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base_u256

base-u256 is to utf-8 as base-64 is to ascii

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0.1.1 Jul 26, 2020
0.1.0 Jul 26, 2020

#1839 in Text processing

MIT/Apache

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base-u256 encode/decode

base-u256 is to utf-8 as base-64 is to ascii

base64 takes 3 bytes at a time and then converts them to 4 bytes each with 64 possibilities.

bits possibilities
2^24 16777216
64^4 16777216

base-u256 takes 3 bytes at a time and then converts them to 3 utf-8 2 byte characters each with 256 possibilities.

The encoded bytes is exactly two times larger than the original binary.

bits possibilities
2^24 16777216
256^3 16777216

base-u1024 encode/decode

base-u1024 takes 30 bits at a time and then converts them to 3 utf-8 2 byte characters each with 1024 possibilities.

The encoded bytes is 1.5 times larger than the original binary.

bits possibilities
2^30 1073741824
1024^3 1073741824

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