What will happen when Hash Collision?

kehao95 · January 11, 2018, 4:07am

Just curious about that.

fiatjaf · January 11, 2018, 10:46am

I guess you’ll have chance of getting a file different from the one you were expecting.

lidel · January 14, 2018, 2:26am

Some background from Old FAQ:

Topic		Replies	Views
What to do in case of hash collision? Old FAQ	8	4089	September 19, 2018
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Lost hash after init Old FAQ	4	529	May 23, 2017
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