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| author | Christian Grothoff <christian@grothoff.org> | 2021-01-28 22:28:01 +0100 |
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| committer | Christian Grothoff <christian@grothoff.org> | 2021-01-28 22:28:01 +0100 |
| commit | a2169368bbd92b77636e39b5cfe864a1236b083b (patch) | |
| tree | 65da98ffc353e87a75e7e65877f3a04c897b18b4 /src/include/gnunet_common.h | |
| parent | 2741db1300fddb17e39373fb9d649b7022ed81d3 (diff) | |
implement #6716
Diffstat (limited to 'src/include/gnunet_common.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/include/gnunet_common.h | 7 |
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 { |