What is Base16 (Hex)?
Base16, also called hexadecimal (hex), is a binary-to-text encoding that represents each byte as two characters using digits 0-9 and letters A-F. It is widely used for inspecting bytes, checksums, and identifiers.
Common uses:
- Debugging and logging raw bytes
- Representing hashes, keys, and IDs
- Copy/paste-friendly encoding for binary data
Notes:
- Hex doubles the size of the original data (1 byte -> 2 chars)
- This tool accepts optional
0xprefixes and ignores whitespace