Algorithms
BLAKE-256
The original BLAKE with 14 rounds and a SHA-3 finalist. Decred hashes blocks and transactions and addresses with it
Hash / Cryptographic
BLAKE-256
The original BLAKE, the SHA-3 finalist.
- Digest
- 256-bit · 32 bytes
- HMAC
- no key mode
- Security
- 128-bit collision resistance
- Used by
- Decred
1 option, 0 required
Sample
- hex
- 4a6f552c9a404582b4eeff4364df2d5a0da9e3f7635c7b638bacab9f5d09bdb1
- base64
- Sm9VLJpARYK07v9DZN8tWg2p4/djXHtji6yrn10JvbE=
Options
Access
- Create
create("blake256") - CLI
hashes blake256 'hello world' - Tryplayground with the sample above
- Kinsha256, sha384, sha512, sha512-half +11
The BLAKE that lost the SHA-3 competition to Keccak and then got a second life in Decred, which hashes its blocks, transactions and addresses with it. Not BLAKE2, not BLAKE3, and the digests have nothing in common.
create("blake256").hash("").digest;
// "716f6e863f744b9ac22c97ec7b76ea5f5908bc5b2f67c61510bfc4751384ea7a"
14 rounds, as the final submission specified. No HMAC mode.