It's funny because in that Twitter thread this[0] is linked: Reactions to stages in the life cycle of cryptographic hash functions Stage

It's funny because in that Twitter thread this[0] is linked: Reactions to stages in the life cycle of cryptographic hash functions Stage | Expert reaction | Programmer reaction | Non-expert ("slashdotter") reaction ---------------------+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------- ... | ... | ... | ... General acceptance | Top-level researchers begin serious work on | Even Microsoft is using the hash function now | Flame anyone who suggests the function | finding a weakness (and international fame) | | may be broken in our lifetime Just to be clear: I don't doubt JP Aumasson's reasons to believe so. I doubt yours because as far as I can tell it's basically argument from authority ("JP Aumasson said so!") [0] http://valerieaurora.org/hash.html http://valerieaurora.org/hash.html