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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: Could bitcoin eventually crack SHA256?
by
rjk
on 05/07/2012, 15:53:37 UTC
No the concern is still valid.

Computer power will continue to double every year or two. The exponential effect will catch up with almost any algorithm much sooner than we expect.
Not valid, if you only consider Moore's law. Even with an exponential increase in hashing speeds, it is still unbreakable for many centuries and beyond. The worry is whether a protocol flaw can be found to reduce the amount of calculations needed to accelerate hashing speeds.