We are using Solana's hash function: (https://docs.rs/solana-program/1.15.2/solana_program/hash/struct.Hash.html) to compress a large data sample (only strings) it takes thousands of bytes down to a single pubkey.
Is there a reason or benefit to using a merkle tree(s) as described in Solana's Concurrent Merkle Tree Whitepaper (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BOpa5OFmara50fTvL0VIVYjtg-qzHCVc/view) rather than just hashing the data to a single pubkey. Potentially a security reason?