q10B- Considering a chain of hashes is aggregated into a Merkle-Tree, explain why it is enough to keep the root hash in a block, and the other hash tree nodes can be discarded?

Answered: Considering a chain of hashes is…

Database System Concepts

7th Edition

ISBN:9780078022159

Author:Abraham Silberschatz Professor, Henry F. Korth, S. Sudarshan

Publisher:Abraham Silberschatz Professor, Henry F. Korth, S. Sudarshan

Chapter1: Introduction

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1PE

See similar textbooks

Related questions

Concept explainers

Question

q10B-

Considering a chain of hashes is aggregated into a Merkle-Tree, explain why it is enough to keep the root hash in a block, and the other hash tree nodes can be discarded?

Expert Solution

Step 1 Introduction

A hash tree which refers as a Merkle tree, is a tree in which that an each leaf node is labeled with the cryptographic hash of a data block, and each non-leaf node is labeled with the cryptographic hash of its child nodes' labels. The majority of hash tree implementations which are binary but they can also have many of the more child nodes.

Step by step

Solved in 3 steps with 1 images

SEE SOLUTION Check out a sample Q&A here

Knowledge Booster

Learn more about

Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, computer-science and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.

Similar questions