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+# goxifrat
+
+A Go implementation of the xifrat algorithms: https://github.com/danielnager/xifrat/
+
+## Benchmarks
+
+```
+goos: linux
+goarch: amd64
+pkg: git.giftfish.de/ston1th/goxifrat
+cpu: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9700K CPU @ 3.60GHz
+BenchmarkM-8        	  152518	      7806 ns/op	       0 B/op	       0 allocs/op
+BenchmarkSign-8     	   46566	     25593 ns/op	     256 B/op	       4 allocs/op
+BenchmarkVerify-8   	   50998	     23431 ns/op	       0 B/op	       0 allocs/op
+BenchmarkEncode-8   	80553676	        14.82 ns/op	       0 B/op	       0 allocs/op
+BenchmarkDecode-8   	49455292	        24.78 ns/op	       0 B/op	       0 allocs/op
+PASS
+ok  	git.giftfish.de/ston1th/goxifrat	6.620s
+```