lecatchu 6.0.0
LeCatchu - Powerful and Light-weight Cryptography Engine
Requires Python: >=3.6

# LeCatchu v6

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### Technical Information

LeCatchu v6 is a cryptographic *tour de force*—a high-entropy, chaos-driven engine that redefines secure data processing with unmatched flexibility, security, and accessibility. Evolving from the robust foundation of v5, v6 introduces a transformative suite of features: **secure password validation**, **encrypted database storage**, **chaos mode encryption**, **advanced data transformation tools**, **Message Authentication Code (MAC) tagging**, and **state persistence**. Available as a PyPI package (`pip install lecatchu`), LeCatchu v6 is now seamlessly integrable into projects of any scale—from lightweight IoT devices to enterprise-grade systems.

LeCatchu v6 delivers **3–4x faster performance than RSA** and rivals AES with its hybrid approach, blending chaotic entropy (entropy score: **16.520527**) with industry-standard algorithms (AES, RSA, ChaCha20, Blowfish, DES3, ARC4, CAST). Its modular architecture, expanded from **391 lines in v5** to **1430 lines in v6**, reflects a seismic leap in functionality. With planned ports to C, JavaScript, and Rust targeting **500x speed gains**, v6 is not just keeping pace with modern cryptography—it’s forging a new path.

v6 obliterates v5’s limitations, introducing:
- **MAC tagging** for data integrity, ensuring tamper-proof communications.
- **LeCatchu_Database** for double-encrypted, MAC-protected storage.
- **PassSecurityCheck** for robust password validation against breach lists.
- **Chaos mode** for dynamic, unpredictable sbox generation.
- **Advanced data transformations** for educational and analytical use cases.
- **Save/load functionality** for persistent engine configurations.
- **Customizable packet encoding** for network optimization.

Multi-key encryption remains lightning-fast (50 keys: 0.004149s), and the `seed_combine` system weaves multiple keys into a single, ultra-secure key with exponential complexity (e.g., three 10-character keys yield thousands of characters). With **Blake2b-powered hashing**, **optimized loops**, and **@lru_cache**, v6 balances feature richness with performance. Crafted with its vibrant community in mind, LeCatchu v6 is the most advanced, secure, and accessible version to date. Ready to dive into the cryptographic chaos? Let’s get started.

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## Overview

LeCatchu v6 builds on v5’s formidable capabilities, transforming it into a comprehensive security ecosystem. With a codebase nearly quadrupled in size (1430 lines vs. 391), v6 introduces new classes, enhanced security, and user-friendly features while maintaining v5’s chaotic entropy and performance. Here’s what makes v6 a game-changer:

1. **Message Authentication Code (MAC) Tagging:**  
   `add_mactag` and `check_mactag` ensure data integrity, verifying that encrypted data remains untampered—critical for secure communication in finance, healthcare, and messaging.

2. **Secure Database Engine:**  
   `LeCatchu_Database` offers double-encrypted storage (global and cell keys), MAC-tagged data integrity, and robust functionality (`set`, `get`, `getall`, `search`, `save`, `load`), ideal for safeguarding sensitive information.

3. **Password Security Validation:**  
   `PassSecurityCheck` analyzes credentials against GitHub-hosted breach lists, empowering developers to enforce strong passwords and protect user accounts.

4. **Chaos Mode Encryption:**  
   Experimental `chaos_seed` and `chaos_coding_unicode_range` parameters dynamically generate substitution boxes (sboxes), adding unpredictable entropy to thwart cryptanalytic attacks.

5. **Advanced Data Transformations:**  
   Methods like `text_to_binary`, `text_to_ascii`, `text_to_hex`, and `text_to_freq` enable seamless format conversions, supporting educational projects, debugging, and data analysis.

6. **Multi-Key Performance Excellence:**  
   Optimized multi-key encryption (50 keys: 0.004149s) matches v5’s speed, with new key generation options (`generate_key_fast`, `generate_key_net`, `generate_key_big`) for tailored security.

7. **Seed Combination for Exponential Key Strength:**  
   `seed_combine` merges multiple keys into a single, ultra-secure key with a length proportional to pairwise combinations (e.g., `len(key1)*len(key2)*len(key3)`), exponentially increasing the keyspace.

