Snowflake ID

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1860435197305028608
Snowflake ID
Other names	Twitter Snowflake

Components of a snowflake identifier in binary

Snowflake IDs, or snowflakes, are a form of unique identifier used in distributed computing. The format was created by Twitter (now X) and is used for the IDs of tweets.^[1] It is popularly believed that every snowflake has a unique structure, so they took the name "snowflake ID". The format has been adopted by other companies, including Discord and Instagram. The Mastodon social network uses a modified version.

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