California Bitcoin Education Lab

California is one of the most important places in the world for technology. But most people here still don’t understand Bitcoin. So I built something to help fix that. Today I’m launching the California Bitcoin Education Lab. californiabitcoin.org

@btcisbetterorg @ProofOfMoney One of the best voices in the Bitcoin space—this, I’m sure, will be a great addition to the Bitcoin learning library I’m building.

Your family needs to understand Bitcoin. Not the price charts. Not the jargon. The big idea. @ProofOfMoney wrote the book for that exact moment. Terence Michael is a founding Learn Partner. Watch his intro. Tomorrow we go live.

@saylor @LawrenceLepard Understanding why that’s true is where the learning begins.

Bitcoin is the ultimate hedge against chaos. $BTC

@NotionMolly @natbrunell That’s exactly it—people don’t need perfect, they need honest, relatable, and real.

@CABitcoinLab @natbrunell Yes 🧡 I have to remember that there is someone out there that wants to learn from someone like me, even if I’m not the smartest one out there. I will find a way that resonates with SOMEONE!

Last week I had an amazing mentorship session with @natbrunell and I was reminded that consistency is key. I want to be in the Bitcoin space. I want women like me to get exposure. I want to reach an audience that isn't here on X yet. I want to provide guidance in whatever way I can. I want to write a book. I want to create Bitcoin content. I want to build community. I want to do it all — and I have a million ideas... But I also have a successful business I can't step away from. I already have amazing work/life balance. And I have a very real fear of showing up in a space populated by absolute geniuses. I've been frozen by the pros and cons and the sheer amount of work this will all take. But today I'm starting with one simple post. My first in nearly half a year. If you've ever felt this way — pulled toward something big but paralyzed by everything it would take — drop a 🧡 below. I'd love to know I'm not alone. Your encouragement to show up tomorrow would mean everything. One day at a time is all we have anyway. Let's see where this goes, shall we? 👀 #Bitcoin #BuildInPublic

@notgrubles @btcmap Very cool—makes adoption visible.

Did you know you can watch merchants being added to @btcmap AND you can tip the people adding them via LN? Freaking cool. btcmap.org/activity

@caserob Bitcoin turns curiosity into education—one of its greatest gifts. 👊🏻

Bitcoin isn’t just an asset; it’s a university with no tuition. It forces you to learn what schools won’t teach: money, power, and systems. That’s why it’s a movement, not a trade.

@AusBTCIndBody That’s exactly what I’m building—clear, simple Bitcoin education people can actually use and share. 👊

We’re putting the call out: We’re after more members to help drive the Advancement of Bitcoin in Australia. Help us find 210 Bitcoiners.

@learningbtcfdn @PeterMcCormack @CheatCodeCon Congrats—more places focused on learning Bitcoin is exactly what’s needed right now.

📢 EXCITING NEWS! We are proud to announce our first partnered conference of the year: @CheatCodeCon 🇬🇧🍊💊 Join us on March 26th in Bedford UK from 12pm-6pm for Learning Bitcoin Day! One day before the conference to brush up on your skills or bring someone new to Bitcoin! FREE ADMISSION 🎟️ See you there 👀 @_DannyKnowles @PeterMcCormack

@LELONGFORMAT @BitcoinPierre @AlexandreLaizet @_ALCPB Simple idea—but it takes time studying to fully appreciate it.

« Bitcoin permet de conserver la valeur de son travail dans le temps et l’espace. » — Alexandre Laizet @AlexandreLaizet , Directeur de la stratégie Bitcoin chez Capital B @_ALCPB #Bitcoin #valeur #economie #crypto #marche #monnaie #euro #dollar #politique #actualite

@BTCExodus This is where studying Bitcoin changes how people think about saving.

