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No. There is no way for Bitcoin mining to "break SHA-256 and render it insecure". There isn't enough energy in the whole SUN to do that.
by sunsu 7y ago
No. There is no way for Bitcoin mining to "break SHA-256 and render it insecure". There isn't enough energy in the whole SUN to do that.
- EthanHeilman 7y agoWell Bitcoin mining could "break SHA-256 and render it insecure" by: 1. exploiting cryptanalytic weaknesses in SHA-256, 2. successes in new computing paradigms such as a large scale quantum computer using Grover's algorithm. 3. or turning the local galactic cluster into computronium for SHA-256 miners. Although at that point we have bigger problems. =) If you think SHA-256 will not be broken anytime soon then that suggests that you believe that mining difficulty increases will slow down.