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Missing hash functions

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Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
20/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
rust
Domain
cryptography

Research direction

Start by reviewing the listed hash functions and their linked specifications, along with the referenced previous issues. The scope must first be narrowed to one function through discussion; done would mean an agreed selection and a complete implementation for that function, but this issue does not name source files or tests.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Description

enhancement help wanted

List of "would be nice to have" hash functions:

It can be changed based on discussion.

Dominant language
Rust
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Forks
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Avg merge
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Merged PRs (30d)
5

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