# SCrypt

SCrypt is also a PoW mining algorithm, first released with Tenebrix in 2011. After that, many researchers are utilizing it to deploy different blockchain-based projects. It is proposed to enhance the security maintained in the SHA-256 algorithm. It is efficient to prevent brute force attacks by securing passwords with the help of a security key retrieved from the master password. Now, when we pass an input message through the SCrypt algorithm to generate the hash value, it produces some noise, distracting the malicious attackers from securing the content of the message. We can say that the SCrypt mining algorithm protects the data from malicious activity due to its features

* Firstly, it hashes the password associated with the original message so that it will be difficult for an attacker to retrieve the message.
* Due to its low energy consumption, computing power, and low cost, many cryp- tocurrencies, such as Litecoin, utilize SCrypt in their projects.
