10 years ago you would not encounter many cryptographers, and it was surely not a buzzword.
Today cryptography, block-chain, cryptocurrency, secret coding are professions, and very interesting ones indeed.
Jean Philippe Aumasson is based in Switzerland and has a great background in this field.
His last startup is called Taurus: https://taurushq.com/.
Here you can find his publications and bio: https://aumasson.jp/.
Today there are many applications of cryptography, such as zero knowledge proofs, multi-party computation, secret sharing.
Listen to this episode to learn more if this could be a potential profession for you.
For more litterature, JP recommends enthusiasts to check these:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Code_Book
https://github.com/
Please write me if you have specific questions about JP and cryptography.