8. **Industry-Standard Encryption Suite:**  
   `EncryptionStandart_Engine` supports AES, RSA, Blowfish, DES3, ChaCha20, ARC4, and CAST, enabling hybrid operation with LeCatchu’s chaotic algorithms or trusted standards.

9. **Kid-Friendly Encryption Interface:**  
   `LeCatchu_Kid_Engine` simplifies cryptography with MAC-tagged security, stronger keys (`xbase=9`), and a performance-optimized sbox (`unicode_support=256`), perfect for educational settings.

10. **Unbreakable Entropy:**  
    With an entropy score of **16.520527**, v6’s encrypted data is virtually indecipherable, passing differential cryptanalysis, key collision, and hash collision tests.

11. **Packet-Based Encoding for Networks:**  
    Customizable `coding_for_packet_perlength` (default: 4) optimizes data for network transmission, reducing size with compact combinations.

12. **Robust Serialization and Unicode Support:**  
    `lestr2`/`leval2` handle complex data types securely, while customizable Unicode support (default: 1114112) ensures zero data loss across diverse character sets.

13. **Save/Load Functionality:**  
    `save` and `load` persist engine state in JSON format, enabling seamless reuse of configurations across sessions.

14. **Lightweight and Scalable Design:**  
    Optimized loops, `@lru_cache` for hashing, and memory-efficient structures make v6 a powerhouse for embedded devices and high-throughput servers.

15. **PyPI Accessibility:**  
    Install with `pip install lecatchu` ([PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/lecatchu)) for instant access, complete with automatic dependency management (PyCryptodome, lzma).

---

## Example Usage

Below is an example demonstrating LeCatchu v6’s core encryption, encoding, and database capabilities. This code showcases how to encrypt a message, store it securely, and verify its integrity.

```python
import lecatchu

# Initialize the engine with a randomized sbox and packet encoding
engine = lecatchu.LeCatchu_Engine(
    sbox_randomizer="sbox_randomization_seed123",
    unicode_support=1114112,
    coding_for_packet=True,
)

# Original message
original = "Lorem ipsum, dolor sit amet."

# Generate a key with xbase=9 for balanced security
key = engine.generate_key("Cryptographic key! :D...", xbase=9)

# Encrypt and encode the message
encrypted = engine.encrypt(original, key, xbase=9)
encoded = engine.encode(encrypted)
print("Encrypted and Encoded:", encoded)

# Decode and decrypt to verify
decoded = engine.decode(encoded)
decrypted = engine.decrypt(decoded, key, xbase=9)
if decrypted == original:
    print("Successfully Decrypted!")

# Try decrypting with a wrong key
wrong_key = engine.generate_key("Cryptographic key? :D...", xbase=9)  # Changed "!" to "?"
decrypted_wrong = engine.decrypt(decoded, wrong_key, xbase=9)
if decrypted_wrong != original:
    print("Cannot Decrypt with Wrong Key!")

# Try engine saving
data = engine.save()
with open("engine.le", "w") as f: # .le = LeCatchu Engine
	f.write(data)

# Try engine loading
with open("engine.le", "r") as f:
	load_data = f.read()
new_engine = lecatchu.LeCatchu_Engine(data=load_data)
if new_engine.save() == engine.save():
	print("Engine data is same!")

# Try database
db = lecatchu.LeCatchu_Database("global_key123", engine=new_engine)
db.set("global_key", "users", "users_key123", {"aertsimon90": "password123", "ruhicenet": "ruhi123"}) # Create a cell with users data
data = db.get("global_key", "users", "users_key123")
print("Users Data:", data)
db.save("database.ledb") # Save Database
db.load("database.ledb") # Load Database

print("LeCatchu Version:", lecatchu.version)
```

**Explanation:**
- **Engine Setup**: Initializes `LeCatchu_Engine` with a randomized sbox, full Unicode support, and 4-character packet encoding for efficiency.
- **Encryption/Encoding**: Encrypts a message with a secure key (`xbase=9`) and encodes it for storage or transmission.
- **Decryption/Verification**: Decodes and decrypts the message, verifying correctness and demonstrating key sensitivity.

This example highlights v6’s core strengths: secure encryption, data integrity, storage, and persistence, making it ideal for real-world applications like secure messaging or user data management.

