BLAKE2s
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BLAKE2s is a fast, secure cryptographic hash function optimized for 32-bit platforms and widely used in modern protocols and applications.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| BLAKE2s canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10157603 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: BLAKE2s Context triple: [WireGuard, usesCryptography, BLAKE2s]
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A.
BLAKE2b
BLAKE2b is a cryptographic hash function optimized for 64-bit platforms, known for its high speed, strong security, and use in modern applications as a successor to algorithms like SHA-2 and MD5.
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B.
Keccak
Keccak is a cryptographic hash function family that forms the basis of the SHA-3 standard, known for its sponge construction and strong security properties.
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C.
Salsa20
Salsa20 is a high-speed stream cipher designed by Daniel J. Bernstein, widely used in modern cryptography for its strong security and efficient software performance.
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D.
SHA-256
SHA-256 is a widely used cryptographic hash function from the SHA-2 family that produces a 256-bit hash value for securing data integrity and authentication.
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E.
SHA-2
SHA-2 is a family of cryptographic hash functions widely used for data integrity, digital signatures, and security protocols on the internet.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: BLAKE2s Target entity description: BLAKE2s is a fast, secure cryptographic hash function optimized for 32-bit platforms and widely used in modern protocols and applications.
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A.
BLAKE2b
BLAKE2b is a cryptographic hash function optimized for 64-bit platforms, known for its high speed, strong security, and use in modern applications as a successor to algorithms like SHA-2 and MD5.
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B.
Keccak
Keccak is a cryptographic hash function family that forms the basis of the SHA-3 standard, known for its sponge construction and strong security properties.
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C.
Salsa20
Salsa20 is a high-speed stream cipher designed by Daniel J. Bernstein, widely used in modern cryptography for its strong security and efficient software performance.
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D.
SHA-256
SHA-256 is a widely used cryptographic hash function from the SHA-2 family that produces a 256-bit hash value for securing data integrity and authentication.
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E.
SHA-2
SHA-2 is a family of cryptographic hash functions widely used for data integrity, digital signatures, and security protocols on the internet.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | cryptographic hash function ⓘ |
| basedOn |
ChaCha stream cipher core
ⓘ
HAIFA construction ⓘ |
| blockSize | 64 bytes ⓘ |
| collisionResistanceBits | 128 bits ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | BLAKE ⓘ |
| designedBy |
Christian Winnerlein
ⓘ
Jean-Philippe Aumasson ⓘ Samuel Neves ⓘ
linked to:
Alex Biryukov
Zooko Wilcox-O’Hearn ⓘ |
| designedFor | 32-bit platforms ⓘ |
| designedToBe |
fast
ⓘ
secure ⓘ simple to implement ⓘ |
| digestSizeMax | 32 bytes ⓘ |
| digestSizeMaxBits | 256 bits ⓘ |
| fasterThan |
SHA-2
ⓘ
SHA-3 ⓘ
linked to:
FIPS 202
|
| hasReferenceImplementationIn | C ⓘ |
| introducedInYear | 2012 ⓘ |
| license | public domain or CC0 (reference code) ⓘ |
| openSource | true ⓘ |
| optimizedFor |
32-bit CPUs
ⓘ
software implementations ⓘ |
| partOfFamily |
BLAKE2
ⓘ
linked to:
BLAKE2 cryptographic hash function
|
| preimageResistanceBits | 256 bits ⓘ |
| relatedTo | BLAKE2b ⓘ |
| secondPreimageResistanceBits | 256 bits ⓘ |
| securityLevel | comparable to SHA-256 ⓘ |
| specifiedIn | RFC 7693 ⓘ |
| standardizedBy |
IETF
ⓘ
linked to:
Internet Engineering Task Force
|
| supportsDigestSize | 1–32 bytes ⓘ |
| supportsKeyedHashing | true ⓘ |
| supportsKeyLength | up to 32 bytes ⓘ |
| supportsMAC | true ⓘ |
| supportsParallelism | true ⓘ |
| supportsPersonalization | true ⓘ |
| supportsSalt | true ⓘ |
| supportsTreeHashing | true ⓘ |
| usedIn |
digital signatures
ⓘ
file integrity checking ⓘ message authentication codes ⓘ modern cryptographic protocols ⓘ password hashing schemes (as component) ⓘ |
| uses |
ARX operations
ⓘ
addition modulo 2^32 ⓘ bit rotations ⓘ bitwise XOR ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: BLAKE2s Description of subject: BLAKE2s is a fast, secure cryptographic hash function optimized for 32-bit platforms and widely used in modern protocols and applications.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
WireGuard VPN protocol