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Comment by themafia

What problem does leaking the timestamp cause?

UUIDv8 gives you timestamp + counter + random.

The advantage is that lexical order and chronological order are the same and you still retain enough random bits that guessing the next generated timestamp is not easy.

parent themafia 1 year ago

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