But most of 10 years child in my place only know studying at School and playing with their friends.
And Blockchain is not famous in my place, only 1-2 person know in my Village.
Topic: If I want to explain to a 10 years boy.what is blockchain?How should I explain? (Read 364 times)
February 06, 2020, 07:04:16 AM
I think i can explain about blockchain by copy paste from Google Searching
But most of 10 years child in my place only know studying at School and playing with their friends.
And Blockchain is not famous in my place, only 1-2 person know in my Village.
But most of 10 years child in my place only know studying at School and playing with their friends.
And Blockchain is not famous in my place, only 1-2 person know in my Village.
February 03, 2020, 12:32:10 PM
I don't think a 10 year old kid will understand blockchain technology because an adult person can't even understand blockchain so how come a kid will understand it?
A 10-year old kid doesn't have enough knowledge about technology and it's advancement (unless he's so genius or gifted for his age). They mostly spend their time playing online games like playing Minecraft. But, they wouldn't be interested in any blockchain-related things.
But if you want to explain it to a kid, give him the lightest explanation. It doesn't have to be that specific or more on technicalities. You can simply say, it's a kind of technological advancement that will be part of our future. It can help a lot of people to makes things easier for them to do. You can example a robot. Robot helps people to do things easily. While blockchain is like a robot who can help in making things easier with the use of this technology.
They're too young to be thinking such complicated things. So it's better to wait for a kid to mature before explaining it further. Or you could just explain it to him from the simplest way and then make sure he will often encounter than word so he can keep it in his mind and wouldn't forget about it.
A 10-year old kid doesn't have enough knowledge about technology and it's advancement (unless he's so genius or gifted for his age). They mostly spend their time playing online games like playing Minecraft. But, they wouldn't be interested in any blockchain-related things.
But if you want to explain it to a kid, give him the lightest explanation. It doesn't have to be that specific or more on technicalities. You can simply say, it's a kind of technological advancement that will be part of our future. It can help a lot of people to makes things easier for them to do. You can example a robot. Robot helps people to do things easily. While blockchain is like a robot who can help in making things easier with the use of this technology.
They're too young to be thinking such complicated things. So it's better to wait for a kid to mature before explaining it further. Or you could just explain it to him from the simplest way and then make sure he will often encounter than word so he can keep it in his mind and wouldn't forget about it.
I remember the time when Minecraft had servers you could earn Bitcoin on by just playing and destroying blocks.
A child growing up WITH the blockchain technology would make it easy-peasy when they are 18+ to use it. I grew up as a child interested in about anything related to tech, and today it's easy to understand most things about it.. and that's the perfect example I can give. I grew up with English video games, movies and forums and today I am a fluent English speaker. It helps a lot.
There's no way you can explain cryptocurrencies to a child without getting him confused with every single sentence you speak. As I said earlier, practice is the best way to do it. Give a kid a Minecraft premium account, a server that integrates a cryptocurrency as the in-game economy and a wallet for the cryptocurrency. I guarantee in max 1 year he will know what cryptocurrencies are and how they work.
February 03, 2020, 12:12:27 PM
I don't think a 10 year old kid will understand blockchain technology because an adult person can't even understand blockchain so how come a kid will understand it?
A 10-year old kid doesn't have enough knowledge about technology and it's advancement (unless he's so genius or gifted for his age). They mostly spend their time playing online games like playing Minecraft. But, they wouldn't be interested in any blockchain-related things.
But if you want to explain it to a kid, give him the lightest explanation. It doesn't have to be that specific or more on technicalities. You can simply say, it's a kind of technological advancement that will be part of our future. It can help a lot of people to makes things easier for them to do. You can example a robot. Robot helps people to do things easily. While blockchain is like a robot who can help in making things easier with the use of this technology.
They're too young to be thinking such complicated things. So it's better to wait for a kid to mature before explaining it further. Or you could just explain it to him from the simplest way and then make sure he will often encounter than word so he can keep it in his mind and wouldn't forget about it.
