BIP 151 use of HMAC_SHA512



Summary:

In this conversation snippet, two individuals named Arthur and Jonas are discussing their agreement on following well-studied open standards in the realm of cryptocurrency, rather than opting for custom constructions. This is followed by Jonas expressing his support for BIP151, which does not introduce new cipher types. The BIP utilizes ECDH in conjunction with ChaCha20-Poly1305 at openssh, both of which are well-known and widely utilized cryptographic methods.


Updated on: 2023-06-11T18:53:29.233416+00:00