Volker Mische

I've converted it to draft, as it needs more work. The CPU usage is not ideal, sometimes the Rayon thread pool is used by the synthesis, which then blocks the...

> You can’t encode the CID if you can’t map the codec string key to a multicodec hex value, that’s why they throw. https://github.com/multiformats/js-cid/pull/72 is related as it would allow...

> it’s an area we should consider improving the experience of in a broader way than just the one issue. @mikeal js-ipld is already using numbers instead of strings for...

@mikeal Good point. Though you could probably just create a string (e.g. `unknown-` if it isn't known and things should still work. What I try to say is, that we...

No objections fine with me.

From the FRC abstract: > it turns out to be much more useful to be able to express the tuple of (Root hash, size of tree) than just the root...

I talked with various people about it, I now have a better understanding. I've only thought about the producing side of things. You put in some data and you get...

I've added an example to https://github.com/multiformats/js-multiformats/issues/47#issuecomment-1649873600. ```js import { bases } from 'multiformats/basics' // Single known multibase. console.log(bases.base32.decode('bozwxq')) // Combine multiple multibases. const base32or64 = bases.base32.decoder.or(bases.base64url.decoder) console.log(base32or64.decode('bozwxq')) console.log(base32or64.decode('udm14')) ```

> Seems like it kind of defeats the whole point of this... It's always been some sort of fixed list (also in multibase). The difference is that you now decide...

I've spent a lot of time talking about CIDv2 at IPFSCamp/LabWeek in Lisbon. I now found the time to write things down a bit. The result is at https://hackmd.io/@vmx/SygxnMmso (it...