Decryption
By CoinGecko | Updated on Mar 03, 2020
Describes the process of decrypting data that was previously encrypted (made unreable) back to a readable form. An example of this would be the conversion of a hash back to its original phrase.
Original phrase (words): Bitcoin is fun
Encrypted phrase (SHA-256): 5A01BA5E208AC4E599F0EDEFF52991644EDF595717E80CB20D9756A85A334D94
Decrypted phrase (words): Bitcoin is fun
You can try it out here: https://passwordsgenerator.net/sha256-hash-generator/
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