Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 7: Net Era (1990s)
1992
Merkle Trees Added to Blockchain
Stuart Haber, W. Scott Stornetta and Dave Bayer introduced Merkle trees, for which Ralph Merkle filed a patent in 1979, granted in 1982, to blockchain technology. This development increased their efficiency and allowed more than one document to be stored in each block.
Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random, fact-checked September 2026.
Sources
- Bayer, Dave, Stuart Haber and W. Scott Stornetta. "Improving the Efficiency and Reliability of Digital Time-Stamping." In Sequences II: Methods in Communication, Security, and Computer Science, 329-334. New York: Springer, 1993.
People
Dave Bayer, Ralph Merkle, Stuart Haber, W. Scott Stornetta
Movements
Blockchain Art, cryptography
Filed under
- Ideas
- Blockchain Art
- Technologies
- blockchain, Merkle trees
- People
- Dave Bayer, Ralph Merkle, Stuart Haber, W. Scott Stornetta
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