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! 🤓