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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 52-62 | 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 | 41-53 | 54-63 |
| 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 | 64-95 | 96-127 |
| full unix timestamp ms | machine id | sequence number |
Another good doc explaining the general fuctionality of snowflakes:discord api reference