diff --git a/docs/forum/bitcoin-forum/115.md b/docs/forum/bitcoin-forum/115.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..977cc1a --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/forum/bitcoin-forum/115.md @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +--- +layout: forum +title: 'Re: Dealing with SHA-256 Collisions' +grand_parent: Forum Posts +parent: Bitcoin Forum +nav_order: 115 +date: 2010-06-14 20:39:50 UTC +original: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=191.msg1585#msg1585 +--- + +# Re: Dealing with SHA-256 Collisions + +--- + +``` +Re: Dealing with SHA-256 Collisions +June 14, 2010, 08:39:50 PM + +SHA-256 is very strong. It's not like the incremental step from MD5 to SHA1. It can last several decades unless there's some massive breakthrough attack. + +If SHA-256 became completely broken, I think we could come to some agreement about what the honest block chain was before the trouble started, lock that in and continue from there with a new hash function. + +If the hash breakdown came gradually, we could transition to a new hash in an orderly way. The software would be programmed to start using a new hash after a certain block number. Everyone would have to upgrade by that time. The software could save the new hash of all the old blocks to make sure a different block with the same old hash can't be used. +```