Hello John Tromp! That is neat! The paper could use a related work section, for example Litecoin uses scrypt in the attempt to make it harder to implement in ASIC:
https://litecoin.info/Scrypt The current Password Hashing Contest (disclosure: I am on the panel) may be relevant to your interests: https://password-hashing.net/ Regards, Zooko _______________________________________________ cryptography mailing list cryptography@randombit.net http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography