Argentina’s Schools will Teach About Bitcoin and Blockchain
- Some 4,000 students who participate in the educational project will learn about the benefits of a decentralized financial system based on blockchain technology.
- In the initial phase of the project, training and vocational guidance will also be offered to teachers and students on the importance of .
The teaching project on basic principles of cryptocurrencies, especially Bitcoin (BTC), will be launched by the Built With Bitcoin Foundation together with the NGO Bitcoin Argentina and the Paxful exchange.
Initially, some 40 secondary schools in Argentina will participate in the so-called “Schools and Bitcoin Project”, under the premise that “education at all levels is a crucial step towards the next wave of global adoption of Bitcoin”.
Its sponsors reported that this vocational guidance and training project on Bitcoin and the blockchain will be aimed at teachers, educational institutions and students in their final years of high school, reported the criptonoticias.com site, citing a statement sent by Paxful.
The objective of the Bitcoin teaching project that will start in August is to provide training to more than 4,000 Argentine students. The next step of the project will be to organize inter-school meetings where the proposals prepared by the groups of participating students will be exhibited.
The promoters of the project want both teachers and students to understand the benefits and advantages offered by the decentralized financial system based on the Bitcoin blockchain.
A push towards digital transformation
On the other hand, “the Paxful and its allies program aims to help schools gain momentum in their digital transformation, especially so that they can adopt the uses, languages and concepts of these technologies,” the statement said.
Regarding the educational program, the Institutional Development Coordinator of the NGO Bitcoin Argentina, Jimena Vallone, commented:
“All secondary…
