Mining Techniques BDC Practice Questions (Page 10)

Questions 46–48

1. 46application · medium

   A user wants to ensure their transaction is included in the next block. The mempool is congested with many transactions. What should the user do to increase the likelihood of timely inclusion?

   • AWait for the next difficulty adjustment to reduce congestion.
   • BSend the transaction multiple times to increase its priority.
   • CSet a higher transaction fee than most other pending transactions.
   • DSet a lower transaction fee to save money.
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2. 47foundation · easy

   After a miner finds a valid nonce, what is the immediate next step in the mining process?

   • AStart mining the next block immediately
   • BCollect the block reward from the coinbase transaction
   • CIncrease the difficulty for the next block
   • DBroadcast the completed block to the network for validation
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3. 48application · medium

   A miner notices that the mempool is full of transactions with low fees. They want to maximize their revenue from transaction fees. What should they do when constructing a block?

   • APrioritize transactions with the lowest fees to encourage network usage.
   • BInclude all transactions in the mempool regardless of fees.
   • CWait for the next block to include more transactions.
   • DSelect transactions with the highest fee-per-byte first, up to the block size limit.
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