Bab: a family of hashing functions for p2p networks

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hashing p2p cryptographic data-integrity open-source peer-to-peer

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Bab is a family of hashing functions designed for peer-to-peer networks, enabling verifiable partial data. It was funded by the NLnet Foundation and the European Commission's Next Generation Internet programme.

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# Verifiable partial data for peer-to-peer systems. Source: [https://bab-hash.org/](https://bab-hash.org/) ![](https://bab-hash.org/assets/graphics/nlnet.png) This project was funded through the[NGI0 Commons Fund](https://nlnet.nl/commonsfund), a fund established by[NLnet](https://nlnet.nl/)with financial support from the European Commission's Next Generation Internet programme, under the aegis of DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology under grant agreement №[101135429](https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101135429)\. Additional funding is made available by the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation \(SERI\)\.

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