secret_connection.go
func hash24(input []byte) (res *[24]byte) {
	hasher := ripemd160.New()
	hasher.Write(input) // does not error
	resSlice := hasher.Sum(nil)
	res = new([24]byte)
	copy(res[:], resSlice)
	return
}
func hash24(input []byte) (res *[24]byte) {
	hasher := ripemd160.New()
	hasher.Write(input) // does not error
	resSlice := hasher.Sum(nil)
	res = new([24]byte)
	copy(res[:], resSlice)
	return
}
// We only fill in the first 20 bytes with ripemd160