Quote from: Siegfried on February 17, 2014, 06:29:22 AM

Quote from: Armis on February 16, 2014, 10:11:10 AM

Quote from: Siegfried on February 16, 2014, 05:40:56 AM

Yes, it is an international school for students who plan to study abroad in the United States, Canada, the U.K, or Australia. Most of the students come from wealthy or upper-middle class families and many of them are very intelligent and curious. All of my colleagues already know of my deep interest in bitcoin and although I have not made any particular outreach efforts toward students, a few of them have already found out about my interest and approached me about it. I helped them download Mycelium bitcoin wallet or directed them to Blockchain.info and gave them a few mBTC to show them how it works. I also told them to visit the one restaurant in the city, owned by my friend, that accepts bitcoin.

My plan at this point is still rather vague. It would begin with an introduction and tutorial. Then there would be a research stage, where students would be assigned to research and give presentations about different aspects of bitcoin. There could be efforts to get some local businesses to accept bitcoin and other community outreach efforts (I have already started a QQ group for the city which has several dozen members, but there have not been any real-world meetups yet). We could conduct a fundraising activity for a foreign charity and transmit the funds internationally through bitcoin. We could network with other bitcoin organizations in other countries.

I really do not think there will be any objections from the authorities so long as it is presented and conducted primarily as an educational activity.

That's fantastic, your ideas are wonderful.

I would suggest a project with huge potential wins, win for you, your club members, your school, the bitcoin community, your country and many other people around the world.

The first step is to look for a problem in the area of concentration (bitcoin) that you would like to focus your attention.

I think you should look at the creation of self-regulating guidelines for the cryptocurrency industry with a focus on bitcoin.

Such a project addresses a real and present need, has a good purpose, has specific goals and will result in all club members knowing the basics of bitcoin, getting introduced to local and perhaps national govt, and also meeting bitcoin leaders in various countries. Such a project will give you the REAL opportunity to shape Bitcoin's future in a meaningful way.

I would also suggest that you video the whole experience, and upload it as an reality show. Not only will it be a great club project, it will likely inspire other schools around the world to follow your lead.

It may sound ambitious but I assure you are ready for the challenge.

I'm willing to provide support, and I'm sure many others from outside of your club will be willing to help your club as well.

Thanks for your encouragement. What you suggest might be a little too advanced for the students at this stage, but as I have been thinking about it I have started to form a more concrete plan.

In the first meeting I will instruct all of the students to get a bitcoin wallet - for those with Android I will recommend Mycelium and I will tell those unfortunates with Apple devices to use blockchain.info. Then I will distribute a small amount of bitcoin to each of the students and assign them the task of finding a charity online that accepts bitcoin and make a donation. (If anyone knows of a good list of charities that accept bitcoin, please share.) By doing this everyone will have a basic understanding of the functionality of bitcoin.

In the second meeting I will assign some questions about bitcoin for the students to research and report back at the next meeting. Some of the questions will be: What is the origin of bitcoin? What is bitcoin mining? How can people buy bitcoin? How do people use bitcoin? How many people use bitcoin? What is the difference between the bitcoin money supply and the money supply of traditional government currencies? What is the central authority that manages bitcoin? What are the advantages of bitcoin over the traditional banking system? What are some major bitcoin companies?

In the following meetings we will work on educating people about bitcoin, networking with other bitcoin organizations around the world, organizing a local charity event using bitcoin, etc.

Definitely consider donating to Seans Outpost and help this bitcoin charity serve the homeless.
https://www.smore.com/feux-sean-s-outpost