--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@
     BOOST_FOREACH(string strDest, mapMultiArgs["-seednode"])
         AddOneShot(strDest);
 
-    // ********************************************************* Step 7: load blockchain
+    // ********************************************************* Step 7: load block chain
 
     if (!bitdb.Open(GetDataDir()))
     {

--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -1291,7 +1291,7 @@
 
 bool CTransaction::HaveInputs(CCoinsViewCache &inputs) const
 {
-    if (!IsCoinBase()) { 
+    if (!IsCoinBase()) {
         // first check whether information about the prevout hash is available
         for (unsigned int i = 0; i < vin.size(); i++) {
             const COutPoint &prevout = vin[i].prevout;
@@ -1356,9 +1356,9 @@
         // Helps prevent CPU exhaustion attacks.
 
         // Skip ECDSA signature verification when connecting blocks
-        // before the last blockchain checkpoint. This is safe because block merkle hashes are
+        // before the last block chain checkpoint. This is safe because block merkle hashes are
         // still computed and checked, and any change will be caught at the next checkpoint.
-        if (csmode == CS_ALWAYS || 
+        if (csmode == CS_ALWAYS ||
             (csmode == CS_AFTER_CHECKPOINT && inputs.GetBestBlock()->nHeight >= Checkpoints::GetTotalBlocksEstimate())) {
             for (unsigned int i = 0; i < vin.size(); i++) {
                 const COutPoint &prevout = vin[i].prevout;
@@ -1620,7 +1620,7 @@
             return error("ConnectBlock() : WriteBlockIndex failed");
     }
 
-    // add this block to the view's blockchain
+    // add this block to the view's block chain
     if (!view.SetBestBlock(pindex))
         return false;
 
@@ -2258,7 +2258,7 @@
     printf("LoadBlockIndex(): last block file = %i\n", nLastBlockFile);
     if (pblocktree->ReadBlockFileInfo(nLastBlockFile, infoLastBlockFile))
         printf("LoadBlockIndex(): last block file: %s\n", infoLastBlockFile.ToString().c_str());
- 
+
     // Load hashBestChain pointer to end of best chain
     pindexBest = pcoinsTip->GetBestBlock();
     if (pindexBest == NULL)

--- a/src/main.h
+++ b/src/main.h
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@
     // unspent transaction outputs; spent outputs are .IsNull(); spent outputs at the end of the array are dropped
     std::vector<CTxOut> vout;
 
-    // at which height this transaction was included in the active blockchain
+    // at which height this transaction was included in the active block chain
     int nHeight;
 
     // version of the CTransaction; accesses to this value should probably check for nHeight as well,
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@
 
     // equality test
     friend bool operator==(const CCoins &a, const CCoins &b) {
-         return a.fCoinBase == b.fCoinBase && 
+         return a.fCoinBase == b.fCoinBase &&
                 a.nHeight == b.nHeight &&
                 a.nVersion == b.nVersion &&
                 a.vout == b.vout;

--- a/src/rpcrawtransaction.cpp
+++ b/src/rpcrawtransaction.cpp
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@
             "signrawtransaction <hex string> [{\"txid\":txid,\"vout\":n,\"scriptPubKey\":hex},...] [<privatekey1>,...] [sighashtype=\"ALL\"]\n"
             "Sign inputs for raw transaction (serialized, hex-encoded).\n"
             "Second optional argument (may be null) is an array of previous transaction outputs that\n"
-            "this transaction depends on but may not yet be in the blockchain.\n"
+            "this transaction depends on but may not yet be in the block chain.\n"
             "Third optional argument (may be null) is an array of base58-encoded private\n"
             "keys that, if given, will be the only keys used to sign the transaction.\n"
             "Fourth optional argument is a string that is one of six values; ALL, NONE, SINGLE or\n"

--- a/src/test/DoS_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/DoS_tests.cpp
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     BOOST_CHECK(CNode::IsBanned(addr1));  // ... but 1 still should be
     dummyNode2.Misbehaving(50);
     BOOST_CHECK(CNode::IsBanned(addr2));
-}    
+}
 
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(DoS_banscore)
 {
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
 {
     using namespace boost::assign; // for 'map_list_of()'
 
-    // Timestamps,nBits from the bitcoin blockchain.
+    // Timestamps,nBits from the bitcoin block chain.
     // These are the block-chain checkpoint blocks
     typedef std::map<int64, unsigned int> BlockData;
     BlockData chainData =
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@
 
     // ... but OK if enough time passed for difficulty to adjust downward:
     BOOST_CHECK(CheckNBits(firstcheck.second, lastcheck.first+60*60*24*365*4, lastcheck.second, lastcheck.first));
-    
 }
 
 CTransaction RandomOrphan()

--- a/src/test/script_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/script_tests.cpp
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
         {
             BOOST_ERROR("Parse error: " << s);
             return CScript();
-        }                        
+        }
     }
 
     return result;
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@
     // NOTE: CHECKMULTISIG has an unfortunate bug; it requires
     // one extra item on the stack, before the signatures.
     // Putting OP_0 on the stack is the workaround;
-    // fixing the bug would mean splitting the blockchain (old
+    // fixing the bug would mean splitting the block chain (old
     // clients would not accept new CHECKMULTISIG transactions,
     // and vice-versa)
     //