I don't understand why this is such a massive problem (front page news for days now, really?). Mind you, I am not a crypto expert, but enough with the bitching already.

Crypto experts, just crack it then.. who cares about the special conditions in the contest which make it so difficult. Just do it, prove your point and carry on.

$200k is PR, everyone knows that already.

[Nursie]

It may well be impossible to crack within the terms of the contest.

This does not make it secure in the slightest, as the terms are set up specifically to exclude most of the attacks that are used in crypto validation these days. See - http://www.thoughtcrime.org/blog/telegram-crypto-challenge/