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The simple C program I used to find good avalanche primes for hashes

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#avalanche primes#hash function#smhasher#c program#rain hash

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  • Rainbow hash is the fastest 128-bit and 256-bit quality hash, passing all 200+ SMHasher3 tests

    From 1 comment
    • I thought i lost this code. I used it a couple of years ago to develop the Rain hash algorithms (Rainbow is the fastest 128-bit and 256-bit quality hash measured by passing all…
      keepamovin on HN

Objections

  • Repost so soon after a related Show HN is seen as a duplicate

    From 2 comments
    • You just had a significant related Show HN https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42460283 a couple of days ago. You can repost after a year, give or take but less than a week is a…
      pvg on HN
    • You can, of course post, it's just that followup posts like these don't go anywhere because they count as dupes.
      pvg on HN

Requests

  • Maker invites pull requests to extend the tool

    From 1 comment
    • I thought i lost this code. I used it a couple of years ago to develop the Rain hash algorithms (Rainbow is the fastest 128-bit and 256-bit quality hash measured by passing all…
      keepamovin on HN

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