Cryptocurrency Historical and Technical Data

Cryptocurrency

A collection of high-difficulty, fact-based questions concerning the history, protocol specifications, and quantitative metrics of cryptocurrencies.

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15 Questions Hard Ages 18+ Oct 24, 2026

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1 On what exact date was the Bitcoin Genesis block mined by Satoshi Nakamoto?

A January 3, 2009
B January 9, 2009
C December 31, 2008
D January 12, 2009

2 What is the maximum supply of Bitcoin as defined in the original source code?

A 18,000,000
B 21,000,000
C 25,000,000
D 50,000,000

3 The Ethereum network officially launched with its 'Frontier' release on which date?

A July 30, 2015
B June 15, 2015
C August 1, 2015
D May 20, 2015

4 What was the specific amount of Bitcoin paid for two Papa John's pizzas in the first real-world transaction by Laszlo Hanyecz?

A 5,000 BTC
B 10,000 BTC
C 15,000 BTC
D 20,000 BTC

5 In the Litecoin whitepaper, what is the stated block generation time target?

A 1 minute
B 2.5 minutes
C 5 minutes
D 10 minutes

6 What is the total number of bits in a standard SHA-256 hash output used in Bitcoin mining?

A 128 bits
B 256 bits
C 512 bits
D 1024 bits

7 The DAO hack, which led to the Ethereum Classic hard fork, occurred in which month and year?

A June 2016
B January 2017
C October 2015
D March 2016

8 What is the total supply of XRP tokens that were originally created at the inception of the Ripple ledger?

A 10 billion
B 50 billion
C 100 billion
D 500 billion

9 The 'Bitcoin Pizza Day' transaction took place on which specific calendar date?

A May 18, 2010
B May 22, 2010
C June 2, 2010
D May 12, 2010

10 How many Satoshi are equivalent to one Bitcoin?

A 10,000
B 100,000
C 1,000,000
D 100,000,000

11 What is the block reward for Bitcoin as of the post-halving event in April 2024?

A 3.125 BTC
B 6.25 BTC
C 12.5 BTC
D 25 BTC

12 The Monero project (originally BitMonero) was launched by a community member known by what pseudonym?

A Nicolas van Saberhagen
B Thankful_For_Today
C Craig Wright
D Jed McCaleb

13 Which EIP (Ethereum Improvement Proposal) introduced the 'burn' mechanism for transaction fees in Ethereum?

A EIP-1559
B EIP-20
C EIP-721
D EIP-1271

14 Cardano's mainnet, known as the 'Byron' era, officially launched on which date?

A September 29, 2017
B January 1, 2018
C December 15, 2016
D October 5, 2017

15 What is the block time (target average) for the Dogecoin network?

A 10 seconds
B 60 seconds
C 10 minutes
D 30 seconds

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