Idea for hands-on Bitcoin education (feedback welcome)
I want to try a simple experiment to teach Bitcoin to people close to me in a practical, operational way, not a theoretical one, and I’d like to contrast it with the community.
The idea is this:
I give them an NFC tag with a very clear message:
“Here are your first sats.
Learn, create your on-chain wallet and your Lightning wallet, and when you know how, withdraw them.
Once you succeed, send me 5 sats to prove you know how to use it.
From then on, I’ll start sending you sats periodically.”
On a technical level:
• The NFC points to an LNURL-Withdraw (temporary, conscious custody).
• There are no step-by-step instructions.
• There is no recommended wallet.
• There is no manual to follow — there are already many good ones online.
The learning process involves:
• understanding Bitcoin / Lightning
• understanding how to receive and send
• creating an invoice
• distinguishing on-chain vs Lightning
• taking responsibility
After that, the second step is knowing how to send those 5 sats back and demonstrate control. Along the way, many doubts and questions will naturally appear — the same ones we all had — and that’s where the real value lies.
I’m not looking for gamification or “Bitcoin for kids”, but for:
• minimal but real friction
• sovereignty from the start
• understanding before using
I’m especially interested in:
• criticism of the approach
• pedagogical improvements
• more sovereign alternatives
• similar experiences you’ve already tried
Looking forward to your thoughts. 👀⚡️