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Second Wave of Education Grants

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We are pleased to announce our latest round of grants aimed at supporting educational projects that are enhancing the understanding and adoption of Bitcoin worldwide. These initiatives are making significant progress in educating communities, students, and developers about Bitcoin, fostering innovation, and promoting financial inclusion.

Our Educational Initiative is dedicated to empowering individuals through education that supports the Bitcoin ecosystem. Each project contributes to building a more informed and decentralized future through open-source resources, workshops, and community events.

We want to express our sincere gratitude to our donors for making these grants possible. Their generous contributions enable us to support initiatives that not only educate but also inspire the next generation of Bitcoin enthusiasts and developers.

Here are the projects receiving grants in this wave:

Each of these projects brings unique value to the global Bitcoin community. We are proud to support their efforts and look forward to seeing the impact they will have in their respective regions and beyond.

Bitcoin Jungle

Bitcoin Jungle is an open-source initiative to build a circular Bitcoin economy in Costa Rica. The project focuses on educating businesses and individuals on Bitcoin usage, offering free technology services like point-of-sale systems and wallets, and fostering community through meetups and events. Future plans include improving their technology stack, expanding educational resources, and increasing community outreach efforts. By promoting Bitcoin adoption and contributing to FOSS development, Bitcoin Jungle seeks to enhance self-sovereignty and resilience in the global Bitcoin network.

Website: bitcoinjungle.app
Repository: Bitcoin-Jungle
License: MIT, AGPL-3.0

Bitcoin Indonesia

Bitcoin Indonesia is a community-driven grassroots initiative focused on Bitcoin adoption across Indonesia, emphasizing education, community building, and open-source development. With a mission to empower the nation's 280 million people through financial education and access to freedom technologies like Bitcoin and Lightning, they provide diverse learning opportunities, from daily workshops and meetups at Bitcoin House Bali to outreach in schools and universities. Future plans include expanding their developer community, growing the Bitcoin circular economy, and advocating for Bitcoin-friendly policies. By bridging education, community support, and technological development, they aim to foster financial inclusion and self-sovereignty in a country where 77% of the population is unbanked or underbanked, highlighting Bitcoin's potential as a tool for economic empowerment and human rights.

Website: bitcoinindonesia.xyz
Repository: bitcoinindo21
License: MIT, CC0-1.0

Deciphering Bitcoin

Deciphering Bitcoin is an open-source project to create a comprehensive academic textbook on Bitcoin, covering its design, purpose, and societal impact. The book will be freely available on GitHub and accompanied by a user-friendly website featuring interactive courses for varying levels of technical expertise. The project is structured into a core section, focusing on fundamental aspects of Bitcoin like network architecture, mining, and wallets, and an advanced topics section that explores subjects like the Lightning Network and Bitcoin's role in financial privacy. Future plans include developing these educational resources to serve university students, professionals, and the broader public, offering a modular, interdisciplinary approach that fills a critical gap in the current academic landscape by providing a thorough and unbiased analysis of Bitcoin.

Repository: JWBurgers/deciphering-bitcoin
License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

BOBSpaces Residency - Cohort 3

BOBSpaces Residency is a Bitcoin-only incubator and co-working space in Bangkok, Thailand, dedicated to supporting open-source (FOSS) Bitcoin projects through themed cohorts. Cohort 3 focuses on Bitcoin mining, bringing together project leads and contributors from complementary projects such as StratumV2, Braidpool, and Pivotal Pleb Tech (the Loki board). The residency offers participants funding, workspaces, design support, and opportunities for collaboration to advance decentralization in Bitcoin mining. As part of the program, residents also engage with the local Bitcoin community through workshops and educational events, to enhance project outcomes and foster synergies among participants.

Website: bobspaces.net
Repository: BOBSpaces

Satsie's Pocket Guides

Satsie's Pocket Guides are short, handmade zines that simplify complex Bitcoin technical topics, making them accessible to a wider audience. Covering subjects like BIPs, Taproot, Stratum V2, and Payjoin, these zines are printed, sewn, and distributed by the creator at conferences and meetups, with digital versions available for download. The project aims to cater to various learning styles by providing tangible, distraction-free educational materials that break down dense concepts for the technically curious. Future plans include expanding distribution to more U.S.-based Bitcoin events and communities while encouraging global adoption through downloadable, self-assembled versions.

Website: satsie.dev/zines
License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Africa Free Routing

Africa Free Routing is a boot camp series to train developers and fintech professionals across Africa on Bitcoin and the Lightning Network. Through an intensive four-day program, participants will learn how to integrate Lightning solutions into existing financial infrastructures, driving innovation and improving transaction efficiency on the continent. By building a skilled developer community, the project aims to foster local adoption of advanced Bitcoin technologies, attract global Lightning companies, and position Africa as a key hub for fintech innovation. Future boot camps are planned for Nairobi, Cape Town, and Accra.

Website: freerouting.africa

In addition to these grants, we are also proud to have supported the Tokyo LN Summit 2024, which played a role in fostering collaboration and innovation within the Bitcoin Lightning Network ecosystem.

We invite educators, developers, and advocates to apply for grants under the OpenSats Education Initiative. Together, we can create a more informed and empowered society. For more information and to apply, please visit opensats.org/apply.

Thank you for your continued support. We look forward to seeing the incredible educational projects that will emerge from this initiative.

All of the above grants are sourced from our General Fund, which is funded by the generosity of our donors. If you want to help us continue supporting free and open-source projects please consider making a donation to the fund:

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