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I have started a learn and earn program for my facebook group members, together with the cooperation of our other group admin and moderator. The purpose of the program is to make sure they are learning the crypto basic (totally bitcoin focused). I'm running out of ideas as we have planned to run the program for long. We are paying around $5-$10 per participants (with maximum cap per activity) in average.
I'm looking for some small ideas like running a full node, using lightning network, signing a message and more. Feel free to share your ideas here.

Here are some few ideas :

Reason to avoid KYC and being cautious of your privacy online

What to consider to know a good bitcoin wallet and why use open source wallet

 How to verify if a wallet update or software is from a trusted source

Various wallet address, uses and why you use native SegWit/Bech32

Who are full or prune noders and how to run any

How bitcoin mining works

Bitcoin scalability : What is Layer 2 chain and also side chain

Since you don't want to dive deep but just teach about the basic knowledge of bitcoin, you can follow this https://learnmeabitcoin.com/

Maybe you could start a tutorial series with some essential wallet education? Explaining different wallet types - web wallets, self-custody wallets, hardware wallets... The difference between hot wallets (web and mobile) and cold storage (hardware and paper wallets). The importance of self-custody for Bitcoin. etc...

This is actually nice it would help to spread out knowledge, which may help them to understand more about Bitcoin and the whole crypto space. Those Ideas you have named are pretty good too and think you should start with something light in the learn and earn inorder encourage them more.  And you can Also focus on the security part of this space .

You already mentioned all the ideas about crypto what other ideas are you exactly looking for?

Why not tell them how to develop or build their own blockchain there is a guide that I know where you can learn them and you can build a DIY right away on different programming languages.
Here's the link below

- https://github.com/openblockchains/awesome-blockchains

Also take note of web3 remember there are many blockchain games crypto related if you can give them a few sample games like Axie it would be easier for them to learn about web3 and NFTs.

You could also consider teaching them how to set up an air-gapped wallet because many of them might not be able to afford hardware wallets. They can also be exposed to cyber security and how to dictate phishing and scams. Maybe after they have learned the basics of Bitcoin, they can be introduced to the economics of the coin. They can be taught how to make some profit from trading or hodling Bitcoin. You could make the class student-centered by asking students to do their own research and come up with areas of Bitcoin they are interested in learning. Such topics could serve as part of the course outline and teaching content.  

What's the goal for the participants? Do they want to "get rich quick", "earn money on the internet", or how to safely store Bitcoin after buying it? If it's the first two, I can't help them much. But if it's the latter, they don't need to learn a lot before they can start doing it. There's no need to install a full node for instance.

I think you need to differentiate the purpose to which each of the participants wants to learn. Some might just be interested in trying to get rich and we all know just having the basics can earn them that. While others might be interested in using it as a means of storing their money and you don’t need to go far with this one’s you will just have to teach them how to buy bitcoin, understand the terminologies, setting up their own wallet or possibly their own personal nodes. You can check this thread by Fillippone on how to teach an average joe about bitcoin (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5156874.0). I will personally add this James loop resources (https://www.lopp.net/bitcoin-information.html) among other resources listed above as it encompasses what you were looking for.

Then a further classes for those looking to be a developer or even miners.

Best to make sure you shape the difficulty and topics of your program based on what your audience already knows.  That way they will stay interested and keep on learning instead of gettin bored or confused.  I would say the first thing ya gotta do is figure out who exactly you are talkin to.  Are they total newbies when it comes to Bitcoin, or do they kinda already know some basic stuff and are ready to get into the nitty gritty?  If they already got some baseline knowledge, you can jump into more complex stuff like how mining works or the technology behind the blockchain, but the key is tailoring it to their level.

I think he mentioned it is about the basics of blockchain and Bitcoin, and I don't think the ideas or concepts you have shared are anywhere near the "basic" category. You can't expect someone to develop and build their own blockchain for a maximum of $10 as a reward for learning the process no matter what programming language they are going to use. It's a lengthy process and someone who is in the learning process can't go that far.

