Re: [Multiformats] Welcome to Multiformats; the near-term plan

Robin Berjon <robin@berjon.com> Wed, 03 May 2023 14:42 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Multiformats] Welcome to Multiformats; the near-term plan
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On 10/04/2023 18:17, Melvin Carvalho wrote:
> Interested in multihash, but not multiformats which is a much bigger 
> project.  I hope that the two do not get closely coupled in a single spec.

I don't see any reason to couple everything into a single spec. These 
need to work well together but that doesn't require significant 
coordination to achieve.

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