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 The "Sapling value pool balance" for a given block chain, as implied by section 4.12 of Zcash Protocol Specification [#protocol]_,
 is the negation of the sum of all ``valueBalance`` fields for transactions in the block chain.
 
-The "Sapling value pool balance", as implied by section 4.12 of Zcash Protocol Specification [#protocol]_, is the negation of the sum of all previous transactions' ``valueBalance`` fields.
 
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