[usr1106]

As someone following German politics I had to read the headline twice :) Haven't seen it used without tree.

(Yes, the spelling is not the same, but we are talking associations, not exact science.)

[jonstewart]

Ralph Merkle, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Merkle

[Roark66]

Exactly... I went there looking for how one can sell out one's key/value store to Russian state mafia for profit! Isn't that what Merkelizing means? Oh, sorry, its merklizing. Never mind.

[FpUser]

LOL. I also thought of Merkel when looking at the title.