consensus21

Education

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*Block Height 892385
11:47 pm
Monday, 14 April 2025*


In a powerful gesture of support for Bitcoin-aligned education, **Blockstream** has donated **21 Blockstream Jade hardware wallets** to the **Consensus21 School** — a groundbreaking learning initiative launching its first campus this year on the **Mornington Peninsula**, just outside Melbourne, Australia.

The donation will place **21 Jades directly into the hands of the first 21 students** at the new campus — some as young as **five years old** — giving them real tools to explore **Bitcoin self-custody**, **digital sovereignty**, and **privacy-first technology** in an age-appropriate and hands-on way.

> “The Jade wallets are more than just devices — they’re symbols of freedom, responsibility, and the future of education,” said **Kieran Nolan**, co-founder of Consensus21. “We’re incredibly grateful to Blockstream for standing behind our mission.”

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## Real Tools for Real Sovereignty

The **Blockstream Jade** is a secure, open-source hardware wallet built for Bitcoiners who value freedom, privacy, and independence. These values are embedded deeply into the Consensus21 educational philosophy, which blends **Steiner-inspired learning**, **homeschooling flexibility**, and a curriculum rooted in **Bitcoin principles** like voluntary exchange, decentralization, and self-responsibility.

With the Jades now part of the learning toolkit, Consensus21 learners will be introduced to key concepts like:

- Private key management  
- Seed phrase generation and backup  
- Multisig wallets  
- The importance of self-custody and trust minimization

This is not just about theory — learners will get to *use* these tools in real-world contexts, preparing them to grow up fluent in the principles of freedom tech.

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## A Campus, A Vision, A Movement

Launching in 2025, the **Mornington Peninsula campus** is the pilot site for the broader Consensus21 vision: a distributed, regenerative, and values-aligned network of co-learning spaces, including a future **10-acre farm campus** and a **registered Steiner school**.

The Blockstream donation comes at a pivotal time, as the community transitions from vision to reality. The gift of **exactly 21 Blockstream Jades** — echoing Bitcoin’s 21 million hard cap — is both a symbolic and practical gesture of support, underscoring the shared commitment between Bitcoin builders and grassroots educators.

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## Stay Connected

**📄 Whitepaper:** [https://github.com/consensus21school/consensus21school.github.io/blob/main/whitepaper.md](https://github.com/consensus21school/consensus21school.github.io/blob/main/whitepaper.md)

**🌐 Website:** [https://consensus21.school](https://consensus21.school)

**📝 Nostr:** CONSENSUS21@nostrcheck.me

**🐦 X (Twitter):** [https://x.com/Consensus21](https://x.com/Consensus21)




Blockstream Donates 21 Blockstream Jades to Support Learners at Consensus21

~education Sub-Territories 

needcreations_

Great idea, how do I go about implementing this? 

Haha apologies for the late response! 

Consensus21.School - Building A Physical Bitcoin School!



![](https://m.stacker.news/86543)

Over the past few years, The School of Bitcoin (TSOBTC) has built a reputation as a decentralised, open-source educational initiative dedicated to financial sovereignty and digital literacy. Our faculty, contributors, and global community have worked tirelessly to create resources that embody the Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS) ethos, ensuring that knowledge remains accessible to all.

As part of our commitment to maintaining an open and transparent model, we are excited to announce that The School of Bitcoin is officially migrating to Consensus21.School. This transition is not just a rebranding--it marks the consolidation of all our initiatives, projects, and educational resources under the Consensus21.School banner. The School of Bitcoin will no longer exist as a separate entity.

This move comes as a response to growing confusion between our initiative and another entity operating under the domain schoolofbitcoin (SOB), which has taken a direction that does not align with our open-source philosophy. To reaffirm our dedication to FOSS and community-driven education, we are bringing everything--our courses, programs, and collaborations--into a singular, more focused ecosystem at Consensus21.School.

What Does This Mean for Our Community?

Rest assured, all the valuable content, courses, and educational materials that have been developed under TSOBTC will remain available. We continue to embrace a value-for-value model, ensuring that learners can access resources while supporting the ecosystem in a way that aligns with their means and values.

By consolidating under Consensus21.School, we are doubling down on the principles of decentralisation, self-sovereignty, and permissionless learning. This transition includes all of our key initiatives, including V4V Open Lessons, the Decentralised Autonomous Education System (DAES), and our involvement with the Plan B Network.

Full Migration of DAES and Plan B Network Collaboration

As part of this transition, the Decentralised Autonomous Education System (DAES) is now officially part of Consensus21.School and is fully reflected in the Consensus21.School Whitepaper. DAES will continue to provide a platform for aspiring learners to submit their Bitcoin project ideas for potential funding and mentorship, with active engagement in our Stacker News /~Education territory and Signal chat for collaboration. We invite contributors to support our learner fund and help bring innovative ideas to fruition within this new ecosystem.

Additionally, our collaboration with the Plan B Network will now operate under Consensus21.School. Through this partnership, we will continue teaching using the Plan B Network's curriculum to provide high-quality Bitcoin education and strengthen local Bitcoin communities. This global initiative remains a core part of our mission, now fully integrated within Consensus21.School.

Looking Ahead

With Consensus21.School, we will continue innovating in peer-to-peer learning, integrating cutting-edge developments in Bitcoin, Nostr, and decentralised technologies. We encourage our community to stay engaged, contribute, and help us build an even stronger foundation for the future of open education.

This is more than just a domain change--it is the next evolution of our mission. The School of Bitcoin as an entity is now retired, and all our efforts, including DAES and the Plan B Network collaboration, will move forward exclusively under Consensus21.School. We invite educators, students, and enthusiasts to join us in shaping this next phase of open financial education.

