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Dev Docs: Fix Confusing Sentence About UTXO/Input Values

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Reported by Nathan Wilcox (thanks!)

Closes #766
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@ -65,10 +65,13 @@ the outputs of all transactions included in the block chain can be categorized a
[Unspent Transaction Outputs (UTXOs)][utxo]{:#term-utxo}{:.term} or spent transaction outputs. For a
payment to be valid, it must only use UTXOs as inputs.
Satoshis cannot be left in a UTXO after a transaction or they will be
irretrievably lost, so any difference between the number of satoshis in a
transaction's inputs and outputs is given as a [transaction fee][]{:#term-transaction-fee}{:.term} to
the Bitcoin [miner][]{:#term-miner}{:.term} who creates the block containing that transaction.
Ignoring coinbase transactions (described later), if the value of a
transaction's outputs exceed its inputs, the transaction will be
rejected---but if the inputs exceed the value of the outputs, any
difference in value may be claimed as a [transaction
fee][]{:#term-transaction-fee}{:.term} by the Bitcoin
[miner][]{:#term-miner}{:.term} who creates the block containing that
transaction.
For example, in the illustration above, each transaction spends 10,000 satoshis
fewer than it receives from its combined inputs, effectively paying a 10,000
satoshi transaction fee.