src.merkle

Functionality for creating a Merkle tree.

Functions

merkle_tree(values)

Constructs a Merkle tree from a list of values.

Classes

MerkleNode(v1, v2)

A hash tree node, pointing to a leaf value or another node.

src.merkle.merkle_tree(values)

Constructs a Merkle tree from a list of values.

All values need to support a method get_hash().

Return type:MerkleNode

class src.merkle.MerkleNode(v1, v2)

A hash tree node, pointing to a leaf value or another node.

Variables:

• v1 – The first child of this node.
• v2 – The second child of this node.

get_hash()

Compute the hash of this node.

Return type:bytes