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Decayfmt – a file format that corrupts itself a little every time you open it

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Summary

Decayfmt is a Rust-based file format that intentionally corrupts itself on every open. It writes a controlled decay to disk before displaying content and supports image and text variants with an instability parameter encoded in the filename. The README covers installation, a quickstart workflow, how corruption works, and important caveats, framing decayfmt as a social contract rather than a secure or reversible process.

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