Is it better to use SHA3 or BLAKE3 checksum?

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Is it better to use SHA3 or BLAKE3 checksum?

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Is it better to use SHA3 or BLAKE3 checksum?
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Re: Is it better to use SHA3 or BLAKE3 checksum?

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Is it better to use SHA3 or BLAKE3 checksum?
It depends! If it is for your own security, blake3 is much faster and as safe as SHA3 for checksum usage.
If you want to redistribute files + checksum externally and need a common format sha3 is the winner.
// https://debugpointer.com/security/sha3-vs-blake3
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