From 4d82f98b3c6f9c45dd6ac429daeb814f269c7e8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hzrd149 <github@hzrd149.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 12:00:47 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] separate tree encoding from storage

---
 buds/10.md | 39 +++++++++++++++++++--------------------
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/buds/10.md b/buds/10.md
index 2257abe..e30be8b 100644
--- a/buds/10.md
+++ b/buds/10.md
@@ -16,13 +16,8 @@ Clients MUST create a merkle tree using the chunk hashes as the leaf nodes
 
 ### Merkle tree encoding
 
-Clients MAY choose to store the merkle tree on nostr relays using the `2001` kind event
+The merkle tree MUST be in the format of `[<root hash (Uint8)>, <left>, <right>]` and be encoded using [`CBOR`](https://cbor.io/)
 
-The merkle tree MUST be in the format of `[<root hash (Uint8)>, <left>, <right>]`
-
-The merkle tree MUST be stored in the events `content` as a base64 encoded [`CBOR`](https://cbor.io/) object
-
-Clients MUST add an `x` tag with the merkle root to the `2001` event
 
 Example:
 
@@ -48,30 +43,34 @@ graph TD
 ```
 [Unit8(ABCDEFG),
   [Unit8(ABCD),
-    [Unit(AB),
-      Unit(A),
-      Unit(B)
+    [Unit8(AB),
+      Unit8(A),
+      Unit8(B)
     ],
-    [Unit(CD),
-      Unit(C),
-      Unit(D)
+    [Unit8(CD),
+      Unit8(C),
+      Unit8(D)
     ]
   ],
-  [Unit(EFG),
-    [Unit(EF),
-      Unit(E),
-      Unit(F)
+  [Unit8(EFG),
+    [Unit8(EF),
+      Unit8(E),
+      Unit8(F)
     ],
-    [Unit(G),
-      Unit(G)
+    [Unit8(G),
+      Unit8(G)
     ]
   ]
 ];
 ```
 
-### Metadata
+### Merkle tree storage
 
-Clients MAY include additional metadata tags in the `2001` event to help other clients know the filename or mime type
+Clients MAY choose to store the merkle tree on nostr relays using the `2001` kind event
+
+The event MUST include an `x` tag with the merkle root to the `2001` event
+
+The event MAY include additional metadata tags to help other clients know the filename, mime type or servers to download from
 
 Metadata tags:
   - `name` Filename