Bitcoin Student Network launches Layer Zero to empower global youth

Today, the Bitcoin Student Network is launching the “Layer Zero” program, which aims to empower young people globally to collaboratively and creatively build and advance Bitcoin’s “social layer” and contribute to realizing its potential as a tool for financial freedom and revolutionary technology through a strong and educated community. A shared sense of community.

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the Bitcoin Student Network (BSN) It aims to coordinate and promote global Bitcoin education efforts for youth by supporting student-led clubs and providing resources and assistance to help grow the clubs. The goal is to ensure that students interested in Bitcoin around the world have access to relevant resources and opportunities to contribute to the Bitcoin field.

Back Bitcoin Student Network advertisement By co-founders Ella Hough and Arsh Mollo early last year in Bitcoin Atlantis Their network now includes more than 70 universities and groups across 25 countries on 6 continents.

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Bitcoin has launched a new system for communicating monetary value and information in a trustless way without relying on intermediaries, and protecting and propagating the existence of this tool falls largely on its social class. To ensure the health and prosperity of Bitcoin, enabling this layer zero is crucial to preserving its core values ​​of freedom, privacy, and community.

As BSN co-founder Ella Hough concluded, “It was a network that brought us Bitcoin, a network that will continue the mission of protecting freedom, human flourishing, property rights, privacy, energy, agency, critical thinking, community, and much more. Layer Zero was created to strengthen that network, “To empower those who believe in its potential, and to ensure that the principles upon which Bitcoin was built continue to guide its future.”

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Layer Zero focuses on “turning belief into action” by ensuring students learn through on-the-ground action and fostering a global movement that prioritizes collaboration, peer learning, and innovation.

Unlike traditional programs, Layer Zero will provide students with hands-on experience by pairing them with entrepreneurs and builders in global communities to work side by side to practically contribute to shaping the future of Bitcoin and help accelerate financial inclusion and economic empowerment.

During the two-and-a-half-month all-expenses-paid program, students will gain hands-on experience through specialized training, combining technical skills and community engagement, as they actively test their skills and learn to speak “Bitcoin” – the language of Bitcoin. the future. Through this immersive learning experience, they have the opportunity to meaningfully advance Bitcoin adoption and support innovation in infrastructure-challenged areas.

Applications are now open to join the Layer Zero program. You can Apply here Before it closes On February 15th. Applicants will receive a response on March 1 on whether BSN has selected them for Layer Zero, and the journey will begin at the beginning of June and end in mid-August. For more information about the program, visit location.

Their website states, “The program is open to all college-age students with a passion for Bitcoin. Applicants must be 18 years or older, enthusiastic about learning, and committed to the program’s mission.”

BSN chose to launch Layer Zero today, January 9, in honor of the day the Bitcoin network began in 2009 – when Bitcoin v0.1 (the first Bitcoin client) was released days after Satoshi Nakamoto mined the first block.

The future of Bitcoin for Generation Z

Although Layer Zero is not exclusively for Gen Z, it represents a wide range of its audience. As such, it addresses an important aspect of Bitcoin education globally: how to effectively onboard the next generation of Bitcoin users.

They intend to do this not by focusing on suppressing Bitcoin cultural orthodoxy, but instead focusing on Bitcoin as a tool for financial freedom for savings and the fight against inflation — all concerns at the forefront of GenZ’s concerns — including making a compelling case for why they should devote any attention. To Bitcoin at all.

As Ella explained, “Studies conducted by EY and Coinbase in 2023 found that the majority of Gen Z do not feel financially secure and want to opt out of ‘traditional paths’ and choose their own paths. Layer Zero is for those students who recognize the power of community, think for themselves, and take control of their future, today.”

For the next generation, it is important for them to understand that Bitcoin is a practical tool that they can leverage today to help build a more optimistic and abundant future for themselves, their families, and the world.

Disclosure: I am an advisory board member for the Bitcoin Student Network (BSN).