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I was reading an article online about blockchain technology when I came across a specific section that discussed how Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies would become accepted forms of payment all around the world. If that's the case, I recommend that the government include Blockchain technology in the university and K-12 curricula so that students and teachers can understand how it works and why it's a superior form of payment to traditional fiat currency. Additionally, there should be billboards advertising Bitcoin across the city to educate the public about its use and the reasons why the new technology should be accepted as a form of payment everywhere.

This has already been inculcated by the first country to adopt bitcoin as a legal tender El-Savador, they distribute books and bitcoin is been taught in schools, we also have alot of private industries and corporate individuals that has been into bitcoin education in teaching others, there are schools as well in countries live United Arab Emirates UAE that has been adopting bitcoin education in their school curriculum and many countries where bitcoin is been accepted as a legal thing to do, we also have the online platforms like this where every information needed about bitcoin can be sourced.

yes  they should, in fact, they should consider to add a program on how to invest money, there is a book about "Rich Dad Poor Dad " tell that our education need this because we only learn how to get smart only but not on investing money. and bitcoin might be one of them in my opinion

or at least there is major about crypto in university

Do you understand that this will not be taught at the university?? The university doesn't teach you how to start a business, they don't teach you how to become an entrepreneur! Although it is very important, I think! Therefore, no one will teach at the university how to use bitcoin correctly or which exchange is better to choose! Because no one needs it! But in general, as for cryptocurrencies, I agree that training in this area is necessary and very important, since not every beginner can immediately figure it out.

As a special field defined under programming field or something like that, it is a good idea to add bitcoin and blockchain technology but not as a general field or course in schools or universities just because bitcoin is going to reach mass adoption some day.
At the end of the day you don't need to have a technical understanding of bitcoin in order to use it. Bitcoin is like any other technology, you can use it without knowing how it works academically.

Not a requirement, but more of an extracurricular program. Because currently, we cannot find human resources who have thorough knowledge of Bitcoin easily. In big cities it may still be relevant, but even then if the government has a program that does refer to information and communication technology majors.

Even though today knowledge of bitcoin is very important (especially among Bitcoin users who learn everything from scratch) they think that the knowledge taught in schools about Bitcoin is important. Unfortunately, so far we may be able to find the program in Nigeria and several other African countries. The idea also emerged based on the awareness of the Bitcoin community. Even in El Salvador, Bitcoin adopting country I have not found that there is a Bitcoin education program in their schools.

Bitcoin is already part of the education programs in some universities that study software engineering and informatics, including mine. I've seen it being mentioned in discrete math and described in cryptography in detail. I don't know about colleges that study finance, but I bet they do too. I don't know in which angle, though, because most macroeconomics professors teach mostly Keynesian economics.

The education program on bitcoin is more related to economics or any course that has financial management, it could be very common on that level. But I think at a minor age, bitcoin education is not right yet there are too many things that they must learn that are more related to economics. Billboards --it's been already there, in my country, there are too many establishments and places that accept bitcoin payments.
This thread ^[1] will show you how bitcoin awareness spread in my country.
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Where's the article? Show us which one.


Without knowing much about the context of the article you have refer to, I doubt that is a good idea or even a plausible one. Education system are prone to bias, especially the ones that are designed by the government itself. Recently, it looks that many countries are researching and planning to implement a CBDC, so if they incorporate bitcoin and design the curricula to suggest bitcoin as a superior form currency, it doesn't make any sense.

Blockchain technology and cryptography subject can be found if you're taking computer science degree. However if you mean Bitcoin is used for investment, there's a subject about financial investment in general that can be found if you're taking economic and management degree. IMO it's better to teach Bitcoin as investment or the utility rather than the technical thing, because majority of Bitcoin adoption are because Bitcoin is used for investment.

Some high schools or universities in my country have done that. In fact, they also cooperate by introducing through a special place in a special room at the university. They have not yet entered specifically, but they have provided education through pamphlet seminar activities.

