Comment on Basic Data Structures and Algorithms in the Linux KernelparentComments−nly12yThose about to hurt themselves because this isn't yet another Bitcoin story might want to search that page for Merkle trees. They've been used in other P2P networks as far back as the heydays of 2002:http://zgp.org/pipermail/p2p-hackers/2002-June/000621.html−Sami_Lehtinen12yEven earlier, check out details of Freenet and GNUnet.
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Those about to hurt themselves because this isn't yet another Bitcoin story might want to search that page for Merkle trees. They've been used in other P2P networks as far back as the heydays of 2002:
http://zgp.org/pipermail/p2p-hackers/2002-June/000621.html
Even earlier, check out details of Freenet and GNUnet.