What is Merkle Tree?
Ein Merkle-Baum ist ein spezifischer Typ eines Datenkonstrukts, in dem jeder Nicht-Blatt-Knoten des Baums Hash-Werte seiner eigenen Kindknoten enthält. Da ein Merkle-Baum effektive Hashing-Techniken demonstriert, ist es in vielen Branchen beliebt und wird verwendet, um bei der financing von Innovationen zu helfen.
Merkle trees are used in many types of advanced computing technologies, including enterprise software to support global supply chains, deep learning tools for the healthcare industry and the financial world.
The blockchain digital ledger system, which drives transparency for Bitcoin cryptocurrency transactions, also uses Merkle trees. The structure of the Merkle tree provides the ability to reduce the amount of data used in integrity checks while reducing the packet size for input / output and separating data validation from the underlying data.
Merkle trees are also used in a process called "consistency checking" that helps verify data results.