2026 / 27 Public Roadmap
Building the Bitcoin Education Movement
Independent. Open-source. Built in the open for a global network of educators.
Phase 1
April
Foundations
Now
Phase 2
June
Debut
Phase 3
October
Scaling
Phase 4
December
Year Wrap
2027
2027
Beyond
Programs MFB's flagship learning programs: the Bitcoin Diploma for newcomers and the Educator Training Program for teachers. The core of what MFB delivers to the global network. 26.04 Program Release New April versions of MFB's four flagship courses: Bitcoin Diploma, Intro to Bitcoin, Bitcoin for Juniors, and the Educator Training Program. Includes first-run onboarding guides for new educators and community leaders starting from scratch. 26.10 Program Release Consolidated October release of all MFB courses. Integrated curriculum, aligned translations, ready for the year-end cohort. Builds directly on the April release.
Programs
MFB's flagship learning programs: the Bitcoin Diploma for newcomers and the Educator Training Program for teachers. The core of what MFB delivers to the global network.
26.04 Program Release
New April versions of MFB's four flagship courses: Bitcoin Diploma, Intro to Bitcoin, Bitcoin for Juniors, and the Educator Training Program. Includes first-run onboarding guides for new educators and community leaders starting from scratch.
26.10 Program Release
Consolidated October release of all MFB courses. Integrated curriculum, aligned translations, ready for the year-end cohort. Builds directly on the April release.
Network Reputation System An open, metrics-based scoring system for MFB's global educator network. Replaces governance-by-voting with verifiable proof-of-work, and feeds decisions like funding allocation and community perks. Research Gamification research and scoring model are complete. The foundation for the Network Reputation System is ready to build on. Reputation System v0.1 First version of the Network Reputation System ships. Foundational score rankings for MFB's educator network, with the public frontend live on the website and the system announced to the network. Network Transition The Network Reputation System transitions from governance-by-voting to metrics-based scoring. Battle-tested with manual entries on the website, formally adopted by the network. App Integration The reputation system integrates into the Education and Community App. Educator profiles linked to Nostr accounts with verifiable proof-of-work, unlocking community perks based on each community's score.
Network Reputation System
An open, metrics-based scoring system for MFB's global educator network. Replaces governance-by-voting with verifiable proof-of-work, and feeds decisions like funding allocation and community perks.
Research
Gamification research and scoring model are complete. The foundation for the Network Reputation System is ready to build on.
Reputation System v0.1
First version of the Network Reputation System ships. Foundational score rankings for MFB's educator network, with the public frontend live on the website and the system announced to the network.
Network Transition
The Network Reputation System transitions from governance-by-voting to metrics-based scoring. Battle-tested with manual entries on the website, formally adopted by the network.
App Integration
The reputation system integrates into the Education and Community App. Educator profiles linked to Nostr accounts with verifiable proof-of-work, unlocking community perks based on each community's score.
Bitcoin Education Campus A virtual campus for the global MFB network, built on open-source stack (LunaNode, WorkAdventure, LiveKit). Internal operations move on first, then classes, then the wider network. Internal Setup First test of the campus stack: Lunanode plus WorkAdventure plus Livekit. Internal-only, MFB team only, validating the platform before educators arrive. MFB Campus Map Creation of the MFB Campus map layout. An internal tool that lets MFB transition operations (internal meetings, planning, ops) onto the Campus before classes follow. MFB Classes Transition MFB operations and live classes move onto the Campus. The Campus becomes the default place where MFB teaches. Education Network Onboarding Educators across the global network move their teaching into the MFB Campus, joining MFB on the platform.
Bitcoin Education Campus
A virtual campus for the global MFB network, built on open-source stack (LunaNode, WorkAdventure, LiveKit). Internal operations move on first, then classes, then the wider network.
Internal Setup
First test of the campus stack: Lunanode plus WorkAdventure plus Livekit. Internal-only, MFB team only, validating the platform before educators arrive.
MFB Campus Map
Creation of the MFB Campus map layout. An internal tool that lets MFB transition operations (internal meetings, planning, ops) onto the Campus before classes follow.
MFB Classes Transition
MFB operations and live classes move onto the Campus. The Campus becomes the default place where MFB teaches.
Education Network Onboarding
Educators across the global network move their teaching into the MFB Campus, joining MFB on the platform.
