SHA-256: Complete Concept and Detailed Step-by-Step Explanation

My sister's comprehensive explanation of the SHA-256 Cryptographic Hash Function's concept and algorithm. Credits to @learnmeabitcoin for the animations and illustrations used in the explanation of the Hash Computation. 00:00 - Introduction 00:10 - Outline 00:24 - Use of SHA-256 in Bitcoin 03:53 - Brief History of SHA Family 05:24 - Overview of How SHA Works 06:34 - Properties of SHA 09:06 - SHA-256 Algorithm 09:22 - Basic Terminologies 09:56 - Decimal to Binary Conversion 10:30 - Binary to Decimal Conversion 10:58 - Binary to Hexadecimal Conversion 11:53 - Hexadecimal to Binary Conversion 12:27 - Operations 16:50 - Functions 19:25 - Constants 20:10 - Pre-processing 26:13 - Hash Computation 31:08 - Other Applications of SHA-256 Hope you all were able to realize that the SHA-256 algorithm is not that complicated. It may be intimidating at first, but it is relatively basic once you break it down into small trivial steps. Thank you for watching and happy learning! 🤓