Bcrypt Generator

Bcrypt is a password-hashing algorithm designed by Niels Provos and David Mazières, first presented in 1999. Unlike fast cryptographic hash functions (MD5, SHA-256), bcrypt is intentionally slow — it incorporates a work factor that controls how many rounds of key setup are performed. Increasing the work factor by 1 doubles the computation time, making bcrypt adaptive to faster hardware over time. This slowness is the entire point: it makes brute-force and dictionary attacks against stolen hash databases computationally prohibitive. Bcrypt also automatically generates and embeds a random salt in each hash, making rainbow table attacks impossible. It is the recommended standard for password storage in most security guidelines, including OWASP.