{"id":6531,"date":"2019-07-22T10:49:56","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T10:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paybis.com\/blog\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=6531"},"modified":"2024-04-18T10:24:58","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T10:24:58","slug":"what-is-sha-256","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/paybis.com\/blog\/glossary\/what-is-sha-256\/","title":{"rendered":"SHA-256"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is SHA-256 encryption algorithm and why is it so popular in the cryptocurrency world? Below we explain the reasons why.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is SHA-256?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SHA-256 is a cryptographic hash function that takes a random size input and produces an output of a 256-bit fixed-size hash.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Such hashes are powerful due to their one-way output. Put in simple words, you can produce a <a href=\"https:\/\/paybis.com\/blog\/glossary\/what-is-hash-rate\/\">hash output<\/a> from any given input but you cannot reconstruct the given input data from the same hash output.<\/span><\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6531-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/paybis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/16-What-is-SHA-256-and-How-Does-it-Relate-to-Bitcoin-Mining.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/paybis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/16-What-is-SHA-256-and-How-Does-it-Relate-to-Bitcoin-Mining.mp3\">https:\/\/paybis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/16-What-is-SHA-256-and-How-Does-it-Relate-to-Bitcoin-Mining.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How exactly is SHA-256 used?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It highly depends on the cryptocurrency itself since every coin is different. To give an example, SHA-256 is used in several ways in the Bitcoin network. Mainly, however, it is used for mining, as it uses the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/paybis.com\/blog\/glossary\/what-is-pow\/\">PoW<\/a> algorithm, and for creating new <a href=\"https:\/\/en.bitcoin.it\/wiki\/Address\">Bitcoin addresses<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SHA-256 is a cryptographic hash function that takes a random size input and produces an output of a 256-bit fixed-size hash.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","glossary_letter":[280],"glossary_term":[277,281],"class_list":["post-6531","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What is SHA-256 and How Does it Relate to Bitcoin Mining? - Paybis Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What is SHA-256? 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