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 ## Survivability
 
-The network is assumed to bef fully asynchronous meaning that there is no upper limit for the packet delivery time. In case of a temporarily network split, the protocol can wait indefinitely long until the split is resolved and then resume normal block production.
+The network is assumed to be fully asynchronous meaning that there is no upper limit for the packet delivery time. In case of a temporarily network split, the protocol can wait indefinitely long until the split is resolved and then resume normal block production.
 
 ##  Historic origins