Seven young Salvadorans have been selected to be part of one of Bitcoin’s most prestigious educational initiatives (BTC) worldwide.
Thanks to their good performance in the Cube+program, the boys will travel to Lugano, Switzerland, to participate in Plan B Summer School, an international event that will take place from July 19 to 27, which brings together leaders, entrepreneurs and new talents of the ecosystem.
It should be remembered that Cube+ is an initiative in El Salvador that focuses on the formation of specialized minds in Bitcoin’s philosophical and business principles.
Erickson Elias, Jessica Zavaleta, José Sáenz, Francisco Hernández, Cristian García, Rodrigo Trujillo and Juan José Barrera, are the fellows that make up the third group of Salvadorans selected to represent the country in this experience.
Their participation will allow them to strengthen their technical knowledge about Bitcoin and establish strategic links with key actors in the sector.
In Cubo+, participants must adapt to international schedules, with classes during the early morning and rigorous evaluations. Despite these challenges, young people selected for Plan B Summer School agree that the experience has been worth it.
Erickson Elias obtained the highest qualification among more than 300 students From countries like China, Switzerland and Argentina, an achievement that he describes as unexpected. “I hoped to be among the best five, but I never imagined getting the world’s first place,” he said.
Beyond the academic content, Cubo+ has significantly influenced the professional vision of its participants. Jessica Zavaleta, for example, highlights the value of having learned directly from international referents such as Giacomo Zucco, BTC’s educator and defender with focus on ethical and decentralized use, and Peter Todd, a renowned Bitcoin developer.
Cultural diversity has also been a fundamental factor in experience. Francisco Hernández points out that, although taking classes in English with international students represented an additional challenge, this dynamic considerably enriched its learning process.
For his part, Cristian García highlights the social impact of experience: beyond technical knowledge, values the opportunity to build community and share what has been learned with his local environment.
For some of the fellows, the trip to Lugano represents a true turning point in their lives. Rodrigo Trujillo, who will leave the country for the first time, sees this experience as the beginning of a new professional stage, with the aim of developing impact projects within the sector in El Salvador.
In that line, José Sáenz express That, from its perspective, Bitcoin has enormous potential to transform the world. His dream is to integrate into an innovative company or undertake his own project to promote the adoption of BTC.
Finally, Juan José Barrera aspires to undertake an environmental project that combines Bitcóin education and mining, with clean energy and recycling, starting from his own community.
Stacy Herbert, director of the Cube+ program and the Bitcoin National Office, celebrated The event in a social networks publication.
The commitment to education in emerging technologies such as Bitcoin reflects the commitment of El Salvador to become a regional financial innovation center. The seven young people who will travel to Switzerland are a concrete sample of the impact that these types of initiatives can have when strategic vision and real opportunities are combined.
In fact, as Cryptonotics reported, another recent sample of El Salvador’s commitment to education around Bitcoin was the installation of a node within the National Library (Binaes), accompanied by a section dedicated to the subject and a cycle of talks with ecosystem referents.
With the support of local organizations such as Node Nation SV – which enables young people in mining – the country reinforces its commitment to education as a basis for a solid and conscious adoption of the creation of Satoshi Nakamoto.
