Xxhash Vs Md5 -

If you are building a new application and don't need cryptographic security, xxHash is almost always the better technical choice.

If you are hashing user-uploaded files or data that could be manipulated by an attacker to bypass a check, do not use MD5 or xxHash. Use SHA-256 or BLAKE3 . xxhash vs md5

For decades, (Message Digest Algorithm 5) has been the workhorse of integrity checking. However, in the last decade, a new contender has risen from the world of high-performance computing: xxHash . If you are building a new application and

data = b'X' * (1024 * 1024 * 1024) # 1 GB in the last decade