Discussion Ask HN: Bitcoin Mining Operations Perpetuating Weaknesses in SHA-256? Is it possible that bitcoin mining operations are actually generating the analog of a giant rainbow table to aid in the decryption of SHA-256 data?Perhaps some mechanism that would facilitate a birthday attack, collisions, etc.?I thought I'd float this out there to people who know more about cryptography and the weaknesses of these algorithms than I do. 3 points nighthawk 13 years ago 5 comments
Perhaps some mechanism that would facilitate a birthday attack, collisions, etc.?
I thought I'd float this out there to people who know more about cryptography and the weaknesses of these algorithms than I do.