MystenLabs / MystenLabs/fastcrypto

[base64] Use the new 0.20 version of Rust's base64 crate, which is now non-malleable

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Since Dec 12, 2022.

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Description

Consider replacing base64ct with the faster (but not constant time) base64 Rust crate when possible.
Note that the constant-time requirement is still important when encoding/decoding confidential data (ie secret seeds, private keys / key pairs etc)

reference: https://twitter.com/kostascrypto/status/1601967338970091520?s=20&t=HL_vuR2jlJcN3eBsRApSQQ

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