In addition to the truth, what the friend talked about above is the basis of blockchain through computer operations they learn indirectly. Maybe outside my country there are blockchain experts who are at a university and have educational programs recognized by the government. But my country doesn't seem to be. Although the blockchain sign is recognized as having been seen and is starting to be widely introduced.

You provided good recommendations for spreading Bitcoin and blockchain knowledge by including courses covering bitcoin and blockchain technology in the K-12 curriculum. But this also depends on each country's policies, if a government does not provide full regulation of bitcoin or crypto then it will be a little constrained. in some old universities, it has also been implemented because basically it is still included in the economics curriculum.
Providing knowledge about blockchain and bitcoin technology from an early age will inspire those who are still young and will become successors of these technologies.

time will come one day that it will be added by schools but not really a requirement. there are college courses probably that will cover blockchain probably computer science. not necessarily Bitcoin. its the blockchain that is more important to learn for the students to prepare for this industry and what could be blockchain's use in the future.

advertising BTC will be for the school's cost when they offer the course.

Honestly considering many of the nations do not have K12 level economics class, if you haven't giving these kids education on what money is, it would be near impossible to give what bitcoin is.

I have said this over and over again a million times, we should be making sure that finance is one of the classes in high school, because kids need to learn about it, and have like 2 hours a week of finance classes for 4 years, when they graduate they would be able to actually know what to do with their money. Right now consumerism is killing the world and the economy, people who can't afford things, make bad debt and work hard like slaves to pay them off, that can't sustain.

Everything happens step by step. I believe that in the coming future, bitcoin and blockchain technology will be included for learning in educational programs, but before that time bitcoins first have to jump the hurdle and get accepted/adopted first mainly, and then other things like this will follow. For the now we have to focus on individual contribution to assist young students, teachers and others to know about bitcoins and blockchain technology before the time where knowledge about bitcoins and blockchain becomes regular knowledge that everyone knows about.

Governments, as we all know, do not like accepting Bitcoin officially, but they do not prohibit Blockchain. Because Bitcoin is not legal in my country, it appears that a few banks use Blockchain technology. Regardless of whether a government accepts Bitcoin, it should adapt Blockchain for the next generation. The only way to include a Blockchain component in their education. I'm not sure about other countries, but my country has yet to be added. It is absolutely essential to teach the next generation about Blockchain. The world is transforming quickly, and we must keep up.

Do not expect to see bitcoin or blockchain being taught in universities, I doubt it will ever happen except in countries where bitcoin is a legal tender. Reading your post, it sounds like without achieving this feat, bitcoin will be set back 10 years or lose some value, I don’t think so. I do not think bitcoin needs to be endorsed or taught in universities, I honestly think the walls of the university would not do justice to it. There are online crypto courses offered by udemy and crypto bootcamps where you can learn all about bitcoin and blockchain and get a certificate after doing so.

This particular topic, which I also view as a suggestion has been discussed several times on this forum.

On a personal level, I totally agree with the op, Infact, the year blockchain technology and bitcoin becomes a subject student can study in school, that is the year bitcoin achieves total adoption.
But unfortunately, an achievement of this magnitude will take an ample of time, and it won't come easy, bitcoin would have to first of all win the hearts of the governments of the world, who would in turn declare its acceptance as payment for goods and service, otherwise known as legal tender, I believe that only when this happens, can blockchain and bitcoin be possibly turned into a general subject which students can study in school.

Bitcoin can be added to any country curriculum if the country has adopted bitcoin, because the educational system cannot insert the technology into the country's curricula without the permission from the ministry of education (government).


That should be a personal business not necessarily for government to advertise bitcoin on billboards. And Bitcoin awareness campaign is already going on in the globe.

There are many countries that have accepted Bitcoin as a payment system like El Salvador, it's a small country and if bit country like USA, china, India, or Japan accepts crypto and Bitcoin than it will be like a huge Crypto boom.
And also I have heard that in Dubai and UAE, there are many big institutions that are teaching crypto and Bitcoin and it will be like revolution. That's why in near future Blockchain technology Will be very very huge.

