Nice domain name and nice idea. Just would be better if it does not mess up with fuzzy things like "to solve a complex hashing puzzle"… It is much more comprehensive than that. Just needs some attention and time. Someone can hopefully describe it in simple terms (in plain English or whatever their native language is).
Have a look at http://emn178.github.io/online-tools/sha256.html and write there letters "PTN" where P stands for the previous block hash, T is transactions and N is a nonce (correct me if anything is missing). Now a simple visual "miner" simulation can be done which looks cool and helps everyone understand how it works. Is there anything similar already?
This is an economics test. Some of us are in it for the tech.
Ah, good point. Maybe it would make sense to have different "tracks" of the exam. For example:
That's a good idea, scoring on different categories.
Sure? Would there be different categories of explaining the game of chess to different groups of people?
It gets somewhat technical, but does stay pretty high level.
Some of the questions have ambiguous answers - like what does PoW do?
+1
Nice domain name and nice idea. Just would be better if it does not mess up with fuzzy things like "to solve a complex hashing puzzle"… It is much more comprehensive than that. Just needs some attention and time. Someone can hopefully describe it in simple terms (in plain English or whatever their native language is).
Have a look at http://emn178.github.io/online-tools/sha256.html and write there letters "PTN" where P stands for the previous block hash, T is transactions and N is a nonce (correct me if anything is missing). Now a simple visual "miner" simulation can be done which looks cool and helps everyone understand how it works. Is there anything similar already?
Created by Steff Allen, mentioned near the end of What Bitcoin Did.