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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions docs/introduction-to-smart-contracts.rst
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Expand Up @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ This contract introduces some new concepts, let us go through them one by one.
The line ``address public minter;`` declares a state variable of type :ref:`address<address>`.
The ``address`` type is a 160-bit value that does not allow any arithmetic operations.
It is suitable for storing addresses of contracts, or a hash of the public half
of a keypair belonging to :ref:`external accounts<accounts>`.
of a keypair belonging to :ref:`externally-owned accounts<accounts>`.

The keyword ``public`` automatically generates a function that allows you to access the current value of the state
variable from outside of the contract. Without this keyword, other contracts have no way to access the variable.
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========

There are two kinds of accounts in Ethereum which share the same
address space: **External accounts** that are controlled by
address space: **Externally-owned accounts** that are controlled by
public-private key pairs (i.e. humans) and **contract accounts** which are
controlled by the code stored together with the account.

The address of an external account is determined from
The address of an externally-owned account is determined from
the public key while the address of a contract is
determined at the time the contract is created
(it is derived from the creator address and the number
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion docs/security-considerations.rst
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Expand Up @@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ Please be explicit about such cases in the documentation of your contracts.
Sending and Receiving Ether
===========================

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

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