Root Causes 348: What Is a Merkle Tree?

15/12/2023 12 min
Root Causes 348: What Is a Merkle Tree?

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Episode Synopsis

One foundational element of modern cryptographic systems is the Merkle tree. Merkle tree is an enabler of blockchain and CT logs, among other things. We explain this data structure, its properties, and its use cases.