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History of Updates

Algorithm Name

Principal Submitter*

Comments

** Abacus [9M]

Neil Sholer

ARIRANG [18M]
  Updated Algorithm [16M]
  Submitter's Website***

Jongin Lim

AURORA [12M]
  Updated Algorithm [<1M]
  Submitter's Website***

Masahiro Fujita (Sony)

BLAKE [9M]
  Updated Algorithm [<1M]
  Submitter's Website***

Jean-Philippe Aumasson

Blender [168M]
  Updated Algorithm [3M]

Dr. Colin Bradbury

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Blue Midnight Wish [18M]

Svein Johan Knapskog

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** BOOLE [13M]

Greg Rose

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Cheetah [9M]
  Submitter's Website***

Dmitry Khovratovich

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CHI [8M]
  Updated Algorithm [9M]
  Submitter's Website***

Phillip Hawkes

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CRUNCH [18M]
  Updated Algorithm [14M]

Jacques Patarin

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CubeHash [276M]

D. J. Bernstein

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** DCH [7M]

David A. Wilson

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Dynamic SHA [12M]

Xu Zijie

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Dynamic SHA2 [14M]

Xu Zijie

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ECHO [8M]
  Submitter's Website***

Henri Gilbert

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ECOH [10M]
  Updated Algorithm [<1M]

Daniel R. L. Brown

EDON-R [9M]
  Updated Algorithm [9M]

Danilo Gligoroski

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EnRUPT [9M]

Sean O’Neil

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ESSENCE [37M]
  Updated Algorithm [<1M]

Jason Worth Martin

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FSB [43M]

Matthieu Finiasz

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Fugue [8M]
  Updated Algorithm [<1M]
  Submitter's Website***

Charanjit S. Jutla

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Gröstl (New spelling: Grøstl) [7M]
  Submitter's Website***

Lars Ramkilde Knudsen

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Hamsi [9M]
  Updated Algorithm [9M]
  Submitter's Website***

Ozgul Kucuk

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JH [7M]
  Updated Algorithm [7M]

Hongjun Wu

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Keccak [14M]
 Submitter's Website***

Joan Daemen

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** Khichidi-1 [10M]

M Vidyasagar

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LANE [13M]
  Updated Algorithm [<1M]

Sebastiann Indesteege

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Lesamnta [13M]
 Updated Algorithm [<1M]
 Submitter's Website***

Hirotaka Yoshida

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Luffa [13M]
  Updated Algorithm [<1M]
  Submitter's Website***

Dai Watanabe

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LUX [9M]

Ivica Nikolic

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MCSSHA-3 [30M]
 Submitter's Website***

Mikhail Maslennikov

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MD6 [13M]
  Updated Algorithm [25M]
  Submitter's Website***

Ronald L. Rivest

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** MeshHash [29M]

Björn Fay

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NaSHA [13M]
  Updated Algorithm [7M]
  Submitter's Website***

Smile Markovski

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SANDstorm [15M]
  Updated Algorithm [<1M]

Rich Schroeppel

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Sarmal [17M]

Kerem VARICI

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Sgàil [19M]
 Submitter's Website***

Peter Maxwell

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Shabal [9M]
  Submitter's Website***

Jean-Francois Misarsky

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** SHAMATA [9M]
  Submitter's Website***

Orhun Kara

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SHAvite-3 [9M]
  Updated Algorithm [9M]
  Submitter's Website***

Orr Dunkelman

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SIMD [12M]
  Updated Algorithm [8M]
  Submitter's Website***

Gaetan Leurent

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Skein [14M]
  Updated Algorithm [14M]
  Submitter's Website***

Bruce Schneier

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Spectral Hash [9M]
  Updated Algorithm [9M]

Cetin Kaya Koc

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** StreamHash [7M]

Michal Trojnara

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SWIFFTX [15M]

Daniele Micciancio

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** Tangle [14M]

Rafael Alvarez

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TIB3 [14M]

Daniel Penazzi

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Twister [9M]

Michael Gorski

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Vortex [58M]
  Updated Algorithm [58M]
  Submitter's Website***

Michael Kounavis

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** WaMM [73M]

John Washburn

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** Waterfall [8M]

Bob Hattersley

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* For space purposes, only the principal submitter is listed. Additional contributors are listed in the electronic cover sheet (if provided in the submission).
** Submitter has conceded that the algorithm is broken
*** 6/30/14 - Many submitter website's have been removed from the web; in those cases, the hyperlink has been removed. These pages are provided by the submitters and are not the official submission packages. You will be redirected to a site outside of NIST. The official submission packages are provided by NIST via algorithm names on this (First Round Candidates) page.