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About SHA3-256

SHA3-256 is a member of the SHA-3 family standardized by NIST in FIPS 202 (2015). It produces a 256-bit (64 hex character) digest using the Keccak sponge construction — a fundamentally different design from SHA-1 and SHA-2's Merkle–Damgård structure. The sponge absorbs input data and squeezes out the digest, with a 1600-bit internal state and 24 rounds of the Keccak-f permutation.

Unlike SHA-256, SHA3-256 is immune to length-extension attacks — a structural weakness in all Merkle–Damgård hashes. SHA3-256 is used in Ethereum signing, post-quantum cryptographic protocols, and anywhere a 256-bit hash without SHA-2's structural properties is required.

Output Size
256 bits (64 hex)
Published
2015 (FIPS 202)
Designer
Bertoni, Daemen, Peeters, Van Assche
Status
Secure
No known attacks Sponge construction No length extension NIST FIPS 202
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