{"id":62710,"date":"2022-06-09T19:39:09","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T16:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=62710"},"modified":"2025-09-05T19:35:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T16:35:35","slug":"jack-dorsey-and-jay-z-launch-educational-program-on-cryptocurrencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/jack-dorsey-and-jay-z-launch-educational-program-on-cryptocurrencies\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Dorsey and Jay-Z launch educational program on cryptocurrencies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Block founder and chief executive Jack Dorsey and rapper Sean Corey Carter, known as Jay-Z, have launched the educational program The Bitcoin Academy. The courses will offer free education to residents of the Marcy Houses social housing complex in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mr <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@sc<\/a> and I are funding The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bitcoin?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bitcoin<\/a> Academy, a program for residents of Marcy Houses in Brooklyn New York where Jay grew up, designed in collaboration with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CryptoPlug3?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CryptoPlug3<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BlkBTCBillions?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BlkBTCBillions<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hKfq1jqii7\">https:\/\/t.co\/hKfq1jqii7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 jack (@jack) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jack\/status\/1534894500061106177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to Dorsey, the aim of the program is to demonstrate that access to powerful financial tools empowers people with greater independence.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not just about Bitcoin. It\u2019s about forward-thinking, local economy and self-confidence. The courses are free for all Marcy residents, including children. And, to make things easier, we provide devices and free connectivity to everyone who needs it,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The educational program was developed in conjunction with Crypto Blockchain Plug and Black Bitcoin Billionaire.<\/p>\n<p>In February 2021, Dorsey and Jay-Z <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/jack-dorsey-and-jay-z-to-earmark-500-btc-for-bitcoin-developers\">launched the Bitcoin developers funding fund<\/a> \u20bftrust.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog&#8217;s bitcoin news on our <a href=\"\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"\u201c_blank\u201d\" rel=\"\u201cnofollow\u201d noopener\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 cryptocurrency news, prices and analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Block founder and chief executive Jack Dorsey and rapper Sean Corey Carter, known as Jay-Z, have launched the educational program The Bitcoin Academy. The courses will offer free education to residents of the Marcy Houses social housing complex in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[256,1330],"class_list":["post-62710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-education","tag-jack-dorsey"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"6","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62710"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62712,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62710\/revisions\/62712"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}