Have you got a link?
A merkle root tree is a data structure. It contains checksums but isn't proof or anything except the data transfer itself being transferred without corruption.
Just a offline meeting, some guests said so, so I am wondering if it is true.
I just hear that users actually don't want Merkle tree for their transaction as proof, is it because that has privacy issues or what? Quiet confused by this.
As said, a Merkle tree is just a data structure with some hashes as "verification seals".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkle_treeSo you can put any data in there and depending on what data you put there, it may be safe or not, or may pose privacy issues or not.
You should tell more exactly what you were trying to ask about since you've pretty much asked "if we put something in boxes is ok or not?".
I will continue. Bitcoin blockchain is also a Merkle tree. At a second read it has occurred to me that maybe that's what you're asking about. But that's one central point of Bitcoin being Bitcoin. And if the lack of privacy in Bitcoin is an issue, one can just use Monero if the mixers on Bitcoin chain are not "good enough" for them.
Oh~ that sounds fair.
Hi~ dears,
I just hear that users actually don't want Merkle tree for their transaction as proof, is it because that has privacy issues or what? Quiet confused by this.
Could you elaborate further? I don't expect average people know about merkle tree or have serious privacy concern.
Have you got a link?
My quick search lead me to this article,
https://bitslog.com/2018/06/09/leaf-node-weakness-in-bitcoin-merkle-tree-design/. Although this article is about security concern, not privacy.
Yes, only very few will know about it even in the future, like most people know how to use Apps but not really know the technology behind.
And, I cannot elaborate futher because it is come from a offline meeting, some guests said so, them though they don't want others know about their transactions from Merkle Tree, because assets or property are belong to them， I guess it is like people don't want to be so transperant.
Merkle Trees are just binary trees of transaction hashes. Each branch contains two other child branches, and the leaves contain a single transaction. The root merkle hash is what is included in a mined block. I am unaware of any techniques that can be applied on Merkle trees that could result in unauthorized transactions being mined.
So it is a proof of real transactions then.
