Curriculum

A short history of money — from shells to gold to dollars — and what makes money 'good'.

The complete beginner's introduction: what Bitcoin is, why it exists, and how it works.

Scarcity, issuance, and why Bitcoin's supply schedule matters.

Energy, crime, volatility — the common objections, examined with real data.

Follow one transaction from your phone to the blockchain, step by step.

'Not your keys, not your coins' — what that actually means for a normal person.

A session for parents: what your kids are learning, and how to talk about money at home.

How to recognize crypto scams, phishing, and 'guaranteed returns' — and avoid them.

Set up a real wallet, back up a seed phrase, and practice safe habits.

Entropy, BIP-39, passphrases, and disaster-proof backup strategies.

Why nodes matter and how to run one at home on cheap hardware.

Instant, tiny payments: how the Lightning Network extends Bitcoin.

What the blockchain reveals, what it doesn't, and sensible privacy hygiene.

What miners actually do, why it uses energy, and how difficulty adjusts.

Why fees change, how to read the mempool, and timing your transactions.

Shared custody setups for families and small organizations.

The stack-based language behind every transaction, with worked examples.

Invoices, LNURL, and building a simple Lightning-enabled web app.

The cryptography Bitcoin rests on: SHA-256, ECDSA, and Schnorr.

UTXOs, inputs, outputs, and constructing a raw transaction by hand.

Spin up a private Bitcoin network on your laptop and mine your own blocks.

How Bitcoin development works and how a student can make a first contribution.

Decentralized social protocols and how they pair with Lightning payments.

What Taproot changed and why it matters for privacy and smart contracts.

Remittances, the rupee, and financial sovereignty for families with roots in India.

Subsidiarity, human dignity, and stewardship — from Rerum Novarum to today.

How Bitcoin serves people the banking system leaves out, worldwide.

Saving, stewardship, and non-attachment — dharmic ethics meet sound money.

Riba, honest weights and measures, and whether Bitcoin fits Islamic finance principles.

A practical workshop on sending value across borders with Bitcoin and Lightning.

Case studies from Weimar to Argentina — what happens when money breaks.

A cross-traditions panel on time preference, thrift, and building for the future.

A full-day conference by students, for students — talks, workshops, and demos.

Every ~4 years: celebrate the block subsidy halving with talks and trivia.

An annual retrospective on Bitcoin's origins and the year ahead.