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fastest_hash.js
const crypto = require('crypto');
console.time('hash')
const hash = crypto.createHash('md5').update(str).digest("hex");
console.timeEnd('hash')
console.log(hash)
// sha1 function is much faster on my computer
console.time('hash2')
const hash2 = crypto.createHash('sha1').update(str).digest("base64");
console.timeEnd('hash2')
console.log(hash2)
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