A 10-year old kid doesn't have enough knowledge about technology and it's advancement (unless he's so genius or gifted for his age). They mostly spend their time playing online games like playing Minecraft. But, they wouldn't be interested in any blockchain-related things.
But if you want to explain it to a kid, give him the lightest explanation. It doesn't have to be that specific or more on technicalities. You can simply say, it's a kind of technological advancement that will be part of our future. It can help a lot of people to makes things easier for them to do. You can example a robot. Robot helps people to do things easily. While blockchain is like a robot who can help in making things easier with the use of this technology.
They're too young to be thinking such complicated things. So it's better to wait for a kid to mature before explaining it further. Or you could just explain it to him from the simplest way and then make sure he will often encounter than word so he can keep it in his mind and wouldn't forget about it.
February 03, 2020, 12:41:25 AM
teach him how to program, just like people in india some are so young even microsoft offer them a job, learning programming , will make him understand what blockchain is, at the same time, there are fun ways to teach via blockchain, these are ways to make them enjoy learning , this way they will ask for more, unlike what I see from othere they force them to learn it , and the result is not good unlike if they enjoy it
February 02, 2020, 10:10:39 AM
Except if the child has an interest in blockchain, but I don't know what the chances are for a child to have such interest when there's so much kid stuff for him or her to get busy and "dirty" with. Other than the child's inquisitive interest, I feel it's wrong to bore a child with something as complex as the blockchain technology.
There's a slight chance that if you introduce a child that early to what blockchain means, before they grow, he or she may with time lose interest in it due to how they perceived or understood it when they were younger, not knowing that our levels of understanding differs as we grow in age.
Exactly, even if they will have interest in blockchain they will still have a very difficult time understanding the concept of blockchain, they probably will not mind it after you have explained it to them because of the depth of blockchain but if you will still eager to explain it to the most simpliest way try to use things that the child is familiar so that he can understand it easily but still i think they will not understand it even if you simplified the explanation. There's a slight chance that if you introduce a child that early to what blockchain means, before they grow, he or she may with time lose interest in it due to how they perceived or understood it when they were younger, not knowing that our levels of understanding differs as we grow in age.
February 02, 2020, 03:03:13 AM
The main point OP wants to tell, I think, is being able to explain blockchain in the simplest of terms. He could have used a grandparent as another example here. For noobs to be able to understand blockchain and crypto, we may need to treat them as having the mind of a kid or a grandparent learning the tech for the first time. Being able to teach the basics to those who doesn't have the slightest idea is crucial in any product/service to be widely used.
February 01, 2020, 12:56:35 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPMDpb9ho4s Take a look at this blue cat and santa story about Christmas gift.
This can give basic knowledge about blockchain even for a kid.But I don't think it is necessary to know about working of technology to use the applications based on them for example crypto payments.You can simply pay with cryptos when you know the bitcoin address from your wallet for that basic mobile using skills are enough.
This can give basic knowledge about blockchain even for a kid.But I don't think it is necessary to know about working of technology to use the applications based on them for example crypto payments.You can simply pay with cryptos when you know the bitcoin address from your wallet for that basic mobile using skills are enough.
February 01, 2020, 12:23:27 PM
ABC Book for Bitcoin, Altcoin & Cryptocurrency could be an option.
