diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2bfe9d46..c25984f4 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "cw-storage"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "base16ct",
  "cosmwasm-schema",
  "cosmwasm-std",
  "cosmwasm-storage",
@@ -240,6 +241,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cw2",
  "schemars",
  "serde",
+ "sha2 0.10.6",
  "thiserror",
 ]
 
diff --git a/contracts/cw-storage/Cargo.toml b/contracts/cw-storage/Cargo.toml
index eaf300cd..d302b013 100644
--- a/contracts/cw-storage/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/cw-storage/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ cw2.workspace = true
 schemars.workspace = true
 serde.workspace = true
 thiserror.workspace = true
+sha2 = "0.10.6"
+base16ct = "0.1.1"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 cw-multi-test.workspace = true
diff --git a/contracts/cw-storage/src/crypto.rs b/contracts/cw-storage/src/crypto.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7533fccb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contracts/cw-storage/src/crypto.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+use sha2::{Sha256, Digest};
+
+pub fn sha256_hash(data: &Vec<u8>) -> String {
+    base16ct::lower::encode_string(&Sha256::digest(data))
+}
diff --git a/contracts/cw-storage/src/lib.rs b/contracts/cw-storage/src/lib.rs
index dfedc9dc..9094ecf0 100644
--- a/contracts/cw-storage/src/lib.rs
+++ b/contracts/cw-storage/src/lib.rs
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@ pub mod contract;
 mod error;
 pub mod msg;
 pub mod state;
+pub mod crypto;
 
 pub use crate::error::ContractError;