Credits
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BLAKE2_ was designed by *Jean-Philippe Aumasson*, *Samuel Neves*, *Zooko
Wilcox-O'Hearn*, and *Christian Winnerlein* based on SHA-3_ finalist BLAKE_
created by *Jean-Philippe Aumasson*, *Luca Henzen*, *Willi Meier*, and
*Raphael C.-W. Phan*.
 
It uses core algorithm from ChaCha_ cipher designed by *Daniel J.  Bernstein*.

Python extension module was written by *Dmitry Chestnykh* based on C
implementation written by *Samuel Neves*.

The following public domain dedication applies for both C hash function
implementation, extension code, and this documentation:

   To the extent possible under law, the author(s) have dedicated all copyright
   and related and neighboring rights to this software to the public domain
   worldwide. This software is distributed without any warranty.

   You should have received a copy of the CC0 Public Domain Dedication along
   with this software. If not, see
   http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/.

The following people have helped with development or contributed their changes
to the project and the public domain according to the Creative Commons Public
Domain Dedication 1.0 Universal:

* *Alexandr Sokolovskiy*

.. seealso:: Official BLAKE2 website: https://blake2.net

.. _BLAKE2: https://blake2.net
.. _BLAKE: https://131002.net/blake/
.. _SHA-3: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIST_hash_function_competition
.. _ChaCha: http://cr.yp.to/chacha.html