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Re:Bitmain, the largest mining hardware company, made around... by goldenkey on Saturday February 24, 2018 @12:40AM (#16451907)
Actually, most encryption includes compression. Google it.
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Re:Bitmain, the largest mining hardware company, made around... by Nursie on Saturday February 24, 2018 @04:18AM (#16452467)
No, it doesn't. If anything, with the use of padding schemes, IVs and MACs, most encryption schemes make the data grow a little.
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Re:Bitmain, the largest mining hardware company, made around... by undersuit on Saturday February 24, 2018 @12:47AM (#16451937)
I don't mean to be snippy, but could you instead just give me proof of your claims?
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