pymerkletree 1.0.5

# pymerkletools
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This project is adapted from the [pymerkletools](https://github.com/aliciawyy/pymerkletools) of Tierion.

It includes a `MerkleTree` class for creating Merkle trees, generating merkle proofs, and verification of merkle proofs.

## Installation

```
pip install pymerkletree
```

## Examples

The source code is simple by itself and examples can be found in the folder `demo`.

## Notes

### About tree generation

1. Internally, leaves are stored as `bytearray`. When the tree is built, it is
generated by hashing together the `bytearray` values.
2. Lonely leaf nodes are promoted to the next level up, as depicted below.

ROOT=Hash(H+E)
/ \
/ \
H=Hash(F+G) E
/ \ \
/ \ \
F=Hash(A+B) G=Hash(C+D) E
/ \ / \ \
/ \ / \ \
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