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Updated secondary slot algo doc #6297

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Expand Up @@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ build in some capacity until finalization kicks in and amputates a fork. See
### No Validators in Slot

When no validators have rolled low enough in the randomness lottery to qualify for block production,
a slot can remain seemingly blockless. We avoid this by running a secondary, round-robin style
validator selection algorithm in the background. The validators selected to produce blocks through
this algorithm always produce blocks. Still, these _secondary_ blocks are ignored if the same slot
a slot can remain seemingly blockless. We run a secondary validator selection algorithm in the
background to prevent this. The validators selected through this predictable algorithm always produce
blocks. Still, these _secondary_ blocks are ignored if the same slot
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also produces a primary block from a [VRF-selected](./learn-cryptography.md#randomness) validator.
Thus, a slot can have either a _primary_ or a _secondary_ block, and no slots are ever skipped.

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