# Assessment 1

#### Using the 8 leaf node values from Question 1 (duplicated below), calculate the interior node values for each layer and the Merkle root for the n=8 data set.
 (Keep the Input Encoding as HEX and Output Encoding as HEX for now)

Hash calculator: <https://hash-calculator.bsvb.tech>

| **String** | **Hash Output**                                                  |
| ---------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 1          | 728beae3756e9ea17b15ecbc095a5c0d7bba2c3182b83606baf199560ba868ba |
| 2          | 7975edd9e7393c229e744913fe0d0bb86fb4cf46906e2e51152137e20ad15590 |
| 3          | deec3768d35c91629a6009615c81325ce64326b64cc6cf4bc030ac81735f44a6 |
| 4          | 1bbf3a5e3dcd411436ac3f316f943d6c8bb73d0fe2e61eb0bfb05fafc7b27c68 |

Enter unique items to avoid misidentifications.

| Item           |                                                                  |
| -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 1:2 Hash value | 6ee0273f2794914d51d7721f199e8662285f0584da732f84a1989a58c97559b8 |
| 3:4 Hash value | d800a3bbbdc91ea8a51a50e7212e6e8acd2e9e70c78edf37bfabe58a44c07fc2 |
| 1:4 Hash value | f358b7f90b3d67238f99e4832c77616ae84cfe20f9a0e33c715dab68f7ab0e16 |

**Notes to Learners**

Remember to concatenate hashes to find the results


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