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@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ Mining is designed to be a decentralized lottery. Each miner can create
their own lottery ticket by creating a _candidate block_ that includes their own lottery ticket by creating a _candidate block_ that includes
the new transactions they want to mine plus some additional data fields. the new transactions they want to mine plus some additional data fields.
The miner inputs their candidate into a specially designed algorithm that The miner inputs their candidate into a specially designed algorithm that
scrambles (or "hashes") the data, producing output that looks nothing scrambles((("hash functions"))) (or "hashes") the data, producing output that looks nothing
like the input data. This _hash_ function will always produce the same like the input data. This _hash_ function will always produce the same
output for the same input--but nobody can predict what the output will output for the same input--but nobody can predict what the output will
look like for a new input, even if it is only slighly different from a look like for a new input, even if it is only slighly different from a