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 ### Alpha concurrency parameter (`α`)
 
 The concurrency of node and value lookups are limited by parameter `α`, with a
-default value of 3. This implies that each lookup process can perform no more
-than 3 inflight requests, at any given time.
+default value of 10. This implies that each lookup process can perform no more
+than 10 inflight requests, at any given time.
 
 ## Client and server mode