implement #6716

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/include/gnunet_common.h b/src/include/gnunet_common.h
index 707108289..4dab71f7f 100644
--- a/src/include/gnunet_common.h
+++ b/src/include/gnunet_common.h
@@ -256,7 +256,12 @@ struct GNUNET_ShortHashCode
 
 
 /**
- * A UUID, a 128 bit random value.
+ * A UUID, a 128 bit "random" value.  We OFTEN use
+ * timeflakes (see: https://github.com/anthonynsimon/timeflake),
+ * where only 80 bits are random and the rest encodes
+ * a timestamp to improve database access.
+ *
+ * See #GNUNET_CRYPTO_random_timeflake().
  */
 struct GNUNET_Uuid
 {