I'm a public high school teacher who's been teaching Bitcoin and financial literacy in my classroom for 6 years. I've met a handful of other local teachers who are doing the same. I have also been presenting to peers/teachers, businesses and now after school kids classes. This is us: www.evoseducation.org

We've build doors to open where they didn't even exist. We've presented to over 500 teachers across 7 school districts. The courses I teach are Economics and Computer Science. (Yes, these are elective courses).

Hinderances to online learning: Anyone with an internet connection can hop online and be an "educator". Which is how the whole crypto boom and NFT hype wrecked and turned SO many people away from anything related to Bitcoin or crypto. So many scams. So much BAD information. Not enough people held to account for poor/bad/scammy 'teachings'. It's a thick, dense jungle full of jackals and nefarious characters. Real people got wrecked and hurt and are tainted with anything to do with digital finance. This is direct feedback I've received.

Positives of online 'education'/sharing: On the other hand, anyone can hop on the net and learn any and everything about Bitcoin theory, math, use, mining etc. Like a lot of us have. There are lots of resources and communities!

But choosing which curation of learning is the difficult part. Bitcoin and financial literacy isn't a one-and-done. It's a slow burn with layers and many considerations. Bitcoin without financial literacy is not the whole picture. There are vectors and scales of risks. I have not found just ONE source of learning - but many. And on a deeper level there are lots of "Bitcoin adjacent" learnings that help foster Bitcoin learning in its self. (deep right?)

For the new person starting out, there is little gentle and open encouragement and practice - but a LOT of OrAnGe PiLliNg! Even a lot of the leaders in the space aren't welcoming and open. All those conference, but little outreach.

To bring this to the masses, anyone leading or teaching should be open, considerate, objective and helpful in fostering community and learning - opposed to working an angle, regurgitating material for views or espousing 'hot takes'.

So many people are already skeptical and uncomfortable with money as it is.

A few standouts of mine have been:

https://aantonop.com/ https://www.youtube.com/user/aantonop/videos https://bitcoin.org/en/resources https://braiins.com https://miprimerbitcoin.io/en/my-first-bitcoin/ https://www.jeffreybooth.com/ https://thebitcoinmanual.com/ https://btcmap.org https://bitcoin.rocks/

But there have been so many others.

Another big hurdle many of us face is time. Most of us do not have the means to leave our jobs and work on Bitcoin education full time. We've set our ambitions high but ultimately need to leave our classroom jobs to do this 100% - even for a year.

Please pass this/us along to anyone who can help us get further! We even have a full pitch deck for any angel investor who would want to help. Thanks!