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@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ her in the future, for free.
 But say Bob is a spammer and is sending a viagra ad; Alice can keep
 the stamps.
 Now Bob has to "pay" Alice to be spammed (and depending on how we
-decide to implement it, Alice might be paid to be spammed).
+decide to implement it, Alice might be able to keep this payment).
 There is always a cost to unwanted messages, but in our current
 systems the costs lie on the side of the receiver, not the sender.
 We can shift that dynamic for unestablished relationships.