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by bobx11 4515 days ago
It is brute force, just not for a cracking context like you would normally hear that word.
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Yes, but what you are brute-forcing is set: block and random number to get hash that start with defined number of zeroes. That's it. No other use. No brute-force of communication. It does not even help to brute-force passwords.