I think a couple of institutions in the US already accepted bitcoin and cryptocurrency in their curriculum, either in economics or in the IT department. What is a little concerning though is the high amount of students who see cryptocurrency as nothing but a means to get rich quickly. Which should not be the case in any way whatsoever because bitcoin and cryptocurrencies aren't built to be like this despite their current uses. Anyhow, this goes to show how progressive the education system is becoming nowadays and is now going towards a shift for the better. The fact that these institutions, although still few and far between, acknowledges bitcoin's existence so much so that they are including it in their lessons is enough evidence that we are slowly walking the path towards global adoption.

They should definitely do that but I don't think it's going to happen anytime soon. Most of theses government are not even in favour of BTC. How would they? It's something they're not in control of. So it's left to us that are in the system to educate others about it.

As for cryptocurrency becoming accepted for payment globally, it's going to take a lot of time for that to happen. It's not stable and too volatile. Maybe more and more companies and people will recognize it but it won't be official.  Things that happened this year alone are a major setback.

Some countries that have adopted Bitcoin have included it in their university educational system, but others have chosen a different approach to providing awareness to their citizens through Blockchain technology education and cryptocurrency awareness.
Bitcoin adoption is unlikely to occur through university educational systems because so many people have embraced and accepted Bitcoin without attending school because they saw Bitcoin as a savior, eradicating so much poverty in some countries. However, introducing Bitcoin will be a great way to accelerate its global adoption.

This is true that universities are providing syllabus by including Bitcoin and Blockchain technology. It is good sign that people will learn benefits of Bitcoin and its uses. There are a lot of countries where most of the people don't know about Bitcoin. Day by day people will familiar with Bitcoin and Blockchain technology.

I believe basic knowledge of the financial industry should be given importance to both students who are in university and school. Not only about Bitcoins but students should learn about financial markets as a whole.

In the future this wouldn't even be deliberated because it would already have been incorporated into the educational curriculum from primary to secondary. I can understand why it is not so widespread now - bitcoin and blockchain are still in their earliest stage, probitcoin vs non-probitcoin in the educational system etc. I can imagine that it would take developing countries a long while to catch up with updating their educational curriculum to cover these topics. It's going to be a long shot but it is doable.

Cybercrime and cyber awareness should be the bigger topics to introduce in the k-12 classes instead of jumping into bitcoin and blockchain. We don't want to be a cult based on books, a good example of what we don't want to be in the religious sects. Rather bitcoin is an epitome of free speech not propaganda.

Once children are primed with the knowledge of how to remain safe on the internet they can learn about their financial options and opportunities. There all types of assets should be shown to them and allowed to make free choices.

You cannot force feed people into allowing crypto currency - you have give them time to understand it's benefits over others.

I agree with your thoughts, bitcoin currently, apart from being used to generate profits, has no practical application in life, so it cannot be considered an indispensable need of everyone. We like investing, it does not mean that other people will like it as much as we do. In addition, we can easily find knowledge about bitcoin on the internet, so it is not necessary to include it in education.
If someone is passionate about investing can learn it online or through courses at financial centers easily instead of going through the lengthy education process at school.

Let me tell you my friend that in my country, there are special courses for the undergraduate programs to opt for blockchain technology. So yes in my country there is some advance regarding cryptocurrencies and blockchain. You can be a blockchain engineer, by completing the undergrad course. But I see that this is still the beginning of what we are talking about. We need the schools to make students understand about Bitcoins along with Nation’s economics. Hope someday we will achieve this, and whole world will accumulate Bitcoins in their every work.

This can only be done in countries who had already embrace cryptocurrency, meanwhile countries who has a negative perception towards cryptos will never embark on such activity because it is the ministry of Education under that government that will design the Blockchain curriculum to cover the syllabus from K-12  to the university level, personally I think it's a very good idea unfortunately my country does not allow the use of crypto, however crypto enthusiasts here took it upon themselves to learn Blockchain technology myself inclusive, I am trying to pass this information to some of my colleagues in my place of work.

