Blockchain game

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method for playing a blockchain game includes providing to each game player an equal number of transaction cards that each represents a blockchain transaction, each transaction card identifying a transaction value, providing to each game player a single block card that represents a blockchain block, the block card identifying a block value, in a first round of the game, each game player playing one of their transaction cards by adding it to a designated block space to form a block, and in a subsequent round of the game, a game player claiming a block that was created in a previous round, wherein, in order to successfully claim a block, the game player must play a block card having an identified block value that is equal to or greater than the sum of the transaction values of the transaction cards of the claimed block.

1 . A method for playing a blockchain game, the method comprising:
 providing to each game player an equal number of transaction cards that each represents a blockchain transaction, each transaction card identifying a transaction value;   providing to each game player a single block card that represents a blockchain block, the block card identifying a block value;   in a first round of the game, each game player playing one of their transaction cards by adding it to a designated block space to form a block; and   in a subsequent round of the game, a game player claiming a block that was created in a previous round, wherein, in order to successfully claim a block, the game player must play a block card having an identified block value that is equal to or greater than the sum of the transaction values of the transaction cards of the claimed block.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein each game player must play a transaction card or a block card each round unless the game player no longer has any transaction cards and does not have a block card that can be used to successfully claim a block. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the game players can replace their block card once per round with a new block card. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the game player who successfully claims a block by playing a block card receives a new block card that can be played in a later round. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein each block card also identifies a chain symbol and wherein, if a block was claimed in a previous round, the block card played by the player in the current round must have a chain symbol that matches a chain symbol of the block card that was used to claim the previously claimed block. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein coin cards representing cryptocurrency are associated with each previously created block, the number of the coin cards being equal to the sum of the transaction values of the transaction cards within the claimed block. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein when a game player successfully claims a block, the game player is permitted to add the transaction cards of the claimed block to a blockchain and collect the coin cards associated with the claimed block as a reward. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the game player who has the greatest number of coin cards at the end of the game wins the game. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the game ends when all of the transaction cards have been played and one of the following conditions is reached:
 (1) there are no blocks that are available to be added to the blockchain, or   (2) none of the game players has a block card that can be used to claim an available block and all of the block cards have been played.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein when more than one game player wishes to claim the same block, the game player who can successfully claim the block is the game player with a qualifying block card having the lowest block value. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein when more than one game player plays a block card having the lowest block value, the game player who can successfully claim the block is the game player whose turn came later in the round. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein when there are game players who wish to claim different blocks in the same round, only the game player who wishes to claim the block with the highest transaction value sum can successfully claim a block in that round. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the game is played using a gameboard. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the gameboard includes designated block spaces on which blocks can be created, each block being created by placing one or more transaction cards on one of the block spaces. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the gameboard further includes a designated blockchain space to which transaction cards of a successfully claimed block are moved with the block card that was used to claim the successfully claimed block placed on top of the transaction cards facing upward so that its blockchain value is visible. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein multiple successfully claimed blocks and their associated block cards are successively stacked on top of each other in the designated blockchain space to represent all of the transactions of a blockchain. 
     
     
         17 . A blockchain game comprising:
 a plurality of transaction cards that represent blockchain transactions and that can be associated with each other to define a block, each transaction card identifying a transaction value;   a plurality of block cards that represent blockchain blocks and that can be played to claim a block, each block card identifying a block value; and   a gameboard including multiple block spaces on which transaction cards played in a given round of the game can be stacked and a blockchain space on which the transaction cards of successfully claimed blocks can be stacked along with the block card that was played to claim the block.   
     
     
         18 . The blockchain game of  claim 17 , wherein each block card further identifies at least one chain symbol. 
     
     
         19 . The blockchain game of  claim 18 , wherein there are four different blockchain symbols that are used in the game. 
     
     
         20 . The blockchain game of  claim 17 , further comprising a plurality of coin cards that represent cryptocurrency and that can be associated with each defined block in a number that is equivalent to the sum of the transaction values of the transaction cards that form that block.