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What are Hash Functions in block chain?

Prasanna Kotamraju
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 22:30:25

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We know that bitcoins enter into the digital market only through mining. It is a cryptocurrency created as a peer-to-peer currency which can be traded without using any Bank or Payment gateway. When these transactions are made, they are accounted for using a publicly distributed ledger which keeps a record of all the transactions made to every Bitcoin.Every time a transaction is made, a new block is created. Every new block will be verified and added into the block chain by the miners. Here comes the purpose of hash functions to make the block chain secure.What is a Hash?Hash is ... Read More

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