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> is a shared birthday is greater than 50%?
This is called the [Birthday Problem][bp], and the solution is known as
-the *birthday paradox*. It is an interesting problem because the answer
-is counterintuitive (hence the name *birthday paradox*) and because the
-ramifications affect security, particularly [cryptographic hash
-algorithms][hash].
+the *birthday paradox*. It is interesting because the answer is
+counterintuitive and the ramifications affect the security of
+[cryptographic hash algorithms][hash].
-The explanation was a bit long for a blog post, so I moved it
-to a full article which you can read at the following URL:
+The explanation is a bit long for a blog post, so I wrote a full
+article:
[The Birthday Paradox][bp]