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Author: Admin | 2025-04-28
Input your text here: SHA256 hash: SHA-256 is an algorithm that converts a string of text into another string, called a hash. The hash is always the same length: exactly 64 hexadecimal characters long. This is equivalent to 256 bits, which is where the name comes from - "Secure Hashing Algorithm - 256". Even if the input is empty, the hash will be 64 characters long, and in that specific scenario is: e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855The hashing algorithm is intentionally designed so that if the input changes just slightly, for example changing a letter from upper to lower case, or by adding a comma, the hash is completely different and bears no relation to what it was previously.This feature makes hashing algorithms useful for creating "fingerprints" of documents, allowing you to quickly check if there have been any edits made to the original, by comparing the hash of the document to a previously calculated hash. Additionally, SHA-256 is used by Bitcoin miners when mining blocks of transactions. The process involves combining a list of transactions with a chosen number and then running this combination through SHA-256 to find the hash. If the hash begins with a specified certain number of 0's (at the time of writing, it is 19 zeros), then the mining attempt is successful. If the hash fails this test, then the miner needs to choose a new number and try hashing the transactions again. By using the interactive tool above to create your own hashes, you can demonstrate that it requires a huge number of attempts to successfully find a hash that fits these criteria. Sponsored Link var linkImages = ["/img/kinsta/wordpress/600x300 - nonprofit - dark.png","/img/kinsta/wordpress/600x300 - Kinsta-affiliate-Migrations.png","/img/kinsta/wordpress/600x300 - 2months - light.png","/img/kinsta/wordpress/600x300 - developers - light.jpg","/img/kinsta/wordpress/600x300 - optimized - dark.jpg","/img/kinsta/wordpress/600x300 - nonprofit - light.png","/img/kinsta/wordpress/600x300 - freedemo.png","/img/kinsta/wordpress/600x300 - migrations - light.png","/img/kinsta/wordpress/600x300 - developers - dark.jpg","/img/kinsta/wordpress/600x300 - 2months - dark.png","/img/kinsta/wordpress/600x300 - devkinsta - dark.png","/img/kinsta/wordpress/600x300 - optimized - light.jpg","/img/kinsta/wordpress/600x300 - premium - dark.png","/img/kinsta/wordpress/600x300 - premium - light.png","/img/kinsta/wordpress/600x300 - scalable - dark.jpg","/img/kinsta/wordpress/600x300 - scalable - light.jpg","/img/kinsta/wordpress/600x300 - secure - dark.jpg","/img/kinsta/wordpress/600x300 - secure - light.jpg","/img/kinsta/wordpress/600x300 - support - dark.jpg","/img/kinsta/wordpress/600x300 - support - light.jpg","/img/kinsta/wordpress/600x300 edge-caching.png","/img/kinsta/application/600x300 MariaDB light.png.png","/img/kinsta/application/600x300 GO light.png","/img/kinsta/application/600x300 dockerfile dark.png","/img/kinsta/application/600x300 NodeJS dark.png","/img/kinsta/application/600x300 NodeJS light.png","/img/kinsta/application/600x300 cloud light.png","/img/kinsta/application/600x300 MariaDB dark.png","/img/kinsta/application/600x300 cloud dark.png","/img/kinsta/application/600x300 java light.png","/img/kinsta/application/600x300 GO dark.png","/img/kinsta/application/600x300 dockerfile light.png","/img/kinsta/application/600x300 java dark.png","/img/kinsta/application/600x300 php dark.png","/img/kinsta/application/600x300 php light.png","/img/kinsta/application/600x300 postgres dark.png","/img/kinsta/application/600x300 postgres light.png","/img/kinsta/application/600x300 premium dark.png","/img/kinsta/application/600x300 premium light.png","/img/kinsta/application/600x300 python dark.png","/img/kinsta/application/600x300 python light.png","/img/kinsta/application/600x300 redis dark.png","/img/kinsta/application/600x300 redis light.png","/img/kinsta/application/600x300 ruby dark.png","/img/kinsta/application/600x300 ruby light.png","/img/kinsta/application/600x300 scala dark.png","/img/kinsta/application/600x300 scala light.png"];randomImage
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