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Clarify the wording of the abstract. 

Signed-off-by: Daira Hopwood <daira@jacaranda.org>
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@ -1666,21 +1666,20 @@ electronic commerce and payment, financial privacy, proof of work, zero knowledg
\begin{abstract}
\normalsize \noindent \textbf{Abstract.}
\Zcash is an implementation of the \term{Decentralized Anonymous Payment}
scheme \Zerocash, with security fixes and adjustments
to terminology, functionality and performance. It bridges the existing
transparent payment scheme used by \Bitcoin with a
\emph{shielded} payment scheme secured by zero-knowledge succinct
non-interactive arguments of knowledge (\zkSNARKs). It attempts to
address the problem of mining centralization by use of the Equihash
scheme \Zerocash, with security fixes and improvements to performance and
functionality. It bridges the existing transparent payment scheme used by
\Bitcoin with a \emph{shielded} payment scheme secured by zero-knowledge
succinct non-interactive arguments of knowledge (\zkSNARKs). It attempted
to address the problem of mining centralization by use of the Equihash
memory-hard proof-of-work algorithm.
\vspace{1.5ex}
\sprout{\noindent This specification defines the \Zcash consensus protocol and explains
its differences from \Zerocash and \Bitcoin.}
\sapling{\noindent This \em{draft} specification defines the next
upgrade of the \Zcash consensus protocol, codenamed \NUZero, and the
subsequent upgrade, codenamed \Sapling. It is a work in progress
and should not be used as a reference for the current protocol.}
\sapling{\noindent This specification defines the \Zcash consensus protocol
at launch; after the upgrade codenamed \NUZero; and after the
subsequent upgrade codenamed \Sapling. It is a work in progress.
Protocol differences from \Zerocash and \Bitcoin are also explained.}
\vspace{2.5ex}
\noindent \textbf{Keywords:}~ \StrSubstitute[0]{\keywords}{,}{, }.
@ -9169,6 +9168,7 @@ Peter Newell's illustration of the Jubjub bird, from \cite{Carroll1902}.
\item Improve cross-referencing.
\item Change the notation for a multiplication constraint in \crossref{circuitdesign} to avoid
potential confusion with cartesian product.
\item Clarify the wording of the abstract.
\item Add the Jubjub bird image to the title page. This image has been edited from a scan of
Peter Newell's original illustration (as it appeared in \cite{Carroll1902}) to remove the
background and Bandersnatch, and to restore the bird's clipped right wing.