Skip to content

Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

@chill117
Last active May 10, 2021 09:32
Show Gist options
  • Save chill117/fa02bccb4f13e55b8dfaeb3b389151c8 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Save chill117/fa02bccb4f13e55b8dfaeb3b389151c8 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Use this script to calculate the probability of generating duplicate hashes given the number of possible values and the number of values generated.
// MIT License
//
// Copyright (c) 2021 Charles Hill
//
// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
// of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
// in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
// to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
// copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
// furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
//
// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
// copies or substantial portions of the Software.
//
// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
// IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
// FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
// AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
// LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
// OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
// SOFTWARE.
//
// For a human-friendly explanation of this license:
// https://tldrlegal.com/license/mit-license
//
// If you have questions technical or otherwise, find my contact details here:
// https://degreesofzero.com/
//
// Run via nodejs:
// node ./calculate-hash-collision-probability.js
//
// Or run in the browser by copy/pasting to console.
//
// For more details:
// https://preshing.com/20110504/hash-collision-probabilities/
//
const k = (10**6);// Number of randomly generated values.
const n = 2048**5;// Total possible values.
const chance = 1 - Math.exp((-1 * k * (k - 1)) / (2 * n));
console.log({
k,
n,
chance,
chancePercent: (Math.round(chance * 1000000) / 10000) + ' %',
});
Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment