The Bitcoin Academy – Jack Dorsey and Jay Z’ (Shawn Carters) Bitcoin Education Program will give away $1,000 in Bitcoin to all participants.
according toreportBy Business Insider, the airdrop distribution is personally funded by Jay-Z and Jack Dorsey. Although it is unclear how many people received it. But an email from Jay’s mother revealed that the show had more than 350 participants on Marcy
“More importantly, providing essential resources such as dinner, childcare, equipment, internet access, dedicated staff, and tutors so that more people can participate both in person and online. ”
Bitcoin Academy has beenannounceIt was launched in early June as a project to provide face-to-face education and Bitcoin resources to residents of New York’s Marcy Houses where Jay Z grew up from June 22 to September 7.
At the time, the organizers were transparent about the award participants, including free MiFi devices, one-year data plans, and smartphones, and other benefits such as free babysitting services were provided. give To entice residents to join, however, the Bitcoin gift was a last-minute surprise.
Courses covered in this fair include “Wealth Building and Assets”, “Why Decentralization Matters”, “Staying Safe from Scammers”, “Bitcoin & Taxes” and “Careers in Crypto” among others, all of which are documented. And it’s still available online – but only for Marcy residents.
“A lot of times the information doesn’t reach our community,” said Lamar Wilson, Academy instructor and founder. Black Bitcoin Billionaire explains, “It’s not because people are intentionally discriminating. It is because they do not intend to get information there.”
Many residents are able to understand complex and technical matters such as Bitcoin mining, and they are also taught how to use Bitcoin as a tool to generate them. “Wealth”
Wilson is intrigued by how Bitcoin can be a tool for oppressors in the past to protect their wealth from deprivation, with Marcy resident Mariela Regalado – citing Bitcoin as a tool that could help. Secure a financial future for her daughter.
Both Wilson and Regalado emphasized that the academy’s students were never pressured to buy or sell Bitcoin, but were educated solely. “It always felt like we were at a family dinner. And it is like a cousin who knows about Bitcoin and is telling people about it,” Regalado said.