diff --git a/__pycache__/block.cpython-312.pyc b/__pycache__/block.cpython-312.pyc
index 45c8da1..3adbeb3 100644
Binary files a/__pycache__/block.cpython-312.pyc and b/__pycache__/block.cpython-312.pyc differ
diff --git a/block.py b/block.py
index c5197b1..87e9aa7 100644
--- a/block.py
+++ b/block.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ def __init__(self, version, prev_block, merkle_root,
     def serialize(self):
         result = int_to_little_endian(self.version, 4)
         result += self.prev_block[::-1]
-        result += self.merkle_root[::-1]
+        result += self.merkle_root
         result += int_to_little_endian(self.timestamp, 4)
         result += self.bits[::-1]
         result += self.nonce[::-1]
diff --git a/output.txt b/output.txt
index 565d9ff..84a338e 100644
--- a/output.txt
+++ b/output.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
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