K–6TechNest
Blockchain Introduction
Understand decentralized tech
Otis
SylviaBefore you start
- Age band
- K–6
- Time
- 30–60 minutes
- Quest type
- Hanging Out
- Guardian
- Cass · Box Elder
- Materials needed
- Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies (Arvind Narayanan)
- Composition Notebook for Block Sketching
- Raspberry Pi 4 Starter Kit
Why this skill rocks
Learn about super secure digital secrets! Blockchain helps keep important information safe and shared fairly, which is pretty neat.
2034Where this could take you
By 2034, you could be a tech whiz, helping manage secure systems for Olympic ticketing or even designing new digital currencies that change the world.
Optional grown-up materials
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Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies (Arvind Narayanan)
RequiredFree PDF textbook from Princeton covering blockchain fundamentals — rigorous but readable for motivated teens
Composition Notebook for Block Sketching
RequiredUse it to hand-draw blockchain diagrams, hash experiments, and your design doc — paper thinking before screen thinking
Raspberry Pi 4 Starter Kit
Run your own blockchain node locally — optional but turns this from a screen project into a real networked system