Comment

Comment by datenwolf

Actually hashes do create entropy (every computation creates entropy in some form or another). What's the entropy of a 4 bit number? What's the entropy of a 4 bit number hashed by a 64 bit hash function? The act of computation does in fact create entropy, as per the 2nd law of thermodynamics, a part of which shows up in the hash.
parent datenwolf 3 years ago

Discussion

Live from the official Hacker News API

A modern reader for Hacker News · SvelteKit + Skeleton