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General Blockchain Knowledge

  1. What is blockchain technology, and how does it work?
  2. Explain the differences between a public, private, and consortium blockchain.
  3. What is the purpose of a consensus mechanism in blockchain?
  4. Describe the difference between Proof of Work (PoW) and Proof of Stake (PoS).
  5. What is a smart contract, and how does it function?
  6. How does a blockchain achieve immutability?
  7. What are the advantages of decentralization in blockchain?
  8. What is a gas fee, and why is it important in blockchain networks?
  9. Explain the concept of hashing in blockchain.
  10. What is the difference between a block and a transaction in a blockchain?

Ethereum and Smart Contracts

  1. What is the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)?
  2. Explain the difference between ERC-20 and ERC-721 tokens.
  3. How do you deploy a smart contract on Ethereum?
  4. What tools do you use for Ethereum development?
  5. How does Solidity handle inheritance in smart contracts?
  6. What is the purpose of the 'fallback' and 'receive' functions in Solidity?
  7. What are events in Solidity, and how are they used?
  8. How do you debug or test a smart contract?
  9. What is Remix IDE, and how is it used for blockchain development?
  10. How do Ethereum wallets store private keys securely?

Solana Blockchain

  1. What makes Solana different from Ethereum?
  2. What is the Solana runtime, and how does it work?
  3. Explain how Proof of History (PoH) operates in Solana.
  4. What is Solana Web3.js, and how do you use it?
  5. How do you create and manage Solana accounts programmatically?
  6. What is Anchor, and how does it simplify smart contract development on Solana?
  7. How do you request an airdrop in the Solana devnet?
  8. Explain the role of Solana validators in maintaining the network.
  9. How do you fetch transaction history for a Solana wallet?
  10. What is the purpose of Solana clusters like devnet, testnet, and mainnet?

Development Tools

  1. What are some commonly used blockchain development tools and frameworks?
  2. How do you set up a development environment for blockchain projects?
  3. What is Truffle, and how is it used in blockchain development?
  4. How do you manage dependencies in a blockchain project?
  5. What is Hardhat, and how is it different from Truffle?
  6. How do you integrate a frontend application with a blockchain backend?
  7. What is Web3.js, and how do you use it?
  8. What are the differences between Web3.js and ethers.js?
  9. How do you test blockchain applications locally?
  10. What is Ganache, and why is it used?

Security in Blockchain

  1. What are common security vulnerabilities in smart contracts?
  2. Explain reentrancy attacks and how to prevent them.
  3. What is the importance of auditing smart contracts?
  4. How do you ensure private keys are securely stored?
  5. What is front-running, and how can it be mitigated?
  6. What are the best practices for writing secure smart contracts?
  7. What is the role of cryptography in blockchain security?
  8. What is MEV (Miner Extractable Value), and why does it matter?
  9. How do you handle gas optimization in smart contracts?
  10. What are tools for analyzing and auditing smart contracts?

Advanced Topics

  1. What are Layer-1 and Layer-2 solutions? Provide examples.
  2. What is sharding, and how does it improve blockchain scalability?
  3. Explain the concept of zero-knowledge proofs.
  4. What are Rollups, and how do they work?
  5. What is the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS), and how is it used in blockchain?
  6. Explain the difference between fungible and non-fungible tokens.
  7. What is a DAO, and how does it function?
  8. How do cross-chain bridges work?
  9. What are the challenges of scaling blockchain networks?
  10. How do you integrate an oracle into a blockchain application?