title: Where are laravel password salts stored?
body: <p>Laravel uses <code>bcrypt</code> to hash passwords. </p>
  
  <p>According to this article, at some point in the process, the <code>Hash::make</code> function creates and uses a 22-length random string as a salt to generate the password. </p>
  
  <p>For a single distinct password, <code>Hash::make</code> does return unique hashes, hinting that it does use some kind of salting somewhere in the process. </p>
  
  <p>But these salts are not stored in the users table, where I would expect them. How does laravel know the appropriate hash to use to verify the password? </p>
  
  <p><a href="https://mnshankar.wordpress.com/2014/03/29/laravel-hash-make-explained/" rel="noreferrer">Laravel Hash Explained</a></p>