Each block((("blockchain", "merkle trees", id="blockchain-merkle")))((("merkle trees", id="merkle-tree-explain"))) in the Bitcoin blockchain contains
a summary of all the transactions in the block using a _merkle tree_.
A _merkle tree_, also known
@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ and block, and between the block and blockchain, proves that the
transaction is recorded in the blockchain. All in all, the lightweight client will
have received less than a kilobyte of data for the block header and
merkle path, an amount of data that is more than a thousand times less
than a full block (about 2 megabytes currently).
than a full block (about 2 megabytes ((("blockchain", "merkle trees", startref="blockchain-merkle")))((("merkle trees", startref="merkle-tree-explain")))currently).