Source : Amazon
The book focused on the introduction of bitcoin & cryptocurrency-related since kids don't have a huge/experiment about the whole topic & technology this book was really fit for kids. So we can learn them first a few words relating to bitcoin and cryptocurrency instance learn them a whole topic about bitcoin technology and other topics because i believe kids don't have the ability to learning on that age. Also, the book was cover by a cute character, so the kids could be comfortable learning, reading & spelling a cryptocurrency topic
More topic about ABC Book for Bitcoin you can find at here: https://web.facebook.com/watch/?ref=external&v=881488398860236
Source : Amazon
The book focused on the introduction of bitcoin & cryptocurrency-related since kids don't have a huge/experiment about the whole topic & technology this book was really fit for kids. So we can learn them first a few words relating to bitcoin and cryptocurrency instance learn them a whole topic about bitcoin technology and other topics because i believe kids don't have the ability to learning on that age. Also, the book was cover by a cute character, so the kids could be comfortable learning, reading & spelling a cryptocurrency topic
More topic about ABC Book for Bitcoin you can find at here: https://web.facebook.com/watch/?ref=external&v=881488398860236
February 01, 2020, 12:22:00 PM
It really depends on the child's understanding but If I were you I would compare blockchain to other things to make it easier to understand. Like in a classroom their teacher and classmate are blockchains they are connected to each other, why? Because they exchange data, distribute information, receive or send data by hearing and talking it is like communication. Their teacher records every quizzes and attendance just like blockchain, Every transaction you made is recorded and has transaction history. And all those things are being converted into computer technology at least a little idea will help this kid.
February 01, 2020, 11:54:58 AM
Except if the child has an interest in blockchain, but I don't know what the chances are for a child to have such interest when there's so much kid stuff for him or her to get busy and "dirty" with. Other than the child's inquisitive interest, I feel it's wrong to bore a child with something as complex as the blockchain technology.
There's a slight chance that if you introduce a child that early to what blockchain means, before they grow, he or she may with time lose interest in it due to how they perceived or understood it when they were younger, not knowing that our levels of understanding differs as we grow in age.
There's a slight chance that if you introduce a child that early to what blockchain means, before they grow, he or she may with time lose interest in it due to how they perceived or understood it when they were younger, not knowing that our levels of understanding differs as we grow in age.
February 01, 2020, 10:51:47 AM
Kind of with @Lucius here. At that age, I think there is a vast area to really dig into with him: privacy.
I’d spend recurrent time on making him conscious of all the self-aware privacy practices he should consider, the implications behind providing information on their social channels, photographs, comments, and so forth, and how that develops into a digital footprint that stays with you and can be exploited by third parties in multiple ways (and even bite you back in the ass further down the road).
After all, privacy is something that is going to impact them from there on in a much more tangible manner than blockchain at that age. Come to think of it, one’s digital footprint does actually resemble to some degree a blockchain: People "trust" what they read out there with (little) proof of work, and the digital footprint you leave is often non-mutable (just give it a go at trying to delete all your social media, comments of forums of all sorts, google search engine, caches, dashboards, basements, etc.).
I’d spend recurrent time on making him conscious of all the self-aware privacy practices he should consider, the implications behind providing information on their social channels, photographs, comments, and so forth, and how that develops into a digital footprint that stays with you and can be exploited by third parties in multiple ways (and even bite you back in the ass further down the road).
After all, privacy is something that is going to impact them from there on in a much more tangible manner than blockchain at that age. Come to think of it, one’s digital footprint does actually resemble to some degree a blockchain: People "trust" what they read out there with (little) proof of work, and the digital footprint you leave is often non-mutable (just give it a go at trying to delete all your social media, comments of forums of all sorts, google search engine, caches, dashboards, basements, etc.).
February 01, 2020, 09:44:30 AM
Let no one get me wrong, but a 10-year-old child should have other priorities in life than learning about blockchain. Childhood is a very important period of every human being, a time of carelessness, playing with friends, freedom from the burdens of life. Personally, I would not take that away from any child, I think everything has its time and place.
Therefore, my advice would be to protect your children from unnecessary information until the time is right. Knowing about blockchain will not help them enjoy their childhood, exactly the opposite.
Therefore, my advice would be to protect your children from unnecessary information until the time is right. Knowing about blockchain will not help them enjoy their childhood, exactly the opposite.
February 01, 2020, 05:56:46 AM
Most kids nowadays has access to digital gadgets like phones and laptops. I would rather save a short video explaining the basic idea behind blockchain on their device. I am pretty sure that they won't understand it in one sitting so I'll just have them watch it over and over again. Education by repetition is still effective.
February 01, 2020, 05:43:32 AM
Take it easy with my example.
