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Re: One-way function vs Non-invertibility
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compSciTchr
on 16/02/2021, 05:18:00 UTC
The syllabus we received for a particular bitcoin related unit has these 2 terms so I'm gathering from your responses that they are not similar.

A one-way function may be inverted with enough computing power but a non-invertibility means that no amount of computing power will produce the inverse because information is missing. Would that be correct?

And OWF is basically a hashing function like SHA-256
Where as the concept of non-invertibility may apply to the elliptical curve used for bitcoin wallet generation?

I'm trying to create some context for the students so any specific references to bitcoin will help
Thanks again for the responses