diff --git a/src/lib/file-id/CodeTable.ts b/src/lib/file-id/CodeTable.ts
index e0e0885..dd19e03 100644
--- a/src/lib/file-id/CodeTable.ts
+++ b/src/lib/file-id/CodeTable.ts
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ export const codeTable = {
     [CID_ALGORITHM_NAMES.sha1]: CID_ALGORITHM_CODES.sha1,
     [CID_ALGORITHM_NAMES.sha256]: CID_ALGORITHM_CODES.sha256,
     [CID_ALGORITHM_NAMES.sha3_256]: CID_ALGORITHM_CODES.sha3_256,
-    [CID_ALGORITHM_NAMES.sha3_384]: CID_ALGORITHM_CODES.sha3_384
+    [CID_ALGORITHM_NAMES.sha3_384]: CID_ALGORITHM_CODES.sha3_384,
+    [CID_ALGORITHM_NAMES.midhash256]: CID_ALGORITHM_CODES.midhash256
 }
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diff --git a/src/lib/file-id/FastHash.ts b/src/lib/file-id/FastHash.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef0f74c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/file-id/FastHash.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+import { createHash } from 'crypto';
+import { open, stat } from 'fs/promises';
+import { create } from 'multiformats/hashes/digest';
+import { CID } from 'multiformats/cid';
+import { CID_ALGORITHM_CODES } from '../hash-compute/MultiHashData.js';
+
+/**
+ * Computes a midhash256 based on sampling the middle 1MB of a file
+ * plus the file size as a 64-bit integer prefix.
+ *
+ * Algorithm:
+ * - For files <= 1MB: Hashes entire file content + size prefix
+ * - For files > 1MB: Hashes middle 1MB + size prefix
+ *
+ * The size prefix ensures that files with identical middle content
+ * but different sizes produce different hashes.
+ *
+ * Performance: ~20ms regardless of file size (O(1) complexity)
+ *
+ * @param filePath - Path to file
+ * @returns CID string in proper CID v1 format with multicodec 0x1000
+ */
+export async function computeMidHash256(filePath: string): Promise<string> {
+    const SAMPLE_SIZE = 1024 * 1024; // 1MB
+
+    // Get file size (instant - no file read)
+    const stats = await stat(filePath);
+    const fileSize = stats.size;
+
+    // Create size buffer (64-bit big-endian)
+    const sizeBuffer = Buffer.allocUnsafe(8);
+    sizeBuffer.writeBigUInt64BE(BigInt(fileSize), 0);
+
+    // Extract sample data
+    let sampleData: Buffer;
+    if (fileSize <= SAMPLE_SIZE) {
+        // Small file: read entire content
+        const fd = await open(filePath, 'r');
+        sampleData = Buffer.allocUnsafe(fileSize);
+        await fd.read(sampleData, 0, fileSize, 0);
+        await fd.close();
+    } else {
+        // Large file: read middle 1MB
+        const middleOffset = Math.floor((fileSize - SAMPLE_SIZE) / 2);
+        const fd = await open(filePath, 'r');
+        sampleData = Buffer.allocUnsafe(SAMPLE_SIZE);
+        await fd.read(sampleData, 0, SAMPLE_SIZE, middleOffset);
+        await fd.close();
+    }
+
+    // Compute SHA-256 hash of [size + sample]
+    const hashInput = Buffer.concat([sizeBuffer, sampleData]);
+    const hashBuffer = createHash('sha256')
+        .update(hashInput)
+        .digest();
+
+    // Wrap in CID format with custom multicodec 0x1000
+    const digest = create(CID_ALGORITHM_CODES.midhash256, hashBuffer);
+    return CID.createV1(CID_ALGORITHM_CODES.midhash256, digest).toString();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Synchronous version of computeMidHash256 for use in worker threads
+ * Uses synchronous fs operations for compatibility with Piscina workers
+ */
+export function computeMidHash256Sync(filePath: string): string {
+    const fs = require('fs');
+    const SAMPLE_SIZE = 1024 * 1024; // 1MB
+
+    // Get file size
+    const stats = fs.statSync(filePath);
+    const fileSize = stats.size;
+
+    // Create size buffer (64-bit big-endian)
+    const sizeBuffer = Buffer.allocUnsafe(8);
+    sizeBuffer.writeBigUInt64BE(BigInt(fileSize), 0);
+
+    // Extract sample data
+    let sampleData: Buffer;
+    if (fileSize <= SAMPLE_SIZE) {
+        // Small file: read entire content
+        const fd = fs.openSync(filePath, 'r');
+        sampleData = Buffer.allocUnsafe(fileSize);
+        fs.readSync(fd, sampleData, 0, fileSize, 0);
+        fs.closeSync(fd);
+    } else {
+        // Large file: read middle 1MB
+        const middleOffset = Math.floor((fileSize - SAMPLE_SIZE) / 2);
+        const fd = fs.openSync(filePath, 'r');
+        sampleData = Buffer.allocUnsafe(SAMPLE_SIZE);
+        fs.readSync(fd, sampleData, 0, SAMPLE_SIZE, middleOffset);
+        fs.closeSync(fd);
+    }
+
+    // Compute SHA-256 hash of [size + sample]
+    const hashInput = Buffer.concat([sizeBuffer, sampleData]);
+    const hashBuffer = createHash('sha256')
+        .update(hashInput)
+        .digest();
+
+    // Wrap in CID format with custom multicodec 0x1000
+    const digest = create(CID_ALGORITHM_CODES.midhash256, hashBuffer);
+    return CID.createV1(CID_ALGORITHM_CODES.midhash256, digest).toString();
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/hash-compute/MultiHashData.ts b/src/lib/hash-compute/MultiHashData.ts
index e8afe7f..3ceb70b 100644
--- a/src/lib/hash-compute/MultiHashData.ts
+++ b/src/lib/hash-compute/MultiHashData.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ export interface MultiHashData {
     "cid_sha2-256"?: string;//0x12 sha2-256
     "cid_sha3-256"?: string; // 0x16 sha3-256
     "cid_sha3_384"?: string; // 0x16 sha3-256
+    cid_midhash256?: string; // 0x1000 midhash256 (SHA-256 of middle 1MB + file size) - CID v1 format
 }
 
 export interface ComputeInterface {
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ export enum CID_ALGORITHM_CODES {
     sha256 = 0x12,
     sha3_256 = 0x16,
     sha3_384 = 0x15,
+    midhash256 = 0x1000, // Custom code for midhash256
 }
 
 export enum CID_ALGORITHM_NAMES {
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ export enum CID_ALGORITHM_NAMES {
     sha256 = 'cid_sha2-256',
     sha3_256 = 'cid_sha3-256',
     sha3_384 = 'cid_sha3-384',
+    midhash256 = 'cid_midhash256',
 }
 
 export enum CID_ALGORITHM {
@@ -40,4 +43,5 @@ export enum CID_ALGORITHM {
     sha256 = 'sha2-256',
     sha3_256 = 'sha3-256',
     sha3_384 = 'sha3-384',
+    midhash256 = 'midhash256',
 }
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diff --git a/src/lib/index.ts b/src/lib/index.ts
index 48f8d6a..954d8ba 100644
--- a/src/lib/index.ts
+++ b/src/lib/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 //fileID
 export * from './file-id/FileIDComputerWorker.js';
 export * from './file-id/ShaComputeWorker.js';//worker
+export * from './file-id/FastHash.js'; // Fast-hash computation
 
 //hash-compute
 export * from './hash-compute/HashComputerIndexCache.js';