Learning bitcoin and supporting the lake
What the education reports show, how visitors can help and what to confirm before offering time or money. A sourced guide, not an open call for donations or classroom visits.
Education, with dates attached
Education has been part of the project from its early reports. In May 2022, Patrick Melder described teaching children at a local school. In a later 2022 interview he dated that teaching to January of that year. At Adopting Bitcoin in November 2023, Rudy described a ten-week My First Bitcoin diploma. These accounts document different stages, not one settled start date for every course. This page was prepared on 23 October 2026 from those reports; it is not a current class timetable. [Patrick Melder, video published May 2022: school teaching; Patrick Melder, video published November 2022: teaching and curriculum; Rudy at Adopting Bitcoin 2023: diploma]
What learning looked like
The 2023 presentation describes classroom learning with practical bitcoin exercises and shows a first Lightning payment during an assessment. In an interview published in May 2026, Eliazar described work with schools, colleges and a first university course. The recording date of that interview is unconfirmed, so its references to this year must not be read as a confirmed 2026 schedule. In a voice answer in November 2026, Eliazar estimated that the team teaches around 500 to 800 people a year, counting students, adults and merchants. That is his estimate, not a yearly count or a total of everyone taught. Current courses, venues, languages, fees and enrolment arrangements need to be checked with the team. [Eliazar, voice answers, November 2026; Adopting Bitcoin 2023: practical Lightning exercise; Eliazar, interview published May 2026: education and university]
If you want to learn
You do not need to arrive as a bitcoin expert to ask about learning. In the Bitcoinismo interview, Eliazar says people who do not yet know bitcoin can be taught, while experienced visitors can share knowledge. Ask about the next suitable opportunity before making plans. A past classroom report is not permission to attend a lesson or visit a school. For your own first payments, the practical visitor guide covers wallet testing, small spending balances and cash backups. [Eliazar on learning and helping, interview published May 2026; Prepare for your first payments]
Help by becoming a considerate customer
One recurring request in the historical interviews is for visitors to come and spend at accepting businesses. Patrick made that request in 2022, and Eliazar later described taking visitors to spend locally. If you visit, ask whether a business can accept Lightning before ordering and confirm the payment together. A map listing is not proof of acceptance today. The merchant-history article explains why signing up businesses and sustaining payment activity are different things. [Patrick Melder, March 2022: visit and spend; Eliazar, interview published May 2026: spending with local businesses; Merchant counts and actual use]
Offer skills, but agree on the work first
Eliazar discussed visitors helping with English and bitcoin teaching in an interview published in January 2026. In another interview published that year, he mentioned knowledgeable visitors teaching or holding a meetup. This is evidence of past invitations, not a verified current vacancy. In November 2026 he said there is no base or Bitcoin center yet, so the team offers no lodging. Volunteers who help now arrange their own stay, and lodging may come later, but not now. If you want to help, say what you can do, which languages you speak, when you can come and how long you can stay. Agree on the task, supervision, expenses and accommodation before travelling; none of those terms is promised here. [Eliazar, voice answers, November 2026; Ordermoon interview, published January 2026: volunteering; Bitcoinismo interview, published May 2026: sharing knowledge]
Before offering money or equipment
Eliazar has described donations as part of the project's funding, but this page has no verified donation address, payment request or current equipment wish list. Before sending anything, ask what is needed now, who will receive it and how it will be used. In November 2026 Eliazar said donations so far have been few. They pay for printed diplomas, teaching materials and small amounts given to students for their first bitcoin transactions. More money would pay for courses in San Pedro, San Juan and San Marcos. A historical funding plan is not a live campaign. Do not send money to an address copied from an old interview, a comment or an unsolicited message. [Eliazar, voice answers, November 2026; Eliazar, Ordermoon interview: project funding; Approved public contact route: @LakeBitcoin]
Ask the team on X
Use the public @LakeBitcoin account on X for education and support enquiries through the link below. Include your question, dates and the kind of help you are considering. A public profile is a contact route, not a guarantee of a reply or acceptance. We are not publishing a WhatsApp number, private group invite or email for this page while those details remain unconfirmed. Please arrange any school involvement with the team first; this page does not invite unannounced classroom visits or the photographing of children. [Contact @LakeBitcoin on X]
Keep reading
For the wider story, read how the project started and the visitor FAQ. The sources remain available below so you can distinguish a speaker's report from something confirmed for your own visit. [How Bitcoin Lago started; Visitor questions and items still being confirmed]
Numbers and dates come from the linked sources. When sources disagree we say so. If you know better, tell us and we will fix it.
