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Merkle update cells always have two references c1, c2 and behave like a Merkle proof for both. See merkel update cells page for details. The level of a merkle update cell, 0 <= l < 3, is determined as max{Lvl(c1) - 1, Lvl(c2) - 1, 0}. Each Merkle update cell serializes as follows:
  • one tag byte with value 0x04;
  • the 256-bits first higher hash of the referenced cell c1 or the representation hash of c if its level equals zero;
  • the same for the second reference c2;
  • 2 bytes that store the depth of the old deleted subtree that was replaced by the reference c1;
  • 2 bytes that store the depth of the new deleted subtree that was replaced by the reference c2.