Merkle Tree: A Fundamental Component of Blockchains
Haojun Liu, Xinbo Luo, Hongrui Liu, Xubo Xia · 2021 International Conference on Electronic Information Engineering and Computer Science (EIECS) · 2021
With the increasing popularity of blockchain technology, Merkle trees (or hash trees) are playing significant roles in verifying and retrieving data for the implementation of blockchain for allowing efficient and secure verification of the contents of large data structures. This article gives systematical insights into Merkle trees with respect to their principles, properties, advantages, and applications.