A non-profit organization focused on bitcoin (btc) education, operating out of El Salvador, recently introduced an updated version of its bitcoin Diploma program. The initiative aims to promote wider adoption of the leading cryptocurrency and educate people about the benefits of understanding its underlying technology.
btc education goes mainstream
Known as “My First bitcoin,” the organization began offering btc classes in El Salvador after the country implemented the bitcoin Law in 2021.
In June 2022, they launched the first 10-week educational program, enrolling 38 public school students in El Salvador. This initiative marked the first time that a btc Diploma program was implemented. inserted in any public school system in the world.
The non-profit organization is now collaborating with the Ministry of Education of El Salvador, which has adopted the open source workbook as a primary resource for its btc-focused educational program.
Through a pilot program in collaboration with the government and in partnership with bitcoin Beach, a project developed for a “sustainable btc economic ecosystem” on the coast of El Salvador, the non-profit organization is currently training 700 public schools teachers from all over the country. These teachers will then teach the btc Diploma curriculum in their local schools.
Additionally, My First bitcoin established an autonomous “Node Network” of frontline btc educators in March 2023, with more than 29 educational projects from 18 countries already employing the bitcoin Diploma.
Financial education for the bitcoin era
He x.com/MyfirstBitcoin_/status/1771666630138900654?s=20″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener nofollow”>release of the 2024 edition of the btc Diploma represents an important milestone in My First bitcoin's mission to promote global btc adoption and financial empowerment.
The curriculum covers several topics, including the history of money, the emergence of government-issued currency, the challenges associated with fiat moneyand how btc provides solutions to these problems. It also delves into the technical workings of btc and the Lightning Network, the second-layer network that enables btc's smart contract functionality.
The 175-page workbook is divided into ten chapters and designed for a ten-week learning program. All materials are publicly available on GitHub and the organization actively encourages people to participate in the translation. The curriculum.
The 2023 edition has been translated into 23 languages by a network of more than 40 international educators, including Korean, Swahili, Luganda, Russian, Tamil, Japanese and Hindi.
John Dennehy, founder and CEO of My First bitcoin, emphasized the organization's belief in the power of btc education. He stated:
We believe that bitcoin education will change the world and this new edition is a big step in that direction. Learning financial literacy for the btc era is empowering and leads to important second-order effects. That knowledge will encourage us to build, create and plan further into the future, and that changes everything.
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