diff --git a/include/libp2p/multihash_old/multihash.h b/include/libp2p/multihash_old/multihash.h
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index 687d980..0000000
--- a/include/libp2p/multihash_old/multihash.h
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@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * An implementation of the multihash protocol in C
- */
-
-#ifndef __LIBP2P_MULTIHASH_H
-#define __LIBP2P_MULTIHASH_H
-
-#define MULTIHASH_SHA1	0x11
-#define MULTIHASH_SHA2_256 0x12
-#define MULTIHASH_SHA2_512 0x13
-#define MULTIHASH_SHA3_512 0x14
-#define MULTIHASH_SHA3_384 0x15
-#define MULTIHASH_SHA3_256 0x16
-#define MULTIHASH_SHA3_224 0x17
-#define MULTIHASH_SHAKE_128 0x18
-#define MULTIHASH_SHAKE_256 0x19
-#define MULTIHASH_BLAKE2B 0x20
-#define MULTIHASH_BLAKE2S 0x21
-
-struct MultiHash {
-	char fn_code;
-	char size;
-	unsigned char* data;
-};
-
-char* libp2p_multihash_get_fn_name(char fn_code);
-
-/**
- * encodes the multihash into a hex string
- */
-int libp2p_multihash_hex_string(struct MultiHash* hash, char* string, int max_length);
-
-/**
- * decodes a hex string into a multihash
- */
-int libp2p_multihash_from_hex_string(char* string, int length, struct MultiHash* hash);
-
-/**
- * turns a multihash into a b58 string
- * @param hash the Multihash to encode
- * @param binary_buffer the buffer to fill
- * @param max_length the size of the buffer
- * @returns true(1) on success
- */
-int libp2p_multihash_to_b58(struct MultiHash* hash, unsigned char* binary_buffer, size_t max_length);
-
-/**
- * turns a base58 encoded string into a MultiHash
- * @param b58_string the base58 encoded string
- * @param b58_string_length the length of the encoded string
- * @param hash the MultiHash to fill
- * @returns true(1) on success
- */
-int libp2p_b58_to_multihash(unsigned char* b58_string, size_t b58_string_length, struct MultiHash* hash);
-
-/**
- * retrieve the size required for the multihash that is embedded in the base58 encoded string
- */
-size_t libp2p_multihash_b58_size(unsigned char* b58_string);
-
-#endif /* multihash_h */
diff --git a/multihash_old/multihash.c b/multihash_old/multihash.c
deleted file mode 100644
index d342e98..0000000
--- a/multihash_old/multihash.c
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@@ -1,179 +0,0 @@
-#include "../include/libp2p/multihash_old/multihash.h"
-
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
-
-#include "libp2p/crypto/encoding/base58.h"
-
-
-char* libp2p_multihash_get_fn_name(char fn_code) {
-	switch(fn_code) {
-		case (0x11):
-			return "sha1";
-		case(0x12):
-			return "sha2-256";
-		case(0x13):
-			return "sha2-512";
-		case(0x14):
-			return "sha3-512";
-		case(0x15):
-			return "sha3-384";
-		case(0x16):
-			return "sha3-256";
-		case(0x17):
-			return "sha3-224";
-		case(0x18):
-			return "shake-128";
-		case(0x19):
-			return "shake-256";
-		case(0x20):
-			return "blake2b";
-		case(0x21):
-			return "blake2s";
-	}
-	return 0x00;
-}
-
-/**
- * helper function to convert a char string to a byte
- * @param s the string (only grabs the first character)
- * @returns the value of the char
- */
-unsigned char from_hex_to_char(const char* s) {
-	// make sure there is a null in position 3
-	char buff[3];
-	buff[0] = s[0];
-	buff[1] = s[1];
-	buff[2] = 0;
-	char* ptr = &buff[2];
-	return strtoul(buff, &ptr, 16);
-}
-
-/***
- * convert a MultiHash into a byte array
- * @param hash the MultiHash to convert
- * @param results the resultant byte array
- * @param max_length the maximum length of the byte array
- * @returns true(1) on success
- */
-int from_multihash_to_byte_array(struct MultiHash* hash, unsigned char* results, size_t max_length) {
-	// what size is needed?
