Re:Updating the Git protocol for SHA-256
by kzrdude on Saturday June 20, 2020 @06:13PM
(#23587817)
Base-32 just encodes one more bit per symbol (5 instead of the 4 per symbol that hex does), so the improvement is rather minor.
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Re:Updating the Git protocol for SHA-256
by yencabulator on Sunday June 21, 2020 @09:06PM
(#23596607)
52 characters vs 64 characters for a 32-byte public key is a decent improvement if you ask me. Or, more to the point, aiming for anything denser makes the alphabet less friendly.