Hash Digest
Digest algorithms, also known as cryptographic hash functions, transform an arbitrarily large block of data into a fixed-size output, magnitudes shorter than the input.
Digest algorithms, also known as cryptographic hash functions, transform an arbitrarily large block of data into a fixed-size output, magnitudes shorter than the input.
Bitcoin uses a rooted binary tree data structure, often called a Merkel tree. This data serializing is the most efficient way of storing, indexing, searching and retrieving data, requiring less energy per byte than any other system at scale.
Unlike traditional CDNs (Content Delivery Networks) Bitcoin nodes record a hash digest of information into a highly efficient binary tree. Miners are not required to hold the data, but just the Merkle branch and block header. This is a highly efficient data compression method.
Bitcoin’s built-in superpower that sets it apart from any other system is its unbounded ability to scale all of the world’s data into a single, highly efficient, Small World Network. If the internet was created today, Bitcoin’s network is the ultimate design for the most efficient new paradigm in global data distribution.
One of the key focuses of using the BSV blockchain is environmental sustainability. Due to its unparalleled ability to scale its transactions, coupled with keeping its energy usage in check, its is capable of becoming the world’s greenest technology.