rust-libp2p/multihash/README.md

# rust-multihash

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> [multihash](https://github.com/multiformats/multihash) implementation in Rust.

## Table of Contents

- [Install](#install)
- [Usage](#usage)
- [Supported Hash Types](#supported-hash-types)
- [Dependencies](#dependencies)
- [Maintainers](#maintainers)
- [Contribute](#contribute)
- [License](#license)

## Install

First add this to your `Cargo.toml`

```toml
[dependencies]
multihash = "*"
```

Then run `cargo build`.

## Usage

```rust
extern crate multihash;

use multihash::{encode, decode, Hash};

let hash = encode(Hash::SHA2256, b"my hash").unwrap();
let multi = decode(&hash).unwrap();
```

## Supported Hash Types

* `SHA1`
* `SHA2-256`
* `SHA2-512`
* `SHA3`/`Keccak`

## Maintainers

Captain: [@dignifiedquire](https://github.com/dignifiedquire).

## Contribute

Contributions welcome. Please check out [the issues](https://github.com/multiformats/rust-multihash/issues).

Check out our [contributing document](https://github.com/multiformats/multiformats/blob/master/contributing.md) for more information on how we work, and about contributing in general. Please be aware that all interactions related to multiformats are subject to the IPFS [Code of Conduct](https://github.com/ipfs/community/blob/master/code-of-conduct.md).

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## License

[MIT](LICENSE) © 2015-2017 Friedel Ziegelmayer