Start Date:
October 2026
Language:
English
Mode:
Online (Global)
Duration:
10 months
Credits:
60 ECTS
- Scholarships & Sponsorships Available
- Admissions start January 2026
- Pay securely with Bitcoin
Do you know how fast the Bitcoin job market is growing?
Since Bitcoin's creation in 2009, hundreds of companies have built their business models around this technology — yet most struggle to find professionals who truly understand it..
At the University of the Hesperides, we are solving this gap by training the next generation of Bitcoin professionals: leaders who understand Bitcoin in depth — economically, technically, and ethically.
This Master's degree is designed for professionals who want to work in or with Bitcoin
companies, combining academic excellence with real-world expertise.
"We are building a degree that focuses on Bitcoin and the paradigm shift in nowadays finances, and a degree that gives you technological and financial literacy for the 21st century."
"We are building a degree that focuses on Bitcoin and the paradigm shift in nowadays finances, and a degree that gives you technological and financial literacy for the 21st century."
Master in Bitcoin - Kristyna Mazankova
Why Choose the Master in Bitcoin (Global Edition)
- 100% Bitcoin-focused: This is not a blockchain or crypto course — it's purely Bitcoin.
- World-Class Faculty
- Practical Learning: Hands-on workshops on self-custody, privacy, taxation, nodes, and mining.
- Career Connections: Direct partnerships with Bitcoin companies and projects.
- Financial & Intellectual Independence: Learn to manage Bitcoin securely and
confidently — without intermediaries. - Global Community: Join a diverse international network of professionals,
entrepreneurs, and educators.
Curriculum (60 ECTS)
A flexible, in-depth academic experience combining live sessions, pre-recorded lectures, and interactive workshops.
Kristyna Mazankova
Director of the
Master in Bitcoin
Global Communications Strategist with 12+ years of experience in tech PR, specializing in Bitcoin, fintech, and open-source ecosystems. Former Head of PR at BTC Inc, she combines strategic storytelling with deep industry expertise to shape narratives in the digital economy.
Faculty:
Aldona Żukowska-Caramés
Aldona Żukowska-Caramés is a Bitcoiner, economist, and founder of MadBitcoin, with a strong background in banking and financial education. As a podcast host and educator, she is dedicated to spreading knowledge about Bitcoin, economics, and the evolving financial system.
Saadya Chevan
Saadya Chevan is a Support Operations Engineer specializing in Bitcoin and developer-facing systems, with experience at Trezor. He focuses on simplifying complex technologies, building scalable support infrastructure, and improving user understanding of security-critical products.
Karliatto
Entrepreneur focused on applying Bitcoin to solve real-world problems. Co-founder of Bleskomat, a startup building Lightning Network payment tools, and contributor to wallet development alongside industry leaders such as SatoshiLabs (Trezor).
Max Hillebrand
Max Hillebrand is a contributor to Bitcoin Core, Wasabi Wallet, BTCPay Server, and JoinMarket, working at the intersection of privacy, cryptography, and economics. He is the author of The Praxeology of Privacy, an open-source project exploring privacy as a fundamental requirement for human freedom and market systems.
Jonathan Newman
He is the Henry Hazlitt Research Fellow at the Mises Institute. He holds a PhD in Economics from Auburn University. He was the recipient of the 2021 Gary G. Schlarbaum Award to a Promising Young Scholar for Excellence in Research and Teaching. He is the editor of Anti-MMT (Anti-Modern Monetary Theory), forthcoming in 2026, and is the author of publications on monetary theory and business cycles in The Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics.
Francisco Quadrio
A Bitcoin advisor to high net worth individuals and contributor to Bitcoin Magazine, Francisco is a former traditional finance professional who made the journey from skeptic to Bitcoiner. He currently works in the mining sector, specializing in hashrate markets. His writing focuses on Bitcoin's unique value proposition as a censorship-resistant, fixed-supply monetary network — and why nothing else compares.
Sooly Kobayashi
Founder of NeoWealth and advisor to Swan Bitcoin, Jan3, and other leading Bitcoin organizations, Sooly has spent years helping businesses, family offices, and governments across the Middle East and Africa navigate Bitcoin adoption — drawing on his own experience using Bitcoin through Lebanon's economic collapse.
Kristian Csepcsar
Bitcoin mining expert, educator, and author. He began his career as an IT auditor at KPMG and moved into bitcoin mining in 2018. His entire mining career has been with Braiins, the oldest bitcoin company in the world, founded in 2010, where he works as Chief Marketing Officer. Kristian is also an active bitcoin miner and the author of The Ultimate Bitcoin Mining Guide. At the university, he teaches Bitcoin Mining in the Master in Bitcoin program, covering the full mining stack from fundamentals and mechanics to software, hardware, energy, and environmental impacts, with a strong focus on practical, real-world understanding.
Alex Gladstein
Chief Strategy Officer at the Human Rights Foundation and Vice President of Strategy at the Oslo Freedom Forum since 2009. He has connected hundreds of dissidents and civil society organizations with global leaders to advance free and open societies. An internationally recognized voice on human rights, technology, and financial freedom, his work has appeared in outlets such as CNN, The New York Times, and WIRED. He is also the author of The Little Bitcoin Book, Check Your Financial Privilege, and Hidden Repression.
Certification
The Master in Bitcoin is a Continuing Education Master's Degree offered by Hesperides University, consisting of 60 ECTS credits and fully compliant with the European Higher Education Area framework. In Spain, this type of postgraduate program is known as a university-specific degree, which means it is evaluated and approved through the university's own Internal Quality Assurance System rather than through the state-accreditation pathway reserved for official master's degrees. This model is widely used across Spanish and European universities to offer innovative, specialized programs that benefit from academic independence and flexible faculty requirements. While it does not fall under the state-accredited category, it is legally recognized across Spain and Europe as a university-level postgraduate qualification. Hesperides University deliberately follows this format to maintain intellectual freedom, bring global experts from the Bitcoin ecosystem into the classroom, and make high-quality education accessible to anyone, anywhere, in line with our mission to expand freedom in learning.
Corporate
partner:
BTC Inc is the parent company of BTC Media, LLC, publisher of Bitcoin Magazine, the original and most trusted source for Bitcoin news and education, producer of The Bitcoin Conference, the largest and most influential Bitcoin event in the world, and operator of Bitcoin for Corporations, the leading professional network working to accelerate corporate bitcoin adoption. Headquartered in Nashville, BTC Inc builds media, data, events, and corporate adoption products that accelerate Bitcoin integration around the globe.
FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
About the University of the Hesperides
The University of the Hesperides is a forward-thinking institution that combines academic excellence with real-world relevance.
Through its innovative programs — in economics, technology, and philosophy — it aims to shape the professionals who will lead the transition toward a more transparent, decentralized, and Bitcoin-based economy.
Our
methodology:
At .h you will be immersed in a digital ecosystem that is all about active and collaborative learning. Rather than an observer, you will be part of a dynamic learning community with members across the globe.
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Complete your application and join the global community.
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campus:
At .h we are born innovators. A good example of this is our hybrid campus—that’s right, at our virtual campus you will be able to interact with students, teachers, and administrative staff in real time.
What’s more, you will have two physical locations at your disposal: in Santa Cruz de Tenerife and in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, where we hold seminars and academic events. What are you waiting for? Come and join us!