Minor copy improvements (#183)

Author: olgahryniuk

site/news/2025-02-03-weekly-progress-summary.md

@@ -7,31 +7,27 @@ tags: [progress, update, weekly]
 
 ## High-level summary
 
-This week saw significant progress in cryptography benchmarking and cost
-calculator improvements. The team completed a reference implementation for Leios
-cryptography and enhanced the online cost calculator with user-requested
-features. Both Haskell and Rust simulations received updates to improve
-visualization and network modeling capabilities.
+This week, the Leios team worked on cryptography benchmarking and cost calculator improvements. The team completed a reference implementation for Leios cryptography and enhanced the online cost calculator with user-requested features. They also updated both Haskell and Rust simulations to improve visualization and network modeling capabilities.
 
 ## Haskell simulation
 
-- Added support for Send and Receive Voting stages
-  - New configuration option `leios-vote-send-recv-stages`
-  - Configurable stage length via `leios-stage-active-voting-slots`
+- Added support for `Send` and `Receive` voting stages, providing:
+  - A new `leios-vote-send-recv-stages` configuration option
+  - A configurable stage length via `leios-stage-active-voting-slots`
 - Implemented multiple diffusion strategies:
   - Added oldest-first strategy
-  - Configurable strategies for IBs, EBs, and votes via `*-diffusion-strategy`
-    configs
-- Created new `small` scenario for 100 nodes with 2000kBs links
+  - Added configurable strategies for IBs, EBs, and votes via `*-diffusion-strategy`
+    configurations
+- Created a new `small` scenario for 100 nodes with 2,000 kB links
   - Tuned IB parameters to utilize one-third of link capacity
-  - Configurations for both single-stage and send-recv voting
+  - Added configurations for both `single-stage` and `send-recv` voting
 - Fixed several simulation behaviors:
   - Improved block generation logic
-  - Prevented duplicate EB inclusion in base chain
+  - Prevented duplicate EB inclusion in the base chain
   - Confirmed proper EB inclusion timing relative to vote diffusion
-- Main difference observed between single-stage and send-recv is the former
-  shows a longer tail in the CPU usage CDF when simulation is run with unlimited
-  cores
+- The main difference observed between `single-stage` and `send-recv` is that the former
+  shows a longer tail in the CPU usage CDF when the simulation is run with unlimited
+  cores.
 
 ## Cryptography implementation
 
@@ -42,33 +38,32 @@ implementation:
 - Enhanced sortition to use rational arithmetic instead of quad-precision floats
 - Added Quickcheck tests for all capabilities
 - Added benchmarks for serialization
-- Optimized vote and certificate size
+- Optimized vote and certificate size.
 
 ## Cost calculator improvements
 
-The
-[online Leios cost calculator](https://leios.cardano-scaling.org/cost-estimator/)
-received several enhancements:
+The team enhanced the
+[online Leios cost calculator](https://leios.cardano-scaling.org/cost-estimator/):
 
 - Added support for both hyperscale and discount cloud providers
 - Made discount providers the default option
 - Added option to amortize storage costs perpetually
 - Updated defaults:
   - Single relay deployment
   - More conservative 50% disk compression
-  - Perpetual storage cost amortization
+  - Perpetual storage cost amortization.
 
 ## Throughput simulator
 
-Updated the
+The team updated the
 [Cardano throughput simulator](https://www.insightmaker.com/insight/4DU4kmFVCFDaq30ux29PCe/Cardano-Throughput-v0-3)
 with:
 
-- Latest cloud-computing cost model
-- Synchronized assumptions with online cost calculator
+- The latest cloud-computing cost model
+- Synchronized assumptions with an online cost calculator.
 
 ## Rust simulation
 
-- Minor fixes to new graph generation strategy
-- Planned out a roadmap for visualization work focusing on Leios transaction
-  lifecycle
+- Made minor fixes to the new graph generation strategy
+- Planned out a roadmap for visualization work focusing on the Leios transaction
+  lifecycle.