From 64735da716e2a987a78f98187d198a6cf6624ed7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jackson Sandland Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2018 16:21:45 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Issue #50 - proof read README --- README.md | 16 ++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 90bcfac8a..309e7c758 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ All claims, content, designs, algorithms, estimates, roadmaps, specifications, a Silk, a silky smooth implementation of the Loom specification === -Loom™ is a new achitecture for a high performance blockchain. Its whitepaper boasts a theoretical +Loom™ is a new architecture for a high performance blockchain. Its white paper boasts a theoretical throughput of 710k transactions per second on a 1 gbps network. The specification is implemented -in two git repositories. Reserach is performed in the loom repository. That work drives the +in two git repositories. Research is performed in the loom repository. That work drives the Loom specification forward. This repository, on the other hand, aims to implement the specification as-is. We care a great deal about quality, clarity and short learning curve. We avoid the use of `unsafe` Rust and write tests for *everything*. Optimizations are only added when @@ -48,14 +48,14 @@ Now you can start the server: $ cat demo-genesis.log | ./silk-testnode > demo-entries0.log ``` -Then, in a seperate shell, let's execute some transactions. Note we pass in +Then, in a separate shell, let's execute some transactions. Note we pass in the JSON configuration file here, not the genesis log. ```bash $ cat demo-genesis.json | ./silk-client-demo ``` -Now kill the server with Ctrl-C and take a look at the transaction log. You should +Now kill the server with Ctrl-C, and take a look at the transaction log. You should see something similar to: ```json @@ -64,21 +64,21 @@ see something similar to: {"num_hashes":27,"id":[0, "..."],"event":"Tick"} ``` -Now restart the server from where we left off. Pass it both the genesis log and +Now restart the server from where we left off. Pass it both the genesis log, and the transaction log. ```bash $ cat demo-genesis.log demo-entries0.log | ./silk-testnode > demo-entries1.log ``` -Lastly, run the client demo again and verify that all funds were spent in the -previous round and so no additional transactions are added. +Lastly, run the client demo again, and verify that all funds were spent in the +previous round, and so no additional transactions are added. ```bash $ cat demo-genesis.json | ./silk-client-demo ``` -Stop the server again and verify there are only Tick entries and no Transaction entries. +Stop the server again, and verify there are only Tick entries, and no Transaction entries. Developing ===