Bitcoin Basics What do you call the series of alphanumeric characters that is saved in a wallet file, is meant to be kept secret, and allows a user to access their cryptocurrency? Public Key Secret Code Private Key Password The Bitcoin whitepaper was published in 2009 by a person (or group of people) that used the name: Mark Twain Thadeus McBitcoin Satoshi Nakamoto Janet YellenThe total supply of Bitcoin is limited to how many bitcoins? 100 billion 1 trillion 21 million 100 million What is the name of the consensus algorithm that is used by the Bitcoin blockchain to confirm new transactions and add new blocks? Proof of Stake Proof of Work Proof of Authority Delegated Proof of Stake What is the name of the hashing algorithm that is used by the Bitcoin network to encrypt transaction data and to add (mine) new blocks? SHA-256 Charas SHA-2 HashishWhat is the name of the smallest unit of a bitcoin, which equals one hundred millionth of 1 whole bitcoin (0.00000001)? Penny Farthing Pound SatoshiHow many bitcoins are currently awarded as a "block reward" to miners that successfully add (mine) one new block to the Bitcoin blockchain? 50 15 6.25 1A device or program that stores the public and/or private keys of a Bitcoin transaction is called a: Key Holder Key Chain Wallet VaultWhat term is used to describe the total combined computational power that is being used to mine and process transactions on the Bitcoin network? Mining Points Hashrate Horse Power RamThe Bitcoin network has an on-chain transaction processing capacity that is limited by a block size limit of 1 megabyte, and an average block creation time of how many minutes? 1 minute 10 minutes 15 minutes 30 minutes 11 out of 10