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Why are hashes in the bitcoin protocol typically computed twice (double computed)?
According to the wiki specification of the bitcoin protocol, hashes are typically "computed twice". For example:
hello
2cf24dba5fb0a30e26e83b2ac5b9e29e1b161e5c1fa7425e73043362938b9824 (first round of ...