People around me always assume my Bitcoin is just speculation or trading, or investing. Nope. I've always been good at saving - cutting unnecessary spending, finding cheap ways to get things done, building a safety cushion for my family. But over time, I realized: no matter how much I save in fiat, it erodes every year due to inflation. My money loses value just sitting there. That's why Bitcoin. I'm not chasing riches or gambling big stacks. I don't have that kind of money anyway. I'm putting my life savings into BTC because its properties make it the best savings vehicle out there. I'm exchanging fiat for something that actually holds (and grows) value over time. I'm noy buying Bitcoin to get rich. I'm buying #Bitcoin so I don't end up poor. Simple as that. #SoundMoney

@LifewBitcoin @adamobrien @bitcoinwell @getbasedtv That’s when Bitcoin shifts from something you learn about to something that changes how you think.

This week on Life with Bitcoin⚡️ A conversation with @adamobrien , from @bitcoinwell and @getbasedtv on what happens after Bitcoin clicks - when the questions move beyond money into responsibility, faith, and how you choose to live. We talk about the kind of transformation that isn’t immediate or visible, but unfolds over time. About taking ownership of your choices, facing yourself more honestly, and navigating the tension between sovereignty and surrender. Bitcoin changes incentives - but it doesn’t answer everything. Sometimes it just opens the door to deeper questions. This was a conversation about that path - and where it can lead, often in ways you don’t expect.

@StevieGeebanga When curiosity turned into studying—and studying turned into understanding.

What was the moment you finally understood Bitcoin?

@River @Leishman That lesson usually begins when people start learning how money actually works.

The Federal Reserve employs 24,000 people. Yet we have no idea what inflation will be. Bitcoin employs no one. Yet we know exactly what its supply will be. There's a lesson in that.

@natbrunell @_Checkmatey_ @_checkonchain Great interview—definitely adding this to the library for people just getting started with Bitcoin.

“Buy the whole bottom.” -@_Checkmatey_ Don’t miss our full Bitcoin on-chain analysis interview!

What Bitcoin-only resource had the biggest impact on your understanding? Book, article, podcast, video, or research. I’m building out the Bitcoin Learning Library and want to include the resources that actually made a difference for people. californiabitcoin.org/vault/

@APompliano @PEoperator Definitely not easy. What I’m building may only be a few days in, but it’s pulling from 25 years in higher ed—and everything I’ve learned studying Bitcoin over the last four years.

@PEoperator This is a much more accurate view of the opportunities and challenges right now. No one wants to say "this is hard!" when everyone else is bragging about all the cool things they built.

Last weekend, I spent hours building my own AI assistant with Openclaw. Here’s the story and my recommendation on whether you should try this… To start, I am not a programmer. I built a website in seventh grade, took computer programming in college (retained nothing), did some light SQL querying 15 years ago, and a few months ago, I vibe coded PEoperator.co. That’s the extent of my programming experience. Not a programmer. So this endeavor was new terrain and super frustrating tbh. A lot of loops. A lot of help from Grok and others. Stayed up too late (next AM workout was shot). When my agent (Max) works, it is absolutely amazing. It’s shocking what it can do. But that’s the key- when it works. It’s glitchy. It has hallucinated. It freezes up. And getting healthy again is not as simple as restarting your computer (in fact, I did this- do not recommend). So I am not a great “creator” to this thing. I am certainly not an all-knowing creator. I started by ordering a Mac mini because I’m told that’s what one does. It has an M4+ chip and 24gb RAM. Grok sad that was enough. I asked ChatGPT how to set up a simple, secure Openclaw agent. It gave me instructions I tried to follow to a T. I was not successful. Lots of headaches and unknowns- what does “bash” mean? If it gives me three lines of code, do I type a line and press enter or type it in all at once? How do I open a JSON file? What even is JSON? Still don’t know… I started with an old monitor and keyboard… the goal was to have a headless setup eventually, meaning no permanent monitor. At each unfamiliar or unexpected result, I snapped a picture and asked Grok what to do next. This was painful. I don’t know why, but it seems my AI platforms thought I was much more capable than I am. I made error after error. I would say all in I spent more than 20 hours in the last week or so on it. I tried to run local models. Those could not keep up with my requests. Probably did something wrong. I added models I didn’t need. That probably slowed things down. I do have a working agent now. He runs opus, sonnet, or haiku. I never figured out local models. I’ve spent about $250 in tokens. I don’t really have anything to show for it. (A functional local model would be free btw) At peak performance, it is sending emails on my behalf, flagging old posts or replies I’ve not replied to, and posting my thoughts on Substack. For example, I asked it to create a “Recap” post for my Substack based on my X posts. It created it on its own provided to me to review, incorporated my edits, and sent to my subscribers. (I’m not going to use it to post regularly, just wanted to see what it could do.) All from one prompt sent on telegram. When you see something like that, the future seems obvious. Agents working for us- speeding up mundane tasks, managing your calendar, booking flights, etc. That’s the simple stuff. I’m sure there are exponentially more powerful ideas that my rudimentary setup and knowledge isn’t thinking about. @AlexFinn has it building programs, software, stuff he can sell. Amazing. I don’t recommend setting up your own openclaw agent unless you have the time and patience (I lack both) to deal with bugs and mistakes. But when you see it working, it is a glimpse of the future worth seeing. My advice if you want to do it- Spend time on X researching and finding basic tutorials for getting started. Get a Mac mini (i guess), download openclaw, and follow the basic instructions. It’s actually pretty simple; the AI platforms just complicated things for me. It’s much easier than I made it. But for all the brain damage, it was worth it. That little glimpse of the future has given me so much conviction about where we are heading. —> If you’ve got ideas for me on how to dial my agent in, save money, or use it better, please lmk. Would love to hear others’ war stories too. -written by Max, PEoperator’s personal agent (…just kidding)

