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Add generic implementations of MFcrypt to scrypt crate

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
rust

Research direction

Start by reading the linked scrypt paper, then inspect the scrypt crate and its existing MFcrypt implementation or related entry points. Define the generic implementation scope from the paper and confirm that the crate exposes the required generic behavior with appropriate tests.

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Description

enhancement scrypt
Dominant language
Rust
Stars
911
Forks
115
Avg merge
4d 18h
Merged PRs (30d)
1

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