Blockchain: there’s

more to it than
crypto
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Let’s get started
with a warm-up
 Discuss the questions.

➔ Do you know what these abbreviations stand for?

● BTC
● ETH
● DOGE
● USDT

➔ Do you have a crypto wallet? Do you think you’ll start using one
anytime soon?

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Let’s learn some vocabulary
Look at the possible collocations and find the odd word out. [part 1/2]

A. tamper with
1. data 2. ideas 3. evidence

B. empower
1. women 2. the unbanked 3. poverty

C. proprietary

1. ownership 2. software 3. rights

D. cast
1. votes 2. light 3. system
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Look at the possible collocations and find the odd word out. [part 2/2]

E. counter

1. forgery 2. data 3. fraud

F. counterfeit

1. information 2. goods 3. drugs

G. immutable
1. bank 2. fact 3. record

H. distributed
1. database 2. poverty 3. team
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Let’s check your answers. [part 1/2]

A. tamper with
1. data 2. ideas 3. evidence

B. empower
1. women 2. the unbanked 3. poverty

C. proprietary

1. ownership 2. software 3. rights

D. cast
1. votes 2. light 3. system
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Let’s check your answers. [part 2/2]

E. counter

1. forgery 2. data 3. fraud

F. counterfeit

1. information 2. goods 3. drugs

G. immutable
1. bank 2. fact 3. record

H. distributed
1. database 2. poverty 3. team
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 Look at the statements and discuss whether you agree with
them or not.
➔ Working in a distributed team has more advantages than disadvantages.

➔ Whenever we download something from the internet for free, we violate

someone’s proprietary rights.
➔ Complete freedom of speech online is partially the reason it’s difficult to
counter cyberbullying.
➔ It will become easier to tamper with elections if people cast their votes
online.
➔ The immutable fact is that central banks rule the world economy and
cryptocurrencies will not change that.

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In a moment, you’ll watch a video titled:

Blockchains: how can they be

used?
Have you heard of the term ‘blockchain’? Do you know what it is?
Do you know of any areas it might be used in other than cryptocurrency?
Watch the first part of the video (to 00:37) and explain what ‘blockchain’
is using the following words and phrases.

● distributed
● immutable
● tamper with a record
● transparent

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 Work in groups. Watch the next part of the video (to 05:15) and find the
following information about the areas in the boxes.

● potential use of the blockchain

technology
● what’s currently being done
● challenges (if mentioned)

GROUP A GROUP B

cars legislation
digital voting food & logistics

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AREA POTENTIAL USE WHAT’S CURRENTLY CHALLENGES
BEING DONE (IF MENTIONED)
Let’s check your answers. [part 1/2]

Have smart odometers that

can frequently write the car’s
CARS mileage to a blockchain. This
way, no one can tamper with
the data and it will prevent
odometer fraud.
It’s being developed in
Bosch’s IoT lab and tested
not mentioned
on a fleet of 100 cars in
Germany and Switzerland.

You can keep track of
intellectual property or
patents. Blockchain can
also act like a notary.
Stampd.io allows you to
add your documents to the
Bitcoin blockchain and
prove that you created
these documents.
Blockchains are not on the
same level as notaries in a
legal perspective yet.

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 AREA POTENTIAL USE WHAT’S CURRENTLY
BEING DONE
Let’s check your answers. [part 2/2]
Use blockchain to cast and
DIGITAL
store votes.
VOTING
Food: track food from harvesting
to ending up in the hands of
customers. If contamination is
detected,
it can be stopped faster by using
a digital certificate.
Logistics: Identify counterfeit
goods, track packages.
CHALLENGES
(IF MENTIONED)
Compromising privacy of
The Swiss company Agora voters, tampering with the
voting process by using
is already working on it and
malware, denial-of-service
it’s going to be open source.
attacks.
Food: Walmart and IBM are
working on it (it took them
two seconds to trace a box of
mangoes). not mentioned
Logistics: IBM and Maersk
are working on a
decentralised ledger.
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 Discuss the questions.

➔ Were you surprised by how many applications blockchain has?

➔ Which of these applications will have the most disruptive nature?

➔ Can you think of other ways blockchain might be used?

➔ Why do you think decentralised systems based on blockchain can be

advantageous?
➔ Has blockchain already influenced your way of life? If yes, how?

➔ Do you think that blockchain technology is revolutionary or just a

passing hype?

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It’s brainstorming time!
 Look at the following industries and brainstorm some possible
applications of blockchain there. The questions below can help
you in your discussion.

➔ How can blockchain prevent tampering with data?

➔ How can the immutable nature of blockchain’s ledger be

● HEALTHCARE used to our advantage?
● ART ➔ What’s the practical significance of blockchain’s ability
to counter forgery?
● FINANCE
➔ How can blockchain technology empower unbanked
people?

➔ Can blockchain help prove proprietary rights for

anything with a digital certificate?

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Thanks!