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> pretty much impossible to solve Literal understatement of all time…

• meowface 5y ago
  A quantum computer could potentially turn it from impossible to merely nearly impossible.
  • Anunayj 5y ago
    how so?
    • meowface 5y ago
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover%27s_algorithm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover%27s_algorithm If it works as believed, it should effectively reduce solving SHA-256 to solving SHA-128. Which is extremely difficult, but theoretically possible.