McGill University Students Learning Bitcoin Through Guerilla Education
Through a combined effort between the McGill Cryptocurrency Club and the Bitcoin Embassy, McGill University students are going to be able to receive an education on bitcoin if they'd like to receive it. This spring, both organizations plan on handing out 30 mBTC per student to around 600 students on campus. They're calling it an "airdrop," even though there's no parachuting person flying down or drones sending care packages from the sky, but the event will be a delivery of bitcoins regardless. In a statement, the Bitcoin embassy said the MIT Bitcoin Airdrops inspired them to bring the....
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Six hundred students at Canada's McGill University are set to receive 30 mBTC ($7) each as part of a joint initiative to promote bitcoin adoption. The event, launched by the McGill Cryptocurrency Club and Montreal's Bitcoin Embassy, is due to take place in the spring and is seeking donations from the public that will be held in a multisig wallet. The McGill Cryptocurrency Club said:
The Bitcoin Embassy and the McGill Cryptocurrency Club from Montreal, recognise a barrier to the adoption of Bitcoins and they are doing something about it. They have come up with a non-profit project called "The McGill University Bitcoin Airdrop." The aim of the project is to promote the adoption of Bitcoin usage on campus and eventually beyond. But first, here is a question. Question: What is the biggest barrier that exists in adoption of Bitcoin? Answer: It is not just one factor. There are two factors at play. Getting a wallet [logistics barrier]. Getting the first few mBTC in the....
The Bitcoin Embassy and McGill Cryptocurrency Club, the official hub for cryptocurrency at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, have done a very cool thing, as can be seen in this video: Promoting Bitcoin and educating the public for nearly two years now, The Bitcoin Embassy team has made it their mission to put bitcoins in the hands of the people. The team has penned educational resources, organized events, held training sessions and offered technical assistance, all the while remaining in touch with the media. Now, The Bitcoin Embassy plans to team up with the McGill Cryptocurrency....
This September, blockchain hubs across North America will be giving out bitcoin to begin the next school year. Over a dozen regions including New York, San Francisco, Chicago and Boston in the United States and Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Ottawa, in Canada, are preparing their events. The giveaway, known as a Bitcoin Airdrop, has become a yearly tradition on university campuses. The bits are to be given to students who come out to their local blockchain club’s first meeting. Students will also be introduced to concepts about bitcoin and the blockchain through their peers and a....
I would like to introduce you to a different method of learning, an education system that mirrors many of the strengths found within the Bitcoin network - unschooling. As Bitcoin is to the Federal Reserve Note, unschooling is to standardized education. This decentralized peer-to-peer method of learning provides students with the opportunity to follow their own interests and capabilities without the negative pressures and influences found within centralized models of education. Bitcoin provides power to the users and unschooling provides power to the students. When we look at the whole....