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diff --git a/proposals/0002-hypercore.md b/proposals/0002-hypercore.md index bafcedb..5469cbb 100644 --- a/proposals/0002-hypercore.md +++ b/proposals/0002-hypercore.md @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ The nodes in this tree would be calculated as follows: 10 = h(chunk5) ``` -In the Hypercore feed, we only want one active root. Therefore, when there are multiple roots we hash all the roots together again. At most there will be `log2(number of data blocks)`. +It is convenient to capture the state of the Hypercore feed as a whole with a fixed-size hash, regardless of how many root hashes there are. This is achieved by always re-hashing all the individual root hashes together into a single hash value. At most there will be `log2(number of data blocks)` such individual root hashes to re-hash. ``` root = h(9 + 3) |