Questions about Bitcoin Are Featured in High School Examinations in the Netherlands

Dutch students willing to receive higher education answer mathematical questions about Bitcoin as part of the exam.

The examination paper from a mandatory test for Dutch students seeking higher education, that includes questions about Bitcoin, is spread across Reddit.

According to its rough translation, introduction to one of the questions describes Bitcoin as digital currency in detail. In total, five Bitcoin questions were incorporated in the matriculation examinations. They included, inter alia, the following tasks: “calculate from which year on the reward will be less than one bitcoin”, “calculate in what year the amount of bitcoin exceeded 18 million”.

It is estimated that nearly 200,000 students in the Netherlands have taken the OVW examination.