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Base32 has almost half the efficiency of Base62; Z85 suffers from the same problem as Base64 in terms of including word-breaking punctuation.
by JimDabell 3y ago
Base32 has almost half the efficiency of Base62; Z85 suffers from the same problem as Base64 in terms of including word-breaking punctuation.
- kibwen 3y agoBase32 is far more efficient than that. Base32 allows you to encode 5 bytes in 8 symbols, as compared to Base64, which allows you to encode 6 bytes in 8 symbols. While the exact efficiency will vary based on how many bytes your message is, for the most part Base32 produces output that is only 20% larger than Base64, let alone Base62.