Stanford physicist finds that swirling liquids work similarly to Bitcoin

Posted by signa11 on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @02:49AM
from the news.stanford.edu dept.

https://news.stanford.edu/2018/04/23/swirling-liquids-shed-light-bitcoin-works/

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Re:Stanford physicist finds that swirling liquids work simil... by rhn_mk1 on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @07:16AM (#16966082)

I feel the headline is misleading/clickbaity; the article posits that stirring a liquid is similar to a hash function. Hash functions have many more applications than Bitcoin, and are only a small part of how Bitcoin operates.

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Re:Stanford physicist finds that swirling liquids work simil... by blinds on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @07:26AM (#16966127)

He’s created a hash function and hash functions have applications apparently.

It’s publishable because you can link it to blockchain somewhere in the article.

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Re:Stanford physicist finds that swirling liquids work simil... by scrumbledober on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @08:57AM (#16966615)

Swirling liquids are a lot like Bitcoin in that they go right down the drain?

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