Base64

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Michael Mestnik edited this page Jan 28, 2020 · 1 revision

Base 64 as used in Freenet

Freenet uses a variant of Base 64 encoding for its keys to convert a block of bytes (for example a hash) into a URI component.

The encoding we use consists of:

The characters A-Z
The characters a-z
The characters 0-9
The character ~
The character -

This is an unusual variant according to Wikipedia, but it is used by other apps than Freenet.

It is implemented in src/freenet/support/Base64.java.