From 08be140a967cdaeca442f4ab8a3b4ed0bdd46b46 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "myarbrough@oreilly.com" Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 05:09:21 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Made changes to glossary.asciidoc --- glossary.asciidoc | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/glossary.asciidoc b/glossary.asciidoc index eacf1970..316f2033 100644 --- a/glossary.asciidoc +++ b/glossary.asciidoc @@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ bitcoin:: The name of the currency unit (the coin), the network, and the software.((("bitcoin"))) block:: - A grouping of transactions, marked with a timestamp, and a fingerprint of the previous block. The block header is hashed to produce a proof of work, thereby validating the transactions. Valid blocks are added to the main block chain by network consensus.((("block"))) + A grouping of transactions, marked with a timestamp, and a fingerprint of the previous block. The block header is hashed to produce a proof of work, thereby validating the transactions. Valid blocks are added to the main blockchain by network consensus.((("block"))) -block chain:: - A list of validated blocks, each linking to its predecessor all the way to the genesis block.((("block chain"))) +blockchain:: + A list of validated blocks, each linking to its predecessor all the way to the genesis block.((("blockchain"))) confirmations:: - Once a transaction is included in a block, it has one confirmation. As soon as _another_ block is mined on the same block chain, the transaction has two confirmations, and so on. Six or more confirmations is considered sufficient proof that a transaction cannot be reversed.((("confirmations"))) + Once a transaction is included in a block, it has one confirmation. As soon as _another_ block is mined on the same blockchain, the transaction has two confirmations, and so on. Six or more confirmations is considered sufficient proof that a transaction cannot be reversed.((("confirmations"))) difficulty:: A network-wide setting that controls how much computation is required to produce a proof of work.((("difficulty"))) @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ hash:: A digital fingerprint of some binary input.((("hash"))) genesis block:: - The first block in the block chain, used to initialize the cryptocurrency.((("genesis block"))) + The first block in the blockchain, used to initialize the cryptocurrency.((("genesis block"))) miner:: A network node that finds valid proof of work for new blocks, by repeated hashing.((("miner")))