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Morning Edition · Wednesday, September 23, 2026Published at 7:09 AM EDT · New York
Ethereum Researchers Reopen the Hash Choice After New Proof Systems Make Standard Hashes Cheap
With the binary-field prover Flock able to prove tens of thousands of standard hash compressions per second on a single core, the constraint that pushed Ethereum toward Poseidon no longer binds.
Ethereum researchers have published a fresh comparison of candidate hash functions for the protocol, arguing that the emergence of Flock as a post-quantum proof system for binary circuits removes the need for specially circuit-friendly hash…
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