Hello!
I am confused why we still use and recommend the nix-base32 scheme for source hashes and store paths. As far as I can tell, it's a completely unique algorithm that has no related RFC or documentation. It works fine it seems, it is a matter of professionalism. I believe the encoding scheme should be fully described and published, with multiple implementations, and there are of course dozens of alphabets and algorithms to choose from that meet this criteria, some of which are already implemented by Guix. Is this a known concern? -- Best, Amy
