Definition

Skein

proper noun skayn

One of the five finalists of the NIST hash function competition, based on the Threefish tweakable block cypher. Skein allows for a modular package size and can operate as drop in replacement for the SHA family of hash functions.

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Skein was designed as a flexible cryptographic hash function.

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