A learn-and-earn program should consist of concepts and ideas that are very basic but are important for someone to know when they get into this industry such as how they can create and use a non-custodial wallet, how they can double-spend a transaction, how the blockchain works, etc. Such concepts will make them understand Bitcoin and its network more closely because they would research and study if there is some incentive attached to the process.

here is an idea:
teach your people that bitcoin does not leave the bitcoin network and people cant just add more units to bitcoin outside of the reward structure of blocks.. so when discussing LN(FACEPALM) ensure they learn LN is not bitcoin. LN is different and has its own niche services, functions, model.. dont try confusing people that LN is bitcoin. (same goes for other subnetworks that also peg/wrap and emulate bitcoin)(same goes for custodian services)

its also like CEX database, which is not bitcoin either.
teach people about #not-your-key-not-your-coin

other networks other systems dont have the same security model as the bitcoin blockchain. dont confuse people with foolish idea's that other systems are bitcoin or better then bitcoin

maybe you need to spend some time learning more about what bitcoin is before making posts about being "bitcoin focused" but then deviate within same post to mention other networks.

i assume your game play is to offer small awards for learning your versions of how you see things. and later hope people then pay you back somehow. like maybe you offer them portfolio fund management services or something?!

You could teach them about the different types of bitcoin address, that way they can realize if an address is valid for bitcoin or not.

Another one is to make them create/sign/broadcast a transaction with bitcoin-cli.

Explain how to RBF (replace by fee) and when they should use it.

Talk to them about mining, how to mine with a pool, how to solo mining, and the type of hardware for mining (the evolution of mining, from CPU to GPU to the new gen miners)

I hope you can take some of these ideas.

My idea is to teach those members about cold wallets and hot wallets because that's also a very important topic for the newbie learners of Bitcoin. Most of the new users often go with hot wallets, and when someone else gets access to their device then they get hacked and consider Bitcoin and crypto as scam. It's far better to educate such newbies about the cold and hot wallets so they could safely store their Bitcoin without any worries.

Another important thing I suggest you is to teach your group embers about custodial and personal wallets. Most of the new users keep their Bitcoin in custodial wallets and that's not a safe approach for holding Bitcoin. It's better to educate your group members about personal wallets so they can be the true owner of the Bitcoin that they have bought.

Do you just want to teach the fundamentals of bitcoin?

You can teach them the concept of mining maybe even how to trade. Personally, if I had a group explaining these things to me I would have been really productive and I would have done it quicker so know that you guys are doing something. Props to you!

Hi Little Mouse. Also include safe asset storage for those who want to learn.

For me, wallets as storage are mandatory knowledge that must be well mastered by Bitcoin and crypto users in general because knowing a broad understanding of wallets really helps users secure their assets after they know other basics which you think are more important.

They should be able to differentiate the advantages and disadvantages of using software, hardware and other wallets.
They also need to know the advantages and disadvantages of using open source and closed source wallets.
This is intended to avoid using an exchange to store assets for months.

I think knowledge about wallets as a place to store assets is number 1 to be taught after explaining what Bitcoin is, how Bitcoin works and after explaining what crypto is.

Good initiative. As we know, it's very important to secure our funds when we are in crypto. So you have to focus deeply on wallet services first. Another important thing is to make them clear about how Bitcoin works and how volatile it is as well. So when they were perfectly informed, they would take the right decision at the right time and not regret it at all. Teach them about using centralised exchanges also; it's very important to choose the perfect exchange and let them know how exchanges often scam and freeze accounts. Overall, we need to make sure all the funds are safe. 

For sure OP you already tried activity setting some Bitcoin wallets, how to send Bitcoin, how to set transaction fees (fees/byte)?
Or maybe try also the calculation of fees or size of the transactions, sending batch transaction (where you can send to multiple addresses using one transaction).

Nice initiative and ways to motivate people to learn, but before I contribute my few cent I will like to know what you ain is for touching them crypto and who provides the funding for this pay to learn program, because for as far as I know money is a motivation and if you paying anyone such an amount I suggest you should start teaching them how to start generating the liquidity themselves, I think is will be more better and safer for you if you do the thinking of how to teach them the various mechanism that is involved is secured cryptocurrency assets, note that when they start generating they own revenue you will find a new ground to generate ideas on how  and what to teach them as they grow along the line.

Is $5 - $10 is a maximum earning for one participant in total through the Learn and Earn Program?

Years ago, Coinbase or Blockchain.com run their Learn & Earn Program but it is like their contracts with cryptocurrency projects to advertise them. Budget for earning in these programs come from marketing budgets of those projects.