The journey continues, and we are thrilled to embark on this new chapter together

THE School of Bitcoin is migrating to Consensus21.School

Mi Primer Bitcoin Launches Initiative to Educate 100,000 Students about Bitcoin

anon

This is a fantastic initiative

TSOBTC has an application to be a MP node :)

Bitcoin for Kids - African Bitcoiners

RideandSmile

stacker.news/~Education updates - TSOBTC

American history of privacy and freedom of speech

byzantine

The School of Bitcoin - Faculty Meeting Friday, 26 April 2024

bitcoin

https://youtu.be/QpfgKi2SjSo

https://woorannaway.com

Wooranna Way - The World's First Bitcoin School

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1Armj1j2wI

https://stemb.co
https://planb.network

The School of Bitcoin - PlanB.Network

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMn7teZV5uU

https://www.icot2024.com/

International Conference on Thinking 
We are on the edge of what?
The International Conference on Thinking (ICOT) is an internationally renowned multidisciplinary event held every couple of years in different cities around the world, attracting a diverse group of leading people, both international and local, from a range of industries and disciplines.
ICOT aims to help educators, academics, business and creative professionals provoke, challenge, learn, and discuss the many forms of thinking and its application, in creating new ideas and solving problems including those related to business and global issues.

This all-inclusive inspiring 5-day program will provide participants the opportunity to:
- Network & reconnect at the Welcome function (National Gallery of Victoria) & Celebration event (The Lume)
- Hear from and interact with world class speakers
- Join interactive Challenge groups
- Participate in Offsite learning journeys, within Melbourne and its surrounds, led by industry experts to: 

Cultural and Arts precincts
Science and Medical tech hubs
Leading sports facilities
An array of culinary experiences
Cultural exploration of Indigenous heritage
The theme of the Melbourne ICOT is: We are on the edge of what? 
If we accept that it’s part of living in our ever changing world to expect the unexpected, how can this be reframed from challenges to opportunities?

We can’t accurately predict the future, but with clear, critical, creative thinking, and sharing new ideas and putting them into action, a future for the greater good can be co-created!
That is exactly what Melbourne ICOT is working towards and all presenters and participants can have a role in this! 

"The future depends on what we do in the present." - Mahatma Ghandi

International Conference on Thinking 2024

Value4ValueEducation

The School of Bitcoin - Faculty Meeting Friday, 2 February 2024

University student has a cool idea for a supply chain project using Nostr!
Feedback much appreciated :)

Nostr for supply chain? - TSOBTC student project.

The School of Bitcoin - V4VLessons - AI and Bitcoin with Tigs⚡

Purpose of this Value4ValueEducation territory?

south_korea_ln

https://youtu.be/Upr4pRPuB3w

v4v.theschoolofbitcoin.com

hope this helps :)

The School of Bitcoin - V4VLessons - Stacker News territories with Kieran ⚡

nostr

The School of Bitcoin - V4VLessons - Social Engineering - & Nostr as a Solution.

Over the past few years, The School of Bitcoin (TSOBTC) has built a reputation as a decentralised, open-source educational initiative dedicated to financial sovereignty and digital literacy. Our faculty, contributors, and global community have worked tirelessly to create resources that embody the Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS) ethos, ensuring that knowledge remains accessible to all.

As part of our commitment to maintaining an open and transparent model, we are excited to announce that The School of Bitcoin is officially migrating to Consensus21.School. This transition is not just a rebranding--it marks the consolidation of all our initiatives, projects, and educational resources under the Consensus21.School banner. The School of Bitcoin will no longer exist as a separate entity.

This move comes as a response to growing confusion between our initiative and another entity operating under the domain schoolofbitcoin (SOB), which has taken a direction that does not align with our open-source philosophy. To reaffirm our dedication to FOSS and community-driven education, we are bringing everything--our courses, programs, and collaborations--into a singular, more focused ecosystem at Consensus21.School.

What Does This Mean for Our Community?

Rest assured, all the valuable content, courses, and educational materials that have been developed under TSOBTC will remain available. We continue to embrace a value-for-value model, ensuring that learners can access resources while supporting the ecosystem in a way that aligns with their means and values.

By consolidating under Consensus21.School, we are doubling down on the principles of decentralisation, self-sovereignty, and permissionless learning. This transition includes all of our key initiatives, including V4V Open Lessons, the Decentralised Autonomous Education System (DAES), and our involvement with the Plan B Network.

Full Migration of DAES and Plan B Network Collaboration

As part of this transition, the Decentralised Autonomous Education System (DAES) is now officially part of Consensus21.School and is fully reflected in the Consensus21.School Whitepaper.
DAES will continue to provide a platform for aspiring learners to submit their Bitcoin project ideas for potential funding and mentorship, with active engagement in our Stacker News /~Education territory and Signal chat for collaboration.
We invite contributors to support our learner fund and help bring innovative ideas to fruition within this new ecosystem.

Additionally, our collaboration with the Plan B Network will now operate under Consensus21.School. Through this partnership, we will continue teaching using the Plan B Network's curriculum to provide high-quality Bitcoin education and strengthen local Bitcoin communities. This global initiative remains a core part of our mission, now fully integrated within Consensus21.School.

Looking Ahead

With Consensus21.School, we will continue innovating in peer-to-peer learning, integrating cutting-edge developments in Bitcoin, Nostr, and decentralised technologies. We encourage our community to stay engaged, contribute, and help us build an even stronger foundation for the future of open education.

This is more than just a domain change--it is the next evolution of our mission. The School of Bitcoin as an entity is now retired, and all our efforts, including DAES and the Plan B Network collaboration, will move forward exclusively under Consensus21.School. We invite educators, students, and enthusiasts to join us in shaping this next phase of open financial education.

The journey continues, and we are thrilled to embark on this new chapter together.