Solana and Superteam Quiz

In Solana, what is a lamport?

• The smallest unit of SOL (10^–9 SOL)

• One whole SOL token

• A unit equal to 10^–6 SOL

• A fixed time interval in the Solana clock

Which consensus mechanism does Solana use?

• Proof of Work

• Proof of Authority

• Tower BFT (a PoH-optimized PBFT)

• Delegated Proof of Stake

What is the purpose of Solana’s Proof of History (PoH)?

• A cryptographic clock that provides a verifiable sequence of timestamps for events

• A random number generator for on-chain games

• A digital signature algorithm

• A data sharding protocol

What is “Sealevel” in Solana’s architecture?

• A parallel smart contract runtime that executes transactions concurrently

• The consensus protocol for validator elections

• The native token’s transaction fee model

• A Solana governance module

In Solana’s network, what is “Gulf Stream”?

• A mempool-less transaction forwarding protocol

• The algorithm for selecting block leaders

• A cross-chain bridging protocol

• A decentralized oracle system

Approximately how many transactions per second (TPS) has Solana demonstrated on testnet with GPUs?

• 500 TPS

• 5,000 TPS

• 50,000 TPS

• 500,000 TPS

What is Solana’s typical block time?

• ~400 milliseconds

• ~2 seconds

• ~10 seconds

• ~1 minute

Which statement about Solana is true?

• Each transaction uses about the same energy as a few Google searches

• Solana uses Proof-of-Work hashing similar to Bitcoin

• Solana’s block times are on the order of minutes

• The network is validated by only a handful of nodes

Solana on-chain programs (smart contracts) are primarily written in which language?

• Rust

• Python

• Solidity

• JavaScript

What is Superteam DAO?

• A community-driven DAO for Solana focused on growth and onboarding talent

• A layer-2 scaling solution on Ethereum

• A decentralized exchange on Solana

• A Solana validator hardware vendor