Education Dev Kit Hardware kits shipped to educators worldwide so every classroom has the tools to run hands-on Bitcoin lessons. Specs, sourcing, and logistics designed from the ground up for the global network. Research Research phase for the Bitcoin Dev Kit. Defining what goes in, who it is for, and how it lands in the hands of educators worldwide. Planning Planning and procurement for the first batch of Bitcoin Dev Kits. Specs, suppliers, and budget locked in before manufacturing begins. Shipping (Batch 1) First batch of Bitcoin Dev Kits ships to educators in the global MFB network. Shipping (Batch 2) Second batch ships, expanding reach across the network with refinements informed by Batch 1.
Education Dev Kit
Hardware kits shipped to educators worldwide so every classroom has the tools to run hands-on Bitcoin lessons. Specs, sourcing, and logistics designed from the ground up for the global network.
Research
Research phase for the Bitcoin Dev Kit. Defining what goes in, who it is for, and how it lands in the hands of educators worldwide.
Planning
Planning and procurement for the first batch of Bitcoin Dev Kits. Specs, suppliers, and budget locked in before manufacturing begins.
Shipping (Batch 1)
First batch of Bitcoin Dev Kits ships to educators in the global MFB network.
Shipping (Batch 2)
Second batch ships, expanding reach across the network with refinements informed by Batch 1.
Unconferences MFB's gatherings throughout the year. Four days of open-space sessions where educators, funders, and partners come together to teach, learn, and decide what happens next. Nairobi Unconference Four days of open-space sessions with Bitcoin educators from across Africa. Curriculum workshops, translation circles, and peer learning. MFB's flagship annual gathering. Educators, funders, and partners from across the global network meet in Prague for four days of workshops and decisions. Four days of workshops and peer learning with Bitcoin educators from across Southeast Asia. MFB's first unconference in the region. Medellin Unconference Four days of workshops with Bitcoin educators from across Latin America. MFB's first unconference in Medellin.
Unconferences
MFB's gatherings throughout the year. Four days of open-space sessions where educators, funders, and partners come together to teach, learn, and decide what happens next.
Nairobi Unconference
Four days of open-space sessions with Bitcoin educators from across Africa. Curriculum workshops, translation circles, and peer learning.
MFB's flagship annual gathering. Educators, funders, and partners from across the global network meet in Prague for four days of workshops and decisions.
Four days of workshops and peer learning with Bitcoin educators from across Southeast Asia. MFB's first unconference in the region.
Medellin Unconference
Four days of workshops with Bitcoin educators from across Latin America. MFB's first unconference in Medellin.
Education and Community App The flagship learning, booking, and community platform for Bitcoin education. Where students find classes, educators run their communities, and the global network connects. App Framing and Foundations Scope, architecture, design system, and budget all locked in for the Education and Community App. The complete groundwork before development begins. App Beta First beta release of the Education and Community App, limited to educators in the global MFB network and supporters who backed the crowdfunding campaign. App v1.0 Public v1.0 release of the Education and Community App. The flagship learning, booking, and community platform for Bitcoin education.
Education and Community App
The flagship learning, booking, and community platform for Bitcoin education. Where students find classes, educators run their communities, and the global network connects.
App Framing and Foundations
Scope, architecture, design system, and budget all locked in for the Education and Community App. The complete groundwork before development begins.
App Beta
First beta release of the Education and Community App, limited to educators in the global MFB network and supporters who backed the crowdfunding campaign.
App v1.0
Public v1.0 release of the Education and Community App. The flagship learning, booking, and community platform for Bitcoin education.
Branding MFB's public identity: positioning, voice, visual direction. The foundation everything public builds on, from the website to the app to the unconferences. Brand Strategy MFB's brand strategy is locked in: positioning, voice, visual direction. The foundation for the public Prague debut. New Branding MFB's full new brand lands at Prague. New visual identity, typography, voice, colors, supergraphics, and the brand book that documents them all. Open-source and free for any educator in the network to use.
Branding
MFB's public identity: positioning, voice, visual direction. The foundation everything public builds on, from the website to the app to the unconferences.
Brand Strategy
MFB's brand strategy is locked in: positioning, voice, visual direction. The foundation for the public Prague debut.
New Branding
MFB's full new brand lands at Prague. New visual identity, typography, voice, colors, supergraphics, and the brand book that documents them all. Open-source and free for any educator in the network to use.
