Bitcoin LARP
Highschool and UH students and faculty are welcome to join us to play the world famous Base58 Bitcoin LARP!
The Bitcoin LARP is a live-action roleplay game, in which groups of people play as bitcoin nodes (computers that run Bitcoin).
As the rules of the game are true to the protocol, it is a tangible, alternative way to learn about the fundamentals of how Bitcoin works at the protocol level.
After this 2 - 3 hour game, participants develop a basic understanding of how Bitcoin nodes:
- construct & validate transactions
- communicate with other nodes in the Bitcoin network
- construct & validate blocks
- mine & build their blockchains
No prior experience or knowledge needed; just an interest to learn!
Please note that by signing up to participate, you agree to to the UH Consent, Waiver, Release and Indemnity Agreement Form found here.
*Presented by Base58 | Sponsored by Stand With Crypto
Mahalo to the Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship for sponsoring the venue at the Walter Dods, Jr. RISE Center!
https://pace.shidler.hawaii.edu/
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Bitcoin LARP
Saturday, April 18, 2026
10am - 1pm @ RISE
10:00AM Doors open
10:30AM LARP begins
- Round 1: Genesis: The LARP Begins
- Round 2: Tranactions: Validating + Writing
- Round 3: Networking: Peer-to-Peer
- Round 4: Block Building
- Round 5: Mining: Buildilng the Chain
01:00PM LARP ends; discussion and mix & mingle
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Stand With Crypto is a national crypto advocacy nonprofit championing for crypto rights and commonsesnse regulation in the industry.
https://www.standwithcrypto.org/
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Base58 is a Texas-based non-profit and software engineering school built on a Bitcoin standard. Our courses cover the full Bitcoin stack, from script and transactions to nodes and consensus, equipping engineers to build, contribute, and verify with confidence.
base58.info/workshop
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Pacific Asia Center for Entrepreneurship (PACE) established in 2000 at the Shidler College of Business, is the central unit that coordinates and offers educational opportunities for entrepreneurship, innovation, and commercialization to students at all 10 campuses of the University of Hawai‘i System (UH). The Center’s comprehensive portfolio of programs offer mentorship, training and resources, and are designed to encourage entrepreneurial thinking across disciplines and inspire entrepreneurs to move their ideas from conceptualization to commercialization.
https://pace.shidler.hawaii.edu/