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Informational 18 Bitcoin

hashes: fold 4-way SSE4.1 SHA256d into round! macro

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What the developer wrote

Authored by jrakibi

73/100 · Adequate
hashes: fold 4-way SSE4.1 SHA256d into round! macro

use a round! macro to cut ~1000 lines from the unrolled version.
each round becomes a single round!(...) call. it almost matches Core
line-by-line, so it's easy to compare and review against sha256_sse41.cpp.

refactor, no behavior change.
✓ Specific, descriptive subject✓ Names a concrete action or component✓ Provides detailed explanatory context
The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit is a code cleanup in the Bitcoin library's SHA-256 hashing code. It replaces roughly 1,000 lines of manually repeated calculation steps with a few short macros that generate the same steps automatically. The author explicitly calls it a refactor with no behavior change, and the constants and arithmetic operations appear unchanged.

Recommended action

No security action required. Treat as normal code-quality review; verify via existing SHA-256 test vectors that output is unchanged if desired.

Security signals we found

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Pure refactor of existing cryptographic implementation

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No change to constants, arithmetic, or control flow

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No new unsafe code or input handling

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Macro expansion reproduces original per-round logic

Risk score

Why this scored 18/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 0/30
Exploitability 0/25
Stealth signal 0/15
Affected reach 5/15
Confidence 9/10
Evidence quality 4/5
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