const bcrypt = require('bcrypt'); const saltRounds = 10; const myPlaintextPassword = 's0/\/\P4$$w0rD'; const someOtherPlaintextPassword = 'not_bacon'; function hashPassword() { const hash = bcrypt.hashSync(myPlaintextPassword, saltRounds); return hash } async function checkPassword(h) { let t = bcrypt.compareSync(myPlaintextPassword, h); // true let b = bcrypt.compareSync(someOtherPlaintextPassword, h); // false console.log(t, b) } let a = hashPassword() checkPassword(a)