How can I make the cursor turn to the wait cursor?

You can use Cursor.Current.

// Set cursor as hourglass
Cursor.Current = Cursors.WaitCursor;

// Execute your time-intensive hashing code here...

// Set cursor as default arrow
Cursor.Current = Cursors.Default;

However, if the hashing operation is really lengthy (MSDN defines this as more than 2-7 seconds), you should probably use a visual feedback indicator other than the cursor to notify the user of the progress. For a more in-depth set of guidelines, see this article.

Edit:
As @Am pointed out, you may need to call Application.DoEvents(); after Cursor.Current = Cursors.WaitCursor; to ensure that the hourglass is actually displayed.

Actually,

Cursor.Current = Cursors.WaitCursor;

temporarily sets the Wait cursor, but doesn’t ensure that the Wait cursor shows until the end of your operation. Other programs or controls within your program can easily reset the cursor back to the default arrow as in fact happens when you move mouse while operation is still running.

A much better way to show the Wait cursor is to set the UseWaitCursor property in a form to true:

form.UseWaitCursor = true;

This will display wait cursor for all controls on the form until you set this property to false. If you want wait cursor to be shown on Application level you should use:

Application.UseWaitCursor = true;

It is easier to use UseWaitCursor at the Form or Window level. A typical use case can look like below:

    private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {

        try
        {
            this.Enabled = false;//optional, better target a panel or specific controls
            this.UseWaitCursor = true;//from the Form/Window instance
            Application.DoEvents();//messages pumped to update controls
            //execute a lengthy blocking operation here, 
            //bla bla ....
        }
        finally
        {
            this.Enabled = true;//optional
            this.UseWaitCursor = false;
        }
    }

For a better UI experience you should use Asynchrony from a different thread.

Building on the previous, my preferred approach (since this is a frequently performed action) is to wrap the wait cursor code in an IDisposable helper class so it can be used with using() (one line of code), take optional parameters, run the code within, then clean up (restore cursor) afterwards.

public class CursorWait : IDisposable
{
    public CursorWait(bool appStarting = false, bool applicationCursor = false)
    {
        // Wait
        Cursor.Current = appStarting ? Cursors.AppStarting : Cursors.WaitCursor;
        if (applicationCursor) Application.UseWaitCursor = true;
    }

    public void Dispose()
    {
        // Reset
        Cursor.Current = Cursors.Default;
        Application.UseWaitCursor = false;
    }
}

Usage:

using (new CursorWait())
{
    // Perform some code that shows cursor
}