El Salvador’s Bitcoiners teach 12-year-olds how to send sats

El Salvadorian school kids as young as 12 years old are being orange-pilled — taught to send their first Bitcoin (

Another Bitcoin education nonprofit based in El Salvador is My First Bitcoin, which has helped 25,000 students obtain a “Bitcoin Diploma” through the country’s public school system.

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Around 70% of El Salvadorians are currently unbanked. Financial inclusion has been a core focus for pro-Bitcoin President Nayib Bukele, who currently boasts one of the highest presidential approval rates in the world, according to some reports.

Many of the Bitcoin-related programs were kickstarted by the El Salvadoran government’s world-first move to make Bitcoin legal tender in the country in September 2021.

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