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Message #00152
Re: Switch to Blake2
+1 for blake2. Good adoption in other projects, addresses the need for
speed.
Cheers,
Jackson.
On Fri, Jul 21, 2017, at 01:49 PM, John Tromp wrote:
> dear Igno,
>
> > So I'm considering a switch to the Blake2 [3] hash function. It's extremely
> > fast in software (faster than SHA256 and even MD5), has been shown to be as
> > secure as SHA3, was designed independently and has been widely reviewed.
> >
> > Any strong opposition or concerns?
>
> On the contrary. I strongly support the switch to blake2.
>
> regards,
> -John
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