Merkle Tree
By CoinGecko | Updated on Mar 03, 2020
A Merkle tree is also known as a hash tree in cryptography. It is a tree where every lead node is labelled with cryptographic hash of a data block, and every non-leaf node is labelled with the hash of the labels of its child nodes. It is used to verify of data stored within it and transferable in and between computers.
Related Terms
Seed
A value used to initiate generation of pseudorandom number, ususally a string of 12 commen English words.
zkML (Zero-Knowledge Machine Learning)
Zero-Knowledge Machine Learning (zkML) integrates the principles of zero-knowledge proofs with ML.
IPO
Initial Public Offering (IPO) refers to the process where a public company offers newly issued shares to the public and as a result raise capital from public investors.
Nonce
Abbreviation for ‘number only used once’ It is of vital importance next to the hash in the verification of data from the Bitcoin blockchain network.
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