# Snowflake UID Service

* (0..41] bits for .01s since $EPOCH (697y span)
* (41..54] bits for sequence (4096)
* (54..64] bits for hostid (1024 hosts)

for up to `419_430_400 = 1024*100*4096` ids per second

## Original

* source: https://github.com/twitter-archive/snowflake/tree/snowflake-2010
* tldr
   * [0..41] bits for timestamp
   * (41..x] bits for hostid
   * (x..64) bits for sequence