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Fix typo and rephrase slightly
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## Keccak-256 vs SHA3-256
SHA3-256 is Keccak-256, except NIST changed padding.
For that reason original Keccak-256 gives in a different hash value than NIST SHA3-256.
SHA3-256 is Keccak-256, except that NIST changed the padding.
For this reason, the original Keccak-256 gives a different hash value than NIST SHA3-256.
Monero uses original Keccak-256.
The NIST standard was only published on August 2015, while Monero went live on 18 April 2014.