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tally

shamir's secret sharing over gf(256).

git clone https://owenrusk.dev/tally.git

commit 8e5f0edddfd1e53101fa9a863a578b373ec4a4b4
parent 07d5b0d9de5ea454e03e1defe9b668cb5e4ce68d
author Owen Rusk <owen@papermothgames.com>
date   2026-01-20 12:30:15 -0600
readme: groups of four, not five
README.md+1-1
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4676c78..e5ebb5b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ on stdin, blank lines and lines starting with `#` are skipped, so a file of shar
 
     t1-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-...
 
-`t1` is the format version. the rest is crockford's base32 (digits and lowercase letters, no i, l, o or u) in groups of five, carrying:
+`t1` is the format version. the rest is crockford's base32 (digits and lowercase letters, no i, l, o or u) in groups of four, carrying:
 
     id     4 bytes, random, the same on every share of one split
     k      1 byte, how many shares it takes