I agree with you.
even though learning about blockchain in the world of education from an early age is very good and important, especially about cryptocurrency, because as time goes by technology is advancing and developing.
but it is very unfortunate that there are still a number of countries that have not allowed or provided learning about blockchain and cryptocurrency in the education curriculum in these countries.

I believe blockchain is already added in courses that related with computer as miscellaneous subject. Blockchain is too deep to introduce on high school since this is al about coding unless you are referring to the general definition of blockchain only and not the technical aspect.

This technology is still not widely use in our daily life so I doubt government will allow especially on 3rd world country which the level of education is not that high. We should start at college level then slowly introduce it on lower level for a lighter coverage.

Idea is obviously great and there are many universities who are already adding taught programs related to blockchains. However the perspective is really different. It's more or less associated with its coding, it's various applications associated in the field of information technology. It seems that many users are thinking about it's indirect publicity in correlation with the bitcoin. Though we are talking about blockchain, there is no need to always connect the dots with bitcoin. In fact bitcoin is just vehicle which runs on the blockchain. Definitely, the applications are wide, and the scope is even higher for blockchain. It is also studied by various mega organizations in the banking sector to see if there is anything with which blockchain can help them. :)

Everything thought about is very possible, and it's just a matter of time before government with good clean targets for their country will start adapting it to their educational system curriculum. It's best for the upgrown and tender individuals who will have a very last memory and understanding on how the whole space operates. It's expected of all young and old individuals to know about the block chain and good profits it brings. We are growing so is the facilities surrounding our means of payment and investments. We should try go along with the rapid growth of Bitcoin in the universe.

It's a good thing if they will do that in school, but I think it's hard to hire someone that is going to teach that in a school. A full cryptocurrency trader or hodler wouldn't bother teaching I guess unless the payment is good or he would do it voluntarily. The only problem here is that students might get addicted to cryptocurrency especially trading that could come up to a worst case scenario where they would steal their parents money just to risk it again after they lost everything in trading.

Specially offered subject;yes. But to use 'should' would be I think wrong. Not all people in the first place are into this industry even if they are aware of how profitable it is. There are just people who are not ready to take that much of risk for high returns in an investment. Also, if it is curriculum, I think it would be irrelevant as a profession especially to countries wherein cryptos are not widely accepted or acknoledged as an option for mode of payment. Thus, it would be unecessary.
Hiring would be easy but those who would teach it will be hard. Is there a degree already for this industry? If I,'m not mistaken, there's nothing. Also, not everyone could teach a certain technology without that credibility 'coz misconceptions are more likely to happen therefore, wasted time for the students. We might get there in the future but for sure it won't be soon or at the present.

Because of this, it wouldn't be possible to consider bitcoin in schools a good thing, I'm pretty sure it would do more harm than good. Students will neglect their studies and rush to invest in bitcoin to make money. Bitcoin is not always profitable, and if they lose, they will easily create social evils, or they will become discouraged and do not want to continue their education.

I don't know about the government including Bitcoin in the curriculum at the University and college education level but there are already some Universities in the US and UK that offer courses for blockchain technology, and Ethereum Development Course. An example is edx, University of California (Berkeley). Besides, you can join their online free courses.

In some countries, it's already a part of education (in France (https://cointelegraph.com/news/french-high-school-students-will-learn-about-bitcoin-and-crypto), for example). In many, it probably depends on a particular teacher and whether a teacher would want to introduce some topics, as well as on the school. But I agree it's not widespread, but something that should be widespread. Adding crypto courses at the level of university isn't enough because many people don't go to universities, and the courses are usually aimed only at students who study IT or something related. Adding at least some topics into Economics and/or IT school courses could boost the knowledge about Bitcoin of the younger populations. I don't think it should be advertised, as we're talking about minors here. I think it should be talked about, focusing on the facts about different ways money can work and on Bitcoin as a relatively new form of money with its features.