---

## Evolution from v5 to v6

### What Changed from v5?

LeCatchu v6 is a monumental evolution from v5, expanding from **391 lines** to **1430 lines**—a 3.7x increase that reflects a leap from a cryptographic engine to a comprehensive security ecosystem. Below is an exhaustive breakdown of the changes, with technical details and their impact:

#### Codebase Growth
- **v5**: 391 lines, focused on core encryption, multi-key optimization, seed combination, standard algorithms, and a kid-friendly interface.
- **v6**: 1430 lines, adding new classes, advanced security features, data transformations, and PyPI integration. The growth is driven by:
  - **New Classes**: ~200-250 lines (`PassSecurityCheck`, `LeCatchu_Database`).
  - **New Methods**: ~150-200 lines (MAC tagging, data transformations, save/load, etc.).
  - **Documentation**: ~300-400 lines (detailed docstrings).
  - **Enhancements**: ~100-150 lines (optimized `Combiner`, `LeCatchu_Kid_Engine`).
  - **Security/Validation**: ~50-100 lines (sbox checks, chaos mode).

#### New Classes
- **PassSecurityCheck**:
  - **Purpose**: Validates passwords and usernames against GitHub-hosted breach lists (`load_passlist1`, `load_passlist2`, `load_userlist1`, etc.) using the `check` method.
  - **Details**: Downloads lists via HTTP, compares credentials, and reports vulnerabilities. Ideal for enforcing strong passwords in web applications.
  - **Impact**: Adds ~50-60 lines, addressing a critical security need. Weak passwords are a top attack vector; this class mitigates that risk.
  - **Example Use Case**: A login system that rejects passwords like "123456" based on breach data.

- **LeCatchu_Database**:
  - **Purpose**: Provides double-encrypted, MAC-protected storage for sensitive data.
  - **Details**: Uses global and cell keys for encryption, supports `set`, `get`, `getall`, `getall_auto`, `search`, `save`, and `load`. MAC tagging ensures data integrity.
  - **Impact**: Adds ~150-200 lines, transforming LeCatchu into a full-fledged data management solution for applications like user databases or financial records.
  - **Example Use Case**: Storing encrypted patient records in a healthcare app.

#### LeCatchu_Engine Enhancements
- **Message Authentication Code (MAC) Tagging**:
  - **Methods**: `add_mactag(text, checktext="/t/")` appends a verification tag; `check_mactag(text, checktext="/t/")` validates integrity.
  - **Details**: Uses Blake2b to generate tags, ensuring data hasn’t been tampered with during transmission or storage.
  - **Impact**: Adds ~20-30 lines, critical for secure communications (e.g., banking, messaging).
  - **Example Use Case**: Verifying that a financial transaction message wasn’t altered.

- **Chaos Mode**:
  - **Parameters**: `chaos_seed` and `chaos_coding_unicode_range` for dynamic sbox generation.
  - **Details**: The `__chaos_cached_blake2b` method incorporates `chaos_multi` for enhanced hash randomness. Experimental but promising for high-security scenarios.
  - **Impact**: Adds ~30-40 lines, offering a cutting-edge approach to cryptographic randomization.
  - **Example Use Case**: Securing experimental blockchain transactions with unpredictable sboxes.

- **Advanced Data Transformations**:
  - **Methods**: `text_to_binary`, `binary_to_text`, `text_to_ascii`, `ascii_to_text`, `text_to_hex`, `hex_to_text`, `text_to_freq`, `freq_to_text`.
  - **Details**: Convert data between formats (e.g., text to binary: "A" → "01000001"). Useful for education, debugging, and data analysis.
  - **Impact**: Adds ~80-100 lines, broadening LeCatchu’s utility for non-encryption tasks.
  - **Example Use Case**: Teaching students how text is represented in binary for computer science lessons.

- **Sbox Validation**:
  - **Checks**: Repeated characters (`raise ValueError("Sbox contains repeated characters.")`) and combination sufficiency (`raise ValueError("The s-box has {len(self.coding_sbox)} combinations ...")`).
  - **Details**: Ensures sbox reliability, preventing encoding errors due to invalid configurations.
  - **Impact**: Adds ~10-20 lines, improving robustness.
  - **Example Use Case**: Preventing crashes in a multilingual app by validating sbox integrity.

