From 0cfa9f4ea18812491a9f02f392b8845e3ade8615 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "myarbrough@oreilly.com" Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 05:17:10 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Made changes to glossary.asciidoc --- glossary.asciidoc | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/glossary.asciidoc b/glossary.asciidoc index 6763687a..3bc1b0ec 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 find a Proof-Of-Work, thereby validating the transactions. Valid blocks are added to the main blockchain 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 block chain by network consensus.((("block"))) -blockchain:: - A list of validated blocks, each linking to its predecessor all the way to the genesis block.((("blockchain"))) +block chain:: + A list of validated blocks, each linking to its predecessor all the way to the genesis block.((("block chain"))) 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, etc. 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 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"))) difficulty:: A network-wide setting that controls how much computation is required to find a Proof-Of-Work.((("difficulty")))