so teacher wants to teach about bitcoin. but instead of teaching bitcoin. he was getting kids to use a lite wallet with a different network.. whereby to do 3 transactions took the class nearly an hour and had lots of issues/failures..
Nowhere in the post did I mention anything about "
lots" of issues/failures. There were two minor issues to fix and they were both fixed in less than 5 minutes. Also, classes that day were only 35 minutes, not an hour.
a. what they think bitcoin is, is some instant payment system that doesnt involves confirmations/blockchains.
False. They knew that there was a difference between bitcoin and its L2 counterpart. They were learning the importance of scaling technologies and how they bring flexibility to the ecosystem.
b. what they think bitcoin is, is some electrum lite wallet
False. My students were well aware of the different choices in wallets. They understood that electrum is just one of
many wallet options. Your statement makes zero sense.
whether using titulars linked video or blackhatcoiners link.. both are describing bitcoin.
problem: yet what titular taught in class as a practical expereince is not bitcoin. its LN.
problem: titular pre-set up channels to avoid his students even experiencing a blockchain transaction
problem: kids think the payment for coffee is final and settled without seeing the real settlement process
It doesn't make for a very entertaining or efficient lesson when you are waiting for 10 minute block times. Setting up channels would also prove to be a waste of class time as that would have been too advanced for many of my students; especially on electrum. Not sure if you have kids, but "settlement processes" doesn't really grab an 11 year old's attention.
It's evident you had to make a lot of assumptions before posting this rhetoric.