The fact is that many countries are watching the evolution of bitcoin and how it is being used globally by many citizens from various countries. They've just been hesitant to incorporate it into the school curriculum because of its volatility. No government wants to be blamed for their investment in a school that later turned out to be less than expected. Some countries include blockchain technology in some of their skill acquisition programs, but they don't want it to become so widespread that the entire country is aware of it.

I guess that was not a good article. Cryptocurrency is already accepted as a form of payment all around the world due to its sheer nature. Regardless of regulation, one can use it anyway. And, I would say even more. Cryptocurrency and the Blockchain should have its own courses taught at universities as well as it should have an introduction course as part of the teaching program in high school.

I do not think it is necessary for all courses, I think the course best fits into IT-related courses and is heavy on Computer programming/computer science, and computer engineering courses.  There is always a specification of what education is integrated into every course and I think the stated courses need blockchain tech education integrated. 

Economist needs to understand Bitcoin economics but not deeply on its technical codes because it will derail the course from its normal curriculum. 

For cryptocurrencies, I think it's good to have a few hours or minutes of discussion through subjects like Economics and Finance. While for blockchain, it could be inserted into subjects related to technology, maybe into computer major courses, it's easy.
Because the technology sector can't ignore the market for blockchain developers and there's a huge market cap that they can see how much it will make someone focusing on this particular technology and have a career in it.

It's easier said than done because changing of a school curriculum requires extra resources and training of the teachers themselves to grasp this new technology, but of course we can't just sit back and do nothing... It needs to start from somewhere and this could be possible with the next crop of teachers who could be more tech savvy and ready to take up this challenge unlike the old timers.

Not only about sudden change and integration or speaking about budget but also we should consider or mind about legal aspects which we know that not each country does have allowed Bitcoin or crypto as a whole,
which does mean that not all schools will really be have the rights on trying out to included without consulting about legal issues or something in related because just as i said that everything should really be needed
some granted request or confirmation before they could really do something.We know that each places does have different takings when it comes to it.
Who doesnt really want to have this kind of exposure and recognition on adding up on a curriculum? Of course we do really love to see on these things.

Agreed, the curriculum change isn't an easy thing. While making a curriculum more things were taken into consideration. The prime thing is the understanding, based on the age group the curriculum is designed. Initially the techy itself doesn't have much awareness about bitcoin. It is time to educate the teachers and only through them it is possible to reach the students in a much better way.

I think this could become a reality and indeed it will be added if the country is already on bitcoin and adopts it, just an example might be El Salvador now. but this only applies if indeed they have made regulations that indirectly bring bitcoin there but if not then something like this will obviously be very difficult because regulation is still the main reason so implementing this when regulations do not exist will only create polemics in his country.

I think the chance for the crypto to become a global currency is slim because there will always be government who are not going to allow them in their country but it does not mean that we will stop spreading the word crypto. As long as they are still legal in our country, we should encourage the people, our teachers and even the government so that cryptos will become more established.

Aside from being a currency, we can do a lot of things with crypto. They can work as an investment. We can use them for trading. There are also jobs which are related to them and the blockchain. This is an added opportunity to the people knowing that other fields are now full or close to it.

Then you seem to have just missed the whole point of Bitcoin (not crypto, really). It was precisely because there will always be governments to dictate what you do with your money and what you will be able to count as money that Bitcoin was and is perfect as a global currency.

And it already is, in a sense. Name one other currency you could carry with you to ANY country and sell/exchange for local currency. Even those states banning Bitcoin can't ban p2p.

I agree, not only things for financial literacy should be in the channel but rather all different types on investment especially in crypto,. so that many people will stop investing in hyip and other pyramiding. Many people should learn. crypto, if can be useful in everyday needs, not only good for students but also good for all ages and those working people.

I doubt this is ever going to happen, bitcoin is already a form of payment that can be used worldwide, tell me do we have the support of the governments around the world? Except for a very small minority the rest of the countries have banned bitcoin or have it under very heavy regulations, and I think this is something we should expect in the near future to continue, so bitcoin will have to surpass those obstacles on its own, and taking into account the current level of adoption I can say it has done a good job.

