Comments on: Was SHA-256 cracked? Don’t buy into retraction! https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/09/was-sha-256-cracked-dont-buy-into-retraction Safeguarding Humanity Sun, 22 Sep 2019 03:14:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 By: Philip Raymond https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/09/was-sha-256-cracked-dont-buy-into-retraction#comment-388214 Wed, 18 Sep 2019 01:54:43 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/?p=96305#comment-388214 This whole affair has gone from fishy to downright weird.

In yet another announcement (their 3rd), Tredwell Stanton DuPont implicitly retracts their retraction. Now, they claim that my suspicion was correct — and that they were forced to retract the previous discovery of an SHA-256 crack.

Sept 11: Original disclosure
Sept 11: Community skepticism
Sept 12: Claim retracted: [announcement] [press]
Sept 17: New 3rd announcement retracts the retraction*

* In case this “donation” page has been removed or modified, I have placed a permanent copy here: [web archive] [PDF copy]
…captured on 17-Sep-2019 @ 6:45 PM ET

This story is not over, folks!

]]> By: Darren https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/09/was-sha-256-cracked-dont-buy-into-retraction#comment-388146 Wed, 18 Sep 2019 00:25:11 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/?p=96305#comment-388146 God bless them!

]]> By: milton https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/09/was-sha-256-cracked-dont-buy-into-retraction#comment-388145 Wed, 18 Sep 2019 00:21:30 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/?p=96305#comment-388145 It seems a bit obvious to me. These guys went from ten grand a month to 200 bucks. They want to put their technology out there but will go broke in the process. Hard to beat the “system” without drying your funds up. Just my 2¢.

]]> By: Philip Raymond https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/09/was-sha-256-cracked-dont-buy-into-retraction#comment-388137 Tue, 17 Sep 2019 22:39:43 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/?p=96305#comment-388137 “Wow!!” is a proper exclamation, Hector. Not in a million years could I have predicted the development of a 3rd announcement. It certainly appears that TS DuPont is acknowledging that they were forced to recant.

This is an unbelievable development. But I am troubled that their new announcement is wrapped in a plea for donations. For Ch**st sake, This is not a non-profit. Why are they begging for money, and what does it have to do with cracking SHA-256?

I plan to get to the bottom of this.

]]> By: Hector https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/09/was-sha-256-cracked-dont-buy-into-retraction#comment-388134 Tue, 17 Sep 2019 22:21:13 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/?p=96305#comment-388134 Wow Philip, were you right on the money:
https://www.treadwell-stanton.com/donate

Great post!

]]> By: Philip Raymond https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/09/was-sha-256-cracked-dont-buy-into-retraction#comment-388073 Tue, 17 Sep 2019 06:11:18 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/?p=96305#comment-388073 In reply to Randall.

Hi Randall. Thank you for commenting on my Lifeboat post.

Like you, I sense a hand forcing TS DuPont to retract the claim — and I do believe that it is the hand of a 3-letter agency based in Maryland. But I suspect that your suspicions go a bit further than mine. I chuckled at the imagery of the eye floating over the pyramid on the dollar bill. That has always been a bit spooky. I think that the current engraving was updated to be the image of Dick Cheney’s eye!

]]> By: Randall https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/09/was-sha-256-cracked-dont-buy-into-retraction#comment-388051 Tue, 17 Sep 2019 01:53:55 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/?p=96305#comment-388051 Totally agree. I’m not quite buying it. Just because we don’t want our bitcoin investment going up in smoke doesn’t mean we have to hide our heads in the dirt and pretend it’s not happening. Am I the only one noticing strange details in their retraction? “We are being forced…”, “…all sectors can still sleep quietly tonight”, “specially appointed cryptographers and observers”. Anyone notice the upper right image too? Bitcoin chart tanking just to recover with the judge gravel? Center image with the eye of providence and the dollar? Really?

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