NickH's Definitive Mining Quiz
NickH's Definitive Mining Quiz
Test your knowledge of cryptocurrency mining with this comprehensive quiz! Designed for enthusiasts and professionals alike, it covers a wide range of topics about mining technology, companies, and history.
- Multiple-choice questions
- Challenging content for all levels
- A fun way to learn more about the mining industry
What was the name of the PCIe-based ASIC developed by Butterfly Labs?
Jalapeno
Little Single
Monarch
Mini Rig
Which mining pool has extracted the most bitcoin since inception?
F2Pool
Ghash.io
Slush Pool
Antpool
What was/is the ETH Enlargement Pill?
Memory usage reduction hack
GPU Optimization
Hashrate-stealing malware
Protocol-specific increase in the DAG size
The Radeon 7950 would generate approximately what Scrypt hashrate?
25 MH/s
650 kh/s
200 kh/s
2.5 MH/s
Who acquired KnCMiner?
Avalon
Bitmain
No one (bankrupt)
Slush
What is the pseudonym for the developer of sgminer?
Ckolivas
Wolf0
Efudd
Kanoi
Where was Butterfly Labs HQ?
Palo Alto, California
Austin, Texas
Miami, Florida
Kansas City, Missouri
How many PH/s can 1 MW of power generate with latest-generation equipment?
35
27
22
17
What is the industry standard PUE?
1.18
1.05
1
1.12
What chips does StrongU use in their latest machine?
Samsung
TSMC
Intel
AMD
What public mining company went public through an IPO?
Hut8
Riot
Argo
DMG
Which US-based company has *not* tried to build a mining ASIC?
Xilinx
Cointerra
Hashfast
Butterfly Labs
Which Mining Company hasn't taken VC funding?
F2Pool
Hashrabbit
Bitfury
Coinmine
Which public mining company has the most hashrate?
Bit Digital
Hut8
Riot
Marathon Patent Group
Which manufacturer has the most efficient machine?
Bitmain
Whatsminer
Canaan
Innosillicon
Which payment method pays on the expected value of tx fees and block reward?
FPPS
PPS+
PPLNS
Score
What % of the network operates on a PPS basis?
95%
85%
75%
65%
What has been the average block time since inception?
< 600 seconds
600 seconds
>600 seconds
What was the largest difficulty increase in history?
18%
12%
28%
35%
What was the MSRP of KnCMiner's Jupiter machine?
$12,995
$1,995
$6,995
$24,995
"Wet Season" begins in what month?
May
July
September
March
What was Antbleed?
Remote shutdown backdoor
Faulty firmware patch which bricked Bitmain machines
A custom firmware designed by "chipless"
Hashrate stolen by hacked stratum proxies
Which Washington State mining facility went bankrupt?
Great Northern Data
Hyperblock
GigaWatt
BCause
Which Nordic country has the most mining power?
Sweden
Denmark
Norway
Finland
How much nonce space is in a Bitcoin header?
32 bytes
8 bytes
4 bytes
1 byte
Which country buys the most cloud mining contracts by volume?
China
Russia
Ukraine
USA
What is the most common source of power used in mining?
Hydro
Coal
Natural Gas
Nuclear
What coin can't be merge mined with Bitcoin?
ELA
VCash
BTM
NMC
Which network hasn't been 51% attacked?
Bitcoin Gold
Digibyte
Ethereum Classic
Verge
Network Target is equal to
Network Difficulty x 600
1 / Network Difficulty
Share Difficulty / Block Time
Block Time / Network Difficulty
In the hashing formula f(x) = y. X represents the
Block Header
Hash function
Block height
Nonce
The probability of mining a block for each hash is
1 / (Difficulty * 2^32)
Block Time / Difficulty
Share Difficulty / Block Height
(600* Block Height)/Nonce
Mining Luck follows what type of distribution?
Poisson
Erlang
Slush
Normal
Which pool doesn't have Bitmain as a shareholder?
BTC.com
Poolin
Via.BTC
Antpool
Which company has a stake in Whatsminer and Poolin?
Huobi
Bixin
Genesis Mining
JD Mining
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