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Re:A peek under Bitcoin’s hood: Writing a client that can cr... by tuxxy on Monday June 05, 2017 @01:13PM (#14489299)
Keccak256? Isn't that just SHA3 with a digest of 256 bits?
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Re:A peek under Bitcoin’s hood: Writing a client that can cr... by ryan-c on Monday June 05, 2017 @04:22PM (#14491477)
No, it's slightly different from SHA3-256. There was a tweak for standardization.
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Re:A peek under Bitcoin’s hood: Writing a client that can cr... by ecesena on Monday June 05, 2017 @02:25PM (#14489982)
I'm unsure. I think this came before sha3 was defined so some parameters may have changed. But the core is essentially that.
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Re:A peek under Bitcoin’s hood: Writing a client that can cr... by tylersmith on Monday June 05, 2017 @05:07PM (#14492064)
There are minor padding differences but that's it.
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