The El Salvador Bitcoin Office has announced a new six-month training program called “CUBO+” that aims to train Bitcoin and Lightning Network developers through the Salvadoran university system.
According to the agency, the program, which will start in May, will consist of a relatively small group of students under the age of 25, selected from among the brightest students at El Salvador’s universities. The first group will start through Don Bosco University. They will compete for the first Plan B grant funded by Tether and Fulgur Ventures. The project is the result of the recently announced agreement between El Salvador and Lugano, Switzerland, to establish the world’s first Bitcoin embassy in the Swiss city.
The program will be led and taught by the brightest minds in Bitcoin. Class topics will range from the high-level technical development of Bitcoin to distributed technologies such as Holepunch, Nostr, and Web5. The program is privately funded, and all students who qualify for Plan B receive a scholarship to cover the cost of the course.
The first two months of the program will be online, followed by a two-week in-person course held in San Salvador. In the remaining months, there will be close online mentoring with the biggest names in Bitcoin.
A Bitcoin Magazine-nel according to information shared, the program will be a framework that others can use as an open source standard for high-level Bitcoin education.
Students who complete the course are offered various opportunities, including full-time employment with renowned Bitcoin companies. Otherwise, entrepreneurial opportunities and further training will also be available.
The name CUBO+ comes from a project initiated by President Nayib Bukele during his tenure as mayor of San Salvador. When he was mayor, the city built buildings in impoverished areas, and these buildings served as libraries and community centers to further education.
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