import hashlib


def bin_hash160(string):
    """
    Get a hash of the provided message using the ripemd160 algorithm.

    Args:
        string (str): message to hash.

    Returns:
        str: hash as a double digit hex string.
    """
    intermed = hashlib.sha256(string).digest()
    return hashlib.new('ripemd160', intermed).hexdigest()