When You’re Asked a Blockchain QA Question You Can’t Fully Answer — What’s the Right Way to Respond?

I usually pivot to something adjacent: “I haven’t validated Merkle trees directly, but I’ve verified state roots in bridge audits.” That signals transferable understanding. In smart-contract QA, domain overlap counts more than perfection.

Layer-2 systems often reuse base-layer logic, so showing that you grasp the principle—hash integrity and proof consistency, earns you credibility even if you forget exact implementation.