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What does blockchain technology make unalterable and transparent?
What does blockchain technology make unalterable and transparent?
- Any digital asset (correct)
- Any physical asset
- Any network connection
- Any financial transaction
What is the analogy used to understand blockchain technology?
What is the analogy used to understand blockchain technology?
- Google Doc (correct)
- Microsoft Excel
- Online Database
- Facebook Page
What is the number of bits in a nonce?
What is the number of bits in a nonce?
- 128-bit
- 64-bit
- 32-bit (correct)
- 16-bit
What is the purpose of a nonce?
What is the purpose of a nonce?
What is the definition of Blockchain?
What is the definition of Blockchain?
How many blocks make up a chain?
How many blocks make up a chain?
Who released a white paper on 'What is Blockchain and How it works' in 1991?
Who released a white paper on 'What is Blockchain and How it works' in 1991?
What is distributed when we create a document and share it with a group of people?
What is distributed when we create a document and share it with a group of people?
What was developed by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2009?
What was developed by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2009?
What are the three critical ideas of blockchain technology illustrated by the Google Doc analogy?
What are the three critical ideas of blockchain technology illustrated by the Google Doc analogy?
What percentage of financial institutions had adopted blockchain technology by 2020?
What percentage of financial institutions had adopted blockchain technology by 2020?
What is the characteristic of the hash generated by the nonce?
What is the characteristic of the hash generated by the nonce?
What was the main motivation behind the creation of Blockchain?
What was the main motivation behind the creation of Blockchain?
What is a characteristic of Blockchain?
What is a characteristic of Blockchain?
What is the purpose of miners in blockchain technology?
What is the purpose of miners in blockchain technology?
Who created a platform for creating smart contracts in 2015?
Who created a platform for creating smart contracts in 2015?
What was collaboratively founded by IBM & Linux foundations in 2017?
What was collaboratively founded by IBM & Linux foundations in 2017?
What are the blocks in a Blockchain linked using?
What are the blocks in a Blockchain linked using?
What is Bitcoin primarily classified as?
What is Bitcoin primarily classified as?
What is the main aim of Bitcoin?
What is the main aim of Bitcoin?
What is Blockchain primarily used for?
What is Blockchain primarily used for?
What is the scope of Blockchain?
What is the scope of Blockchain?
What is the strategy of Bitcoin?
What is the strategy of Bitcoin?
What is a key difference between Bitcoin and Blockchain?
What is a key difference between Bitcoin and Blockchain?
What is a characteristic of Bitcoin?
What is a characteristic of Bitcoin?
What is a requirement for Blockchain?
What is a requirement for Blockchain?
What is an advantage of Blockchain over Bitcoin?
What is an advantage of Blockchain over Bitcoin?
What is the purpose of mining in a blockchain?
What is the purpose of mining in a blockchain?
What is the purpose of the Merkle root hash in a block?
What is the purpose of the Merkle root hash in a block?
What is the purpose of the 'nBits' in a block?
What is the purpose of the 'nBits' in a block?
What makes it difficult to manipulate blockchain technology?
What makes it difficult to manipulate blockchain technology?
What is the main characteristic of a blockchain system?
What is the main characteristic of a blockchain system?
What is the role of nodes in a blockchain network?
What is the role of nodes in a blockchain network?
What is an example of a consensus protocol?
What is an example of a consensus protocol?
What is the consequence of making a change to any block earlier in the chain?
What is the consequence of making a change to any block earlier in the chain?
What is the reward for miners when they successfully mine a block?
What is the reward for miners when they successfully mine a block?
What is the term for the process of linking blocks together?
What is the term for the process of linking blocks together?
What languages can be used to write programs for blockchain?
What languages can be used to write programs for blockchain?
What is the significance of the 'golden nonce' in blockchain technology?
What is the significance of the 'golden nonce' in blockchain technology?
What type of system does blockchain technology represent?
What type of system does blockchain technology represent?
What is the consequence of decentralization in a blockchain network?
What is the consequence of decentralization in a blockchain network?
How do blocks in a blockchain reference each other?
How do blocks in a blockchain reference each other?
What is the characteristic of the nonce in blockchain technology?
What is the characteristic of the nonce in blockchain technology?
What is the term for the header of a block?
What is the term for the header of a block?
What is the benefit of transparency in a blockchain ledger?
What is the benefit of transparency in a blockchain ledger?
Study Notes
Blockchain Definition and History
- Blockchain is a peer-to-peer distributed ledger forged by consensus, combined with a system for smart contracts.
- In 1991, Stuart Haber and W. Scott Stornetta released a white paper on blockchain.
- In 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto released a white paper and developed a distributed ledger, cryptocurrency, and electronic cash system called Bitcoin.
- In 2015, Vitalik Buterin created a platform for creating smart contracts in Ethereum.
- In 2017, IBM and Linux foundations collaborated to create a platform for creating smart contracts in Hyperledger.
- By 2020, nearly 77% of financial institutions had adopted blockchain technology as part of an in-production system or process.
Blockchain vs. Bitcoin
- Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency, while blockchain is a ledger.
- The main aim of Bitcoin is to simplify and increase the speed of transactions without government restrictions, while blockchain provides a low-cost, secure, and safe environment for peer-to-peer transactions.
- Bitcoin is limited to currency transactions, while blockchain can transfer anything from currencies to property rights to stocks.
- Blockchain is more open to changes and has the backing of many top companies.
Blockchain Structure and Concepts
- Blockchain consists of three important concepts: blocks, nodes, and miners.
- Each block has three basic elements: data, a nonce, and a hash.
- Miners create new blocks on the chain through a process called mining, which involves solving an incredibly complex math problem to find a nonce that generates an accepted hash.
- Nodes are electronic devices that maintain copies of the blockchain and keep the network functioning.
- Block metadata contains version, previous block header hash, Merkle root hash, time, and nBits.
Consensus Protocols
- There are several consensus protocols, including:
- POW: Proof of Work
- POS: Proof of Stake
- DPOS: Delegated Proof of Stake
- POA: Proof of Authority
- POC: Proof of Capacity
- PoET: Proof of Elapsed Time
- POD: Proof of Deposit
- POB: Proof of Burn
Blockchain Technology
- Blockchain technology makes the history of any digital asset unalterable and transparent through decentralization and cryptographic hashing.
- A simple analogy for understanding blockchain technology is a Google Doc, where a document is distributed instead of copied or transferred, creating a decentralized distribution chain.
- Blockchain is a secure, safe, trustworthy, and transparent system that is the future of all applications in the next 20 years.
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