according to wikipedia, there are about 10⁸⁰ protons in the observable universe
you would need 266 bits to give each one a different number
if you are using base 64, you would need 45 digits
something like this aGVoc3Z4ZnN5YWhkYiByaHNqc2hyIGcgZGhzaGVkaGJz1
MoonMelon@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
IDK, it’s fun to think about because maybe the 128 bit UUID is still being used due to 40k-like levels of technical debt, and also weird edge cases that cause ID explosion. Like maybe the 4000 year old spec says we need to track micrometeoroids too, sorry.