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Great video explaining how secure SHA-256/Bitcoin really is. These are massive numbers (www.youtube.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

The video is about how nearly impossible it is to guess a key for SHA-256 encryption, it says nothing about Bitcoin.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

*A SHA-256 hash. SHA-256 is not encryption.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

SHA-256 is one of the mechanisms Bitcoin uses for security, he mentions it at the tail end of this video and in his previous video series on how cryptocurrencies work. This video is specifically about SHA-256.