diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a862d91f..61576dcd 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -23,6 +23,15 @@ version = "1.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f1fdabc7756949593fe60f30ec81974b613357de856987752631dea1e3394c80"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "block-buffer"
+version = "0.10.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3078c7629b62d3f0439517fa394996acacc5cbc91c5a20d8c658e77abd503a71"
+dependencies = [
+ "generic-array",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bumpalo"
 version = "3.16.0"
@@ -61,6 +70,45 @@ version = "0.8.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "06ea2b9bc92be3c2baa9334a323ebca2d6f074ff852cd1d7b11064035cd3868f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cpufeatures"
+version = "0.2.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "53fe5e26ff1b7aef8bca9c6080520cfb8d9333c7568e1829cef191a9723e5504"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "crypto-common"
+version = "0.1.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1bfb12502f3fc46cca1bb51ac28df9d618d813cdc3d2f25b9fe775a34af26bb3"
+dependencies = [
+ "generic-array",
+ "typenum",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "digest"
+version = "0.10.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9ed9a281f7bc9b7576e61468ba615a66a5c8cfdff42420a70aa82701a3b1e292"
+dependencies = [
+ "block-buffer",
+ "crypto-common",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "generic-array"
+version = "0.14.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "85649ca51fd72272d7821adaf274ad91c288277713d9c18820d8499a7ff69e9a"
+dependencies = [
+ "typenum",
+ "version_check",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "getrandom"
 version = "0.2.14"
@@ -137,6 +185,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ring",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
+ "sha2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -224,6 +273,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sha2"
+version = "0.10.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "793db75ad2bcafc3ffa7c68b215fee268f537982cd901d132f89c6343f3a3dc8"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "cpufeatures",
+ "digest",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "spin"
 version = "0.9.8"
@@ -241,6 +301,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "typenum"
+version = "1.17.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "42ff0bf0c66b8238c6f3b578df37d0b7848e55df8577b3f74f92a69acceeb825"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
 version = "1.0.12"
@@ -253,6 +319,12 @@ version = "0.9.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8ecb6da28b8a351d773b68d5825ac39017e680750f980f3a1a85cd8dd28a47c1"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "version_check"
+version = "0.9.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wasi"
 version = "0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d48d5c7e..445172fb 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ chrono = "0.4.37"
 hex-literal = "0.4.1"
 ring = "0.17.8"
 serde_json = "1.0.115"
+sha2 = "0.10.8"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 1910044e..9acfaa60 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #![allow(dead_code, unused)]
 mod block;
+mod transactions;
 use block::block_header::BlockHeader;
 use chrono::Utc;
 use mining_challenge::{read_mempool, read_tx_from_file};
diff --git a/src/transactions/tx.rs b/src/transactions/tx.rs
index 16a09a66..694584a9 100644
--- a/src/transactions/tx.rs
+++ b/src/transactions/tx.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 #![allow(dead_code, unused)]
-// use serde::{Serialize, Deserialize}
-// use serde_json;
 // use ring::digest;
 
+use core::hash;
+
+use sha2::{Digest, Sha256, Sha256VarCore};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
@@ -31,6 +32,21 @@ impl Tx{
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn get_tx_hash(&self) -> String{
+        let serialized_tx = format!("{:?}", self);
+        let mut hasher = Sha256::new();
+
+        hasher.update(serialized_tx.as_bytes());
+
+        let result = hasher.finalize();
+
+        let hash_string = result.iter().map(|byte| format!("{:02x}", byte)).collect::<String>();
+
+        println!("{}", serialized_tx);
+
+        return hash_string;
+    }
+
     pub fn get_tx_size_in_bits(&self) -> u64 {
         // initial value for tx_size because every transaction will have at least 64 bits
         let mut tx_size: u64 = 32 + 32;