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Education that Empowers! Impartial & Open Source Bitcoin Education for the World 106+ Independent Communities Across 46+ Countries ๐ŸŒ Learn & Teach ๐Ÿ‘‡
๐ŸŽค APPLY TO BE A SPEAKER! Our stage is permissionless. At the start of the Unconference, everyone can pitch their project, share proof-of-work, or bring talking points. Weโ€™d love to hear about your Bitcoin Education efforts! ๐ŸŒ image
๐๐ข๐ญ๐œ๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐š๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ข๐ ๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐›๐ข๐š ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด On August 11th, we continued our mission to advance Bitcoin education worldwide. This time, in collaboration with Paystand, We had the opportunity to work with the Arhuaco community in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. image โ˜€ Who are the Arhuacos? The Arhuacos are an Indigenous people who view their territory as the โ€œHeart of the World.โ€ Their culture emphasizes harmony with nature, guided by their spiritual leaders, the Mamos. They speak Iku, dress in traditional white clothing with symbolic conical hats, and are known for crafting mochilas, handwoven bags with deep spiritual meaning. They are deeply connected to the land and actively defend it against threats like mining, armed conflict, and environmental harm. As โ€œElder Brothers,โ€ they see themselves as guardians of Earthโ€™s balance. How Bitcoin Entered Their Lives The Arhuacos were introduced to Bitcoin at the Bitcoin Conference in Medellรญn, where Spanish-speaking members were invited by paystand.org to explore how Bitcoin could serve their community. There, they also met MotivPeru, whose work with the Quechua people sparked interest in visiting Peru to see Bitcoin in action. image ๐ŸŒฑ A Connection with the Quechuas In Peru, the Arhuacos saw how Quechua communities use Bitcoin for savings, commerce, and tourism. Their shared values helped form an instant connection: Nature-based spirituality Spiritual leadership Sustainable agriculture Communal living and reciprocity Preservation of language and identity Defense of territory and culture. ๐Ÿ“•Three Days of Learning Building on this experience, Paystand and My First Bitcoin organized a three-day educational program in the Arhuaco territory. image ๐ŸŽฏ Goals The goals of the training include roughly four long term goals. Firstly, to introduce Bitcoin as a tool to complement traditional bartering. Secondly, to promote financial autonomy through respectful, locally relevant education. Furthermore, we aimed to train community leaders to guide conversations around value, money, and freedom. Finally, the program included philosophical dialogue, hands-on activities, and value-driven lessons. At the end, each participant received a certificate of participation, symbolizing not just completion but a meaningful step toward financial empowerment. image Weโ€™re grateful for the opportunity to bring free and open source Bitcoin Education to all corners of the earth, especially to communities like the Arhuacos in Colombia.
๐Ÿ—ฃ NEW SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT for our Educators Unconference! ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ @Gabe is the founder of @OPERATION BITCOIN and he'll join a panel discussion about the Node Network, a collective of independent educators. Join us in Vancouver too! ๐ŸŽŸ image
Join us next week for our ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐œ๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฉ at SEB | Squirrel Eye Brewing in San Salvador! ๐Ÿ†“ welcome drinks for the first 50 plebs โ€“ so come early! Sponsored by Vivo Latam & BitTasker. Register now:
Yesterday we brought Bitcoin to Playas Las Tunas, La Uniรณn ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ป Empowering communities - our very first meetup in this beautiful coastal community ๐ŸŒŠ We crossed 4 departments and nearly 200km to get there. No distance is too far when it comes to sharing open-source #BitcoinEducation. We believe in showing up! Teaching on the ground, with heart and purpose. Big thanks to @BitTasker for supporting this event.
