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		blake8086 on Sept 13, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Trustless Bitcoin bounty for SHA1, SHA256, etc. co... Does this mean you can create a script to reward finding the preimage of an arbitrary sha hash?

nullc on Sept 13, 2013 [–]

Yes, or _disclosing_ one (see the 'Why hash locked' link for example of how that can be used to bootstrap more powerful protocols).

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