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feat(encoding): float point number compression

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Description

btrblocks section 4

Chimp

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Research direction

The issue points to section 4 of the BtrBlocks paper and the Chimp paper; read those first to understand the proposed float compression approaches. No source file, test, entry point, or acceptance criterion is named, so the implementation scope and definition of done must be established before work can start.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
data, performance
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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