Utilize Checksums in the New Encoding

[sergeyprokhorenko]

[kyzer-davis]

You mean for Crockford's Base32 right?
e.g Z0EMZBKXXG8X19V502GCJ7KBYR= using = as checksum (instead of the usual padding)

[sergeyprokhorenko]

Yes, for for Crockford's Base32. 26 symbols * 5 bits/symbol = 130 bits. But UUID length = 128 bits. Therefore Crockford's Base32 encoding has 2 excess bits that should be used for checksum.

[kyzer-davis]

Sure, I moved this to discussions. IMO, just like padding, the use of checksum characters should be discussed.
I am going to edit the title and include it.

I will update the tradeoff with a column to include if a given encoding has a checksum option or not with a Y/N