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Comment by Ar-Curunir

2 years ago

That is not true. There is no such requirement for a hash function.

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ethbr1  2 years ago

Thread is talking about cryptographic hash functions, given the context

  • Ar-Curunir  2 years ago

    Yes, they don’t output random looking things necessarily. For example a hash function could be collision resistant but not pre image resistant, or vice versa. There’s much more nuance in these definitions.

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