[doc] Improve lanaguge in reducetraffic.md

doc/reducetraffic.md

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-REDUCE TRAFFIC
+Reduce Traffic
 ==============
 
-Some node operators need to deal with bandwith cap given by their ISPs.
+Some node operators need to deal with bandwith caps imposed by their ISPs.
 
 By default, bitcoin-core allows up to 125 connections to different peers, 8 of
-them outbound (and therefore 117 max inbound connections).
+which are outbound. You can therefore, have at most 117 inbound connections.
 
 The default settings can result in relatively significant traffic consumption.
 
-
 Ways to reduce traffic:
 
-1. Use `-maxuploadtarget=<MiB per day>`
+## 1. Use `-maxuploadtarget=<MiB per day>`
 
-A major part of the traffic is caused by serving historic blocks to other nodes
+A major component of the traffic is caused by serving historic blocks to other nodes
-in initial blocks download state (syncing up a new node).
+during the initial blocks download phase (syncing up a new node).
 This option can be specified in MiB per day and is turned off by default.
-This is *not* a hard limit but a threshold to minimize the outbound
+This is *not* a hard limit; only a threshold to minimize the outbound
-traffic. When the limit is about to be reached, the uploaded data is cut by not
+traffic. When the limit is about to be reached, the uploaded data is cut by no
-serving historic blocks (blocks older than one week).
+longer serving historic blocks (blocks older than one week).
 Keep in mind that new nodes require other nodes that are willing to serve
 historic blocks. **The recommended minimum is 144 blocks per day (max. 144MB
 per day)**
 
-2. Disable "listening" (`-listen=0`)
+## 2. Disable "listening" (`-listen=0`)
 
-Disable listening will result in fewer nodes connected (remind the max of 8
+Disabling listening will result in fewer nodes connected (remember the maximum of 8
-outbound peers). Fewer nodes will result in less traffic usage because relaying
+outbound peers). Fewer nodes will result in less traffic usage as you are relaying
-blocks and transaction needs to be passed to fewer nodes.
+blocks and transactions to fewer nodes.
 
-3. Reduce maximal connections (`-maxconnections=<num>`)
+## 3. Reduce maximum connections (`-maxconnections=<num>`)
 
-Reducing the connected nodes to a miniumum can be desired in case traffic
+Reducing the maximum connected nodes to a miniumum could be desirable if traffic
-limits are tiny. Keep in mind that bitcoin trustless model works best if you are
+limits are tiny. Keep in mind that bitcoin's trustless model works best if you are
-connected to a handfull of nodes.
+connected to a handful of nodes.