# Protocol Webinar Series: State & Trees

**URL:** <https://forum.aztec.network/t/protocol-webinar-series-state-trees/5674>\
**Category:** Aztec\
**Tags:** protocol-webinar\
**Created:** [May 23, 2024, 1:54pm UTC](https://forum.aztec.network/t/protocol-webinar-series-state-trees/5674 "2024-05-23T13:54:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![joshc](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.aztec.network/joshc/32/20_2.png) [@joshc](https://forum.aztec.network/u/joshc)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 1:54pm UTC](https://forum.aztec.network/t/protocol-webinar-series-state-trees/5674/1 "2024-05-23T13:54:49Z")

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Here is the next video in the protocol webinar series. This one covers State & Trees, where I talk about how the protocol maintains state, primarily the types of merkle trees that are used, how they are updated and some considerations when designing state management in a privacy preserving way.

[![](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/aztec/original/2X/b/bf36da064330c8705aa00195b44477e12e35436f.jpeg "Aztec Protocol Webinar Series: State & Trees") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ly4pKZ3UDI)

This video covers the content in the [State section](https://docs.aztec.network/protocol-specs/state) of the protocol specification in the docs.

You can find the previous video on Transaction Execution [here](https://forum.aztec.network/t/protocol-webinar-series-transaction-execution/5673).

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**Author:** ![Eugen9867](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.aztec.network/eugen9867/32/1476_2.png) [@Eugen9867](https://forum.aztec.network/u/Eugen9867)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 7:44pm UTC](https://forum.aztec.network/t/protocol-webinar-series-state-trees/5674/2 "2024-05-23T19:44:51Z")

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Thanks for sharing! It was interesting to watch.

Looking forward to the next webinar.