Bitcoin LARP

What is a LARP?

What is a bitcoin node? What does it do? How do transactions flow through the network and get mined?
Base58's World Famous Bitcoin LARP is a fun, hands-on 2-hour workshop for bitcoiners of all ages and experience.
Created by Blockstream hacker + Base58 founder niftynei in 2021, the LARP has been played at countless meetups and conferences across the globe, and has even found it's way into Base58 classes.

Why a Bitcoin LARP?

Bitcoin is a complex system with many moving parts. It works on a computer network that's hard to touch and see in action.
The Bitcoin Live-Action-Role-Play is an opportunity to get to touch and transact with bitcoin in a manual, human powered way. We make the bitcoin protocol into a tangible, fun group-building activity.
With this game, you can see how transactions get made, how they get to miners, what work a bitcoin node does and how it helps secure the network. You'll get a front-line view of how miners create blocks and transactions get spent, how difficulty readjustments impact block production, and what re-orgs and network splits look like.
It's also a great team building exercise, as you compete against other nodes to build the next wining block.