> Cryptopals strikes me as a very good way of scaring people from not only inventing, but also implementing their own crypto Paradox alert: the person who know

> Cryptopals strikes me as a very good way of scaring people from not only inventing, but also implementing their own crypto Paradox alert: the person who knows enough about crypto to fear implementing it is the person I want implementing the crypto I am using. So if the effect of such education is to discourage you, that means the crypto is left to the clueless to implement.