From cf9cf6f141e114868b83c11e5c30b6af9067a216 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: mruddy Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 16:28:24 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] typo: changed rational to rationale --- _includes/devdoc/bitcoin-core/api-intro.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/_includes/devdoc/bitcoin-core/api-intro.md b/_includes/devdoc/bitcoin-core/api-intro.md index 3532bde5..4e30a8d7 100644 --- a/_includes/devdoc/bitcoin-core/api-intro.md +++ b/_includes/devdoc/bitcoin-core/api-intro.md @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ you need to reverse the byte order: (Note: hex representation uses two characters to display each byte of data, which is why the reversed string looks somewhat mangled.) -The rational for the reversal is unknown, but it likely stems from +The rationale for the reversal is unknown, but it likely stems from Bitcoin's use of hash digests (which are byte arrays in C++) as integers for the purpose of determining whether the hash is below the network target. Whatever the reason for reversing header hashes, the reversal