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a summary of all the transactions in the block using a _merkle tree_.
A _merkle tree_, also known
as a _binary hash tree_, is a data structure used for efficiently
as a _binary hash tree_, is ((("binary hash trees")))a data structure used for efficiently
summarizing and verifying the integrity of large sets of data. Merkle
trees are binary trees containing cryptographic hashes. The term "tree"
is used in computer science to describe a branching data structure, but