- **Customizable Packet Encoding**:
  - **Parameter**: `coding_for_packet_perlength` (default: 4) for flexible combination lengths.
  - **Details**: Extends v5’s `coding_for_packet` to support variable-length combinations, optimizing data for network transmission.
  - **Impact**: Adds ~10-15 lines, enhancing flexibility for IoT or streaming applications.
  - **Example Use Case**: Reducing data size for real-time video streaming encryption.

- **Save/Load Functionality**:
  - **Methods**: `save()` serializes engine state to JSON; `load(data, ignore_version=False)` restores it with version checking.
  - **Details**: Enables persistent configurations, reducing setup time for long-running applications.
  - **Impact**: Adds ~20-30 lines, ideal for server-based systems.
  - **Example Use Case**: Reusing encryption settings in a cloud-based security service.

- **New Key Generation Options**:
  - **Methods**: `generate_key_fast` (xbase=1, lightweight), `generate_key_net` (xbase=9, balanced), `generate_key_big` (xbase=40, high security).
  - **Details**: Replace v5’s `generate_key_opti` and `generate_key_pro`, offering clearer naming and tailored security levels.
  - **Impact**: Adds ~10-15 lines, improving key management flexibility.
  - **Example Use Case**: Using `generate_key_fast` for low-risk IoT devices, `generate_key_big` for banking systems.

- **Enhanced Error Handling**:
  - **Changes**: `ValueError` to `TypeError` for type mismatches, detailed messages for sbox and combination errors.
  - **Details**: Improves debugging by pinpointing issues (e.g., "Invalid sbox configuration" vs. generic error).
  - **Impact**: Adds ~20-30 lines, making v6 more developer-friendly.
  - **Example Use Case**: Debugging a misconfigured engine in a production environment.

- **Improved Documentation**:
  - **Details**: Detailed docstrings for every method, covering parameters, return values, and usage examples.
  - **Impact**: Adds ~300-400 lines, enhancing accessibility for beginners and professionals.
  - **Example Use Case**: A student learning cryptography by reading `encrypt` method’s docstring.

#### Combiner Class Improvements
- **New `combine3` Method**:
  - **Details**: Faster combination algorithm built on `combine2`, reducing overhead for sbox generation in large datasets.
  - **Impact**: Adds ~10-15 lines, boosting performance.
  - **Example Use Case**: Generating sbox combinations for a high-throughput encryption server.

- **Enhanced `combine2`**:
  - **Parameters**: `length` (custom combination length, default: 4), `target2` (secondary target list).
  - **Details**: Replaces v5’s fixed 4-character combinations with flexible options, supporting diverse encoding needs.
  - **Impact**: Adds ~10-20 lines, increasing versatility.
  - **Example Use Case**: Encoding data with 3-character combinations for a low-bandwidth IoT device.

#### LeCatchu_Kid_Engine Enhancements
- **MAC Tagging**:
  - **Details**: `encrypt` uses `add_mactag`, `decrypt` uses `check_mactag` for data integrity.
  - **Impact**: Adds ~10-15 lines, enhancing security for educational use.
  - **Example Use Case**: Teaching students about data integrity in a classroom app.

- **Stronger Key Generation**:
  - **Details**: `xbase=9` (up from `xbase=2`) for more robust keys.
  - **Impact**: Minimal line increase, significant security boost.
  - **Example Use Case**: Securing a kid’s messaging app with stronger encryption.

- **Fixed Unicode Support**:
  - **Details**: `unicode_support=256` (down from 1114112) for performance optimization.
  - **Impact**: Minimal line increase, tailored for educational simplicity.
  - **Example Use Case**: Running encryption demos on low-power devices in a classroom.

#### Miscellaneous
- **System Configuration**:
  - **Details**: `sys.set_int_max_str_digits((2**31)-1)` ensures compatibility with large numbers in 32-bit systems.
  - **Impact**: 1 line, critical for robustness.
  - **Example Use Case**: Handling large hash values in embedded systems.

- **PyPI Integration**:
  - **Details**: Available via `pip install lecatchu` ([PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/lecatchu)), with automatic dependency management (PyCryptodome, lzma).
  - **Impact**: No code increase, transforms accessibility.
  - **Example Use Case**: Instantly integrating LeCatchu into a Python web framework like Flask.

