Understanding How Cryptographic Hash Functions Work
A cryptographic hash function is a mathematical algorithm that takes an input (or 'message') and returns a fixed-length ...
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cryptographic hash function
An algorithm that transforms a given amount of data (the "message") into a fixed number of digits, known as the "hash," "digest" or "digital fingerprint." Hash functions are a fundamental ...
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Ledger finds security flaws in Trezor Safe 3 and Safe 5 models
Trezor’s latest hardware wallets, the Safe 3 and Safe 5, have some serious security issues, according to a report from Ledger ...
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hash rate
The number of cryptographic hashes per second (H/s) a computer executes for blockchain mining such as Bitcoin. A hash rate may refer to computations in a single GPU in one computer, a crypto ...
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What Is a Nonce in Blockchain?
The difference between hashes and nonces is critical to understanding blockchain’s cryptographic foundation. Blockchain technology, introduced as the Bitcoin protocol in 2009, has fundamentally ...
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25 GPUs Brute Force 348 Billion Hashes Per Second To Crack Your Passwords
As we’ve heard before, a graphics processing unit is uniquely qualified to process encryption hashes quickly (we’ve seen this with bitcoin mining). This project strings together 25 GPU cards ...
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Accelerate SHA-3 Cryptographic Hash Processing with New Hardware IP Core
Secure Hash Algorithm-3 (SHA-3), in a flexible, high-throughput, area-efficient hardware accelerator. Developed by Beyond Semiconductor and available from CAST, Inc., the new IP core is compliant with ...