Looking to get involved in the Bitcoin scene while in El Salvador? ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ป Here are 3 events this week you won't want to miss! (Workshops, meetups & community connections.) ๐Ÿงต๐Ÿ‘‡ 1๏ธโƒฃ Tuesday: Open House 2PMโ€“5PM Meet the team, learn about our mission & vision in person. More info: 2๏ธโƒฃ Tuesday: Casual Meetup + Workshop Starting 6:30PM In Spanish โ€“ topic: Self-custody Co-hosted with @AquaBitcoin Learn how to take control of your Bitcoin More info: 3๏ธโƒฃ Saturday: Bitcoin Meetup in La Uniรณn Playa Las Tunas June 7 First time we're hosting a meetup there! Educational talks, Q&A, networking & more More info:
๐Ÿ“ข ๐Œ๐ฒ ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐œ๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ $๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ #๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐๐ฏ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐๐ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐œ๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ May 13, 2025 โ€“ We are proud to announce that My First Bitcoin has received a $1 million grant from #startsmall. With this financial support from Jack Dorsey's philanthropic initiative, we will continue to serve grassroots Bitcoin education initiatives worldwide. This grant accelerates our work in the creation and distribution of free and open-source Bitcoin education materials and infrastructure. It will not only help us improve existing resources, such as the Bitcoin Diploma, Bitcoin Intro Course, and teacher training workshops, but also to scale our digital platforms like our Online School and Community Hub.ย ย  As a non-profit, founded in 2021, we have grown from a local project into a global movement. Besides creating curricula and frameworks, our team has directly taught tens of thousands of in-person students, as we workshop and refine our materials based on real world feedback. In 2023, we launched the Independent Bitcoin Educators Node Network, providing a space for others to join us on our mission. The network spans 65+ projects from 35+ countries, including circular economies, meetup organizers and other grassroots projects. All commit to the same six pillars: that their education is independent, impartial, community-led, Bitcoin-only, quality, and focused on empowerment over profit. While we support that network, it is now self-governing. We always seek to give power-to, rather than have power-over. John Dennehy, founder and Executive Director of My First Bitcoin, explains: โ€œThe revolution of Bitcoin education is that it teaches students HOW to think, not WHAT to think. Funding from sources with their own incentives is the greatest vulnerability that threatens that. Education will be captured by whoever funds it. We will never take any government money and frequently turn down funding from corporations and companies. The subtle influence of funding has ruined fiat education and we need to create alternative models for the revolution of Bitcoin education to realize its full potential.โ€ Funding for Bitcoin education must be transparent. This grant is a huge win for all of us. For Bitcoin itself, but even more for Independent Bitcoin Education as a whole. It enables us to serve the global community better than ever before. It shows everyone what can be achieved if you stay close to your values. โ€œMy First Bitcoin is a proof-of-concept for all independent Bitcoin educators that if you stay on the mission, even when it's challenging, then you will come out the other side even stronger,โ€ added Dennehy. Arnold Hubach, Director of Communications of My First Bitcoin, continued: "Open source money deserves open source education. Over the past few years, weโ€™ve seen growing demand for our resources around the world, and we remain committed to serving everyone in the Bitcoin space who needs support. This funding enables us to plan further into the future and continue being the first-stop provider of free educational tools." Weโ€™re grateful to #startsmall for believing in our mission and for understanding that Bitcoin education should always be free from external influence. Weโ€™re also grateful to the community for helping us to arrive at this point where we are ready to receive such a grant. You lead us to where we are today. You have been our primary funding source. You will continue to lead us forward. We will always serve the community. Weโ€™re also grateful for our amazing team and their proof of work. The grant will accelerate the work that they are already doing, such as curricula development, teacher training programs, the expansion of the global network, building online platforms, and providing in-person classes. We will continue to lead by example, we will continue to push the limits, and we will continue to reimagine whatโ€™s possible. We do not seek to please power in this world, we seek to create a proof-of-concept for a better one where the individual is empowered and able to think critically. If you are an educator in need of tools or infrastructure; please contact us. If you can help us continue to build out these tools and maintain this growing global movement; please contact us. If you are aligned with our mission and are a supporter of independent Bitcoin education, please donate. We work for the public. In public. Read the full Press Release on our website: ๐Ÿ‘‰ image
