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Replace link to removed history trees doc to merkle tree Wikipedia page
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## Merkle Accumulator

- The [Merkle Accumulator](https://www.usenix.org/legacy/event/sec09/tech/full_papers/crosby.pdf) is an _append-only_ Merkle tree that the Aptos blockchain uses to store the ledger.
- The [Merkle Accumulator](https://www.usenix.org/legacy/event/sec09/tech/full_papers/crosby.pdf) is an _append-only_ [Merkle tree](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkle_tree) that the Aptos blockchain uses to store the ledger.
- Merkle accumulators can provide proofs that a transaction was included in the chain (“proof of inclusion”).
- They are also called ["history trees"](http://people.cs.vt.edu/danfeng/courses/cs6204/sp10-papers/crosby.pdf) in literature.
- They are also called "history trees" in literature.

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