-	int required_size = hash->size + 2;
-	
-	if (required_size < max_length)
-		return 0;
-	
-	results[0] = hash->fn_code;
-	results[1] = hash->size;
-	
-	// now copy in the data
-	for(int i = 0; i < hash->size; i++)
-		results[i+2] = hash->data[i];
-
-	return 1;
-}
-
-/***
- * public methods
- **/
-
-/***
- * retrieve the size element of the multihash object that is embedded in the base58 string
- * @param b58_string the base58 encoded string
- * @returns the size element of the MultiHash object
- */
-size_t libp2p_multihash_b58_size(unsigned char* b58_string) {
-	size_t byte_length = libp2p_crypto_encoding_base58_decode_max_size(b58_string);
-	unsigned char bytes[byte_length];
-	unsigned char* ptr = bytes;
-	
-	int retVal = libp2p_crypto_encoding_base58_decode(b58_string, strlen((char*)b58_string), &ptr, &byte_length);
-	if (retVal == 0)
-		return 0;
-	
-	return ptr[1];
-}
-
-/**
- * turns a multihash into a string of hex
- */
-int libp2p_multihash_hex_string(struct MultiHash* hash, char* string, int max_length) {
-	// calculate the size of the struct
-	size_t struct_size = sizeof(char) * (hash->size + 2);
-	
-	// make sure we have enough space (2 bytes for each byte, plus terminating null
-	if (max_length < (struct_size * 2))
-		return 0;
-
-	// put in the hex values
-	char temp[3];
-	sprintf(temp, "%02x", hash->fn_code);
-	string[0] = temp[0];
-	string[1] = temp[1];
-	sprintf(temp, "%02x", hash->size);
-	string[2] = temp[0];
-	string[3] = temp[1];
-	for(int i = 0; i < struct_size - 2; i++) {
-		sprintf(temp, "%02x", hash->data[i]);
-		string[(i*2) + 4] = temp[0];
-		string[(i*2) + 5] = temp[1];
-	}
-	return 1;
-}
-
-/**
- * decodes a hex string into a multihash
- */
-int libp2p_multihash_from_hex_string(char* string, int length, struct MultiHash* hash) {
-	hash->fn_code = from_hex_to_char(&string[0]);
-	hash->size = from_hex_to_char(&string[2]);
-	for(int i = 0; i < hash->size; i++) {
-		int pos = (i * 2) + 4;
-		if (pos > length - 1)
-			return 0;
-		hash->data[i] = from_hex_to_char(&string[(i*2) + 4]);
-	}
-	return 1;
-}
-
-/**
- * turns a multihash into a b58 string
- * @param hash the Multihash to encode
- * @param binary_buffer the buffer to fill
- * @param max_length the size of the buffer
- * @returns true(1) on success
-*/
-int libp2p_multihash_to_b58(struct MultiHash* hash, unsigned char* binary_buffer, size_t max_length) {
-	int bytes_length = hash->size + 2;
-	unsigned char bytes[bytes_length];
-	unsigned char* ptr = bytes;
-	
-	int retVal = from_multihash_to_byte_array(hash, bytes, bytes_length);
-	if (retVal == 0)
-		return 0;
-
-	// finally encode the array into base64
-	return libp2p_crypto_encoding_base58_encode(ptr, bytes_length, &binary_buffer, &max_length);
-}
-
-/**
- * turns a base58 encoded string into a MultiHash
- * @param b58_string the base58 encoded string
- * @param b58_string_length the length of the encoded string
- * @param hash the MultiHash to fill
- * @returns true(1) on success
- */
-int libp2p_b58_to_multihash(unsigned char* b58_string, size_t b58_string_length, struct MultiHash* hash) {
-	size_t buffer_size = libp2p_crypto_encoding_base58_decode_max_size(b58_string);
-	unsigned char buffer[buffer_size];
-	unsigned char* b = buffer;
-	
-	libp2p_crypto_encoding_base58_decode(b58_string, b58_string_length, &b, &buffer_size);
-
-	// now build the hash
-	hash->fn_code = b[0];
-	hash->size = b[1];
-	memcpy(hash->data, &b[2], hash->size);
-	return 0;	
-}