Mining and Staking MCQs January 8, 2026September 29, 2025 by u930973931_answers 50 Score: 0 Attempted: 0/50 Subscribe 1. : What is cryptocurrency mining primarily used for? (A) Creating wallets (B) Validating and adding transactions to the blockchain (C) Sending tokens (D) Generating private keys 2. : Which consensus mechanism is associated with mining? (A) Proof of Stake (B) Proof of Work (C) Proof of Authority (D) Proof of Burn 3. : What do miners receive as a reward for mining blocks? (A) Transaction fees only (B) Block rewards and transaction fees (C) Only tokens purchased by users (D) Smart contracts 4. : Which hardware is commonly used for Bitcoin mining today? (A) GPUs (B) CPUs (C) ASICs (D) FPGAs 5. : What does staking involve? (A) Renting hardware for mining (B) Locking cryptocurrency to support the network (C) Exchanging tokens on markets (D) Creating NFTs 6. : Which network first popularized staking as a consensus mechanism? (A) Ethereum (B) Peercoin (C) Ripple (D) Litecoin 7. : In staking, validators are chosen based on: (A) Computing power (B) Network bandwidth (C) Amount of cryptocurrency staked (D) Size of block reward 8. : Mining difficulty adjusts to maintain what? (A) Energy levels (B) Block time (C) Transaction fees (D) Token supply 9. : Which of the following is a disadvantage of staking? (A) Requires high energy usage (B) Locked funds may lose value if price drops (C) Needs specialized mining hardware (D) High network latency 10. : Ethereum transitioned from mining to staking in which upgrade? (A) Hard Fork (B) Beacon Chain Merge (C) Lightning Network (D) Sharding Protocol 11. : What is the reward system in Proof of Stake called? (A) Gas fees (B) Block staking rewards (C) Mining subsidy (D) Validator incentives 12. : Which of these coins still relies on mining with Proof of Work? (A) Ethereum (B) Bitcoin (C) Cardano (D) Solana 13. : The process of verifying transactions in staking is done by: (A) Miners (B) Validators (C) Nodes (D) Exchanges 14. : Which of the following is a major drawback of mining? (A) Low security (B) High energy consumption (C) Centralized validation (D) Lack of transparency 15. : What is a mining pool? (A) A collective of validators (B) A group of miners combining resources (C) A staking wallet (D) A smart contract 16. : In staking, if a validator acts maliciously, what can happen? (A) Mining difficulty reduces (B) Funds staked can be slashed (C) Block time increases (D) Gas fees are doubled 17. : What is the main environmental advantage of staking over mining? (A) Lower energy consumption (B) Fewer validators (C) Higher security (D) Less token inflation 18. : Which blockchain uses delegated Proof of Stake (DPoS)? (A) Bitcoin (B) EOS (C) Litecoin (D) Monero 19. : What determines mining profitability? (A) Token price, electricity cost, and hardware efficiency (B) Only token price (C) Size of wallet balance (D) Speed of internet 20. : What happens when staking rewards are compounded? (A) They decrease validator selection chances (B) They increase the staked balance, raising chances of rewards (C) They reduce inflation (D) They lock funds permanently 21. : Which of these is NOT a staking-based cryptocurrency? (A) Solana (B) Cardano (C) Bitcoin (D) Polkadot 22. : What is “hash rate” in mining? (A) Speed of transactions per second (B) Speed of solving cryptographic puzzles (C) Number of stakers in the network (D) Energy per block mined 23. : In staking, users can participate without running a node by: (A) Delegating their stake to a validator (B) Renting ASICs (C) Mining pools (D) Trading tokens 24. : Which of the following is an advantage of mining? (A) Guaranteed profits (B) High transparency and security (C) No electricity usage (D) Instant finality 25. : What is the term used when staked funds are temporarily inaccessible? (A) Lock-up period (B) Freeze block (C) Validator time (D) Node sync 26. : Which cryptocurrency is famous for privacy-focused mining? (A) Litecoin (B) Monero (C) Ripple (D) Stellar 27. : In Proof of Stake, the probability of validating a block depends on: (A) Number of miners (B) Tokens staked (C) CPU usage (D) Hash rate 28. : What is a 51% attack in mining? (A) Hackers stealing private keys (B) One entity controlling most of mining power (C) Validators rejecting all transactions (D) Exchanges halting withdrawals 29. : Which of these is NOT required for staking? (A) Wallet (B) Cryptocurrency (C) Mining rig (D) Blockchain 30. : Which blockchain uses Proof of History combined with staking? (A) Cardano (B) Solana (C) Bitcoin (D) Dash 31. : In mining, the process of finding a valid hash is called: (A) Seeding (B) Hashing (C) Proofing (D) Nonce solving 32. : Staking is considered more: (A) Energy-efficient (B) Energy-intensive (C) Expensive (D) Centralized 33. : Which mining algorithm is used in Bitcoin? (A) SHA-256 (B) Scrypt (C) Ethash (D) Equihash 34. : In staking, rewards are usually distributed in: (A) Staked cryptocurrency itself (B) Fiat currency (C) Mining hardware (D) Stablecoins only 35. : Which blockchain uses Ouroboros PoS protocol? (A) Solana (B) Cardano (C) Polkadot (D) EOS 36. : Mining pools exist mainly to: (A) Reduce block rewards (B) Increase chances of mining success (C) Lower hardware costs (D) Avoid staking 37. : What is “slashing” in staking? (A) Reducing validator count (B) Penalty for malicious validator behavior (C) Reducing block rewards for miners (D) Cutting transaction speed 38. : Litecoin mining uses which algorithm? (A) SHA-256 (B) Scrypt (C) Ethash (D) Blake2b 39. : What is required to run a staking node? (A) ASICs (B) Internet connection and cryptocurrency wallet (C) High-end GPUs (D) Large mining farms 40. : Which of these best describes mining centralization risk? (A) Too many validators in PoS (B) Few large pools dominating PoW mining (C) Too many wallets staking (D) Low gas fees 41. : In staking, validators must remain: (A) Offline often (B) Online and active (C) Anonymous (D) Hardware-independent 42. : What is block reward halving in Bitcoin mining? (A) Reducing transaction fees (B) Cutting block rewards in half every 210,000 blocks (C) Decreasing hash rate (D) Lowering energy usage 43. : Which staking model allows users to stake without technical setup? (A) Self-staking (B) Custodial staking (C) Cold staking (D) Non-custodial staking 44. : Mining requires solving: (A) Simple algebra (B) Cryptographic hash puzzles (C) Smart contract codes (D) Currency exchanges 45. : Which blockchain uses Nominated Proof of Stake (NPoS)? (A) Bitcoin (B) Polkadot (C) Ripple (D) Monero 46. : What happens when too many validators go offline in staking? (A) Network security decreases (B) Mining difficulty rises (C) Rewards increase (D) Gas fees vanish 47. : Which country once accounted for the majority of Bitcoin mining? (A) USA (B) Russia (C) China (D) Canada 48. : Cold staking means: (A) Staking coins stored offline (B) Mining without electricity (C) Staking only stablecoins (D) Validators using cold wallets for transactions 49. : In mining, what is an “orphan block”? (A) Block without validator (B) Block not accepted by the main chain (C) Block without reward (D) Block mined in staking 50. : Staking helps prevent: (A) Inflation of fiat currencies (B) Double spending and network attacks (C) Mining profitability drops (D) High hardware demand