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Title: Why does Bitcoin use two hash functions (SHA-256 and RIPEMD-160) to create an address?
Post by: Bitcoin on Feb 22, 2022, 05:57 pm
Why does Bitcoin use two hash functions (SHA-256 and RIPEMD-160) to create an address?

Why do we use 2 hash functions (both SHA and RIPEMD) to create an address? Why not just use one hash function?


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