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Fix incorrect block metadata documentation #378

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Fix incorrect block metadata documentation #378

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12 changes: 7 additions & 5 deletions docs/source/ledger/ledger.md
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* **Block Metadata**

This section contains the time when the block was written, as well as the
certificate, public key and signature of the block writer. Subsequently, the
block committer also adds a valid/invalid indicator for every transaction,
though this information is not included in the hash, as that is created when
the block is created.
This section contains the certificate and signature of the block creator which is used to verify
the block by network nodes.
Subsequently, the block committer adds a valid/invalid indicator for every transaction into
a bitmap that also resides in the block metadata, as well as a hash of the cumulative state updates
up until and including that block, in order to detect a state fork.
Unlike the block data and header fields, this section is not an input to the block hash computation.


## Transactions

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