j"1LAnZuoQdcKCkpDBKQMCgziGMoPC4VQUckM9<div class="post"><div class="quoteheader"><a href="https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=191.msg1559#msg1559">Quote from: theymos on June 14, 2010, 02:34:57 AM</a></div><div class="quote">In case the weakening of SHA-256 is gradual instead of sudden (much more likely, IMO), BitCoin could stretch the process of switching to a different hash algorithm over a long time. First accept SHA-512 (or whatever) in addition to SHA-256, then use SHA-512 by default, and finally stop accepting SHA-256 for new blocks.<br/></div><br/>Wouldn't the users lose their coins?</div> text/html
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