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Content addressable storage. For example, the Git DAG would be one place to use it (depending on which camp you're in: should the DAG be cryptographically secur

Content addressable storage. For example, the Git DAG would be one place to use it (depending on which camp you're in: should the DAG be cryptographically secure, or should the security be out-of-band e.g. signatures).

loeg 2y ago
What operations would be faster in Git from using an insecure hash instead of SHA256? Commit is already reasonably fast.
- zamalek 2y ago
  Where in my comment do I say it should be used? I merely used Git as an example of a production CAS.
  - loeg 2y ago
    > For example, the Git DAG would be one place to use it I read that as you thinking Git is a motivating use case for this hash.