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Next evening class: Tue 21 Oct, 18:30, lesson 5 (sample)

A school, not a sales desk

Ferrow Bitcoin School (sample) is a small non-profit that teaches bitcoin to adults in Springfield: in the library, online and at workplaces that ask.

A sunlit library reading room with long tables, chairs and tall bookshelves

Started at a library table

In 2019 two volunteers ran a one-off evening talk at the library because neighbours kept asking them the same questions. Forty people came. Today the school runs the twelve-lesson course every month and publishes short news every week (sample).

How we teach

Five rules for every lesson, class and news report.

How it works, not what to buy

We explain the technology, the risks and the rules. We never say whether, when or what to buy.

No money from the industry

No exchange, wallet maker or coin pays for lessons, articles or the room (sample).

Plain words first

Every term is explained the first time it appears, and the glossary keeps the rest.

Practise with things of no value

Workshops use test coins, so learning never puts anyone’s savings at risk.

Questions are welcome

Nobody is told a question is too basic. Most of the course was written from questions.

The people behind the school

Volunteer teachers and one part-time editor, all from Springfield (sample).

Mara Lindqvist

Course lead, parts 1 and 2 (sample)

Tomasz Wren

Workshop teacher (sample)

Grace Okafor

Part 3 and safety evenings (sample)

Dev Raman

News editor (sample)

Ruth Calloway

Library liaison (sample)

Sam Ortega

Online lessons (sample)

How we write the news

News reports what changed and what it means for people who use bitcoin. If a story only matters to traders, we leave it out.

Price predictions

Never

Paid or sponsored articles

Never

Corrections

Within a day, at the end of the article

Sources

Linked in every report

Our own holdings

Disclosed by each writer (sample)

Questions are the point of the course

Bring yours to an evening class in Springfield library. Seats are limited to twenty so everyone gets an answer.

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