John Dennehy is a Bitcoin educator who founded the nonprofit My First Bitcoin, an independent, open-source Bitcoin education organization he started in El Salvador in 2021. John Dennehy's Twitter Score is 26 out of 1000 as of September 2026, ranking #38,296 (top 10%) among 487,142 tracked accounts.
John Dennehy founded My First Bitcoin as a community-led project focused on free, impartial Bitcoin education, and the organization has since grown into a US tax-exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit operating globally. Its flagship offering, the Bitcoin Diploma, was reported by the organization to be the first Bitcoin curriculum used for credit in a public-school system, and was later adapted by El Salvador's Ministry of Education. By November 2025, My First Bitcoin reported having taught more than 27,000 students in person, with the large majority of that reach built inside El Salvador.
John Dennehy's organization has attracted notable funding from across the Bitcoin ecosystem. The Human Rights Foundation reported a $25,000 grant to My First Bitcoin in its 2023 Form 990 filing, and OpenSats selected the project for support through its Education Initiative, which backs freely accessible, open-source Bitcoin work. Block awarded My First Bitcoin a Discovery Grant, and in May 2025 the organization announced a $1 million grant from Jack Dorsey's #startsmall initiative to expand independent Bitcoin education globally. My First Bitcoin rejects government funding and states that grants are its primary funding source.
John Dennehy has posted 8,082 times on the platform. In November 2025, My First Bitcoin announced a global strategic refocus, retired its local Mi Primer Bitcoin name, and disclosed that it had stopped operating inside El Salvador's public schools as of spring 2025. John Dennehy has been mentioned by 39 accounts, with 125 total mentions.
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John Dennehy draws a following concentrated in the builder and founder community. The accounts that follow John Dennehy include 131 founders, 8 angel investors, 92 influencers and 1 VCs. Among his notable followers are Jesse Powell, Tuur Demeester, Documenting Itcoin, matthew sigel, recovering CFA, Samson Mow and Alex Gladstein.