kjeldahl on Nostr: I've been taking a casual look at Nostr npub keys. I'm finding an unexpected number ...
I've been taking a casual look at Nostr npub keys. I'm finding an unexpected number of public keys leading with zeros (after examining only a few thousand). Assuming these are derived from proper public keys using proper hashing algorithms, I would not expect that. Either I'm missing something, or quite a few people are generating npub keys inproperly.
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"content": "I've been taking a casual look at Nostr npub keys. I'm finding an unexpected number of public keys leading with zeros (after examining only a few thousand). Assuming these are derived from proper public keys using proper hashing algorithms, I would not expect that. Either I'm missing something, or quite a few people are generating npub keys inproperly.",
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