# Cryptographic Recruitment **Domain:** Selection systems / Cryptographic puzzles **Doc Type:** Developed Wiki Node **Maturity:** Developing **Collection:** [[collections/Gamification|Gamification Collection]] ## Definition **Cryptographic recruitment** uses difficult, staged cryptographic tasks to attract a participant pool and reveal competence, persistence, research ability, collaboration, and operation under uncertainty. The task path simultaneously produces work and information about the solver. ## Significance Cicada 3301 is the collection's primary case of cryptographic recruitment through tournament selection. The structure supports analysis of elicitation and selection independently of unresolved claims about the operator, sponsor, or ultimate purpose. ## Sources - [[articles/gamification/Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed|Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed]] - [[wiki/Cicada 3301|Cicada 3301]] ## Routes [[wiki/Cryptographic Selection|Cryptographic Selection]] · [[wiki/Cicada 3301|Cicada 3301]] · [[wiki/Gamified Elicitation and Selection|Gamified Elicitation and Selection]] · [[wiki/Costly Signaling|Costly Signaling]]