t <i>N</i>) as illustrated in Figure 1.</p>
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            <img src="../imgs/merkle-tree.png" alt="Example Merkle tree over a list of 7 elements">
            <div class="image-caption">Figure 1: Example Merkle tree over a list of 7 elements</div>
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        <p>Because of these powerful properties, it's no surprise that the Merkle tree and its variants (such as <a href="https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/data-structures-and-encoding/patricia-merkle-trie/">