Decoding cryptocurrency – The Hindu

Cryptocurrency and blockchain have been global buzzwords since last year, but precious few fully understand what it is and how it works. To help sift through the jargon, Girish Nair, CEO of Curiosity Gym will hold an interactive workshop, ‘Up Your Cryptocurrency Game’ today. “We will be playing a game based on blockchain technology. It explains how it works, the data, the hashes. We have made a game out of this to make the participants better understand how blockchain works,” explains Nair. He adds there are no prerequisites for participating in the workshop. “You don’t even need to be tech-savvy. We’ve actually run the workshop with high school students and it was a success,” he says.

Currency debates

Explaining the tech terms he says, “Blockchain and virtual currency is jargon that not many people understand well. Virtual currency is a layer that is built on top of blockchain. Blockchain can actually be used in several industries where it’s not necessarily…