What Is a Merkle Tree? A Merle tree is a data structure that stores the hash of the combined children in each parent. It is also known as a hash tree. Merkle root servers as a summary for all data. How is Merkle root calculated? It starts with the hash of leaf nodes. Then we … Read more
The process of converting an arbitrary size of data into a fixed-sized value is called hashing and it is a one-way process, i.e. the input can’t be retrieved from the output(hash). Read more about hashing from here. It is an integral part of blockchain technology. We have a lot of hashing algorithms that can be used … Read more
Cryptography is the method of securing data from unauthorised access. When we say Cryptography, we are looking for the following. Before going to blockchain in cryptography, let’s first understand cryptography. Confidentiality The information cannot be understood by anyone for whom it was unintended. Except for the sender and receiver, no one can read the message. Integrity … Read more