How I Explained Smart Contracts to My 10 Year Old

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Last week my kids wanted to attend a blockchain presentation of a Singapore team with me to see what our industry is about. During the presentation a slide came up about smart contracts and my 10 year old asked “Dad, what’s a smart contract?” So I quickly thought of a way to explain and grabbed a pen and paper to draw it out. Knowing they like the NBA and it’s playoff time, I used that as my example. Here is what I did.