It was designed using merkle trees that implement proof inclusion, proof exclusion and state transitions. (blog.cyber.fund)
With this design, he explained, block headers could contain merkle roots wherein one side of the tree would contain transactions, and the other would contain signature data, creating a mirrored structure that would be more easily scaled. (coindesk.com)
«Unlike covert forms of merkle grinding, [overt AsicBoost] has no incentives to create smaller blocks, nor does it interfere with upgrades to the Bitcoin protocol,» Halong Mining writes. (bitcoinmagazine.com)