# Icechip

A snowflake library that actually does what it is supposed to.

Adheres to the twitter specification, but also has an improved mode.

## Twitter Specification
| u64 or i64 | | | |
|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|
| bits 0-40 | bits 41-51 | bits 51-62 | 63 |
| time since an epoch in ms | machine id | sequence number | sign |

## Enhanced Specification

Utilizes a 64 bit unsigned integer, moves the now spare sign bit and one sequence bit to the machine ID.

| u64 |||
|:-:|:-:|:-:|
| 0-40 | 41-52 | 53-63 |
| time since an epoch in ms | machine id | sequence number |

## Extended Enhanced Specification

Utilizes a 128 bit unsigned integer. 32bit machine id, 32bit sequence number. (*Ought to be enough for anybody™*)

| u128 |||
|:-:|:-:|:-:|
| 0-63 | 64-96 | 96-127 |
| full unix timestamp ms | machine id | sequence number |