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SHA-256
Compute the SHA-256 hash of any text, returned as 64 hex characters. Useful for checksums, fingerprints and cache keys.
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cbd3cfb9b9f51bbbfbf08759e243f5b3519cbf6ecc219ee95fe7c667e32c0a8d
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Frequently asked
Is SHA-256 reversible?
No — it's a one-way hash; you can't recover the input from it.
Same input, same hash?
Always. SHA-256 is deterministic.