šŸ”„ The technical nuts and bolts: Merkle trees
The beauty of a Merkle tree is that a single, short root hash can ā€œlock inā€ a huge number of transactions—and any change to even one transaction will be detected.
On platforms that provide proof of reserves, you can follow the official instructions and use a Merkle path to verify your own balance.
The header of every $BTC block records a Merkle root corresponding to all the transactions in that block. Current price: 81563.88.
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