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Posters on “Anonymous” Online Economics Forum identified due to poor hashing

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The methodology is very flawed. If anything, he's invented a new proof of work coin. Guess the hash function and it's inputs such that there collisions in the ranges you'd expect.

Can we please not cringe everything into coin & blockchain talk.

1) The research is cringe. 2) it's appropriate because he's literally guessing hashes.

Sure, but I visibly wince when I read "coin" these days. Please excuse me.

That's a you problem.

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