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John Dennehy
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founder of My First Bitcoin / Based in El Salvador 2021-2026 / currently based in NY / independent, open-source Bitcoin education will change the world
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JohnDennehy 2 months ago
The Medellin unconfrence has begun! Co-hosted by @My First Bitcoin & @Satoshiteam The photo shows what makes an unconfrence special....the agenda is created at the start of the day by everyone there. All the way on the right side a young father is writing down his proposed topic (Bitcoin education as a family) on a white board. The hands raised indicate those interested in attending that session. Once all proposals are written down we sort through them, combining similar ones and adding the most popular ones to the schedule. This is the fourth unconfrence we have co-hosted this year (Kenya, Czechia & Indonesia already) and each one is different in so nany ways, each having a local flavor. This is the first of the year in Spanish for example. The commonality is that each one is a tangible demostration that a better eorld isn't just possible, but already emerging if you know where to look. LFG! image
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JohnDennehy 3 months ago
@My First Bitcoin began 5 years ago And what a wild half decade it’s been So many of the details have changed but the north star has always been that if individuals have more control over their own life it leads to a better world and that bitcoin education is a means to that end It has been a journey, with literal blood sweat and tears throughout. We’ve managed to kick quite a few hornet’s nests along the way which has been exhausting, even scary But the objective is to disrupt the status quo, so while specific manifestations have been surprising that they happened was always expected. Though knowing the theory and living the reality are very different things I’ve learned so much about myself and about the world on this journey The path forward continues to be rocky. Change comes from discomfort and ambition, it always has But that path is also as clear as it’s ever been Five years on and the why remains the same. Five years on and the what and the how come into focus Independent, open-source bitcoin education will change the world Onward! image
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JohnDennehy 4 months ago
Education shapes how we think. Money shapes what we can build. Yet we've handed both to the centralized institutions we should be questioning. What if we separate education and money from the state? What if impartial educators worldwide taught the world's first decentralized monetary system? Welcome to @My First Bitcoin
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JohnDennehy 5 months ago
Today is the day of the Educators Unconference (Prague edition)! An unconference means we will create the schedule together at the start of the day. Anyone can pitch a topic, the only theme is it's for bitcoin educators, and the pitches with the most interest receive a time and space. It's a beautiful, decentralized chaos that empowers everyone there to not just be an attendee but an organizer We will also premiere a short documentary (by @Kyle Huber) based around the unconference we co-hosted with @thecore21m in Kenya earlier this year. We'll be filming and pulling at the threads of all the stories of the educators who show up today for a documentary that will premire at the next unconference. We'll co-host unconfrences on four continents this year, after today Asia then South America are left for 2026. I'm so bullish on independent bitcoin educators. LFG! image
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JohnDennehy 5 months ago
Great panel at the Oslo Freedom Forum about Bitcoin education as a tool for change image
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JohnDennehy 5 months ago
At the Oslo Freedom Forum by @HRF This is the best, not bitcoin, bitcoin conference I've been to The activists here have faced down dictatorships around the world, many suffering severe hardship for doing so yet this is an incredibly hopeful & inspiring conference image
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JohnDennehy 5 months ago
Just a peek at one of MANY things we are working on at @My First Bitcoin A Peer-to-Peer Directory for Bitcoin Education My First Bitcoin — Internal Vision Document — The Idea : MFB has proven that bitcoin education works best when it is local, contextual, and human. Dozens of nodes worldwide now run their own courses—each with its own schedule, language, and pedagogy. The knowledge exists. The problem is discovery. A decentralized, open directory will surface every course across the MFB network, enabling any prospective student to find the learning experience that fits them. This serves MFB's core mission: to build a global movement through the Node Network. The Problem It Solves: Our decentralized strength is also a discoverability weakness: A student in Nairobi cannot easily find a Swahili course running in Lagos next month; Donors lack a single view of network output and scale; Excellent educators remain invisible beyond their immediate community. Without infrastructure like this, network growth will stagnate. For nodes, this brings more students. For students, it is access to the world's most diverse, battle-tested bitcoin curriculum. For MFB, it is a distribution network that turns fragmented nodes into a living, self-reinforcing global system. How It Works: Each node self-lists courses in standardized format. The directory aggregates these into a searchable, filterable marketplace. Students can filter by: • Course type (Intro, Bitcoin Diploma, etc.) • Language, location, price, schedule • Node reputation and student ratings • Educator credentials (certified teachers, ETP, etc.) Why This Matters: This is a proof of concept for how sovereign education scales without centralizing control. Success Metrics • Every active MFB node lists at least one course within six months of launch • New nodes required to list as part of onboarding • Directory becomes the default answer to "Where do I learn bitcoin?" (for students) • Directory becomes the default answer to “Where do I find students?” (for teachers) • Directory helps show, in a tangible way, how impactful and global MFB is.
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JohnDennehy 5 months ago
I 🧡 NY And I really love how much my oldest son loves it Our first family trip to the city after moving to the US earlier this year 😁 image
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JohnDennehy 5 months ago
Excited for what will be my 7th Educators Unconference What is an unconference? It's a decentralized conference (perfect for Bitcoin) where the lines are intentionally blurred between speaker & attendee; where the agenda is created at the start of the day by everyone there; where nothing is for sale but knowledge is given away It's also barefoot-friendly :) See you on June 10th! image
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JohnDennehy 5 months ago
We cannot vote our way to a better future. We cannot create a better world by delegating our power to politicians We can educate ourselves. We can take agency in our own life The solution is not a box to tick on a ballot, it is what you do every day
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JohnDennehy 6 months ago
Back in New York after a busy few days at @The Bitcoin Conference I'm not just aware of the critiques against the conference; i share many of them But I've come to see this conf as i see Bitcoin itself: there is an increasingly large segment I have issue with: for example, how much trust & faith to put into politicans (zero from me). However, this is part of mass adoption. As Bitcoin grows more and more people will join the community and they will look less and less like the monetary rebels & revolutionaries that were the main demographic in the early days I still haven't fully accepted that Bitcoin is my enemies money too, but it is and will increasingly be. This conf puts up a big tent, maybe the biggest in the space. Plenty gets included in that that i dont like, but im glad it exists See you in 2027 image
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