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@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ In the longer term, we will implement decentralised governance. This will happen
 
 Key governance roles include:
 - Authorising official updates to the peer network / protocol
-- Prevent forks in the global state: the entire point of a global state is to act as a single source of truth. As a public utility that records important economic information on a decentralised basis, the network must avoid forks  since these present a significant risk of confusion and loss to participants in the ecosystem. Forks are not desirable in a system designed to act as a single source of truth for asset ownership, contract state and account balances etc. 
+- Preventing forks in the global state: the entire point of a global state is to act as a single source of truth. As a public utility that records important economic information on a decentralised basis, the network must avoid forks  since these present a significant risk of confusion and loss to participants in the ecosystem. Forks are not desirable in a system designed to act as a single source of truth for asset ownership, contract state and account balances etc. 
 - Ensuring that issuance of Convex Coins is fair, secure and consistent with out principles of rewarding ecosystem contribution