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Re:The SHA256 for this sentence begins with: one, eight, two... by dvh on Monday September 11, 2023 @02:45PM (#37471777)
You can increase the odds by adding various suffixes, e.g "what are the odds" or "imagine that" or "can you beat that" or "can you do better" ....
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Re:The SHA256 for this sentence begins with: one, eight, two... by drexlspivey on Monday September 11, 2023 @02:50PM (#37471883)
Why would that increase the odds? It’s the same chance on every iteration
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Re:The SHA256 for this sentence begins with: one, eight, two... by jrm4 on Monday September 11, 2023 @03:17PM (#37472310)
I think they mean "increase your possible search space?"
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Re:The SHA256 for this sentence begins with: one, eight, two... by krackers on Monday September 11, 2023 @03:15PM (#37472275)
you effectively have multiple chances to try to get a given target hash (prefix)
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Re:The SHA256 for this sentence begins with: one, eight, two... by mike_hock on Monday September 11, 2023 @04:13PM (#37472989)
Trying different prefixes doesn't take less time than trying different sequences. Unless you're hellbent on finding a match for a particular sequence.

I'd settle on a fixed prefix instead and try longer sequences to make it look more impressive.

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Re:The SHA256 for this sentence begins with: one, eight, two... by recursive on Monday September 11, 2023 @04:30PM (#37473234)
Every time you lengthen the sequence you increase the "luck" requirement.
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