If $10 is a total earning through a program, they will stop learning when they earn the maximum $10. Later if you add more content, questions for your program, they will not join it again to learn and answer new questions.

Coinbase's Learning Rewards (https://www.coinbase.com/learning-rewards)
How to earn crypto rewards? (https://www.coinbase.com/learn/tips-and-tutorials/how-to-earn-crypto-rewards?)

Maybe you can consider this, and it could help:

• Explain the Unspendable Transaction Output (UTXO) model which is the core concept in Bitcoin and understanding it helps users grasp how transactions work on the network.
• Differentiate between confirmation times and block times to clarify how transaction settlement works on the Bitcoin network. You can have a short activity where participants need to find the current block time and estimate confirmation times for different fees.
• Crypto Wallet Setup and Security Best Practices for Bitcoin wallets to guide participants through setting up a Bitcoin wallet and emphasize best practices for security, such as 2FA, using hardware wallets, and backing up private keys. You can create a list of best practices and ask them to identify phishing attempts or unsafe wallet practices to earn rewards.
• Crypto-related Quizzes or Trivia to organize periodic quizzes or trivia contests covering various aspects of cryptocurrency, including history, technology, economics, and current events.

By the way, what's your Facebook group, OP? Maybe we can also join to gain more knowledge or broaden our understanding because as you know, nobody knows everything.

Because your team want to launch and maintain a long educational program on Bitcoin, let's see Learn Me a Bitcoin from Beginners level to Technical (Advanced) level.

https://learnmeabitcoin.com/beginners/
https://learnmeabitcoin.com/technical/

Get some ideas from these quizzes from BlackHatCoiner.
Quiz 1 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5489188.msg63816424#msg63816424)
Quiz 2 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5489635.msg63831685#msg63831685)
Quiz 3 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5491058.msg63882296#msg63882296)

You might want to classify your tasks from beginner to intermediate to advanced or something like that to make sure the learner will have a smooth transition and overall experience. Running a full node, for example, can't be given to somebody who has just learned to use a Lightning wallet.

Anyway, beginner tasks could include create a wallet, create a backup, restore a wallet, make a transaction, sign and verify a message, and so on. Intermediate tasks may include creating a multi-sig wallet, replace an unconfirmed transaction with a higher fee, extracting private keys from seed phrase, and the like. Advanced tasks include running a full node and perhaps some others that involve mining like adding transactions to a block.

I don't know if this is a good idea but I think that it's probably something. Teaching them to be secure about their wallets and how to be secure yourself in crypto space and online in general is a good basics to learn from, that way they're all learning what they can keep using even if they've been, most people remember the foundations compared to when they're already knowledgeable right? Basically my idea is to teach them about cybersecurity because I've seen a lot of seminars of these and most of them are easy to understand and remember and those seminars, you got to pay them and it's probably nice that they can save some money learning the fundamentals of safety online and they're earning from it. I have to say this, really good initiative and I wish I'm in that group of yours because I really love the idea of learning but at the same time, I'm getting paid to learn which is a really good motivation more than anything.

Well if your goal is teaching, it is better to have a collaboration with the participants. Not only the podcast or seminar type of discussion but a conversational among those becoming investors.

However most of those are really there on how to make money really quick. Or instead of education, they are after for some signals or the like services. So for that fact, you may consider creating market reviews or overviews for some markets or projects they would request. In that case, you will catch their deepest interests which is to earn money and have a better feel with the market.

Hey LM, isn't it that crypto is ban in your country? My concern is just what if one of the spy gets in to your group and try to have a screenshot of all of your members including the admins, moderators and everyone that's in there and will report you guys? Or the government lied low with the ruling of crypto in your country? I salute you for having this kind of initiative and spreading the knowledge that you have and gives back to your community. Now for the idea, I am sure that many of yours have already their wallet. What if you try to load a wallet with a $5 worth of any crypto and then you'd just drop it to your group and whoever gets it first it will be theirs. The lesson there is not to leave your private keys/seeds on the web. Also, try to let them research some trivias about the history of the entire crypto community that hasn't been known by you or by the majority.

I think by now, you should already have gotten what you want or looking for, but just to add, I would say that ideas are actually scattered all over the place on the internet, a simple search I believe would do the magic for you.

