Empowering people to grow professionally and personally through education is what BitDegree is all about. So, naturally, we couldn’t skip the biggest gathering of talented, smart & ambitious youth that’s looking to make the future better. The BitDegree team has participated in an annual event, that was held in Lithuania with over 3 thousand attendees. And we gave out several hundred BitDegree Token scholarships during the several days of the event. Also, helping people redeem their BDG scholarships for BitDegree courses!

The goal of BitDegree during the event was to educate people about blockchain and cryptocurrency.

At the same time, present BitDegree and what we’re doing to all of the attendees. We wanted to help people make their first cryptocurrency payments ever and do so using the BitDegree Tokens (BDG).



Several members of the BitDegree team spent a couple of days talking with the attendees, sharing their knowledge of blockchain, cryptocurrency and the BitDegree project. At the same time introducing newcomers to the blockchain space.

1. BitDegree Token Scholarships!

Before the event, we’ve created a couple of hundred wallets and pre-loaded them with some BDG tokens (enough to roughly buy one course).

In true BitDegree fashion, we brought a prize wheel with us to gamify the experience of learning. Attendees could win BitDegree Merch (T-shirts, pens, notebooks, etc.) or the most exciting prize — A BitDegree Token scholarship!

Those who were lucky enough to win a BitDegree Token scholarship were excited and frightened at the same time.

At the moment, performing blockchain related transactions seems like rocket-science to the majority.

People associate blockchain related matters with something that should be left to tech geeks and programmers only. We wanted to prove them wrong and show that with a little bit of help, anyone can do it.

We know that cryptocurrency is not as complicated as people make it out to be. And showing a person how to set up a wallet and make a transaction once enables him/her to share this knowledge with friends. While making them feel like a “total tech god”.

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To make the process as smooth as possible, we were there to support students every step of the way. If a person won the BitDegree Scholarship we:

1. Helped them to set up a mobile wallet and claim their BDG scholarship from our pre-loaded wallets.

2. Once the winner selected which course he/she was interested in we helped them to purchase the BitDegree course using BDG Tokens.

3. Congratulated the person and encouraged them to try out more courses in the future, now that they understand how it works.

2. Increasing Blockchain Mass Adoption

People who used cryptocurrency for the first time and bought a BitDegree course were quickly sharing this knowledge with others and effectively broadening the reach of blockchain technology.

Not only this was a fun experience for most attendees as they hadn’t done a blockchain transaction before it was also a way to demystify cryptocurrency and boost mass adoption.

This further positioned BitDegree as a company that’s actively working towards educating the population about the benefits of new tech.

We spent roughly 8–10 hours per day merely discussing with people the benefits of blockchain and BitDegree while providing an in-depth live course about the technology that powers BitDegree with all of the interested attendees.

3. BitDegree Reaching Out to Students/Teachers & Partners

Danielius, the co-founder of BitDegree was there to present and invite teachers/students & partners to use the BitDegree platform for their personal or professional use.

We want to work extremely close with all teachers for the upcoming 3 months. Listen to the feedback, improve their experience on the platform and have the best user-oriented platform possible. At the moment, teachers that use the BitDegree platform and BitDegree tokens are able to earn 99% revenue from each purchase of their course. And, students that are using BDG tokens get the best prices, while supporting their favorite teachers.

At the same time, we’re working on attracting more students to participate in the BitDegree eco-system. And we’re also looking for more partners that could sponsor courses, this would allow sponsoring of individual courses and more scholarships for the students!

If you know someone, that’s interested in sponsoring BitDegree courses or using the platform for their employee education/up-skilling or hiring. Please direct them to the BitDegree Partner Page. With a wide reach, BitDegree is the perfect place to kick-start the usage of your technology.

4. BitDegree Achievements During the Event

We met quite a lot of exciting partners that could help with certification and achievement tracking. Some of them were interested in using the BitDegree platform for their employee education.

We’ve also spoken with University teachers that invited BitDegree to talk with students in person or give lectures about blockchain, building a business.

The event was a massive success

Estimated of around 1000 people were introduced to BitDegree and blockchain via live presentations over 3 days.

over 3 days. Over 200 BitDegree Token scholarships were given out.

were given out. Exchanged contacts with 3 potential partners that could be helpful to BitDegree.

4 Lithuanian Universities invited BitDegree to talk with their students/teachers

We’ve opened a new Twitter account for BitDegree students and teachers — the BitDegree Academy. Join if you want to become a more efficient student or a better teacher.

It was a fantastic opportunity being able to present BitDegree live. Thank you for being a supporter of BitDegree and believing in the project. Follow BitDegree on Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, YouTube.