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[](https://godoc.org/github.com/aead/skein)
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## The Skein hash function family
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Skein is a cryptographic hash function family designed by Bruce Schneier, Niels Ferguson, Stefan Lucks,
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Doug Whiting, Mihir Bellare, Tadayoshi Kohno, Jon Callas and Jesse Walker.
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Skein uses the tweakable block cipher Threefish in UBI chaining mode and can produce hash values of any length.
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There exists three Skein variants:
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- Skein-256 based on Threefish-256 with a block size of 256 bit.
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- Skein-512 based on Threefish-512 with a block size of 512 bit. (This variant is recommended)
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- Skein-1024 based on Threefish-1024 with a block size of 1024 bit. (Very conservative security level)
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### Installation
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Install in your GOPATH: `go get -u github.com/aead/skein`
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