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ZKP Frontier Tracker 🎯
Wed
06.24
2026
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Paper
https://eprint.iacr.org/2026/1235
Ziheng (Tom) Shangguan Merkle Tree

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Q&A Deep Dive 💬
Wed
06.24
2026
beginner
What does HMT solve?
HMT targets skewed, changing access patterns. It gives hot items shorter proofs without making every update expensive.
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intermediate
Why use Huffman layout?
A Huffman-style layout puts frequent items closer to the root. Their Merkle paths become shorter, reducing access-weighted proof size.
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expert
How does it beat MPT?
Against Ethereum MPT, the best HMT policy reports about 2.4x fewer average hash operations and shorter access-weighted membership proofs.
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