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Re:BitTorrent v2 (2020) by marcan_42 on Monday January 10, 2022 @08:56AM (#29874813)
That's not a given. As far as I know, there is no proof of the security or lack thereof of this kind of function.

Increases in computing power alone can't render SHA256 insecure; that can be proven by thermodynamic/size-of-the-universe arguments. You need an actual cryptographic weakness.

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Re:BitTorrent v2 (2020) by newby on Monday January 10, 2022 @12:04PM (#29877852)
> Increases in computing power alone can't render SHA256 insecure; that can be proven by thermodynamic/size-of-the-universe arguments.

Fascinating. Could you please recommend a source where a curious layman could learn more about this?

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Re:BitTorrent v2 (2020) by marcan_42 on Monday January 10, 2022 @06:54PM (#29884926)
I posted a link and some further analysis in this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29883965
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