Blockchain Scalability and its Foundations in Distributed Systems | Week 1
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Module 1 quiz
Q1. Which of the following milestones marked the beginning of the history of blockchain?
- Blind signature was proposed as a form of electronic carbon copy for payment systems.
- Bitcoin protocol was written.
- Cryptography was made available to the public via the Data Encryption standard.
- The cypherpunk mailing list was created.
Answer: Cryptography was made available to the public via the Data Encryption standard.
Q2. The cypherpunk mailing list was created:
- before the release of the Bitcoin paper.
- after the release of the Bitcoin paper.
Answer: before the release of the Bitcoin paper.
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Q3. In 1998, Wei Dai sent a message on the cypherpunk mailing list, describing a system called “b-money”. The system Dai described included a significant idea that is being used in blockchain systems today.
What was the significant idea first proposed in the “b-money” system?
- Application of a chain of hash to guarantee immutability
- Public keys to represent user accounts
- A protocol to transfer cryptocurrency in a peer-to-peer fashion without the need of any intermediary
Answer: Public keys to represent user accounts
Q4. Ethereum, the system first proposed by Vitalik Buterin, was commonly hailed as “Blockchain version 2.0”. Although this system was based on crypto-puzzles, it was said to extend the notion of cryptocurrency.
Ethereum extended the concept of cryptocurrency by allowing users to:
- upload transactions.
- upload smart contracts.
- transfer cryptocurrency in a peer-to-peer fashion.
Answer: upload smart contracts.
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Q5. What prevents a participant from withdrawing coins from someone else’s account in a blockchain?
- Participants have to pass a clearance check before they can start issuing transactions.
- A key, which is private to the owner of the account, must be used in order to sign the transaction.
Answer: A key, which is private to the owner of the account, must be used in order to sign the transaction.
Q6. A blockchain is an abstraction that can be viewed as a DAG.
What does DAG stand for?
- Directly Assisted Graph
- Directed Acyclic Graph
- Directed Asymmetric Graph
Answer: Directed Acyclic Graph
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Q7. True or False?
The pointer is a representation of a hash of the source block that the destination block contains.
- True
- False
Answer: False
Q8. Consider this sentence: “the pair is a pointer of P”.
What is the role of b1 in this relationship?
- Destination block
- Source block
Answer: Source block
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Q9. Participants or issuers in a blockchain have two keys: a private key and a public key.
Which of these keys can be used by a server to identify whether a transaction was correctly signed by an issuer who would like to propagate a transaction to the network?
- Private key
- Public key
Answer: Public key
Q10. Which of the following is correct regarding the genesis block?
- It defines the start of the blockchain.
- It is known only to the miners who create the new block to be appended to the blockchain.
- It points to other blocks in the blockchain.
Answer: It defines the start of the blockchain.
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Q11. What does it mean when a blockchain abstraction is implemented in a distributed way?
- For multiple processes, the view they have of the same blockchain is always the same.
- For multiple processes, the view they have of the same blockchain can be different.
Answer: For multiple processes, the view they have of the same blockchain can be different.
Q12. What can go wrong during the blockchain execution given its distributed nature?
- Two nodes may not have the same genesis block.
- Two nodes may disagree on a block at a given index higher than the genesis block.
Answer: Two nodes may disagree on a block at a given index higher than the genesis block.
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Q13. True or False?
There would be a disagreement if the blockchain was guaranteed to remain a chain, linking a single block after another, instead of a DAG.
- True
- False
Answer: False
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Q14. What would be the advantages and disadvantages of having a single copy of the blockchain that all processes would need to access?
- The access time would be reduced but there could still be disagreement.
- There would not be any disagreement but the transactions one could include in the blockchain would be conflicting.
- The blockchain would be easier to access but there could still be disagreement.
- There would not be any disagreement, but the system would not tolerate failures.
Answer: There would not be any disagreement, but the system would not tolerate failures.
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Q15. After some time, one could expect that Bob and Carole exchange their views so that they can detect disagreement. What could prevent them from detecting this disagreement?
- Not knowing which blocks to compare
- A network delay
- A conflicting transaction
Answer: A network delay
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