# Quiz 31

What was the primary purpose of the RIPE consortium established by the European Union in the 1990s?

**Type all answers and select the correct one**

* [x] To develop better integrity primitives like hash functions
* [ ] To create encryption algorithms
* [ ] To improve internet protocols
* [ ] To replace MD5 with SHA-1<br>

**Note to Learners**\
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In the 1990s, the European Union established the RIPE (Race Integrity Primitives Evaluation) consortium. The consortium was tasked developing better integrity primitives – ways to ensure data integrity – namely hash functions.

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To learn more about it, you can follow the course [RIPEMD-160](https://bsvblockchain.360learning.com/course/play/68be94d003e0ff2b593f5662)


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