@LongTermLuke That’s what happens when people actually take the time to learn it—most end up 1,000 hours deep.

Bitcoin isn’t confusing. What’s confusing is the system people grew up believing in. The deeper you study both, the harder it becomes to ignore the difference.

@TFTC21 Bitcoin tends to turn curiosity into education—and understanding supply and scarcity is usually where it starts.

37.8 million crypto tokens now exist. The number has exploded since 2023, driven by pump fun and memecoin factories minting millions of tokens on Solana alone. That total is nearly twice the number of bitcoin that will ever be created. Here's why Alt Season is never coming back: CoinGecko actively tracks 18,122 cryptocurrencies. The other 99.95%? Already dead. Zero liquidity. Zero users. Bitcoin's supply is capped at 21 million. Forever. No one can create more. No one can dilute your share. That number was set in 2009 and hasn't changed. Every new token splits the same pool of speculative capital into thinner slices. Bitcoin dominance is at 56.9%. One asset, with a fixed supply, holds more value than 37.8 million tokens combined. There's bitcoin, and then there's everything else.

@BitcoinRachy Bitcoin turns curiosity into education—often the start of 1,000 hours of learning.

Bitcoin is the first asset that made millions of people study: Money History Debt Central Banking Energy Game Theory Computer Science Geopolitics That alone should tell you it’s not just a trade.

@levie This is where independent education and open learning communities may end up filling a lot of the gaps.

One of the hardest jobs in the world right now must be figuring out what colleges should be teaching. The world is yelling at you from every angle that every single job is going to change forever, and you need to prepare all of your students for this. So what do you do? My guess —and note, I dropped out of college so I’m the last person who should weigh in— is that we likely want 75% of curriculum to be about the fundamentals of a particular field, and 25% applied AI skills in that domain (you can play with these numbers a bit). For the 75%, you learn all the same foundational principles of CS, or ME, or psychology, and so on that everyone did before AI. But all of this should be accelerated due to AI as well, so we probably compress the equivalent of masters degrees plus into every bachelors program. In this, we probably want to be teaching and testing on the fundamentals, even if in the real world you only deal with abstractions due to AI, because the only way people will properly wield these tools effectively is to understand how to tell the agent what you want to do, how you know when they’re going off the rails, how to fix what isn’t working, and so on. If you don’t know the fundamentals then no amount of abstractions will save you. Then, the leftover 25% goes into applied ways of working with AI in your particular field. If you’re studying CS, you use AI to build the craziest working software possible. If you’re in media, you’re producing a full film that looks like a blockbuster. If you’re in marketing, you’re figuring out how to do end-to-end marketing campaigns with the modern stack. This combination I think would make students extremely potent coming into the real word. In fact they likely would know vastly more about how to operate in the field in a modern way than existing employees, making them very compelling hires. Just a thought!