For example, an idea I would possibly share with you is, how about looking for a way to intergret courses from Binance academy to the platform you guys are using the learn and earn program? Personally, I've spent really an ample of time reading some courses on Binance academy and I must say that they are well detailed, always straightforward and to the point, and as well, very educative..
Finding a way to integrate courses from Binance academy into your Facebook group learn and earn program I think is one strategy that will make sure you never have to worry about running out of ideas any more, since courses on Binance academy is very too many that I don't think a person can finish it all in one year.

How can you be sure that someone isn't running multiple Facebook accounts and exploiting this "learn and earn" program?
Creating multiple Facebook accounts can be easily done with an anti-detect browser like Dolphin-Anty or Incoginiton, some residential proxies and SMS services like SMSPVA for phone verification. Why there should be a monetary incentive for this? If the people are really interested in Bitcoin, they will find all the info they need and learn everything for free. Maybe teaching them the basic stuff about Bitcoin is more than enough. I don't think that the Lightning Network will ever become mainstream, so teaching them about LN seems kinda useless.

Avoiding KYC is becoming increasingly difficult, because almost all services for buying and selling bitcoin will require this procedure. So, the relevance of discussing and teaching this becomes a dubious undertaking.

An open source wallet is not a panacea for bitcoiners and is not the only factor to consider when choosing a wallet.


It is impossible to believe that in a sphere with almost endless topics for discussion, ideas can run out. :)

How much do you pay for ideas? :D

Not sure how you want to teach about Bitcoin.

I think videos about a speciifc topics that can be easily shared would be my approach. As an example see this IT Guy on Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/user/elithecomputerguy/featured

For more general info the guy has a separate channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@EliComputerGuyLive/videos


Regarding topics start from the beginning like "Whats in Bitcoin"  and then move on through all the details step by step......

If the quality is good maybe people would pay for it :)

Bitcoin Trivia (https://www.babypips.com/quizzes/bitcoin-trivia) with only 10 questions. I tried it and those questions are easy for me, I answer 10/10 correctly but newbies will miss some questions.

The Bitcoin exam with 50 questions (https://lookingglasseducation.com/courses/thebitcoinexam/). I did not try it because it requires an account.

UTXO stands for "unspent transaction output". It's probably a good idea to explain how transaction change works, I've seen many Newbies who got confused. The cash analogy fits better than the banking analogy.

Yes doing KYC seems inevitable in general in regard to not only bitcoin but sometimes there can be an alternative and they should know if any KYC worth the risk, this is not just only in relation to bitcoin and there are non KYC exchanges offering p2p services, https://kycnot.me

Yes but I can say in any software if there is an open source doing effectively as any close source then it will be better to opt for them and also my earlier reply didn't spoke solely of just choosing an open source wallet

Trivias and games are a great way to teach someone about anything. They are entertaining and educational both at the same time. I think it is a good way to attract and capture people’s attention.

You can also give out some prizes for those who can answer correctly. It will fuel their competitive spirit making them more motivated to learn and play.

Appreciate all the suggestions here. I had a look at many and starting to apply some.

I would like to encourage people for learning more about bitcoin and its ecosystem.

I get that ;) But it doesn't answer my question: what's the goal for the participants? You're trying to encourage them, which is commendable. But the need for that depends on what they want to do with that knowledge.

Pretty OP's done that but the calculation of fees I think is a bit too advanced for beginners even the batch transactions maybe taking it slow and little by little. Helps that they've got a good foundation and understanding of bitcoin, that way they're not that worried or confused if they do something advanced because they might have the knowledge to answer the issues. I don't have that much idea to contribute but I think expanding this program might be a good idea to do although the funding is going to be an issue right?

Teach them how to buy and sell bitcoin from an exchange, and how to transfer their bitcoin from one wallet to another.

The type of wallet to use on daily spending and for a long time savings. Also how they will back up their seed phrase and keeping it safe from third party.

Teach them on how to consolidate transactions, and enlighten them on dust transaction. How to import private keys.

I hope your students will be motivated to learn, and use the knowledge to help themselves in future, so that your goal would be achieved. I admire your initiative.  ;D

This section is for beginners who are completely new to Bitcoin and want to learn the basics of how it works and how to get started using it.

Start here:

How Does Bitcoin Work?

Getting started
So you want to get started using bitcoin? Here are the basic steps:

Wallets
A quick guide to bitcoin wallets, and recommendations on which ones to use.
Exchanges
Recommendations on the best exchanges to buy bitcoins from.
Sending
How to send and receive bitcoin using a bitcoin wallet.
Security
How to keep your bitcoins secure.

