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Or we just store the hash and then brute-force it every time we need the original content.
by blago 6y ago
Or we just store the hash and then brute-force it every time we need the original content.
- ralusek 6y agoThat'd be lossy with hash collisions, though.
- blago 6y agoYou are right, although we might be able to make it lossless in practical terms with probabilistic approaches like combining multiple algorithms, selecting the hash length, and using heuristics to pick the most likely source.
- rhexs 6y agoProbably easier to just have every computer connected on a much faster network. Query the internet for a hash, have it sent to you after a 100ms lookup at 1TBps. Seems impossible considering in my lifetime I’ve basically seen ISP speeds go from 5/1 on my first cable connection to 20/768 20 years later on DSL. I always find it a bit weird knowing how important the internet is to commerce and the economy and my only real way to access it is through the same phone line that has been around forever.