Quote from: Nerman on February 22, 2018, 06:13:58 AM

I think this is too early for High school students but the right time for college students, but overall this is great for the crypto community. This will certainly affect the future of Crypto currency market, since they have at least a basic knowledge how blockchain works. Unlike the older people today that has a closed mind thinking that Bitcoin/altcoin is just another scam. This students will be the future investors and will surely make the crypto currency market stay for the future.

Technically, high school is where most students tend to discover their passion about their lives, which is the crucial stage for determining their future. Teaching at least a background in cryptocurrency on high school will supplement the students with the right understanding and knowledge if they want to pursue such degree in the future. Not to mention, with the digitalized age slowly embracing into the world, who knows that maybe in the future countries will adapt electronic money and dispose the paper money system.

Quote from: Pearls Before Swine on April 28, 2018, 10:46:37 PM

Quote from: barneystinson on February 22, 2018, 06:57:38 AM

As the saying goes "start them young" and this is very true.

I don't think that's true for crypto and youth, though. Bitcoin hasn't quite achieved wide adoption yet, and most people still question whether it's necessary. If you tell the average person about bitcoin, they'll ask you what it's used for. If you tell them you can buy things with it, they'll ask you how you get it. You then have to tell them that it has to be bought on an exchange. Then they'll ask why you'd want to go to an exchange to buy a currency in order to spend it, when the cash dollars in their pocket is much quicker and has no transaction fees involved. If you happen to mention that you have to pay fees to miners and that you have to wait for transaction confirmation, they'll likely tell you that they're not interested. This exact conversation has happened with me, which is why I'm writing it.

Kids don't really need to be educated about crypto, in my opinion. If it has any staying power, they'll either pick it up or they won't. I think education about economics in general is more important. Maybe the mathematics behind crypto would be more appropriate, but that's about it.

You are right but I have my reservations. Being able to exposed them at an early age about cryptocurrency would give them the idea behind how it works. Due to the hype of media, I guess that most of these students have an idea about what bitcoin is but not about its function and use. Most of them know about its skyrocketing price but the they tend to ignore the actual use of it, which is to provide convenience in transactions and not just some investment tool.