Node.js - why bcrypt generate different outputs for same input

Without going into details of the implementation of the hashing algorithm, bcrypt returns a different value on the output each time, which depends on the random value of the 'salt' (saltRounds).
This makes it much more difficult to crack the encrypted password.

Check out the example below

const bcrypt = require('bcrypt');

const saltRounds = 10;
const password = '123456';

for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
    let hashedPassword;

    bcrypt.hash(password, saltRounds, (error, hash) => { // encoding password 
        if (error) console.log(error);
        console.log(hash);
        hashedPassword = hash;

        bcrypt.compare(password, hashedPassword, (error, result) => { 
            if (error) console.log(error);
            console.log(result);  // result is true when password and hashedPassword match
        });
    });
}

Output: 

$2b$10$PceRYeIxAc6SsVxaCWf0wuIslXEOk9jdAbvYhtg2TqeZOfUa4BHn6
true
$2b$10$3QZrVO.2HNB6t70d9yBVsu8AYfVe5Ky.7PYemFP785M6PvF.a6u4.
true
$2b$10$b.661cpGPdptbWlJD/wiXuIOtHRt/nbkGJS/1qr/r5eUxoovd9/8.
true
$2b$10$gOancHkngDJvrXkW8O980Oozp9EnV8met6K11D2jDktGktROqwcoC
true
$2b$10$cNoPEzoNdy5aIZ59xAJPTu0fq.C1.4zjVRrgWzD8oEMj82lkVqZGq

After output, we can see that the encrypted password is different each time, but the result of each comparison is true.

You can also check this article:
Node.js - hash passwords using bcrypt