diff --git a/ch10.asciidoc b/ch10.asciidoc
index a64c20da..42d0312a 100644
--- a/ch10.asciidoc
+++ b/ch10.asciidoc
@@ -1452,8 +1452,7 @@ connecting the block to the existing blockchain.
 
 Nodes maintain three sets of blocks: those connected to the best
 blockchain, those that form branches off the best blockchain (stale
-blocks), and finally, blocks that do not have a known parent in the
-known chains (orphans). Invalid blocks are rejected as soon as any one
+blocks), and finally. Invalid blocks are rejected as soon as any one
 of the validation criteria fails and are therefore not included in any
 chain.
 
@@ -1489,15 +1488,6 @@ best chain, making the old best chain a secondary chain. If the node is
 a miner, it will now construct a block extending this new, longer,
 chain.
 
-If a valid block is received and no parent is found in the existing
-chains, that block is considered an "orphan." Orphan blocks are saved in
-the orphan block pool where they will stay until their parent is
-received. Once the parent is received and linked into the existing
-chains, the orphan can be pulled out of the orphan pool and linked to
-the parent, making it part of a chain. Orphan blocks usually occur when
-two blocks that were mined within a short time of each other are
-received in reverse order (child before parent).
-
 By selecting the greatest-cumulative-work valid chain, all nodes
 eventually achieve network-wide consensus. Temporary discrepancies
 between chains are resolved eventually as more work is added, extending
@@ -1664,7 +1654,7 @@ star-upside-down-triangle chain to a secondary chain, as shown in
 to revise their view of the blockchain to incorporate the new evidence
 of a longer chain. Any miners working on extending the chain
 star-upside-down-triangle will now stop that work because their
-candidate block is an "orphan," as its parent "upside-down-triangle" is
+candidate block is "stale," as its parent "upside-down-triangle" is
 no longer on the longest chain. The transactions within
 "upside-down-triangle" that are not within "triangle" are re-inserted in
 the mempool for inclusion in the next block to become a part of the best
@@ -2239,7 +2229,7 @@ chain will continue to accept and mine transactions containing Smores
 signatures, while miners on the "a" chain will continue to ignore these
 transactions. Even if block 8b does not contain any Smores-signed
 transactions, the miners on the "a" chain cannot process it. To them it
-appears to be an orphan block, as its parent "7b" is not recognized as a
+appears to be an invalid block, as its parent "7b" is not recognized as a
 valid block.
 
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