# Quiz 26

What is the final step in the SHA-256 algorithm?

**Type all answers and select the correct one**

* [x] Concatenating the chaining variable values into a hexadecimal string
* [ ] Adding padding bits
* [ ] Initializing working variables
* [ ] Constructing the message schedule<br>

**Note to Learners**

"The last step of our SHA-256 GoLang implementation is to take the final chaining variable values we computed using the compression function in the previous step, concatenate them into a single hexadecimal string, and output the result."

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To learn more about it, you can follow the course [Walkthrough Implementation of SHA-256 in Golang](https://bsvblockchain.360learning.com/course/play/68bac07ee4056be2a5dd1108)


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