CDP: Cyclic Digit-sum Projection — Structural Analysis of SHA-256 Output Distribution

SHA-256 is not broken. But its output distribution is not as featureless as commonly assumed. CDP maps SHA-256 outputs into a finite projection space, exposing deterministic cyclic behavior, basin asymmetry, input class fingerprinting, and an exploitable pre-filter for constrained input spaces.

June 10, 2026 · JM00NJ