CodePaste.NET - Generating a unique ID as a string from a GUID

List<long> list = new List<long>();
 
byte[] bytes = Guid.NewGuid().ToByteArray();
long val = BitConverter.ToInt64(bytes,0);
 
val.Dump();
val.ToString("x").Dump();
val.ToString("x").Length.Dump();
 
for(int i=0; i<1000000; i++) {
    bytes = Guid.NewGuid().ToByteArray();
    list.Add((long) BitConverter.ToInt64(bytes,0));    
}                
 
list.Distinct().Count().Dump();