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		dabiged 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Challenge of Large File Checksums Why not use a faster hashing algorithm like xxhash? This code is using sha256 which, whilst cryptography secure, is a massive burden for computation.

I_like_tomato 3 months ago [–]

yup, I agree. I should update it to use a faster hashing algorithm. That is the next step

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