Bitcoin Education for Global Empowerment w/ John Dennehy
In this episode of reDeFined, host @jeremyalmond sit down with John Dennehy, founder of My First Bitcoin, a nonprofit in El Salvador offering free Bitcoin education to students, teachers and communities.
John explains why money is power, if we don't understand how our money works, we don’t understand how our power works. He shares how My First Bitcoin operates as an open‑source, global educational movement across 40 + countries, and why financial literacy is the essential first step toward individual agency and economic empowerment.
From the mass‑scale education model that dominates today to personalized, community‑led learning powered by Bitcoin, this episode shows how grassroots innovation is reshaping how the world learns.
⏱ Timestamps:
00:00 Coming Up…
01:35 What is My First Bitcoin? (Open-source education model)
03:53 Inside the Bitcoin Diploma: 10-week global program
08:51 Why financial literacy matters everywhere
12:00 40+ countries and the power of community nodes
18:48 From cleanups to indigenous empowerment: local impact
22:03 Working with institutions vs. grassroots
25:00 Funding with transparency & integrity
31:00 What’s next for My First Bitcoin
34:36 AI for localized financial education
39:21 Living fully on Bitcoin
46:07 Long-term vision for global empowerment
48:04 Final thoughts
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