Hash Tree - Tiger Tree Hash

Tiger Tree Hash

The Tiger tree hash is a widely used form of hash tree. It uses a binary hash tree (two child nodes under each node), usually has a data block size of 1024-bytes and uses the cryptographically secure Tiger hash.

Tiger tree hashes are used in the Gnutella, Gnutella2, and Direct Connect P2P file sharing protocols and in file sharing applications such as Phex, BearShare, LimeWire, Shareaza, DC++ and Valknut.

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