diff --git a/docs/cryptography/keccak-256.md b/docs/cryptography/keccak-256.md index 1f2b992..2cb7037 100644 --- a/docs/cryptography/keccak-256.md +++ b/docs/cryptography/keccak-256.md @@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ Monero does **not** employ Keccak for Proof-of-Work. Instead, Keccak is used for ## 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.