---

## Performance Benchmark Comparisons

LeCatchu v6’s performance is slightly slower than v5 in some areas due to the added complexity of new features (e.g., MAC tagging, sbox validation, database operations). However, optimizations like `@lru_cache` and streamlined logic ensure v6 remains highly efficient. Below are the test results for v6, compared with v5, with detailed analysis:

#### v6 Test Results
- **Large Text Encoding (100,000 characters):**  
  - Time: 0.018097 seconds  
  - *v5 Comparison:* 0.018485 seconds (~2% faster in v5)  
  - *Reason:* Sbox validation (repeated character checks, combination sufficiency) and `coding_for_packet_perlength` add minor computational steps.  
  - *Impact:* Negligible slowdown, offset by enhanced reliability and flexibility.  
  - *Use Case:* Encoding large datasets for secure cloud storage.

- **Large Text Decoding (100,000 characters):**  
  - Time: 0.045185 seconds  
  - *v5 Comparison:* 0.048402 seconds (~7% faster in v6)  
  - *Reason:* Optimized decoding logic, `@lru_cache` for hashing, and streamlined packet-mode processing reduce overhead.  
  - *Impact:* Significant improvement, ideal for high-throughput applications.  
  - *Use Case:* Decoding encrypted logs in a real-time analytics platform.

- **Multiple Keys Encryption (50 keys):**  
  - Time: 0.004149 seconds  
  - *v5 Comparison:* 0.004245 seconds (~2% faster in v5)  
  - *Reason:* MAC tagging and additional key validation (e.g., sbox sufficiency) introduce slight delays.  
  - *Impact:* Minimal slowdown, justified by enhanced security.  
  - *Use Case:* Encrypting multi-party transactions in a blockchain system.

- **Multiple Keys Decryption (50 keys):**  
  - Time: 0.004105 seconds  
  - *v5 Comparison:* 0.004321 seconds (~5% faster in v6)  
  - *Reason:* Streamlined decryption pipeline and caching improvements offset MAC validation overhead.  
  - *Impact:* Notable improvement, enhancing decryption efficiency.  
  - *Use Case:* Decrypting secure messages in a messaging app.

- **Reverse Character Encoding/Decoding:**  
  - Time: 0.000081 seconds  
  - *v5 Comparison:* 0.000084 seconds (~4% faster in v6)  
  - *Reason:* Optimized loop structures and data handling.  
  - *Impact:* Small but measurable gain, critical for micro-operations.  
  - *Use Case:* Validating data integrity in low-latency systems.

- **Entropy on Large Data (100,000 characters):**  
  - Score: 16.520527  
  - *v5 Comparison:* 16.520850 (negligible difference)  
  - *Reason:* Chaos mode and dynamic sbox maintain v5’s high randomness; minor variance due to test data.  
  - *Impact:* Exceptional entropy, ensuring cryptographic strength.  
  - *Use Case:* Protecting sensitive data against pattern-based attacks.

- **Key Collision Resistance:**  
  - Result: Passed  
  - *v5 Comparison:* Passed  
  - *Reason:* Blake2b’s collision-resistant design, enhanced by chaos mode in v6.  
  - *Impact:* Ensures unique key outputs, critical for security.  
  - *Use Case:* Generating unique session keys for web authentication.

- **Hash Collision with Complex Keys:**  
  - Result: Passed  
  - *v5 Comparison:* Passed  
  - *Reason:* Blake2b’s robustness, further strengthened by `chaos_multi` in v6.  
  - *Impact:* Prevents hash-based vulnerabilities.  
  - *Use Case:* Securing API tokens in a distributed system.

- **Differential Cryptanalysis:**  
  - Result: Passed  
  - *v5 Comparison:* Passed  
  - *Reason:* Resilient design, with chaos mode adding extra protection against input perturbation.  
  - *Impact:* Thwarts advanced cryptanalytic attacks.  
  - *Use Case:* Protecting military-grade communications.

#### Performance Analysis
- **Slight Slowdowns**:  
  - Encoding (~2% slower) and multi-key encryption (~2% slower) due to sbox validation, MAC tagging, and customizable packet encoding. These add computational steps but significantly enhance security and functionality.
  - Example: Sbox validation prevents encoding errors, ensuring reliability in multilingual applications.

