BLAKE3: A Fast and Efficient, Parallelizable Merkle Tree Hash Function (Major step in the advancement of cryptographic technology with huge implications for blockchain-based distributed systems)
13 Jan 2020 2 minute read 7 comments rhyzom
BLAKE3 is a newly announced cryptographic hash function (9th of January, 2020) and a SHA-3 finalist designed by a team of cryptographers among which Zooko Wilcox from Zcash (the others being Jack O'Connor, Samuel Neves and Jean-Philippe Aumasson...