Posters on “Anonymous” Online Economics Forum identified due to poor hashing

Post by ok123456 » Thu, Jul 20, 2023, 4:13 AM UTC

Post by ok123456 » Thu, Jul 20, 2023, 4:28 PM UTC

3cats-in-a-coat wrote: post #3

ok123456 wrote: post #2

The methodology is very flawed. If anything, he's invented a new proof of work coin. Guess the hash function and it's inputs such that there collisions in the ranges you'd expect.

Can we please not cringe everything into coin & blockchain talk.

Post by ok123456 » Fri, Jul 21, 2023, 9:38 PM UTC

3cats-in-a-coat wrote: post #5

ok123456 wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

1) The research is cringe. 2) it's appropriate because he's literally guessing hashes.

Sure, but I visibly wince when I read "coin" these days. Please excuse me.