AFAIK CRCs are not the fastest "hashes" you can get. Some non-cryptographic hashes outperform crcs by a large factor and provide longer checksums and much bette

AFAIK CRCs are not the fastest "hashes" you can get. Some non-cryptographic hashes outperform crcs by a large factor and provide longer checksums and much better statistical properties. E.g. see this: * https://www.strchr.com/hash_functions https://www.strchr.com/hash_functions * https://jpountz.github.io/lz4-java/1.2.0/xxhash-benchmark/ https://jpountz.github.io/lz4-java/1.2.0/xxhash-benchmark/