Jay-Z and Jack Dorsey raised some eyebrows when they first announced The Bitcoin Academy, an initiative meant to spread the good word of cryptocurrency through free online and in-person classes. The educational program was held at the Marcy Projects, a public housing complex located in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, and the same location where Jay-Z grew up.
Classes ranged from “Careers in Crypto,” to “Crypto Scams & A Security Mindset,” and were limited exclusively to Marcy Project residents. Participants were given smartphones (if needed) and 100 MiFi devices were distributed with a one-year data plan. The courses, which were offered online and in-person, ran from June through September.