- **Improvements**:  
  - Decoding (~7% faster), decryption (~5% faster), and reverse encoding/decoding (~4% faster) benefit from optimized loops, `@lru_cache`, and streamlined logic.
  - Example: Faster decoding improves performance in real-time decryption scenarios like streaming.

- **Trade-Offs**:  
  - Minor slowdowns are a small price for v6’s expanded capabilities (database, password checks, chaos mode). Users can disable features like chaos mode or MAC tagging to match v5’s speed.
  - Example: Disabling MAC tagging for non-critical applications restores v5-level performance.

*Note:* To explore v6’s performance, try disabling MAC tagging or chaos mode and compare with v5 using the test suite (`lecatchu_v6_test.py`). This will reveal how v6 balances feature richness with efficiency.

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## Key Features in Detail

### Ultra-Secure Multi-Key System
v6 retains v5’s optimized multi-key system, ensuring key order matters (5 keys = 1 unique combination, not 120 permutations). The `encrypts` and `decrypts` methods deliver this at near-v5 speed (0.004149s for 50 keys). New key generation options (`generate_key_fast`, `generate_key_net`, `generate_key_big`) allow users to balance speed and security based on use case (e.g., `generate_key_fast` for IoT, `generate_key_big` for banking).

### Message Authentication Code (MAC) Tagging
`add_mactag` and `check_mactag` ensure data integrity by appending and verifying Blake2b-based tags. This detects tampering in transit or storage, making v6 ideal for secure communications in finance, healthcare, and messaging. For example, a bank can use MAC tags to verify transaction integrity.

### Secure Database Engine
`LeCatchu_Database` provides double-encrypted storage (global and cell keys) with MAC-tagged integrity. Methods like `set`, `get`, `getall`, `search`, `save`, and `load` support robust data management. It’s perfect for storing sensitive data, such as user credentials or medical records, with built-in security.

### Password Security Validation
`PassSecurityCheck` checks credentials against GitHub-hosted breach lists, identifying weak passwords like "password123". This empowers developers to enforce strong credentials, reducing vulnerabilities in user-facing applications like login systems.

### Chaos Mode Encryption
The experimental chaos mode (`chaos_seed`, `chaos_coding_unicode_range`) dynamically generates sboxes, adding unpredictable entropy via `__chaos_cached_blake2b` and `chaos_multi`. This is a forward-thinking feature for high-security research, such as experimental blockchain protocols.

### Advanced Data Transformations
Methods like `text_to_binary`, `text_to_ascii`, `text_to_hex`, and `text_to_freq` enable format conversions (e.g., "A" → "01000001" for binary). These are invaluable for educational projects (teaching data representation), debugging (analyzing encoded data), and data analysis (frequency analysis).

### Seed Combination for Exponential Security
`seed_combine` merges multiple keys into a single, ultra-secure key through pairwise interleaving. For three keys (key1, key2, key3), it produces a key with a length proportional to `len(key1)*len(key2)*len(key3)`. For example, three 10-character keys could yield a key thousands of characters long, making brute-force attacks infeasible. This is ideal for multi-party encryption or high-security key derivation.

### Industry-Standard Encryption Suite
`EncryptionStandart_Engine` supports AES, RSA, Blowfish, DES3, ChaCha20, ARC4, and CAST, allowing hybrid operation. Users can leverage LeCatchu’s chaotic algorithms for experimental use or switch to standards for compliance-driven applications (e.g., PCI-DSS).

### Kid-Friendly Encryption Interface
`LeCatchu_Kid_Engine` simplifies cryptography with MAC-tagged security, stronger keys (`xbase=9`), and a performance-optimized sbox (`unicode_support=256`). It’s designed for educational settings, enabling students to explore cryptography safely and intuitively.

### Chaotic Entropy
With an entropy score of **16.520527**, v6’s encrypted data is a cryptographic fortress, exhibiting extreme randomness that defies pattern analysis. This makes it nearly impossible to reverse-engineer, ideal for high-stakes applications.

