xekcc on Nostr: So, hashing is like mixing two buckets of paint - secret one/password and known ...
So, hashing is like mixing two buckets of paint - secret one/password and known one/hash function - when you can't easily determine which color you used, but you can always confirm that you know the secret color?
Is this analogy correct?
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