2026-01-30 –, BTrust
Blockhunters is a bitcoin-themed board game designed to make learning about bitcoin fun, interactive, and memorable. In this workshop, participants will play through a full game of Blockhunters, and they’ll be learning key bitcoin concepts along the way: scarcity, mining, privacy, use cases for bitcoin around the world, and more. Blockhunters is a simple, fast-paced game that ultimately lowers barriers to entry and creates an inclusive and dynamic environment for both newcomers and seasoned bitcoiners, kids and adults. It's especially helpful for tactile and visual learners.
The Blockhunters Workshop is an interactive, play-based learning experience built around the Blockhunters - The Bitcoin Board Game. It was designed to teach bitcoin concepts in an engaging way.
Participants form groups of 4 and play through the game while guided by a facilitator (in this case, Emily, one of the game's co-creators). Along the way, they will encounter bitcoin fundamentals in action: finite supply, nodes verifying transactions as they enter the mempool, the process of mining, and more.
Unlike traditional lectures or panels, the Blockhunters Workshop is participatory and experiential. Players learn by doing: the game’s rules are based on the bitcoin protocol itself, and players act it out. This tactile engagement ensures knowledge retention while also building camaraderie among participants. It’s very easy to pick up, the rules are not so complicated.
The workshop is suitable for:
1. Newcomers who want an accessible, introduction to bitcoin. (This type of player consistently highlights how the format made bitcoin concepts “click”)
2. Educators & community builders looking for innovative teaching tools. Blockhunters really shines in an educational environment.
3. Seasoned bitcoiners who want a fun, social activity. It’s a fun game and the pros delight in seeing the protocol come alive through play!!
We want to contribute an inclusive, high-energy session by bringing Blockhunters to Adopting Bitcoin in Cape Town. Our game touches on the technical side of bitcoin as well as the social side - our characters are using bitcoin for myriad reasons from advancing human rights to fighting inflation. All this in format that’s playful yet deeply educational!
Emily is a freelance designer, digital nomad, and co-creator of Blockhunters – The Bitcoin Board Game. She loves bringing her creativity to purpose-driven projects that make Bitcoin more accessible. Guided by an inclusive, optimistic vision of the future, she believes Bitcoin education is one of the most powerful tools for expanding freedom around the world.
My social links:
X: @emH__
IG: @emilyelizabethughes
Nostr: @emily
Blockhunters: www.blockhuntersgame.com