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. 👀⚡️

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