A Merkle Tree is a binary tree used in cryptography where each leaf node contains the hash of data blocks, and non-leaf nodes contain hashes of their children's hashes, enabling efficient and secure verification of data integrity. This structure is crucial for verifying transactions in blockchain technology and ensuring scalability in distributed systems by requiring only logarithmic computation to verify any data block.
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