You can get more ideas from here: https://learnmeabitcoin.com/beginners/

You might say that those are the basic things of Bitcoin, and you want your group members to learn these things as well, but I have another feeling. These are the basic things for you and me or those who have been in crypto (Bitcoin) for a while and learned more advanced things. However, these are almost advanced already for the average person who scrolls Facebook all day. I am saying this because I feel that 90% of Bangladeshi Facebook users know Bitcoin as a money-making machine and don't know anything else. They don't know what is the difference between Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

They don't know what the difference is between Binance and Electrum Wallet. They say Electrum is bad because they cannot store all the cryptocurrency in it, but they can deposit various crypto into their Binance account. It's impossible to make them understand the difference in a Facebook post's comment section. I fought with these types of people who were arguing that Binance is better. So, my suggestion is to raise awareness about it. They should know more basics than understanding how to run a lightning network or a full node.

It will be risky for you to be the admin of the facebook group you want to open because as far as I know Bitcoin is not legalized in your country so if you are the admin of that group then legal complications may arise for you.
But as far as I know teaching in facebook group is not illegal but legal but if you are using facebook group to sell bitcoins then you will definitely be in trouble with the law.

wow! This is surely a resource that's just great for most first timer that are probably trying to figure things out as they are just more to this niche and I'm damn keeping it as a companion for reference purpose and I'm surely going through it for the basic knowledge it contained about Bitcoin. It simplicity in conveying and teaching users about the whole frame work of Bitcoin is quite interesting and although I haven't read through the whole site yet, I Believe it will help the OP and is student get the necessary guide on how to learn about Bitcoin investments from the scratch.

Kudos to the author of this great piece.

In addition, the process and procedures to trading can be taught, like how to read and understand crypto signals, how to identify whales and follow their strategies for trading an investment, how to accumulate, diversify and the best moments to do so.

It's a huge responsibility to teach others what they can learn to earn from and I know OP's reputation would be on the line if anything good is going to come out of this and am sure more doors will open up in form of ideas to help him scale the heights of this wonderful endeavor.

I think you should make them understand what's the right time for investment. Tell them about the basics of bull run, halving etc so that they can make up their mind regarding the best time to invest.

The other thing you can do is to teach them how to avoid scammers and how to do safe transactions. Tell them about some popular and safe wallet options their fundamentals and the security layer they have so that they can trust crypto platforms. Be practical In short.Also tell them about the air drops as well as the side chains of BTC so that they can understand the scalability and exposure of BTC.

Go for mining information,how it works how it can help making money etc.

It's a quite interesting topic to discuss!
Yeah If your program is focused only on Bitcoin and you are making newbie learn the basics, I would suggest you focus on the most fundamental things such as setting up a wallet and sending and receiving Bitcoin, you can make them create testnet wallets and send and receive testnet coins for them to understand the concept, and once they do that, you can ask them to use their wallets to make actual Bitcoin transactions either from one wallet to another or from exchange to their wallet and back.

It might also be useful if you ask them to try and use an exchange platform to buy and sell Bitcoin because it is also one of the basic and most important things one needs to know and understand and a lot of newbies mess up when they go for buying or selling their assets. So if they learn the basics of how they can place orders in a market, it would make things easier for them and they will also focus on learning them if you are rewarding them for it.

I think that CPFP should also be in the list.

And, as some have also mentioned, cold storage is a must. And it can be done easily with an USB stick and a Tails OS, no need to anything more fancy.

Adding extra words after a seed could be also interesting. Maybe also multi-sig.

And back to things I didn't see suggested: the derivation paths may worth a close look too.
Also people learning how to use a block explorer - for fees, for checking whether a tx has unconfirmed parents and how far, maybe other things too - is a must.
Dust amounts, transaction size and its cost based on size, or coin control are also useful topics.

I guess what O.P is trying say is that $5 to $10 is the maximum amount each participant is likely to earn per each "Learn & Earn" program, of which they are likely to be more new programs where people are likely to earn an average sum of $5 to $10 , if only they can successful answer the questions that will be followed by those learn & earn programs. As most times these questions are always basic Bitcoin/crypto related questions which we all needed to know to help broaden our perspective.