Function SHA256sum

internal/hash.go:13–17

SHA256sum computes a cryptographic hash. Still used for proof-of-work challenges where we need the security properties of a cryptographic hash function.

(text string)

// SHA256sum computes a cryptographic hash. Still used for proof-of-work challenges
// where we need the security properties of a cryptographic hash function.
func SHA256sum(text string) string {
	hash := sha256.New()
	hash.Write([]byte(text))
	return hex.EncodeToString(hash.Sum(nil))
}

// FastHash is a high-performance non-cryptographic hash function suitable for
// internal caching, policy rule identification, and other performance-critical