@@ -383,9 +383,9 @@ 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 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:
386+ Block producers creating subsequent RBs (` RB' ` ) may only include valid
387+ certificates for the EB announced by a preceding block (` RB ` ) if sufficient time
388+ has elapsed. See also Figure 4. Concretely, the inclusion rules are:
389389
3903901 . ` RB' ` contains ** either**
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@@ -409,15 +409,15 @@ of slots.
409409The certificate inclusion delay ensures certified EBs have sufficient time to
410410diffuse throughout the network and do not impact [ protocol
411411security] ( #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 ) .
412+ transactions are allowed in the RB for the same reason.
413+
414+ If transactions next to the certificate would be allowed, a validating node
415+ would need to build the ledger state from all endorsed transactions before it
416+ can validate the transactions in the same block, resulting in much stricter
417+ timing constraints to ensure [ protocol security ] ( #protocol-security ) .
418+
419+ If the next RB is produced before this minimum delay has elapsed, the EB
420+ certificate cannot be included and the EB is discarded .
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422422### Protocol Parameters
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