Blockchain for babies

Chris Ferrie, a faculty member at the University of Sydney’s 2019 Quantum Software Centre, has written a book to explain from an early age to an infant how blockchain works.

Titled Blockchain for Babies, the curious idea became a reality. The book has 12 pages and can be found in hardcover and paperback format.

The book uses fairly simple language to be able to describe the necessary details a little person needs to taste about blockchain technology.

Ferrie said:

“The intention is not for the child to come out of the book and run an ICO.”

But this book comes to be part of several books which are made to explain complex topics to young children that likewise have been written by Ferrie, within these books we can find:

• Quantum Physics for Babies, 
• General Relativity for Babies, 
• Rocket Science for Babies y 
• Newtonian Physics for Babies.

Ben Munster, the writer of Decrypt, described his vision of the book, from the position of an adult rather than a newborn.

Munster said:

“It starts with the image of a ball, which I get. then it says the ball can be bought for a coin, which I also get. then it says the coin is now “invisible,” which I understand to mean it’s on the blockchain, but I only understand it because I write about this stuff every day, unlike most babies. then it explains how the blocks of transactions fit together like jigsaw puzzles, with fraudulent transactions that can’t fit together, which is a nice idea.”

The reality is that while this book is for “babies”, it is useful for people who are not in this world to understand how blockchain technology works in a way that is too simple you could apply the saying “I’ll explain it to you with apples” only in this case it is with puzzles.

While this can be taken as a joke, any kind of education for this world is welcome and if a book that explains it simply can be the first step for people who want to get into this space, it is quite good for us.