Merkle trees vs. Verkle trees, Explained

2022.08.20 04:14

Merkle trees vs. Verkle trees, Explained

The whole set of sister nodes in a Merkle tree, including Merkle Patricia trees, constitutes evidence of a value. The proof must include all nodes in the tree with any parent node in common with the node you are attempting to prove. On the other hand, in a Verkle tree, you only need to supply the path plus a tiny bit extra as proof—you don’t even need to add sister nodes.

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