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+# Merkle tree implementation
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+ Benchmark RESULTS the build_merkle function
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+```
+ build_merkle_10000      time:   [832.36 µs 832.70 µs 833.02 µs]
+ build_merkle_100000     time:   [8.3247 ms 8.3281 ms 8.3315 ms]
+ build_merkle_1000000    time:   [85.651 ms 85.723 ms 85.800 ms]
+```
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