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David Chaum, an Uncommon card
David Lee Chaum is an American computer scientist, cryptographer, and inventor.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 61
- Power
- 133
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 33,000
Power 133 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
David Chaum quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the David Chaum card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He is known as a pioneer in cryptography and privacy-preserving technologies and widely recognized as the ______ of digital cash.
Answer
inventor. He is known as a pioneer in cryptography and privacy-preserving technologies and widely recognized as the inventor of digital cash. From the David Chaum article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
His ____ dissertation, "Computer Systems Established, Maintained, and Trusted by Mutually Suspicious Groups," is the first known proposal for a blockchain protocol.
Answer
1980s. His 1982 dissertation, "Computer Systems Established, Maintained, and Trusted by Mutually Suspicious Groups," is the first known proposal for a blockchain protocol. From the David Chaum article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Astrophotography. Astrophotography 75 · David Chaum 72 · Dan Kaminsky 69 · Rain gutter 65 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He is known as a pioneer in cryptography and privacy-preserving technologies and widely recognized as the inventor of digital cash.
- His 1982 dissertation, "Computer Systems Established, Maintained, and Trusted by Mutually Suspicious Groups," is the first known proposal for a blockchain protocol.
- Complete with the code to implement the protocol, Chaum's dissertation proposed all but one element of the blockchain later detailed in the Bitcoin whitepaper.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The David Chaum article was read about 33,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 72 and blocks with 61: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get David Chaum
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- Petr AvenUncommon · History · ATK 72 DEF 61
- AstrophotographyUncommon · Arts · ATK 75 DEF 58
- Mark BlundellUncommon · Society · ATK 76 DEF 57
- CampfireUncommon · Nature · ATK 70 DEF 63
- Marcel MaussUncommon · History · ATK 74 DEF 59
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, David Chaum (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Web Summit, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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