Why Offload SHA-256 to FPGA?
SHA-256 is a computationally expensive operation, and blockchain systems like Bitcoin require double SHA-256 hashing for block verification and mining.
Instead of executing SHA-256 on a CPU (slow, sequential), I implement it in FPGA (fast, parallel) to:
- Speed up blockchain transaction and block verification
- Reduce CPU load by offloading hashing computations
- Optimize for power efficiency (compared to GPUs)