Official “Who Wants to Be a Satillionaire?” Rules

Who Wants to Be a Satillioniare? is a quiz competition where contestants have to correctly answer a series of multiple-choice questions in order to advance to the next level/question. There are 15 questions in total and each question is worth a specific amount of satoshis and a time limit of 21 seconds is placed on contestants to come up with an answer. Contestants also get three Lifelines to assist them if they get stuck on a particular question.

The Who Wants to Be a Satillioniare questions are structured according to five different Levels with each level increasing in difficulty. Each level contains three questions.

Questions that are grouped into the same level will all be of similar difficulty. For example: Questions 1-3 make up the first Level and will contain the easiest questions. The second Level (Questions 4 – 6) will be slightly more difficult, followed by the third Level (Questions 7 – 9). The fourth Level (Questions 10-12) will consist of really difficult questions, followed by the fifth, and last, level (Questions 13 – 15) that will pose the most difficult questions of the game.

It’s important to remember that the questions which make up each level will not necessarily relate to the same or even similar topics, but their overall level of difficulty will be the same. Also note that the question Levels should not be confused with the Safe Havens or the Question Value Structure that are both explained below.

There are three ‘safe havens’ in the question structure (questions five, ten and fifteen). Contestants accumulate satoshis with each correct answer, but should the they answer incorrectly before reaching a safe haven, they stand to lose a large amount of winnings. Below is a summary of the question value structure:

Question 1: 100 Sats
Question 2: 200 Sats
Question 3: 300 Sats
Question 4: 500 Sats
Question 5: 1,000 Sats (Safe Haven)

If contestants get this question wrong, they leave with nothing. If this question is answered correctly, contestants are guaranteed 1,000 satoshis even if the answer incorrectly before reaching the next safe haven at Question 10.

Question 6: 2,000 Sats
Question 7: 4,000 Sats
Question 8: 8,000 Sats
Question 9: 16,000 Sats
Question 10: 32,000 Sats (Safe Haven)

If contestants get this question wrong, they leave with 1,000 satoshis. If this question is answered correctly, contestants are guaranteed 32,000 satoshis even if the answer incorrectly before reaching Question 15.

Question 11: 64,000 Sats
Question 12: 125,000 Sats
Question 13: 250,000 Sats
Question 14: 500,000 Sats
Question 15: 1,000,000 Sats

Lifelines

Contestants are allowed three Lifelines that they can use at any point during the game. Each Lifeline can only be used once.

The Halving – removes two wrong answers from the multiple-choice selection, leaving the contestant with only one correct and one incorrect option. This means they have a 50/50 chance.

Consensus – the YouTube chat is asked the same question as the contestant and a quick poll is done to show their answers. If the chart shows a clear majority for a specific answer, this Lifeline can be extremely helpful, but it’s still up to the contestant whether or not to go with the results obtained from the chat.

Ask a Bitcoiner – Contestants are allowed to make a 30-second ask the Bitcoiner that is in the chat waiting room if they know the answer to the question.