The Keccak hash function, winner of the SHA3 competition and used in Ethereum
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The Keccak project started in 2008 for the development of the Keccak hash function,
winner of SHA3 competition and used in Ethereum. The project is a multi discipline
effort of cryptography, software and hardware development. All the developments are
open source, no patents and several incentives for 3rd party security analysis. The
project is still active for providing improved implementations.
The Keccak hash function, and all its derivations, are cryptographic building blocks for
the good of the society. We believe that open cryptography is a key technology for the
digital society. The security of Keccak is key to the security of Ethereum and of many
other digital projects. We worked a lot in analyzing its security and encouraged third-
party cryptanalysis, with very positive results.
The Keccak hash function is one of the most analyzed cryptographic functions, which gives a very high confidence on its security and resistance against all kind of attacks.
