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Tarsnap's pricing is in picodollars (1e-12) but the accounting is attodollars (1e-18). Tarsnap uses 128-bit balances -- 64 bits of attodollars and 64 bits of w
by cperciva 3y ago
Tarsnap's pricing is in picodollars (1e-12) but the accounting is attodollars (1e-18). Tarsnap uses 128-bit balances -- 64 bits of attodollars and 64 bits of whole dollars.
If I ever have someone paying me more than 2^64 dollars, I'll rewrite Tarsnap's accounting system.