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Re: Is it possible to solve the mining process differently?
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Meni Rosenfeld
on 25/03/2012, 10:47:07 UTC
hashing algorithms are designed to be "trap door" functions.  That is they are designed to work only one way.
A Trapdoor function is not the same as a One-way function. The difference is that with a trapdoor function, there is some secret which, if known, allows you to compute any inverse you want of the function. If SHA-256 was a trapdoor function, it would mean that someone who knows its secret would be able to find blocks effortlessly.