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Rap star Jay-Z, otherwise known as Shawn Carter, and Block CEO Jack Dorsey, recently airdropped bitcoin to members of the Bitcoin Academy in Brooklyn. Jay-Z\u2019s mother, Gloria Carter explained in a statement that a myriad of residents from Brooklyn\u2019s Bedford-Stuyvesant participated, and more than 350 people attended the crypto classes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hundreds of Brooklyn Residents Attend Bitcoin Academy \u2014 Some Attendees Enrolled in a Grant for $1,000 in Bitcoin<\/h2>\n

During the first week of June, Bitcoin.com News reported<\/a> on Jack Dorsey and Jay-Z teaming up to launch the Bitcoin Academy<\/a> in Brooklyn for residents of Marcy House. A report from Business Insider<\/a> details that the academy\u2019s classes saw hundreds of people. \u201cMarcy residents showed up,\u201d Jay-Z\u2019s mother, Gloria Carter told the publication. \u201cThe over 350 people who attended The Bitcoin Academy classes let us know that this education is important to them\u2014and that it matters,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

The report further discussed the project with a Marcy House resident who participated in the classes. Furthermore, at the end of the courses, the residents from Bedford-Stuyvesant could enroll in a grant that gives each person $1,000 in bitcoin (BTC<\/a>) sent to their Cashapp or Munn Wallet. The 12-week educational course was free exclusively to Brooklyn\u2019s Marcy House residents. Marcy resident Mariela Regalado said that the academy reminded her of when she saw Jay-Z growing up in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n

\u201cI remember when I was younger, growing up in the project, [Jay-Z] and his team would come and give us toys and things like that,\u201d Regalado told Business Insider. \u201cMy friends and I would call it this kind of \u2018hood philanthropy,\u2019 \u2014 So for me, this is kind of like an evolution of that.\u201d Regalado further detailed that the academy offered free daycare for her daughter, and as a single mother she was able to attend the courses. Regalado added:<\/p>\n

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[The classes were] purely this fun, educational journey that I got to do with my neighbors. It always felt like [we were] at a family dinner, and like that cousin that discovered Bitcoin is telling everybody else about it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Bitcoin Academy Instructor Breaks It Down \u2018Into a Vernacular That Others Can Understand\u2019<\/h2>\n

Brooklyn\u2019s Bitcoin Academy was also backed by Crypto Blockchain Plug (Najah J. Roberts) and Black Bitcoin Billionaire (Lamar Wilson). Wilson was an instructor and the person that connected with the Block CEO Jack Dorsey to propose the program. Courses that were taught included subjects like \u201cCareers in Crypto,\u201d \u201cWealth Building and Assets,\u201d \u201cBitcoin & Taxes,\u201d and \u201cWhy Decentralization Matters.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of times, information doesn\u2019t get to our community. Not because people are being intentionally discriminatory, it\u2019s because they\u2019re not being intentional about getting the information there. And so somebody has to pick up the mantle and do it,\u201d Wilson said. The Brooklyn Bitcoin Academy instructor added:<\/p>\n

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Because I understand the information and I can break it down into a vernacular that others can understand, especially folks from where I\u2019m from, I feel like it\u2019s almost my obligation to make sure I get the information to them, and it\u2019s not to like recommend them to buy bitcoin or try to get them to invest all their money or anything like that. It\u2019s just really, let me provide the information and allow you as a very intelligent being to make your own decisions.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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What do you think about Jack Dorsey\u2019s and Jay-Z\u2019s Brooklyn Bitcoin Academy? Let us know what you think about this subject in the comments section below.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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\nJamie Redman is the News Lead at Bitcoin.com News and a financial tech journalist living in Florida. Redman has been an active member of the cryptocurrency community since 2011. He has a passion for Bitcoin, open-source code, and decentralized applications. Since September 2015, Redman has written more than 6,000 articles for Bitcoin.com News about the disruptive protocols emerging today.

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