You are Dad or Mom.
Your kid want to buy a candy.
You give your kid a few cents to buy it.
That kid has to go to a grocery to buy it.
The grocery can tell you (Dad or Mom) that kid buys bought how many candy.
If that grocery staff does not tel the truth to you, you don't know what the kid do with a few cent you give him/ her (buying candy or not, and how many candy was bought).
With blockchain, all of that information will be stored globally, and you (as Dad or Mom) can retrieve it easily, without the words from the grocery staff.
You are Dad or Mom.
Your kid want to buy a candy.
You give your kid a few cents to buy it.
That kid has to go to a grocery to buy it.
The grocery can tell you (Dad or Mom) that kid buys bought how many candy.
If that grocery staff does not tel the truth to you, you don't know what the kid do with a few cent you give him/ her (buying candy or not, and how many candy was bought).
With blockchain, all of that information will be stored globally, and you (as Dad or Mom) can retrieve it easily, without the words from the grocery staff.
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February 01, 2020, 12:22:57 AM
I'll use his toys to explain, assuming he/she has a building materials related toys like building tools, blocks etc I'll leverage on that but if the kid doesn't have I'll get him one immediately or us any available toy that can be used to build as a practice example because kids do learn faster when things are been thought in practical form then theory. And they hardly forget things they practiced.
I'll tell the kid, in the simplest form, a blockchain is a series of block in a chain form where information are been stored openly in can be easily verified. Then I'll used the toy bricks to build a chain of block and ask him if he can verify how many blocks were used in the demonstration and after we must have confirmed the numbers, I'll than build a wall over the chain of blocks I earlier built than pretend I added more block and ask him if he can guess how many blocks were added.
After the kid must have guessed wrong I'll then review to him/her, that I didn't add any blocks to the already existing chain of blocks but since the chain of blocks were been restricted from public view I could manipulate the situation to suit me and that's how a centralized system like the first currency works (probably call the name of the local currency where the kid reside like Dollars or Naira).
I'll tell the kid, in the simplest form, a blockchain is a series of block in a chain form where information are been stored openly in can be easily verified. Then I'll used the toy bricks to build a chain of block and ask him if he can verify how many blocks were used in the demonstration and after we must have confirmed the numbers, I'll than build a wall over the chain of blocks I earlier built than pretend I added more block and ask him if he can guess how many blocks were added.
After the kid must have guessed wrong I'll then review to him/her, that I didn't add any blocks to the already existing chain of blocks but since the chain of blocks were been restricted from public view I could manipulate the situation to suit me and that's how a centralized system like the first currency works (probably call the name of the local currency where the kid reside like Dollars or Naira).
January 31, 2020, 01:51:35 PM
A small ebook about it here : https://www.amazon.com/Place-Blockchain-Brett-Biery-ebook/dp/B07C9TSMCR (I'm not the author and it's not a ref link)
and i'm also writing a text, please wait
Edit : I wrote it in like 15mn so of course it's not enough but that's the spirit :
Once upon a time, in the realm of truth..,
The inhabitants created a book to know in real time how much candy each child had.
The wiser the children were and listened at school, the more candy they received.
The children could ask for and eat these candies at any time.
When a piece of candy was eaten, the book was updated accordingly by a bookkeeper: Mr. Banks.
One day Mr. Banks thought he wanted to eat candy, too.
So he took up his pen and changed some values in the book...
When some children went into the room where the book was, they discovered that the numbers were not the same...
Seeing that Mr. Banks had more candy than before, they went to warn the adults.
The adults reading the book saw no mistake... and didn't believe the children...
Saddened by the loss of their precious candy, they went to the sorcerer of the kingdom that no one had ever seen: Mr. Nakamoto...
After explaining the problem, Mr. Nakamoto summoned the King to set up a new version of the book.
This book, called "Blockchain" was a version identical to the previous one.
However, Mr. Nakamoto announced that the numbers would no longer be written with a pen but with an indelible marker.
