El Salvador just announced a new Bitcoin education program to be offered to 80,000 government employees. According to reports, the National Bitcoin Office (ONBTC) of El Salvador will oversee the new training program that focuses on improving public policy and strategy management around the #1 cryptocurrency.
The program consists of 160-hours of virtual and asynchronous education, divided into seven distinct modules that cover the laws, skills, management, and concepts involved in using Bitcoin as legal tender in the sovereign nation.
News of the new program was announced on X by ONBTC’s director Stacy Herbert. She wrote that “For three years now, the @bitcoinofficesv has been trailblazing the path upon which all other nations will follow.” She added that the educational projects “are very low time preference commitments to the long-term success of El Salvador and its Bitcoin (and tech) policy.”
This isn’t the only publicly founded Bitcoin education program that’s launched in El Salvador recently. Node Nation, founded in February 2024 by the Ministry of El Salvador and the National Bitcoin Office, teaches the fundamentals of Bitcoin, coding, and handling liquidity on the Bitcoin Lightning Network node to youth between the ages of 15 and 17.
El Salvador Remains the Most Bullish Nation on Bitcoin
No other country has been as bullish on Bitcoin as the small nation of El Salvador and its young, populist president Nayib Bukele. From adopting Bitcoin as legal tender in 2021, to announcing the country would purchase one bitcoin a day “until it becomes unaffordable with fiat currencies” in November 2022, Bukele has staked much of his presidency and the country’s future on Bitcoin.
Here are three other Bitcoin projects that are currently undergoing in the Central American nation of 6 million:
- Bitcoin Beach. Since 2019, a small town along El Salvador’s coast called El Zonte has fostered a circular bitcoin economy. Today, you can purchase everything from surf lessons to local food in bitcoin, and the movement has spread to nearby towns like Punta Mango. Although it can’t be proven, the town could be responsible for peaking Bukele’s interest in Bitcoin.
- Bitcoin City. Bukele’s most ambitious project includes a planned city that uses geothermal energy from a volcano to mine bitcoin and power the city’s infrastructure. The plan is for a city with no taxes and “zero CO2 emissions.” The project is ongoing.
- The Freedom Passport. Launched in 2023, this visa program lets foreigners obtain an El Salvadorian passport and residency for a $1 million donation in bitcoin or tether.
Unsurprisingly, El Salvador’s bullish stance on Bitcoin has motivated several high-profile Bitcoin Maxis to make it their permanent residence, including Max Keiser, Stacy Herbert, and Jack Mallers, among others. Although El Salvador can’t print its own fiat currency to buy bitcoin the way the U.S. or another world power could, it’s setting itself up for a bright future if bitcoin returns to all-time highs and keeps going. At Rarity Sniper, that’s a future we’re looking forward to.
To learn more about El Salvador and its relationship with Bitcoin, check out our most recent deep-dive: El Salvador: What’s Happening in Bitcoin Country?