Warning that SHA-512 truncated to 215 is not SHA-512/526.

lapo-luchini · Sep 29, 2018 · 80259ab · 80259ab · lapo-luchini · Sep 29, 2018
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@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ The multihash examples are chosen to show different hash functions and different
   multihash="132052eb4dd19f1ec522859e12d89706156570f8fbab1824870bc6f8c7d235eef5f4"
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+Note: this is the actual SHA-512 (as per code `0x13`) truncated to 256 bits; some libraries support an hash called SHA-512/256 that has the same 256 bit length but with a different initialization vector (as defined in [FIPS 180-4](https://ws680.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=910977)).
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 ### sha2-512 - 512 bits (aka sha512)
 
 {{% multihash