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Analyzing New Unique Identifier Formats (UUIDv6, UUIDv7, and UUIDv8)


A dive into the new proposed UUID versions. What do they offer and how do they work.

After reviewing 16 different community ID generation algorithms, the working group created this draft IETF document. There is a likelihood that there will be differences between the specification at the time of writing this post and what is finally accepted but it is still instructive to review (there have already been a handful of revisions of this document in the month since the draft was initially released). If the effects are low and acceptable it may be reasonable to put minimal to no additional effort into solving distributed UUID generation issues.

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