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Clarification on range element count and parent insertion

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@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ Merkle Mountain Ranges [1] are an alternative to Merkle trees [2]. While the
latter relies on perfectly balanced binary trees, the former can be seen latter relies on perfectly balanced binary trees, the former can be seen
either as list of perfectly balance binary trees or a single binary tree that either as list of perfectly balance binary trees or a single binary tree that
would have been truncated from the top right. A Merkle Mountain Range (MMR) is would have been truncated from the top right. A Merkle Mountain Range (MMR) is
strictly append-only, elements are added from the left to the right and strictly append-only: elements are added from the left to the right, adding a
the range fills up accordingly. parent as soon as 2 children exist, fillung up the range accordingly.
This illustrates a range of 19 elements, where each node is annotated with This illustrates a range with 11 inserted leaves and total size 19, where each
its order of insertion. node is annotated with its order of insertion.
``` ```
Height Height