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Comment by marcosdumay

> it also creates entropy

It's a nitpick, but it concentrates the entropy. It doesn't create any.

I do think it will make the answer more clear, as the hash concentrates the less than 64 bits of entropy on that 128 bits of original data into a usable 64 bits package.

parent marcosdumay 3 years ago

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