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Asked by GeoffJ

I have read the Wikipedia TTH information, but have not found or understood the answer to this question.

If I download a file and change it's name to be more meaningful, am I changing it's TTH value so that it will not now be matched with the original file? That is, is the filename itself included in the hash?
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Pietry (pietry) said : 		#1

No, the name is hash independent. The hash is somewhat a "resume" of the file, but without it's name. So if you rename it, it will have the same TTH. If you change the contents ( for example, a tag on mp3 file, then the TTH changes ).

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