Becoming a Grandfather Changed Everything for Me.
A few weeks ago, I became a grandfather. Little Oskar is now a bit over one month old, but he already changed the way I look at the world. I kept thinking about the future he will grow into. A world shaped by technology, money systems, incentives, and social structures that even adults often struggle to understand.
And that led me to a simple but powerful question:
How can I teach my grandson the core values behind Bitcoin - things like decentralisation, scarcity, honesty, responsibility, and sovereignty, without overwhelming him with technical words?
These are concepts where even grown-ups stumble. So how could a child learn them in a way that feels natural, simple, joyful, and maybe even magical?
That’s when a new idea was born.
Introducing a New Book Series Concept
“Little Satoshi’s Big Lessons - 21 Stories for a Sovereign Life”
After publishing my book “Brick By Brick” (https://amzn.to/4mW2pK4) , something unexpected happened. I realised there is a quiet but important gap in the Bitcoin space, one that becomes especially visible when you start thinking about the values you want to pass on to the next generation. Adults can take courses, watch videos, read articles, join discussions. But what about children? How do we help them understand the deeper values behind Bitcoin, not the technology, not the charts, not the vocabulary, but the human principles at the core of it?
I often asked myself: How can a child learn what decentralisation feels like? How can they appreciate scarcity? How can they understand fairness, honesty, responsibility, and the idea that their choices matter, long before they learn words like “permissionless” or “consensus”?
Bitcoin is built on powerful moral foundations, yet those foundations can be taught long before the child ever hears the word “Bitcoin.”
That thought became the seed for a new project. I began designing a 21-part children’s book series, intentionally mirroring the 21 million Bitcoin. Each part represents one core value, one life principle, one “satoshi nut” of wisdom that can help children grow into curious, resilient, sovereign human beings. And instead of long explanations or abstract concepts, the series uses stories, simple, playful, relatable stories that meet the child where they are.
Satoshi the Squirrel - First concept of this character
To guide them through these lessons, I created a character children can immediately connect with: Satoshi the Squirrel. He is wise but funny, curious but grounded, and always learning, just like the young reader. Satoshi collects little “satoshi nuts,” each nut representing a piece of understanding he gains through his adventures. Over the course of the 21 book parts, he slowly builds his own decentralised stack of wisdom. Children follow him, learn with him, and celebrate each nut he earns. Maybe at the end of the book a quick quiz, with some real satoshis to earn, similar to "21 Days of Bitcoin" (https://bitcoinmagazine.com/sponsored/learn-bitcoin-earn-bitcoin-announcing-unchained-as-title-sponsor-for-21-days-of-bitcoin-educational-course)? Let me know if you have any ideas to incentivise the learning.
Each book parts in the series focuses on one universal value: fairness, transparency, effort, patience, scarcity, responsibility, cooperation, independence, critical thinking, digital safety, and many more. Twenty-one values in total, one for every “million” Bitcoin, forming a complete journey from childhood to young adulthood.
There is no Bitcoin vocabulary in the pages. No charts. No crypto terminology. Just human values, the values that make Bitcoin what it is.
Because Bitcoin is not only technology. Bitcoin is a philosophy. Bitcoin is character. Bitcoin is how you behave when no one is watching. These concepts i built my book "Brick By Brick" and my TwentyOne.Life Manifesto on.
And children can learn those values long before they understand the technology behind them. This project is my attempt to bring that philosophy into a form a child can truly understand and enjoy, starting with my newborn grandson Oskar.
If we can teach children these values early, the understanding of Bitcoin will come naturally later.
Why I Believe This Matters
We are living in a time where trust in systems is steadily declining, where attention spans are becoming shorter with every new distraction, and where money itself is turning into something increasingly abstract and difficult to grasp, even for adults. Our children grow up in a world filled with digital risks that are often invisible to them, and a culture shaped by instant gratification, where nearly everything can be accessed immediately with a swipe or a tap.
Against this backdrop, teaching children the foundations of sovereignty, resilience, patience, and long-term thinking becomes not just helpful, but essential. These qualities prepare them for a future in which independence and critical thinking will matter more than ever.
I genuinely believe that Bitcoiners, with our strong focus on values like responsibility, honesty, transparency, and decentralisation, can offer something meaningful to the next generation. But the way to do that is not through preaching or pushing technical explanations onto children. Instead, we can pass on these ideas through storytelling.
Stories have a unique ability to shape values. Values guide behaviour. And behaviour ultimately shapes the future. If we want our children and grandchildren to grow into sovereign, thoughtful adults, the journey begins not with technology, but with the stories we tell them today.
How These 21 Parts Orange-Pill Kids (Without Ever Saying “Bitcoin”)
One of the most exciting discoveries during the development of this project was realising how naturally Bitcoin’s core principles translate into universal childhood lessons. When you remove the technical language and look at the values underneath, you find timeless teachings about fairness, responsibility, effort, honesty, patience, and curiosity, concepts children encounter every single day.
This is where the magic happens: children can internalise the essence of Bitcoin long before they ever need to understand the technology behind it. Through stories, metaphors, and the gentle guidance of Satoshi the Squirrel, they learn the mindset that makes sovereignty possible.
Here is how these 21 parts quietly and playfully align Bitcoin’s principles with everyday childhood lessons:
Translation Bitcoin Principles vs. Children Lessons
I know, the translations are not perfect and will need further be developed.
Transforming Complex Ideas Into Lifelong Values
When taught through stories, these lessons become part of a child’s emotional and moral foundation, not just intellectual knowledge. Long before they study money, technology, or digital systems, they already feel what fairness means, understand why effort matters, recognise the importance of privacy, and appreciate why some things become special when they are scarce.
By the time they are teenagers or young adults, Bitcoin will make sense to them not because someone explained it, but because they already live by its principles.
This is the heart of the project: planting values today that grow into sovereignty tomorrow.
Do You See a Need or a Market for This?
This is where I need your feedback. Would parents, grandparents, educators, Bitcoiners, and curious families appreciate:
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A series of 21 children’s books
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Illustrated in a playful Bitcoin-orange doodle style
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Featuring 3 story levels per theme (kids, teens, young adults)
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Teaching Bitcoin principles through life lessons
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With Satoshi the Squirrel as a recurring guide?
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Is there a gap in the market for this kind of educational storytelling?
I would love to hear your thoughts, ideas, questions, and critiques.
For me, this is no longer just a book project. It’s a way to share something meaningful with my grandson, and with all the young “stackers” growing up in a world that desperately needs better values.