RIPEMD-160 Hash Generator

How the RIPEMD-160 Hash Generator works

RIPEMD-160 is a 160-bit cryptographic hash function developed in the mid-1990s at KU Leuven as an open, European alternative to the NSA-designed SHA family. It processes input in 512-bit blocks through two parallel lines of computation whose results are combined at each step, producing a 40-character hexadecimal digest. It's slower and less studied than SHA-256, so it isn't recommended for new security-critical designs, but it remains relevant because Bitcoin and most other cryptocurrencies use RIPEMD160(SHA256(publicKey)) to derive shorter wallet addresses from public keys.

This tool computes the digest with the crypto-js library, entirely inside your browser — your text or file never leaves your device. Type text, drop in a file to hash its raw bytes instead, toggle uppercase output, or paste a known hash into the verify field to check for a match.