New Quiz

week four ANSWERS

Q16. Some people may have first heard of Ripple via this hit spy themed show:

THE BLACKLIST

Q17. A 'reveal all' published by this news media outlet went behind the scenes of the Jed McCaleb and Ripple split in 2015 and revealed many titillating tidbits.

THE OBSERVER

Q18. Where is David Schwartz right now (semi-specific)?

TOKYO/ JAPAN

Q19. Ethan MacBrough recently released a research paper that introduced ______. This update is hoped to help solve this issue____ or DABC.

COBALT/ COBALT: BFT GOVERNANCE IN OPEN NETWORKS

DEMOCRATIC ATOMIC BROADCAST

Q20. The above logo is linked to Ripple via: (A. XRP INVESTMENT; B. SHARE SOME OF THE SAME BOARD MEMBERS; C. BOTH ARE IN SF; D. BOTH RELATED COMPANIES SOMETIMES PAY EMPLOYEES IN XRP OR; E. ALL THE ABOVE)

E

Week Three ANSWERS

Q11: The image below illustrates a common issue for computers components and secure systems/ protocols. This was first discussed in the paper __________________ . Ripple address this issue by using the ______________ process, a much more efficient system than Bitcoin.

The Byzantine Generals Problem by Leslie Lamport, Tobert Shostak and Marshall Pease in 1982

Consensus

Q12: Digital Currency Group, or DCG, was RADYQDXK WZAIZ ME NUFOAUZ ABBADFGZUFK RGZP MZP IME AZQ AR FTQ QMDXUQEF UZHQEFADE UZ DUBBXQ, WZAIZ FTQZ ME ABQZOAUZ, MZP IME ODGOUMX UZ TQXBUZS XMGZOT FTQ EFMDFGB.

formerly known as bitcoin opportunity fund was one of the earliest investors in ripple, known then as opencoin, and was crucial in helping launch the startup.

Caesar cipher, key: 14 gained from the dcg; d-c=1, c-g=4

Q13: [ripple mark]

Banana

Steganography of the image will reveal a link to a minion youtube clip about bananas

Q14: Try cracking this: KznrceVbiqk

rippletrade

'try cracking this’ is the one-time pad

Q15: The image above describes the steps for_____

address encoding

WEEK TWO ANSWERS

Q6. Before JoelKatz what name did David Schwartz first go by online?

STIMPSON J. KATZ

Q7. The Ripple forerunner Ripplepay was inspired in part by the writings of ______________, who was a physicist, chemical engineer, computer programmer, business school graduate (MBA), research psychologist, truck-driver, ski instructor, school teacher, builder, fisherman, logger and retailer.

MICHAEL LINTON

Q8. Ripples HQ was designed by the architect ___________ in 1921, who would go on to design and oversee the construction of the old _________ in 1924, bridging modern and future banking.

GEORGE W. KELHAM

SAN FRANCISCO FEDERAL RESERVE BANK/ FEDERAL RESERVE BANK BUILDING

Q9. ‎1.61803398, also called this __________, was used in part to make this design________, utilized by Ripple.

THE GOLDEN RATIO

THE RIPPLE MARK/ TRISKELION

Q10. _________________ founded ____________ and helped co-author an important ripple paper in 2014 called ______________

NOAH YOUNGS

CY DATA SCIENCE/ COHEN YOUNGS DATA SCIENCE

THE RIPPLE PROTOCOL CONSENSUS ALGORITHM

WEEK ONE ANSWERS

Q1.This member started what was at the time the single longest running and largest thread. After it was closed a tribute part II was started.

Regal Chicken

Q2. This long standing community member, although no longer active, once held a 500 XRP contest for best Ripple/ XRP themed photos or art work.

Dizer/ Guest Dizer

Q3. Tiffany is often an outspoken member that has voiced continuous support and concern for this US community.

Flint

Q4. This member once joked about writing a digital column called 'Bull talk’, based in part on his avatar.

Zenkert

Q5. This member is the only one to feature a special badge for being the first poster on the forum.

Rippledigital