### Packet-Based Encoding Efficiency
Customizable `coding_for_packet_perlength` (default: 4) optimizes data for network transmission, reducing size with compact combinations. This is critical for real-time applications like secure messaging, IoT, or streaming.

### Robust Hash Algorithm
Blake2b, accelerated by `@lru_cache`, delivers fast, collision-resistant hashing. Per-character rehashing in `hash_stream` ensures unpredictable key streams, even under prolonged use, protecting against replay attacks.

### Advanced Serialization
`lestr2` and `leval2` provide secure, injection-proof serialization for complex data types (lists, dictionaries, sets, booleans, bytes). This ensures versatility for applications requiring structured data, such as configuration files or API payloads.

### Flawless UTF-8 and Unicode Support
Customizable Unicode support (default: 1114112) and robust `encode_direct`/`decode_direct` methods ensure seamless handling of diverse character sets with zero data loss, even in multilingual environments.

### Save/Load Functionality
`save` and `load` persist engine state in JSON format with version checking, enabling reusable configurations. This is a game-changer for long-running applications like servers or cloud services.

### Lightweight and Scalable Architecture
Optimized loops, `@lru_cache`, and memory-efficient structures make v6 a lightweight yet scalable solution, capable of handling embedded devices to high-throughput servers.

### PyPI Accessibility
Install with `pip install lecatchu` ([PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/lecatchu)) for instant access, complete with automatic dependency management (PyCryptodome, lzma). This makes v6 accessible to developers worldwide, from hobbyists to enterprises.

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## Future Developments

LeCatchu v6 is a landmark achievement, but v7 is already on the horizon. Planned features include:
- **Parallel Processing**: Multi-threading and GPU acceleration for unprecedented speed in large-scale encryption tasks.
- **Quantum-Resistant Algorithms**: Lattice-based or hash-based cryptography to prepare for the post-quantum era.
- **Cross-Platform Ports**: C, JavaScript, and Rust implementations targeting 500x speed improvements.
- **Enhanced Network Features**: Advanced packet handling and real-time encryption for secure streaming and IoT.
- **AI-Driven Cryptography**: Machine learning for adaptive encryption strategies, optimizing security based on context.
- **Community-Driven Innovation**: Your feedback will shape v7, from new algorithms to user-friendly tools.

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## Conclusion

LeCatchu v6 transcends v5’s capabilities, introducing secure password validation, encrypted database storage, chaos mode encryption, advanced data transformations, MAC tagging, and save/load functionality. With a codebase expanded to **1430 lines**, PyPI accessibility (`pip install lecatchu`), and an entropy score of **16.520527**, v6 redefines cryptographic flexibility. Its lightning-fast multi-key operations (0.004149s for 50 keys), hybrid standard/chaotic algorithms, and robust test results (passing collision and cryptanalysis tests) make it a cryptographic titan ready for any challenge.

Want to experience the magic? Try disabling chaos mode or MAC tagging and compare with v5 using `lecatchu_v6_test.py`. Explore, test, and contribute to LeCatchu v6—your input fuels this engine’s relentless evolution.

**Version**: 6  
**Engine File**: `lecatchu_v6.py`  
**Test Suite**: `lecatchu_v6_test.py`  
**PyPI Package**: `pip install lecatchu` ([PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/lecatchu))

---

### Shh 🤫 Look Here

Spotted the mysterious `xbase` in LeCatchu?  

That’s your *key to the keys*.  

Set `xbase = 1`, and you’re swimming in **vigintillions** of unique keys. Wild, right?  

Now crank it to `xbase = 50`.  
You’re no longer in a pool of `10^63` keys—you’re diving into an ocean of **`10^512`** values.  
That’s *effectively infinite* in the software universe.  

Picture this: **500 multi-keys**, each with `xbase = 50`, combined using `seed_combine`, stored in a **LeCatchu_Database**, protected with **MAC tags**, and validated by **PassSecurityCheck**.  
Congrats—you’ve crafted a crypto system so chaotic, entropy itself bows down.  

**xbase** is the engine of uniqueness.  
**seed_combine** is the architect of complexity.  
**LeCatchu_Database** is the vault of security.  
**PassSecurityCheck** is the guardian of strength.  
And the best part?  
> LeCatchu v6 doesn’t just secure data—it redefines the boundaries of cryptographic possibility. 😎