This article has been translated from English to Gen Z Slang.

Yo fam, up until now, you've peeped wassup with hashing and how the hash grind goes down. 🤟

But like, to really vibe with what these special programs do, it's chill to see some examples in action for real!

See how hashing works!

Let's get a peek at how the hashing shindig works using a legit hash function. 🎢

Since SHA-256 is Bitcoin’s main squeeze, let's roll with it for our example. 💸

This is our debut input:

BabyPips.com is cool as ice.

Shoving this through the SHA-256 hash function gets us this hash value, folks like to call it a “digest” or just a “hash”:

A58E12FAC905B8F84EA2F64F888191A4B66A67CC45F8E7B7B0F94C37A134CB57

Peep that the digest is a mix of letters and numbers, straight-up 64 characters long. 🧠

Beyond that, not much tea to spill by just looking at this digest. No patterns, no hints at the input - just random vibes.

The output’s looking real random. But no way you’d guess the input just by scoping the output. 🤔

Run that input through the SHA-256 hash function again, and you'll get the same output (“hash”). 🌀

Same input sounds off the same output. Always.

Now, let's throw a tiny remix into the first example’s input:

BabyPips.com is cool as lice.

See how we added “l” to turn “ice” into “lice”. 😮

Here’s the fresh digest:

B8784EAEB1FC50719B2041FB1AEE30FF91516529CCB65B4B446CC4D5F6B4EB95

Let’s play compare-contrast with the two:

Input Digest
BabyPips.com is cool as ice. A58E12FAC905B8F84EA2F64F888191A4B66A67CC45F8E7B7B0F94C37A134CB57
BabyPips.com is cool as lice. B8784EAEB1FC50719B2041FB1AEE30FF91516529CCB65B4B446CC4D5F6B4EB95

See, this is mad different from the first digest!

Even tho the inputs were almost twins, changing a lil character flippity-flopped the whole output. 🔄

Lice is so cool

Lice ain't it, fam, so let’s pull another switcheroo on the input:

BabyPips.com is cool as rice.

Let’s see what kind of chaos ensues:

FCA7032BE8CF7F3C0DD75B8DEB77412E452EA5E2275BAA4125123CD639ED2C9A

New input is shaking things up again! 💥

Now, let’s line up all three for the ultimate face-off:

Input Digest
BabyPips.com is cool as ice. A58E12FAC905B8F84EA2F64F888191A4B66A67CC45F8E7B7B0F94C37A134CB57
BabyPips.com is cool as lice. B8784EAEB1FC50719B2041FB1AEE30FF91516529CCB65B4B446CC4D5F6B4EB95
BabyPips.com is cool as rice. FCA7032BE8CF7F3C0DD75B8DEB77412E452EA5E2275BAA4125123CD639ED2C9A

Just to flex that, literally anything can be tossed into a hash function. 💁

Whatever the input's length, output stays the same length and has random chills. 🌊

Mess around with this tool to see what’s good:

Try making one lil tweak, and peep how bananas different the hash gets. 🍌

Isn’t that epic?! 🤓

Congrats! You just vibed your own hashes! 👏✨