Independent educators are reshaping Bitcoin education across the globe through the Node Network, a My First Bitcoin initiative built on independent, impartial, bitcoin-only and community-led principles. The May 29 General Assembly drew a record 35 participants representing 17 countries, each reporting fresh momentum from their own communities.
Education that compounds
Graduations are accelerating from node to node. The Core in Kenya has now graduated 351 students across 15+ countries in Africa and beyond, while Bismarck Bitcoin awarded its first two diplomas in North Dakota and Bitcoin Research celebrated Bolivia’s first Mi Primer Bitcoin graduates. Kirscha handed out its first four diplomas in the Netherlands and is adapting the Mi Primer Bitcoin book into a simpler version for ages 11-17. Several nodes are deepening the model: My First Bitcoin completed its first Teacher Certification Program pilot in Paraguay with 22 participants, and Un Pulmón Más in El Salvador is finalizing an agreement with the mayor of its city to teach over 200 local market business owners.
Circular economies take root
Bitcoin Pizza Day became a network-wide milestone. Bitcoin Victoria Falls hosted its largest meetup yet with 106 attendees and now counts 61+ merchants accepting Bitcoin; Bitcoin Research grew its accepting locations from 33 to 46, onboarding violinists and even sharing pizza with local volunteer firefighters. In Haiti, Yes Bitcoin’s first Pizza Day meetup drew 32 attendees, each receiving 10,000 sats, and connected with a school accepting Bitcoin for tuition. BTCLearn in Canada secured a lease for a physical coffee shop and education space targeting a July opening, while Bitfiasi launched a circular economy pilot in Dodowa, Ghana.
A network supporting itself
The assembly also showed nodes backing one another. BitJR Academy in Zambia received its first external funding from Bitcoin Victoria Falls, and Bitcoin Jungle in Costa Rica received 80 Mi Primer Bitcoin books from the El Salvador office. Bitcoin Ekasi is partnering with Exonumia to translate the diploma manual into its local language, and BTC Curacao shared open tools like Keet.io and HiveTalk.org as collaboration alternatives — small acts of mutual support that keep the wider rhythm of progress moving.
Originally published at myfirstbitcoin.org
