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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. thenewnewguy · 1790876143 · focus · HN ↗

            Is the argument that there are no benefits to IPv6 for anyone/society because your specific ISP messes it up?

            1. post-it · 1790882919 · focus · HN ↗

               Of course not. The argument is that the benefits are nebulous.

               1. gspr · 1790886679 · focus · HN ↗

                  ... if you use ISPs that don't deploy the technology correctly. Faced with multiple providers of a technology, are we to judge its benefits by the worst ones?

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