Remove `src/merkle` folder

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diff --git a/src/merkle/merkletree.rs b/src/merkle/merkletree.rs
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-//! Provides the MerkleTree structure and associated methods for creating and interacting
-//! with binary Merkle trees using custom hashers.
-
-use crate::{hasher::Hasher, merkle::node::Node};
-
-/// A binary Merkle tree implementation.
-///
-/// Merkle trees are hash-based data structures used for secure and efficient data verification.
-/// Each leaf node contains the hash of a data item, and each internal node contains the hash
-/// of the concatenation of its children's hashes.
-#[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct MerkleTree {
-    /// Leaf nodes at the base of the tree (may include a duplicate for even pairing).
-    leaves: Vec<Node>,
-    /// Height of the tree (number of levels including root).
-    height: usize,
-    /// Root node of the Merkle tree.
-    root: Node,
-}
-
-impl MerkleTree {
-    /// Creates a new `MerkleTree` from a collection of data items and a hash function.
-    ///
-    /// # Arguments
-    ///
-    /// * `hasher` - A reference to an implementation of the `Hasher` trait.
-    /// * `data` - A vector of values to be converted into leaf nodes.
-    ///
-    /// # Panics
-    ///
-    /// Panics if the `data` vector is empty.
-    ///
-    /// # Notes
-    ///
-    /// If the number of leaf nodes is odd, the last node is duplicated to ensure all internal
-    /// nodes have exactly two children.
-    pub fn new<I, T>(hasher: &dyn Hasher, data: I) -> Self
-    where
-        I: IntoIterator<Item = T>,
-        T: AsRef<[u8]>,
-    {
-        let owned_data: Vec<T> = data.into_iter().collect();
-        let data_slices: Vec<&[u8]> = owned_data.iter().map(|item| item.as_ref()).collect();
-
-        assert!(
-            !data_slices.is_empty(),
-            "Merkle Tree requires at least one element"
-        );
-
-        let mut leaves: Vec<Node> = data_slices
-            .iter()
-            .map(|x| Node::new_leaf(hasher, x))
-            .collect();
-
-        if leaves.len() % 2 != 0 {
-            leaves.push(leaves[leaves.len() - 1].clone());
-        }
-
-        Self::build(hasher, leaves)
-    }
-
-    /// Constructs the internal nodes of the tree from the leaves upward and computes the root.
-    fn build(hasher: &dyn Hasher, mut nodes: Vec<Node>) -> Self {
-        let leaves = nodes.clone();
-        let mut height = 0;
-
-        while nodes.len() > 1 {
-            if nodes.len() % 2 != 0 {
-                // duplicate last node to make the count even
-                nodes.push(nodes[nodes.len() - 1].clone());
-            }
-
-            let mut next_level = Vec::new();
-            for pair in nodes.chunks(2) {
-                let (left, right) = (pair[0].clone(), pair[1].clone());
-
-                next_level.push(Node::new_internal(hasher, left, right));
-            }
-            nodes = next_level;
-            height += 1;
-        }
-
-        let root = nodes.remove(0);
-
-        MerkleTree {
-            leaves,
-            height: height + 1,
-            root,
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// Returns the height (number of levels) of the tree.
-    pub fn height(&self) -> usize {
-        self.height
-    }
-
-    /// Returns true if the tree has no leaves (should never happen if `new()` was used).
-    pub fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
-        self.len() == 0
-    }
-
-    /// Returns the number of leaf nodes in the tree.
-    pub fn len(&self) -> usize {
-        self.leaves.len()
-    }
-
-    /// Returns the root node of the tree.
-    pub fn root(&self) -> Node {
-        self.root.clone()
-    }
-}