BLAKE3, BLAKE3 high-performance hash
Technical Specifications
- Hash Length:
- 256 bit (64 hex characters) default - variable length supported
- Security Level:
- Very high - same security guarantees as BLAKE2
- Block Size:
- 512 bit
- Speed:
- 2-3x faster than BLAKE2, much faster than SHA-256
- Parallelism:
- Full parallel processing support
Usage Areas
- File hashing and checksum calculation
- Data integrity verification
- Merkle trees and blockchain applications
- High-performance applications
- Systems requiring parallel processing
- Applications requiring scalable hash length
Features
- Parallel processing: Can utilize multiple CPU cores
- Scalable length: Can produce hash of any desired length
- Very high speed: Much faster than BLAKE2 and SHA-256
- High security: Same security guarantees as BLAKE2
- Tree hashing: Optimized for Merkle trees
- Low memory usage: Efficient resource utilization
Standards and References
- RFC (pending)