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Hala Kabir
Hala Kabir

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Learning Blockchain by Building: My First Cryptocurrency App as an 10-Year-Old Student Developer

Hi everyone! I’m Hala — a young learner passionate about AI and blockchain. As part of my blockchain certification program, I completed a project where I built a small cryptocurrency app to understand how decentralized systems work.

This wasn’t a product launch or a commercial project — it was a learning experiment that helped me explore how blockchain can make digital transactions transparent and secure.

"Why I Chose Blockchain"

When I first started learning about blockchain, I was fascinated by how it replaces trust with math and code. Instead of one central system storing data, blockchain allows every transaction to be verified by the network itself. I wanted to see what that really meant in practice — so I decided to build a simple app that uses blockchain principles.

What I Learned While Building

Working on this project taught me a lot about how blockchain and cryptocurrency systems interact.

Here are some key lessons from my journey:

Decentralization: Every transaction can be validated independently, making systems fairer and harder to tamper with.

Smart contracts: They can automate logic and remove the need for intermediaries.

Security and encryption: Even small mistakes can affect transaction validity, so I learned to double-check everything carefully.

User experience matters: A blockchain app can be powerful, but it must also be easy to use.

My main goal wasn’t to create a real currency, but to understand the building blocks of crypto systems and how blockchain can solve real-world problems beyond finance.

What’s Next

I’m continuing to explore how AI and blockchain can work together — maybe someday combining them to make systems that learn and improve with time.

If you’re also learning or mentoring young developers, I’d love to hear your advice on what to explore next in the blockchain space.

(All project work was done for educational purposes only, with full respect for security and privacy best practices. Under supervision of my parents)

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