Comment on Note the commit hashComments−mschuster9112yIs this something like the Bitcoin vanity addresses? Partial sha1 collision?−bri3d12yYes. You can alter the content of the commit freely, so it's pretty easy to just fuzz the data until you get a commit you like.This was the premise of Stripe CTF V3's second challenge ("Level 1: Mine me a Gitcoin") this year.−Rygu12yYes, it's just as funny as cafebabe... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexspeak
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Is this something like the Bitcoin vanity addresses? Partial sha1 collision?
Yes. You can alter the content of the commit freely, so it's pretty easy to just fuzz the data until you get a commit you like.
This was the premise of Stripe CTF V3's second challenge ("Level 1: Mine me a Gitcoin") this year.
Yes, it's just as funny as cafebabe... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexspeak