} //compute hash from arguments and return hash value as string
private static string GetRIPEMD160Hash(string text)
{
//create variables for computing hash and making it a string
UnicodeEncoding UniCode = new UnicodeEncoding();
byte[] HashResult;
byte[] msg = UniCode.GetBytes(text);
RIPEMD160 hashString = RIPEMD160Managed.Create();
string Str = "";
//compute hash with RIPEMD160 module and format output as string
//convert bytes in HashResult to string values
HashResult = hashString.ComputeHash(msg);
foreach (byte x in HashResult)
{
Str += String.Format("{0:x2}", x);
}
//clear excess resource usage
hashString.Clear();
return(Str);
} //compute hash from arguments and return hash value as string