It’s a great and super-fast algorithm, especially the WASM implementation! But until it’s bundled by default in Linux, other major OSes, and browsers, it’s unlikely to go mainstream. Switching algorithms is pretty tricky once you’ve committed to one. Still, Blake3 is definitely impressive!
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Agree. I am still planning to use blake3 to produce hash and keeping it as an alternative.
Sounds great! I’ve always been a fan of Oshash for media—it integrates so well with the OpenSubtitles ecosystem, which has most of the world’s content indexed. I remember it was quite a challenge and even a bit controversial when they switched to a better hashing algorithm. I think the resistance came from the sheer scale of the ecosystem and the compatibility issues involved, but it’s impressive how they made it work in the end!
It seems that it does not read the full file to produce hash, which can be OK for some use cases but not ideal for integrity. 🤔