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Replace all "external accounts" with "externally-owned accounts"
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docs/introduction-to-smart-contracts.rst

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The line ``address public minter;`` declares a state variable of type :ref:`address<address>`.
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The ``address`` type is a 160-bit value that does not allow any arithmetic operations.
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It is suitable for storing addresses of contracts, or a hash of the public half
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of a keypair belonging to :ref:`external accounts<accounts>`.
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of a keypair belonging to :ref:`externally-owned accounts<accounts>`.
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The keyword ``public`` automatically generates a function that allows you to access the current value of the state
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variable from outside of the contract. Without this keyword, other contracts have no way to access the variable.
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public-private key pairs (i.e. humans) and **contract accounts** which are
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controlled by the code stored together with the account.
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The address of an external account is determined from
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The address of an externally-owned account is determined from
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the public key while the address of a contract is
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determined at the time the contract is created
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(it is derived from the creator address and the number

docs/security-considerations.rst

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Sending and Receiving Ether
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- Neither contracts nor "external accounts" are currently able to prevent someone from sending them Ether.
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- Neither contracts nor "externally-owned accounts" are currently able to prevent someone from sending them Ether.
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Contracts can react on and reject a regular transfer, but there are ways to move Ether without creating a message call.
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One way is to simply "mine to" the contract address and the second way is using ``selfdestruct(x)``.
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