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Cryptographic Hash Function

A Cryptographic Hash Function is a specific type of hash function especially suitable for using in the cryptocurrency world. What makes it especially suitable for cryptocurrencies is that the function takes an input/message, and in response to such input returns a unique and fixed-sized alphanumeric string. One of many Cryptographic Hash Functions is the SHA-256 algorithm.