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Diffstat (limited to 'src/include/gnunet_common.h')
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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 { |