Collision resistance in this case doesn't mean the odds of two random messages colliding but rather the difficulty of an attacker finding two messages that would collide.

Dean Little explained that the public key Merkle Root is protected by 128-bit collision resistance and 256-bit preimage resistance. In addition to at least (112)-bit quantum security for collision ...

TEST DRIVE, NORTH COURT: A test drive got dicey last week. A driver, while test-driving a car from a local dealership at about 2:30 p.m. June 18, stopped at a traffic light on North Court Street ...