@@ -383,35 +383,41 @@ aggregating the collected votes.
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384384#### Step 5: Chain Inclusion
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386- Block producers creating subsequent RBs (` RB' ` ) may include a certificate for
387- the EB announced by a preceding block (` RB ` ) if sufficient time has elapsed for
388- the complete certification process. As shown in Figure 4, this occurs only after
389- the complete timing sequence has elapsed. The inclusion rules for valid chain
390- inclusion are:
386+ Block producers creating subsequent RBs (` RB' ` ) may use a certificate for the EB
387+ announced by a preceding block (` RB ` ) if sufficient time has elapsed. See also
388+ Figure 4. Concretely, the inclusion rules are:
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392- 1 . ` RB' ` ** may** include a certificate for the EB announced in ` RB ` if and only
393- if ` RB' ` is at least $3 \times L_ \text{hdr} + L_ \text{vote} + L_ \text{diff}$
394- slots after ` RB ` .
390+ 1 . ` RB' ` contains ** either**
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396- 2 . Any included certificate must be valid as defined in
397- [ Certificate Validation] ( #certificate-validation ) .
392+ a. a certificate for the EB announced in ` RB ` , ** or**
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399- 3 . If ` RB' ` cannot include a certificate due to timing constraints (i.e., fewer
400- than $3 \times L_ \text{hdr} + L_ \text{vote} + L_ \text{diff}$ slots have
401- elapsed since ` RB ` ), then ` RB' ` operates as a standard Praos block containing
402- its own transactions, and the EB announced by ` RB ` is discarded.
394+ b. a list of transactions forming a valid extension of ` RB ` .
395+
396+ 2 . Any included certificate must be valid as defined in [ Certificate
397+ Validation] ( #certificate-validation ) .
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399+ 3 . A certificate may only be included if ` RB' ` is at least $3 \times
400+ L_ \text{hdr} + L_ \text{vote} + L_ \text{diff}$ slots after ` RB ` .
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4044024 . Regardless of whether ` RB' ` includes a certificate, it may optionally
405- announce its own EB for future certification by subsequent blocks .
403+ announce its own EB for future certification.
406404
407405where $L_ \text{hdr}$, $L_ \text{vote}$ and $L_ \text{diff}$ are
408406<a href =" #protocol-parameters " >protocol parameters</a > represented by a number
409407of slots.
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411- This ** certificate inclusion delay** ensures certified EBs have sufficient time
412- to diffuse throughout the network before their transactions are included in the
413- ledger. If the next RB is produced before this minimum delay has elapsed, the EB
414- certificate cannot be included and the EB is discarded.
409+ The certificate inclusion delay ensures certified EBs have sufficient time to
410+ diffuse throughout the network and do not impact [ protocol
411+ security] ( #protocol-security ) . When a certificate is included, no further
412+ transactions are allowed in the RB for the same reason[ ^ 3 ] . If the next RB is
413+ produced before this minimum delay has elapsed, the EB certificate cannot be
414+ included and the EB is discarded.
415+
416+ [ ^ 3 ] : If transactions "after" the certificate would be allowed, a validating
417+ node would need to build the ledger state from all endorsed transactions
418+ before it can validate the transactions in the same block. This would result
419+ in much stricter timing constraints to ensure [ protocol
420+ security] ( #protocol-security ) .
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416422### Protocol Parameters
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