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distributed.net Contest Setback

Posted by Roblimo on from the it-ain't-over-yet dept.

meisenst writes "distributed.net is reporting that there was a problem earlier on in the CSC project (a few weeks ago) and that about 25% of the blocks will have to be re-done. Their announcement is here." We've gotten more than a few submissions about distributed.net showing more than 100% of all packets processed, but held off posting it until we had the official word. And here it is.

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  1. annoying, but minor by cetan · · Score: 5

    distributed.net is made up of humans, people make mistakes. It's not the end of the world, but it is a little annoying.

    On the plus side, with the current key rates the remaining 25% will be cracked within a week or two.

    The other plus is that the key may not be at the very end of the remaining 25% of the keyspace and therefore we will finish even quicker!

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