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> If you use 64bit serial, you clearly lose 1 bit. That's not clear to me at all. A 64-bit signed integer can still contain 64 bits of entropy, it just has to
by jstanley 8y ago
> If you use 64bit serial, you clearly lose 1 bit.
That's not clear to me at all. A 64-bit signed integer can still contain 64 bits of entropy, it just has to be negative 50% of the time.
- tialaramex 8y agoSome things don't like negative serial numbers, and so the Baseline Requirements (which is where this 64-bit entropy requirement comes from) say to only use positive serial numbers. Thus, "you clearly lose 1 bit".
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