๐ŸŽ“ Introducing the Bitcoin ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž: a FREE, open-source tool for educators. โœ”๏ธ Multilingual (ENG/SPA) โœ”๏ธ Fully customizable โœ”๏ธ App-agnostic (currently supports @Lightsats21, @blinkbtc, @walletofsatoshi) ๐Ÿ”—github.com/MyFirstBitcoin/Bitcoin-Intro-Course/ image
Education will be captured by those who fund it. That also applies to Bitcoin education. Open source money needs open source education. It must be independent & impartial. It must be community-led & decentralized. We should protect this. Together. โ—๏ธ Join us. Sign our Education Manifesto! โœ๏ธ๐Ÿ‘‡ image
๐Ÿ†• Weโ€™re very proud to launch our updated ๐๐ข๐ญ๐œ๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐š ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ today! โœจ https://github.com/MyFirstBitcoin/Bitcoin-Diploma-2025 Our mission is to open source #bitcoin education. To not just be a leader in El Salvador, but to be an inspiration for the entire world. This starts with making our educational resources available to everyone for free, and the Bitcoin Diploma may be the best example of this idea. ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ—ฏ๐ŸŒ In 2022, we started teaching this workbook to 38 public school teachers in El Salvador. Last year, it was embraced by over 50 educational projects from more than 30 countries. The Bitcoin Diploma is indirectly supporting grassroots initiatives with tools to implement in their local community. ๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐“๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐ฐ๐žโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐œ๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐š ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“! The Diploma highlights our core values: ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž, ๐ข๐ง๐๐ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ-๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. As a result of that, the workbook is already being used in dozens of Bitcoin communities all around the world. Weโ€™re always looking for synergy, and the translation of the workbook in any possible language plays a big part in that. You can help us! Join the movement and become a Translation Maintainer. Fill in the form and become the change in your local community!โฌ‡๏ธ โ–ถ๏ธ The #Bitcoin Diploma covers topics varying from the history of money, the emergence of fiat currencies, all the problems that todayโ€™s government money introduced to society, and how these issues lead to solutions. It introduces Bitcoin, the Lightning Network, how to use it in your daily life, the technical workings, and why we need Bitcoin. ๐Ÿ’ฏ๐Ÿ“ก Pure signal, radically empowering! โž– Download the 2025 Diploma here https://github.com/MyFirstBitcoin/Bitcoin-Diploma-2025 โž– The list of translated languages of our Diploma https://github.com/MyFirstBitcoin/Translation โž– Apply to become a Node in our Network! โž– Support our work with a donation image
๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐“๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐ฐ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ž๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ! This is a digital learning environment for educators and students; a new way to learn from our open source Bitcoin Diploma! โ–ถ๏ธ This platform is built with the support of Block Inc. and their Discovery Grant.๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ image Read more details in the press release below: ๐Œ๐ฒ ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐œ๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐Ž๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ, ๐š ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐„๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐œ๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ
We've taught 35,000 students about #bitcoin. Learn how we plan to reach 100,000 students. ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ We've brought bitcoin to tens of thousands of students in El Salvador in less than three years. But this is just the beginning! ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ป๐ŸŒ Help us with a contribution that works for you, based on four tiers! TIER 0๏ธโƒฃ SUPPORT OPEN SOURCE EDUCATION Open Source Bitcoin Education changes the World. We make everything we do available for everyone, for free! We expect to reach another ~50,000 students with our Diploma and other resources, for example via the Node Network. Make this happen and become a participant for just 2,100 sats! ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผโšก๏ธ TIER 1๏ธโƒฃ SUPPORT AN INDIVIDUAL STUDENT We plan to teach 500 individual students in various ways, for example with our Diploma and our Introductory Classes at the MPB House. Become a supporter! Sponsor 40,000 sats ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผโšก๏ธ TIER 2๏ธโƒฃ SUPPORT A CLASSROOM You can support one of ninety classrooms. With this tier, we expect to reach another 2,700 students in their own classroom! You can help us to realize this! Donate 1,000,000 sats ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผโšก๏ธ TIER3๏ธโƒฃ SUPPORT AN ENTIRE SCHOOL We give Bitcoin Classes to entire schools in El Salvador. With our current capacity, we want to reach 10 more schools, leading to another 10,500 new Bitcoin graduates! Join this movement, let's change the world together and sponsor us with 10,000,000 sats ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผโšก๏ธ All things together, you can help us to reach 100,000 graduates! ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐š๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ซ: 35,000 ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ: 500 ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ: 2,700 ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ: 10,500 ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž: 50,000+ __________________________ 100,000 students! ๐Ÿ˜ฒ Click here to see our brand-new @geyserfund page to learn how you can help us with some sats. Choose a level that works for you, and receive unique perks & rewards! ๐Ÿ”—
We've taught 35,000 students about #bitcoin. Learn how we plan to reach 100,000 students. ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ We've brought bitcoin to tens of thousands of students in El Salvador in less than three years. But this is just the beginning! ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ป๐ŸŒ Help us with a contribution that works for you, based on four tiers! TIER 0๏ธโƒฃ SUPPORT OPEN SOURCE EDUCATION Open Source Bitcoin Education changes the World. We make everything we do available for everyone, for free! We expect to reach another ~50,000 students with our Diploma and other resources, for example via the Node Network. Make this happen and become a participant for just 2,100 sats! ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผโšก๏ธ TIER 1๏ธโƒฃ SUPPORT AN INDIVIDUAL STUDENT We plan to teach 500 individual students in various ways, for example with our Diploma and our Introductory Classes at the MPB House. Become a supporter! Sponsor 40,000 sats ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผโšก๏ธ TIER 2๏ธโƒฃ SUPPORT A CLASSROOM You can support one of ninety classrooms. With this tier, we expect to reach another 2,700 students in their own classroom! You can help us to realize this! Donate 1,000,000 sats ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผโšก๏ธ TIER3๏ธโƒฃ SUPPORT AN ENTIRE SCHOOL We give Bitcoin Classes to entire schools in El Salvador. With our current capacity, we want to reach 10 more schools, leading to another 10,500 new Bitcoin graduates! Join this movement, let's change the world together and sponsor us with 10,000,000 sats ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผโšก๏ธ All things together, you can help us to reach 100,000 graduates! ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐š๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ซ: 35,000 ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ: 500 ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ: 2,700 ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ: 10,500 ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž: 50,000+ __________________________ 100,000 students! ๐Ÿ˜ฒ Click here to see our brand-new @geyserfund page to learn how you can help us with some sats. Choose a level that works for you, and receive unique perks & rewards!
SEE YOU IN 3 DAYS AT OUR #BITCOIN EDUCATORS UNCONFERENCE! Looking for an intimate and high-signal event? This is your call! July 24, just before @TheBitcoinConf Doors open at 12 PM The Cordelle, Nashville Limited tickets available! https://t.co/KZ7yHqZTht
Join us for a day full of Networking and High Signal Conversations with other Bitcoin Educators. Do you want to connect with like-minded individuals? Learn from other bitcoin experts? Share your visions and ideas about bitcoin education?ย  Following our highly successful Unconferences in San Salvador and Madeira, we're thrilled to announce our 3rd event designed to bring passionate bitcoin enthusiasts together. Don't miss out on this chance to engage in high-impact discussions and expand your network. image https://es.myfirstbitcoin.io/tickets/
Welcome to the inspiring #bitcoin stories from 14 countries! ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Independent educators are changing the world. Once a month, they unite in a General Assembly of the Node Network. Welcome to: ๐Ÿ“ ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด #2 https://miprimerbitcoin.medium.com/beyond-borders-2-unstoppable-movement-499d44644552
๐Ÿ“ข ANNOUNCING OUR 3RD #BITCOIN EDUCATION UNCONFERENCE! Join us in Nashville for a full day of networking and connections. ๐Ÿ“… July 24, before the main event ๐Ÿ”ฅ High signal discussions โšก๏ธ Co-create the agenda Grab your Early Bird ticket with 21% discount! https://miprimerbitcoin.io/en/tickets/
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