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Re: [Multiformats] New versions of Multibase and Multihash published

Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com> Mon, 21 August 2023 15:54 UTC

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From: Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2023 11:53:42 -0400
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Subject: Re: [Multiformats] New versions of Multibase and Multihash published
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On Mon, Aug 21, 2023 at 9:52 AM Robin Berjon <robin@berjon.com> wrote:
> I wouldn't use CIDs for hashes without further qualifications. The
> mapping can be sensible (e.g. for SRI, perhaps normalised around
> Iroh/Blake3, etc.) but not arbitrarily so.

Yes, that is one of the points I was trying to make. :)

CIDs do more than just a pure file hash... there is metadata that is
also hashed, along with the file, to get to the final CID value.

-- manu

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