The new My First Bitcoin diploma program is set to expand opportunities to learn about Bitcoin in high schools that adopt it.
Mi Primer Bitcoin, a Bitcoin education program based in El Salvador, has announced a new and improved diploma program in English.
According to Dalia Platt, Head of Curriculum at My First Bitcoin, “The goal is to change the way people learn about Bitcoin. The goal is to make the course interactive, fun, creative, accessible and easy to understand for everyone, using examples that can reach and impact every corner of the world.”
He student workbook shared with Bitcoin Magazine shows topics ranging from “What is money?” to “Navigating Scarcity in a Growing Economy,” and more.
According to Platt, the organization has experienced exponential growth. “We have educated more than 10,000 students this year, which is 25 times more than last year,” she said. “As the first Bitcoin nation, El Salvador has the unique opportunity to lead the way in Bitcoin education.”
The program, first covered by Bitcoin Magazine in June 2022, launched with more than 35 high school students receiving their Bitcoin diplomas. Since then, the educational mission of My First Bitcoin has not changed. Platt describes how she “believes that our new Diploma Program has already played a significant role in achieving (leading Bitcoin education) and we are continually improving the course by incorporating feedback we receive from current and former students, as well as from teachers”.
Bitcoin education is an essential part of adoption around the world. Without proper knowledge regarding the current workings of the world’s monetary systems and the new protocol offered by Bitcoin, the proper decision to adopt Bitcoin cannot be made. Only after learning about money as it is and how it could be, the full potential of Bitcoin is revealed. Programs like My First Bitcoin offer this education and learning to unlock that potential.
