You don't get it. The main issue with a hash collision in sha256 wouldn't be Nix breaking for a few hours; it would be the modern internet breaking down. I don

You don't get it. The main issue with a hash collision in sha256 wouldn't be Nix breaking for a few hours; it would be the modern internet breaking down. I don't see why you get so fixated on Nix rather than preaching about anything else using sha256. > infantesimal chance that we would have a power outage. Power outages are experienced every day in every country; sha256 collisions are still to be found. That's not the same magnitude of ‶infinitesimal″ at all.