See RSA and hashing. One-Way Processing Also called a "one-way hash function" because it is nearly impossible to turn the digest back into the original data.

How Merkle Trees Are Used in Bitcoin In Bitcoin, each transaction undergoes hashing using the SHA-256 algorithm, a cryptographic function that provides for secure and unique hash outputs.

Specialization: Data Science Foundations: Data Structures and Algorithms Instructor: Sriram Sankaranarayanan, Assistant Professor Prior knowledge needed: Mathematical Background: We expect that the ...