First, we should take cryptocurrency as an alternative currency and bitcoin decentralization doesn't allow it to be controlled by the government or any other individual, so accepting Bitcoin in some countries may take a long time before happening but then we should also know that some countries around the world are already making bitcoin a legal currency.

But some other countries will rather create their own centralized CBDC, which is aim at replacing other cryptocurrencies even though CBDC does not have the features of cryptocurrency.

Bitcoin is going to stay for good so the government should start educating the people first particularly the young minds in schools and universities so that they will grasp on ideas on the benefits of bitcoin and how it can be used effectively. But in our country, I guess there will be long processes first before the government will submit into bitcoin.

the good about in today's generation is you can self-study by using different sources that you can find over the internet. however, you should select valid references to get the facts from certain topics. but to formally introduce this technology to the young generation, definitely, they can always add this to their courses. and a lot of the schools or universities are already actually including the topics of blockchain tech and other related-topics especially if your course has something to do with the IT industry.

I think the government really needs to include lessons about bitcoin and blockchain. because of course this is the modern era and people are starting to get to know bitcoin a lot.
and one example of a country that supports bitcoin lessons if i'm not mistaken is elsalvador. and even if I'm not mistaken last year the government of elsalvador planned to build a bitcoin and crypto school. and i also hope the government in my country build a bitcoin and crypto school. or conduct lessons on bitcoin and blockchain at university.

How do we recommend the government to include the K-12 curriculum as an aspect of introducing Blockchain technology in schools, while they are still quite restrictive and have not fully accepted the development of bitcoin and Blockchain. In addition, payments using fiat currencies are still quite dominant at this time, so further education and introduction to payments using crypto or bitcoin is needed.

The curriculum at school cannot be changed with a number of considerations, bearing in mind that the curriculum has become standard in its application, even though there have been minor revisions and I think it is still related to the world of education as usual.

Bitcoin digital currency has contributed the most to the way digital currencies have become popular in the world. Our modern world has entered a completely new phase of the information age associated with the increasing digitization of all aspects of our lives. The new digital environment nowadays permeates not only daily practice, but also professional activities, changing their form and restructuring the consciousness and even the way of life of most people. With the new level of development of information technology, economy, finance, trade and other fields are transacted virtually in the currency Bitcoin.

Government might not do such things about Bitcoin. They never take any sides of a risky investment, be it stocks or commodities or crypto for that instance. What they might do is put up topics on a neutral approach to bitcoin or any altcoin.

Still I would stick to my previous motion, cybercrime is a topic that needs to be taught at schools and students made aware of the problem at hand than talking about Bitcoin. Blockchain technology is not for everyone so should be kept at much higher levels as an elective subject.

However bitcoin might contribute it is for any huge economic impact. It might change in future and so will the government approach.

There are many good specialists, but perhaps they do not have the necessary skills to teach these subjects well. Probably so far the educational system is not ready for the presentation of cryptocurrencies. Moreover, not all society is ready to accept cryptocurrencies, so such a lesson can be in the educational system, but it should be as an additional and not a main one, so that you can choose it if you want to study this subject.

There is a growing recognition that Bitcoin and blockchain technology are important subjects for students to learn about. These technologies have the potential to revolutionize various industries and have already begun to do so. As such, it makes sense for education programs to cover them in order to prepare students for the future. There are a number of ways that Bitcoin and blockchain technology can be incorporated into education programs. For example, they can be included as part of a computer science or business curriculum, or as stand-alone courses. In addition, they can be incorporated into other subjects, such as economics or law, in order to provide students with a more well-rounded understanding of the technologies and their potential impacts.

First of all, it is consistent in this era of globalization the opening of new knowledge and new technologies that do not have formal education in regular channels, all go through an extended or short process to reach formal channels of education and dissemination.

In any case, there is a persistent paradigm in believing that the traditional and/or regular channels that we know both in training and in dissemination are necessary to take Bitcoin to the next level of adoption.