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CH02: remove some more unnecessary specific values

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Will make updating the text in the future easier.
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David A. Harding 2023-02-04 15:21:11 -10:00
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@ -435,9 +435,9 @@ output. Alice will therefore "encumber" the output value with a demand
for a signature from Bob.
This transaction will also include a second output, because Alice's
funds are in the form of a 0.10 BTC output, too much money for the 0.015
BTC podcast. Alice will need 0.085 BTC in change. Alice's change
payment is created by Alice's wallet as an output in the very same
funds are contain more money than the cost of the
podcast. Alice's change
output is created in the very same
transaction as the payment to Bob. Essentially, Alice's wallet breaks
her funds into two payments: one to Bob and one back to herself. She can
then use (spend) the change output in a subsequent transaction.
@ -445,11 +445,7 @@ then use (spend) the change output in a subsequent transaction.
Finally, for the transaction to be processed by the network in a timely
fashion, Alice's wallet application will add a small fee. This is not
explicit in the transaction; it is implied by the difference between
inputs and outputs. If instead of taking 0.085 in change, Alice creates
only 0.0845 as the second output, there will be 0.0005 BTC (half a
millibitcoin) left over. The input's 0.10 BTC is not fully spent with
the two outputs, because they will add up to less than 0.10. The
resulting difference is the _transaction fee_ that is collected by the
inputs and outputs. This _transaction fee_ is collected by the
miner as a fee for validating and including the transaction in a block
to be recorded on the blockchain.
@ -670,8 +666,8 @@ thereby making it more and more trusted by the network.
((("genesis block")))((("blocks", "genesis block")))((("blockchain
(the)", "genesis block")))In the diagram in <<block-alice1>>, we can
see block #277316, which contains Alice's transaction. Below it are
277,316 blocks (including block #0), linked to each other in a chain of
see block the block which contains Alice's transaction. Below it are
hundreds of thousands of blocks, linked to each other in a chain of
blocks (blockchain) all the way back to block #0, known as the _genesis
block_. Over time, as the "height" in blocks increases, so does the
computation difficulty for each block and the chain as a whole. The
@ -685,7 +681,7 @@ the process of mining and the way it builds trust in more detail in
startref="MACover02")))
[[block-alice1]]
.Alice's transaction included in block #277316
.Alice's transaction included in a block
image::images/mbc2_0209.png["Alice's transaction included in a block"]
=== Spending the Transaction