Scrypt
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In cryptography, scrypt (pronounced "ess crypt") is a password-based key derivation function created by Colin Percival in March 2009, originally for the Tarsnap online backup service. The algorithm was specifically designed to make it costly to perform large-scale custom hardware attacks by requiring large amounts of memory. In 2016, the scrypt algorithm was published by IETF as RFC 7914. A simplified version of scrypt is used as a proof-of-work scheme by a number of cryptocurrencies, first implemented by an anonymous programmer called ArtForz in Tenebrix and followed by Fairbrix and Litecoin
Key facts
- Cryptographic hash function.name
- scrypt
- Cryptographic hash function.designers
- Colin Percival
- Cryptographic hash function.publish date
- 2009
- Cryptographic hash function.digest size
- variable
- Cryptographic hash function.block size
- variable
- Cryptographic hash function.rounds
- variable
- Software.name
- scrypt encryption utility
- Software.developer
- Colin Percival
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In crittografia, scrypt è una funzione di derivazione di chiave basata su password creata da , in origine usata per il servizio di backup Tarsnap online backup service. L'algoritmo fu progettato specificatamente per eseguire attacchi su hardware personalizzati su grande scala che richiedevano una grande quantità di memoria. Nel 2012. L'algoritmo scrypt fu pubblicato da IETF come bozza e preparato per diventare una RFC, ma da allora la cosa non ebbe seguito.È usato come uno schema proof of work da alcune criptovalute come Litecoin, Dogecoin o .
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