From 19f2e6288c7014fd560f5b747fac84981e722390 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Victor \"multun\" Collod" Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2020 15:22:10 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] hash-functions: fix the definition of hash trees --- src/hash-functions.rst | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/hash-functions.rst b/src/hash-functions.rst index 0d393bb7..6087d457 100644 --- a/src/hash-functions.rst +++ b/src/hash-functions.rst @@ -451,8 +451,8 @@ Hash trees ~~~~~~~~~~ Hash trees are trees [#]_ where each node is identified by a hash -value, consisting of its contents and the hash value of its ancestor. -The root node, not having an ancestor, simply hashes its own contents. +value, consisting of its contents and the hash value of its children. +Leaf nodes, not having no children, simply hash their own contents. .. [#] Directed graphs, where each node except the root has exactly one