Whitfield Diffie
American cryptographer and mathematicianWikipedia
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Sep 26, 2026
Graeme SpeakGUEST
I'll just bring his photograph up here.
Graeme SpeakGUEST
Whitfield Diffie invented an algorithm years ago called the Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange.
Graeme SpeakGUEST
It's estimated his algorithm secures around $4 to $6 trillion in transactions a day.
Graeme SpeakGUEST
It underpins everything.
Bill BuchananHOST
And then you obviously worked with Ron Rivest too around that, how to share a secret paper around round signatures.
Bill BuchananHOST
It's funny that you say that he gave you the proceedings because I think Whitfield Diffie, he went to see Marty Hellman and Marty Hellman said, here's five problems that you could work on.
Bill BuchananHOST
Pick one.
Bill BuchananHOST
Yeah.