{"id":18267,"date":"2021-02-18T10:05:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T10:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danq.me\/?p=18267"},"modified":"2021-04-14T12:39:49","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T11:39:49","slug":"basilisk-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danq.me\/2021\/02\/18\/basilisk-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Basilisk collection"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Basilisk collection<\/a><\/h3>\n

The basilisk collection<\/b> (also known as the basilisk file<\/b> or basilisk.txt<\/b>) is a collection of over 125 million partial hash inversions<\/a> of the SHA-256<\/a> cryptographic hash function<\/a>. Assuming state-of-the art methods were used to compute the inversions, the entries in the collection collectively represent a proof-of-work<\/a> far exceeding the computational capacity of the human race.[1]<\/a><\/sup>[2]<\/a><\/sup> The collection was released in parts through BitTorrent<\/a> beginning in June 2018, although it was not widely reported or discussed until early 2019.[3]<\/a><\/sup> On August 4th, 2019 the complete collection of 125,552,089 known hash inversions was compiled and published by CryTor<\/a>, the cybersecurity lab of the University of Toronto<\/a>.[4]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

The existence of the basilisk collection has had wide reaching consequences in the field of cryptography, and has been blamed for catalyzing the January 2019 Bitcoin crash<\/a>.[2]<\/a><\/sup>[5]<\/a><\/sup>[6]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

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Electronic Frontier Foundation<\/a> cryptographer Brian Landlaw<\/a> has said that “whoever made the basilisk is 30 years ahead of the NSA, and the NSA are 30 years ahead of us, so who is there left to trust?”[35]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

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