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This circuit [1] puts it at <=135k bit operations. Bitcoin uses SHA-256, not SHA-1.

[1] https://nigelsmart.github.io/MPC-Circuits/sha256.txt

Bitcoin's proof of work uses SHA-256(SHA-256(x)). Combining that with your figures reduces the differences to well within minutia of how you count bit operations and exactly which tradeoff the circuits make.

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