A slow and memory-intensive hash function designed for passwords
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How well does scrypt perform on different architectures / OSes?
The scrypt algorithm seems to be a prominent feature in the "CPU friendly" Bitcoin clones for the proof-of-labor part. I've heard claims that it's relatively slow on Windows and/or Intel compared to ...
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Scrypt as a KDF with one-time high-entropy input
I'm looking at using Scrypt as a KDF. Assume the following:
the input will always be high-entropy random bytes generated by a CSPRNG
the length of the input can vary from between 8 to 32 bytes
the ...