New Website A rebuild of myfirstbitcoin.org on MFB's own open-source stack. The central public interface for the educator network and the future home of the Education and Community App. Website Building The new myfirstbitcoin.org is built internally. Architecture, design, and content in place ahead of the public Prague launch. Public Launch The new myfirstbitcoin.org launches at Prague. Built on MFB's own open-source stack and designed as the central public interface for the educator network and the future home of the Education and Community App.
New Website
A rebuild of myfirstbitcoin.org on MFB's own open-source stack. The central public interface for the educator network and the future home of the Education and Community App.
Website Building
The new myfirstbitcoin.org is built internally. Architecture, design, and content in place ahead of the public Prague launch.
Public Launch
The new myfirstbitcoin.org launches at Prague. Built on MFB's own open-source stack and designed as the central public interface for the educator network and the future home of the Education and Community App.
Publishing System MFB's unified publishing backend. One source of truth for every course, guide, and translation across the global network. Publishing System v1.0 First version of MFB's unified publishing backend. A single source of truth for every course, guide, and translation. Publishing System v2.0 Second major version of the publishing system. Faster, cleaner, with full translation workflows ready for the year-end cohort.
Publishing System
MFB's unified publishing backend. One source of truth for every course, guide, and translation across the global network.
Publishing System v1.0
First version of MFB's unified publishing backend. A single source of truth for every course, guide, and translation.
Publishing System v2.0
Second major version of the publishing system. Faster, cleaner, with full translation workflows ready for the year-end cohort.
Certification MFB's credentialing paths for students and educators. The Bitcoin Diploma for newcomers; the Educator Certification for teachers ready to represent MFB in the global network. Educator Training Program 2.0 Version 2 of the Educator Training Program. A standardized path for certifying Bitcoin educators worldwide, ready to scale beyond El Salvador. Student Certification Program First students earn the Bitcoin Diploma through MFB's certification path. The foundational credential for newcomers entering Bitcoin from the ground up. Educator Certification Program First cohort of educators earn MFB's certification, building on the Educator Training Program. The path from community teacher to credentialed Bitcoin educator opens to the global network.
Certification
MFB's credentialing paths for students and educators. The Bitcoin Diploma for newcomers; the Educator Certification for teachers ready to represent MFB in the global network.
Educator Training Program 2.0
Version 2 of the Educator Training Program. A standardized path for certifying Bitcoin educators worldwide, ready to scale beyond El Salvador.
Student Certification Program
First students earn the Bitcoin Diploma through MFB's certification path. The foundational credential for newcomers entering Bitcoin from the ground up.
Educator Certification Program
First cohort of educators earn MFB's certification, building on the Educator Training Program. The path from community teacher to credentialed Bitcoin educator opens to the global network.
Creative Studio A suite of tools for educators to generate and discover curriculum content: the Creative Studio for generation, the Resources Hub for reuse. Built for the whole network, not just MFB. Resources Hub v0.1 First version of the Resources Hub, internal release for the team. A central library to publish and organize curriculum assets, templates, and reusable components. Creative Studio v0.1 First version of the Creative Studio, internal release for the team. Generate curriculum visuals, videos, and interactive activities on demand. Creative Studio and Resources Hub v1.0 Public v1.0 release of both the Creative Studio and the Resources Hub. Educators across the global network generate and discover curriculum content directly.
Creative Studio
A suite of tools for educators to generate and discover curriculum content: the Creative Studio for generation, the Resources Hub for reuse. Built for the whole network, not just MFB.
Resources Hub v0.1
First version of the Resources Hub, internal release for the team. A central library to publish and organize curriculum assets, templates, and reusable components.
Creative Studio v0.1
First version of the Creative Studio, internal release for the team. Generate curriculum visuals, videos, and interactive activities on demand.
Creative Studio and Resources Hub v1.0
Public v1.0 release of both the Creative Studio and the Resources Hub. Educators across the global network generate and discover curriculum content directly.