The days passed and one morning, Mr. Banks had a sudden craving for candy.
He tried to erase the numbers to change them, but because of the indelible marker he couldn't do so.
So he thought he could tear out some of the pages and replace them with others.
But he hadn't seen that Mr. Nakamoto had bound the pages with a thick golden thread.
No matter how hard he tried, not a single page was torn out.
Faced with this problem, Mr. Banks gave up and it is said that since that day, children have been eating their sweets quietly while contemplating the magic book "Blockchain".
and i'm also writing a text, please wait
Edit : I wrote it in like 15mn so of course it's not enough but that's the spirit :
Once upon a time, in the realm of truth..,
The inhabitants created a book to know in real time how much candy each child had.
The wiser the children were and listened at school, the more candy they received.
The children could ask for and eat these candies at any time.
When a piece of candy was eaten, the book was updated accordingly by a bookkeeper: Mr. Banks.
One day Mr. Banks thought he wanted to eat candy, too.
So he took up his pen and changed some values in the book...
When some children went into the room where the book was, they discovered that the numbers were not the same...
Seeing that Mr. Banks had more candy than before, they went to warn the adults.
The adults reading the book saw no mistake... and didn't believe the children...
Saddened by the loss of their precious candy, they went to the sorcerer of the kingdom that no one had ever seen: Mr. Nakamoto...
After explaining the problem, Mr. Nakamoto summoned the King to set up a new version of the book.
This book, called "Blockchain" was a version identical to the previous one.
However, Mr. Nakamoto announced that the numbers would no longer be written with a pen but with an indelible marker.
The days passed and one morning, Mr. Banks had a sudden craving for candy.
He tried to erase the numbers to change them, but because of the indelible marker he couldn't do so.
So he thought he could tear out some of the pages and replace them with others.
But he hadn't seen that Mr. Nakamoto had bound the pages with a thick golden thread.
No matter how hard he tried, not a single page was torn out.
Faced with this problem, Mr. Banks gave up and it is said that since that day, children have been eating their sweets quietly while contemplating the magic book "Blockchain".
January 31, 2020, 12:30:37 PM
@Oasisman is right this has been discussed before and i have seen this topic all over the internet though this has some word play to it 
January 31, 2020, 10:27:48 AM
If I want to simply explain to a 10 years boy. what is blockchain? How should I explain? Please give your answer.
I think a jigsaw puzzle would do fine. Just make a single line of it, and notice how you cannot swap the correct pieces with wrong ones, as the line would fall apart and never connect again (chain is broken).
Also notice that to build a solid line you have to connect the correct piece one after the other, which is what a blockchain does.
January 31, 2020, 09:02:34 AM
First of, make a promise to him, kids like being rewarded if they do a great job, so I guess buying him a new toy, a PlayStation, or whatever he wanted will suffice for him to a good student. If you are not an expert when it comes to understanding about the whole blockchain thing, you should ready yourself for so many questions, because a kid will surely ask you anything that can't reach by his level of understanding, unless he is a prodigy.
You could also make a lesson plan, like what teachers are doing, the night before they go to school the next day, that is a nice guide for you to teach him the basics to major things about blockchain.
You could also make a lesson plan, like what teachers are doing, the night before they go to school the next day, that is a nice guide for you to teach him the basics to major things about blockchain.
January 31, 2020, 02:37:19 AM
You don't have to explain that to a 10 year old boy.10 year old still don't know how bank,fiat money and taxes work.Wait for 3-4 years and then try to explain how the blockchain works.
I have a very oversimplified explanation:The blockchain is just a bunch of servers connected to each other,and every time there's a transaction between person A and person B,all those computers have to confirm the transactions using complex math tasks.Yes,it's oversimplified and kinda wrong,but a 10 year old might get it.
I have a very oversimplified explanation:The blockchain is just a bunch of servers connected to each other,and every time there's a transaction between person A and person B,all those computers have to confirm the transactions using complex math tasks.Yes,it's oversimplified and kinda wrong,but a 10 year old might get it.
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