Crypto’s been around long enough that most have certainly (certainly) heard about it. But beyond news of crashing coins, eye-bulging bull runs, and every Metaverse headline, what the heck is crypto all about?
For starters: it’s so much more than market swings. On an unsuspecting day in 2009, a pseudonymed Satoshi Nakamoto revealed something that would literally change the world forever: a decentralized, unchangeable, secure system for a digital currency.
Yes, it was called Bitcoin—but what it ushered in was so much more than that. From DAOs to smart contracts, hot wallets, and whatever-the-hell a ‘nonce’ is, here’s the very 1st of crypto education games to give you an eagle’s-eye view of all things blockchain and cryptocurrency.
“Crypto Vocab” by Dizzy Heights
Crypto Vocab is a perfect example of mobile gaming used for education. No, it’s not a play-to-earn blockchain based game with a virtual reality demo and whatever else—it’s a simple, yet fun (and surprisingly insightful!) game that tests how well you know your crypto vocab.
So let’s begin.
Let’s say you get the definition: “the rules that govern the network”. You’ll have a multiple choice of 3 words to pick from (‘consensus’, ‘custodian’, or protocol’), and if you get the right one: congrats, you just got 5 points.
The maximum score you can get is 525, and if you get an answer wrong, you lose 5 points. The idea and format is simple, but don’t let that fool you.
Playing the game, you won’t just be coming face to face with popular words in crypto (‘nodes’, ‘mainnet’, ‘ICO’, etc), but you’ll be doing an eagle-glide over words that give an insight into the whole foundation of blockchain technology.
The actual selection of crypto vocab in this game is just seriously smart—it gives clarity to common words you thought you knew. It shows you how crypto trading is just a fraction of the real life of what cryptocurrency & blockchain entails.
And the best part? It doesn’t matter how much you think you ‘know’ crypto: you’ll still learn something from it. Crypto Vocab gets glowing-ratings for being a free, fun crypto education game that cuts through the hype and shows you what the heck this cryptocurrency and blockchain thing is in real life.
Whether you’re playing it as a crypto newbie or play it with a stopwatch to compete with your friends, test yourself out, see what you know, and you might be surprised. Just a few of the vocab it sheds light on are:
– Protocols & consensus
– Hardwallets, hot wallets, cold storage
– Proof-of-stakes, proof-of-work, zero-knowledge-proof
– Yield farming
– Block rewards
– Bits, Nonce, Wei
Other Crypto & Blockchain Games
Unfortunately—there are no other crypto educational games out there that actually teach you about crypto. But what you’ll find quite a number of are: crypto trading simulators, various blockchain games, and of course, the whole play-to-earn gaming industry.
Here’s a quick run-down of the most popular ones:
– Spells of Genesis
Spells of Genesis is a fantasy trading card game where you can collect and trade cards to create the ultimate deck to defeat your enemies. The crypto part of it? It’s the first mobile game to be built on the blockchain. Making use of Nakamoto’s technology, Spells of Genesis lets you get collectibles which you can store on your wallet (think NFTs) and uses 3 in-game currencies which run on the blockchain pretty much like any other digital currency.
– Bitcoin Hero
Looking to have a go at a crypto simulator before making a real investment? Bitcoin Hero lets you do that. It will pretty much feel like you’re trading in real life (minus real gains/losses). You’ll have digital dollars, have your own budget, and get access to a virtual exchange to test (and hopeful hone!) your trading skills. And to throw in some fun: there’ll be other players to compete with.
– My Neighbor Alice
Like Spells of Genesis, this game has nothing directly to do with crypto, but what it does do is open up a new realm of gaming by using blockchain technology. If you’re already familiar with Animal Crossing, you’ll get the gist for My Neighbor Alice. Explore the archipelago of Lummelunda where you can make friends, build cozy houses, of course, go fishing, and do all sorts of tasks like farming. Unlike Animal Crossing however, as a blockchain-built game, you’ll be able to earn ALICE tokens, stake them to gain real interest, and buy in-game items.
For more educational, fun, (and always free!) mobile games, head over to Dizzy Heights’s page to discover 36+ games. From testing your memory with Pathcubes to discovering history’s revolutionary art with Guess The Painting, the page’s motto says it all: Learn by playing.
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