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I didn't make that assumption. I exampled one use of cryptographic hashes as being for password hashing. An example is not the same as saying two things are the

• Dylan16807 11y ago
  For a fast hash, being fast is always better. You were not pointing out that there are other metrics, you were directly contradicting a true statement, that BLAKE being faster makes it better. There is no use case where you want your super-fast hash to be 50% slower. With a hash this fast you need to get thousands or more times slower to have any benefits in those specialized use cases. It's sort of a bathtub curve.