paritytech / paritytech/banana_split
Find a way to fit more info into QR codes
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- Dominant language
- TypeScript
- Stars
- 353
- Forks
- 67
- PR merge metrics
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Description
Current maximum size of QR payload is limited by the truncation which happens in the QR generation library after certain size of the payload.
If we choose a library which allows larger QR codes (and then making sure that the QR reading library also supports those sizes), we might increase the maximum size fitting to a A4 page significantely.
We should also investigate compression, QR encoding alphabets and redundancy options.
(Meaningful size target here would be ascii-armored 4096 bit GPG RSA key.)
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Research direction
No source file, test, or entry point is named. Locate the QR generation and reading libraries first, then investigate their size limits, compression, encoding alphabets, and redundancy options. Done means fitting an ASCII-armored 4096-bit GPG RSA key on an A4 page while preserving reliable reading.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- security, web-dev
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100