DATA VERIFICATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS USING A HASH TREE, SUCH AS A TIME-CENTRIC MERKLE HASH TREE

Systems and methods described herein generally relate to storing and verifying data. In some embodiments, reference levels are generated according to time intervals, where the first reference level comprises a predetermined number of the time intervals, and where each of the time intervals of the remaining reference levels is comprised of a predetermined number of the time intervals of a previousreference level. Hashes of data can be created at the first reference level by performing a hashing function on the data in a time-sequenced manner. First reference level time interval hashes may be generated by performing the hashing function on the hashes of the data at each of the time intervals of the first reference level. Hashes for remaining reference level time intervals can be generated by performing the hashing function on the hashes of each of the time intervals of the previous reference level. 本文描述的系统和方法通常涉及存储和验证数据。在些实施例中，根据时间间隔生成参考级，其中所述第参考级包括预定数量的时间间隔，并且其中剩余参考级的时间间隔中的每个由先前的参考级的预定数量的时间间隔组成。通过以时间顺序的方式对数据执行