2024-11-16 –, Chaum Stage
The Miners4Kids project by AmityAge Academy aims to provide a hands-on experience to the youth of Roatán by directly rewarding them with Bitcoin for their learning efforts. This way kids can start buying, selling, and stacking sats.
I’m very excited to propose a workshop on our latest project, “Miners4Kids”, where we I will be explaining to everyone the project's inception, its intricacies, the challenges we faced, and how other communities and educators can replicate our success.
Our goal is to inject more Bitcoin into the local Roatán economy by distributing satoshis (sats) to teenagers based on their "proof of learning." Each month, the sats mined by the machine we have in our mining farm in Paraguay are divided among the most proactive kids on Roatán, as determined by their learning achievements on the Yzer app.
This is how the idea of Miners4Kids was born.
To achieve this, we aimed to involve both the Bitcoin community and the local Roatán community by encouraging them to crowdfund the electricity needed for a miner. Once the electricity for a particular month is covered, all the Bitcoin mined during that month is donated directly to the kids on Roatán.
We utilize Braiins pool with its Lightning Network (LN) withdrawal option to make payments affordable and Blink Batch payments to distribute the sats to the kids.
AmityAge has donated an S19XP hydro miner, which is mining Bitcoin directly for the kids on Roatán. The mining operation account is transparent and verifiable by the community.
100% of the mining rewards are split among the 30 most active kids on the Yzer app each month. This sats are divided proportionally to their earned XP points to incentivize competition. This way, we believe we can inject more Bitcoin into the community and jumpstart a circular economy.
I'm Fidel Fúnez, I'm the financial literacy & Bitcoin Educator over at AmityAge Academy, where we're on a mission to educate 100 million people about Bitcoin. AmityAge academy is based in the beautiful island of Roatán, Honduras, CA 🇭🇳.
Ariana is the Chief Operating Officer of the Bitcoin Education Center in Roatan, Honduras, a role that reflects both her deep-rooted local ties and her pioneering spirit. Born and raised on the caribbean island of Roatan, Ariana has a unique connection to her home, which has shaped her journey into the world of Bitcoin and education.
From a young age, Ariana was known for her adventurous and wild spirit and a penchant for challenging the status quo. Her heritage as a descendant of pirates aptly captures her unconventional approach to life and business. Growing up in such a vibrant and historically rich environment, she became the "Bitcoin guinea pig" for her friends and family—experimenting with and advocating for the transformative power of digital currencies long before they became mainstream on the island.
In her role at the Bitcoin Education Center, Ariana leverages her firsthand experience and local knowledge to demystify Bitcoin for the island’s residents and beyond. Her work involves not only educating people about the potential of Bitcoin but also fostering a community that embraces innovation and financial literacy.
Ariana's journey is a testament to her belief in going against the flow and embracing new ideas, much like her pirate ancestors. Her leadership at the Bitcoin Education Center is a continuation of her legacy, blending her deep love for Roatan with a forward-thinking approach to technology and education.