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1. nicoburns · 1790875496 · focus · HN ↗

   From what I'd read, SHA256 in git is showing every sign of being another IPv6. In particular:

   - It's implemented in a non-backwards-compatible way

   - The benefits over the older model are a bit nebulous

   - There's a large amount of tooling that needs to catch up, and little sign that there is movement there

   1. gspr · 1790875741 · focus · HN ↗

      > - The benefits over the older model are a bit nebulous

      This is far from the case with IPv6!

      1. post-it · 1790875886 · focus · HN ↗

         Is it? There are many benefits in principle to IPv6, but if my ISP continues to assign me a single dynamic IP, those benefits are entirely moot for me.

         1. embedding-shape · 1790876030 · focus · HN ↗

            Right, but just because you don't happen to have IPv6 right now, how does that remove the benefits for others to have IPv6? That's like saying having a faster CPU wouldn't mean faster performance, because I don't have that CPU yet.

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