panautomata icon indicating copy to clipboard operation
panautomata copied to clipboard

Use SHA2-256 for merkle tree instead of KECCAK-256?

Open HarryR opened this issue 5 years ago • 0 comments

While KECCAK256 (SHA-3) is cheaper for Ethereum, SHA2-256 is supported by NEO and the Ethereum variation of KECCAK isn't the same as the later updated SHA-3 standard.

Whereas the SHA256 implementation across Ethereum and NEO is the same.

I'm not concerned about preventing length extension attacks, and the security of SHA-2 is fine in this context IMO.

HarryR avatar Jul 06 '18 21:07 HarryR