Docu-series A year-long documentary of the Bitcoin education movement, one episode per unconference. The story of the educators, funders, and partners building the network from the ground up. Docu-series Episode 1 Recorded at the Nairobi Unconference. The first episode captures MFB's first gathering of 2026 and the educators building the movement from the ground up. Docu-series Episode 2 Recorded at the Prague Unconference. The Prague debut through the eyes of the educators, funders, and partners who gathered. Docu-series Episode 3 Recorded at the Indonesia Unconference. Southeast Asia comes into focus, a region quietly becoming a powerhouse of grassroots Bitcoin education. Docu-series Episode 4 Recorded at the Medellin Unconference. Latin America steps onto the global stage, with educators from across the region meeting face to face.
Docu-series
A year-long documentary of the Bitcoin education movement, one episode per unconference. The story of the educators, funders, and partners building the network from the ground up.
Docu-series Episode 1
Recorded at the Nairobi Unconference. The first episode captures MFB's first gathering of 2026 and the educators building the movement from the ground up.
Docu-series Episode 2
Recorded at the Prague Unconference. The Prague debut through the eyes of the educators, funders, and partners who gathered.
Docu-series Episode 3
Recorded at the Indonesia Unconference. Southeast Asia comes into focus, a region quietly becoming a powerhouse of grassroots Bitcoin education.
Docu-series Episode 4
Recorded at the Medellin Unconference. Latin America steps onto the global stage, with educators from across the region meeting face to face.
Crowdfunding A public campaign to fund the Education and Community App. Supporters fund the build, get early access, and help shape what the app becomes for the global network. Public Launch MFB's public Bitcoin crowdfunding campaign launches at Prague. Two to three months of focused fundraising to fund the build of the MFB App, the open free learning platform for the global educator network. Fulfillment runs through the end of the year. Fulfillment Campaign Close Final tally of the 2026 crowdfunding campaign. Fully transparent, on-chain, and published in the annual report.
Crowdfunding
A public campaign to fund the Education and Community App. Supporters fund the build, get early access, and help shape what the app becomes for the global network.
Public Launch
MFB's public Bitcoin crowdfunding campaign launches at Prague. Two to three months of focused fundraising to fund the build of the MFB App, the open free learning platform for the global educator network. Fulfillment runs through the end of the year.
Fulfillment
Campaign Close
Final tally of the 2026 crowdfunding campaign. Fully transparent, on-chain, and published in the annual report.
Bitcoin Management System MFB's open-source financial platform. Treasury, budget, payments, grants, reports, all on one platform. Fully transparent, fully auditable, built to be open-sourced. Foundations Live Dashboards MFB's fully transparent financial dashboards go live. Every donation, expense, and payroll entry visible on-chain and auditable by anyone. Financial Operations Migration All MFB financial operations move onto the Bitcoin Management System. One source of truth for wallets, payments, and payroll. Full Migration MFB's move off QuickBooks is complete. All financial operations run on BMS, fully transparent and open-source. BMS Open-Sourced BMS goes fully open-source. Any Bitcoin nonprofit can run its own copy with the same transparency MFB runs on.
Bitcoin Management System
MFB's open-source financial platform. Treasury, budget, payments, grants, reports, all on one platform. Fully transparent, fully auditable, built to be open-sourced.
Foundations
Live Dashboards
MFB's fully transparent financial dashboards go live. Every donation, expense, and payroll entry visible on-chain and auditable by anyone.
Financial Operations Migration
All MFB financial operations move onto the Bitcoin Management System. One source of truth for wallets, payments, and payroll.
Full Migration
MFB's move off QuickBooks is complete. All financial operations run on BMS, fully transparent and open-source.
BMS Open-Sourced
BMS goes fully open-source. Any Bitcoin nonprofit can run its own copy with the same transparency MFB runs on.
Education Fund A fund that grows the total pool of money flowing into Bitcoin education. Donors give to the fund; the fund distributes to projects across the global network, informed by the Network Reputation System. Education Fund (TBD) MFB's Education Fund grows the total pool of money flowing into Bitcoin education. Donors give to the fund; the fund distributes to projects across the global network, informed by the Network Reputation System. One place for donors to give, no vetting required, because MFB does the work.
Education Fund
A fund that grows the total pool of money flowing into Bitcoin education. Donors give to the fund; the fund distributes to projects across the global network, informed by the Network Reputation System.
Education Fund (TBD)
MFB's Education Fund grows the total pool of money flowing into Bitcoin education. Donors give to the fund; the fund distributes to projects across the global network, informed by the Network Reputation System. One place for donors to give, no vetting required, because MFB does the work.
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