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Clarify why we don't want short hashes #175

Closed real-or-random closed 4 years ago

real-or-random commented 4 years ago

This is supposed to supersede https://github.com/sipa/bips/pull/158. I tried to say this carefully. I don't think that multiparty signing is in general broken with short hashes. For example the attack in #158 could be avoided by letting everybody not only commit to the nonce but also to the message. It's just that using a collision-resistant hash just eliminates the problem entirely...

sipa commented 4 years ago

ACK