None of it is customized. All of it is industry standard.
Most of the hashes in Bitcoin are SHA-256 (or a SHA-256 hash of a SHA-256 hash depending on where it's being used).
Be aware, however, that Bitcoin also uses a RIPEMD-160 hash when creating a Bitcoin Address.
Topic: Bitcoin Hashing Algorithm (Read 3281 times)
thanks all, what i mean is it a direct usage approach of SHA-256 or it's some sort of customized SHA algorithm, if general SHA-2 algorithm there are plenty of resources if not, please point me where i can read more about it.
It's just two rounds of SHA-256, the standard stuff.
thanks all, what i mean is it a direct usage approach of SHA-256 or it's some sort of customized SHA algorithm, if general SHA-2 algorithm there are plenty of resources if not, please point me where i can read more about it.
is there any source where i can read the core bitcoin hashing algorithm in depth?
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.
How much depth do you want?
http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/fips/fips180-4/fips-180-4.pdf (awfully big pdf file)
What do you mean the core bitcoin hashing algorithm? You mean to create bitcoin addresses? https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Technical_background_of_Bitcoin_addresses
is there any source where i can read the core bitcoin hashing algorithm in depth?
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.
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