Across
- 2. have confidence or faith in; certainty based on past experience
- 5. currently happening
- 10. an interest followed with exaggerated zeal
- 11. rules determining the format and transmission of data
- 14. someone who holds shares of stock in a corporation
- 17. a digital currency in which transactions are verified and records maintained by a decentralized system using cryptography, rather than by a centralized authority
- 18. to combine two separate businesses into a single new legal entity
- 21. Unlike in a traditional database, information in a blockchain is organized as a chronological "chain" made up of "blocks" of data
- 22. a digital distributed, decentralized, public ledger that exists across a network
- 25. regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in
- 26. study of secure communications techniques that allow only the sender and intended recipient of a message to view its contents
- 28. the process of creating new bitcoins by solving extremely complicated math problems that verify transactions in the currency
- 29. software that provides better performance than an earlier version did
- 31. the state of being legally obliged and responsible
- 32. examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification
- 33. walking with your feet in shallow water
- 35. a large number or amount or extent
- 36. make exaggerated claims about (a product, idea, or event); publicize or promote excessively
- 38. reproduce or make an exact copy of
- 39. ensure observance of laws and rules
- 40. the quality of being scalable
Down
- 1. a series of severe measures to restrict undesirable or illegal people or behaviour
- 3. programs stored on a blockchain that run when predetermined conditions are met
- 4. formal and explicit approval
- 6. extension to or beyond the ordinary limit
- 7. call
- 8. of work a system that requires a not-insignificant but feasible amount of effort in order to deter frivolous or malicious uses of computing power; the original consensus algorithm in a blockchain network
- 9. grab an undignified or unprincipled acquisition of a large sum of money with little effort
- 12. of stake concept states that a person can mine or validate block transactions according to how many coins they hold
- 13. the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used
- 14. someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs
- 15. drawing from or characterized by participation of two or more fields of study
- 16. companies a type of established business (minimum of 10 years in operation) that is small (typically less than ten employees
- 19. a significant event in your life (or in a project)
- 20. fix a computer program piecemeal until it works
- 23. propose a payment
- 24. a representation by picture or portraiture
- 27. a useful or valuable quality
- 30. a brass instrument without valves; used for military calls and fanfares
- 34. increasing gradually by regular degrees or additions
- 37. widely circulated or diffused