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title: What the Fork?
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Are you creating bitcoin-only content in your native language? Is your thing called "twentyone" in whatever language you are speaking? Congratulations, you have a twentyone fork!
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<small>(If you have a different name, that's cool too.)</small>
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But seriously, we want to encourage you to copy the concept that worked for us
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and modify it to your needs. In other words: to fork it.
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# The Motivation
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Many countries still lack bitcoin-only content that is available in their native
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languages, as well as bitcoin-only communities that are regional and free of
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shitcoinery.
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Germany was such a country as recently as 2018, which is why we launched
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EINUNDZWANZIG, a German bitcoin-only podcast that evolved into ... I don't know
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what, exactly—a community, a media power-house, a bitcoiner love-fest, a
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non-profit, and a million different side-projects—but it definitely evolved into
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something pretty awesome, something that is worth spreading.
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# The Name
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Twentyone, translated into your language: [einundzwanzig], [yirmibir], [dvadeset
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jedan], veinte uno, njezet e nje, douăzeci și unu, huszonegy, ventuno,
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dwadzieścia jeden, tjugoett, eίκοσι ένα, vingt-et-un, etc.
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[einundzwanzig]: https://twitter.com/_einundzwanzig_
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[yirmibir]: https://twitter.com/YirmibirBitcoin
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[dvadeset jedan]: https://twitter.com/dvadesetjedan21/
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# The Concept
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The idea is simple: provide high-quality bitcoin-only content and create a space
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for bitcoiners in your country to connect, collaborate, and exchange ideas.
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- Create a bitcoin-only beacon[^create]
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- Translate the best bitcoin material to your native language[^translate]
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- Involve others once they find you[^involve]
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[^create]: For us, this was a [weekly podcast](https://einundzwanzig.space/podcast/)
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[^translate]: For us, this was the Bitcoin Standard and many other [bitcoin resources](https://bitcoin-resources.com). The guys from [Aprycot Media](https://aprycot.media/) helped a ton.
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[^involve]: For us, this was the [Telegram community chat](https://einundzwanzig.space/telegram/).
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Everything else will grow organically from there. At least that's what happened
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in our case. We are still blown away by the response we got and keep getting,
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which is why we are open-sourcing [the concept that worked for us][concept]. Feel free to
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[copy the logo][logo] and the name, by the way.
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<center>
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<a href="https://github.com/twentyone-world/twentyone-world.github.io/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md">
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<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary btn-large btn-custom">Add Your Fork</button>
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</a>
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</center>
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[concept]: https://einundzwanzig.space/files/EINUNDZWANZIG-WhatWorkedForUs.pdf
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[logo]: https://einundzwanzig.space/media/
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# The Trick
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There isn't one trick. There are three:
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1. Do something public, something that scales.
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2. Be consistent. Whatever you do, stick with it.
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3. DON'T TRY TO DO EVERYTHING ON YOUR OWN!
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Re (1): I believe that a weekly or bi-weekly podcast is perfect in terms of
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scalability. It isn't that much work to produce, and it is something that can be
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easily found, easily consumed, and scales almost indefinitely. Other formats,
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such as a newsletter, probably work well too. But it's hard to beat the
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in-person character of a podcast. **Find another bitcoiner** and just shoot the shit
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or discuss the news for an hour every week.
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Re (2): This is probably the hardest part, but **consistency is key**. Whatever you
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do, stick with it for a couple of months. You will be surprised how many
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bitcoiners are waiting in the shadows, just waiting to discover your beacon.
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Re (3): I can't stress this enough, so I'll go all caps once more: DON'T TRY TO
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DO EVERYTHING ON YOUR OWN. Really. Just don't. Involve at least another person.
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Think of it as your gym buddy: there will be times when you're not feeling it,
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and your gym buddy will be there for you to motivate you and give you a kick in
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the butt. Seriously, go find a bitcoiner that speaks your language and start as
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a team straight away. This should go without saying, but since bitcoin is for
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enemies, I'll say it out loud anyway: it should be someone that you like.
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Once you're 21 weeks in—probably earlier—other people will find you, and by the
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love of Satoshi, they will probably be happy to get involved too. That's one of
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the side-effects of the orange pill: it makes people want to do bitcoin stuff.
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TL;DR: Find quality people, and trust that something great will emerge through
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self-organization and spontaneous order.
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# The Community
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Bitcoin is different things to different people. Every country, every community,
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every family, and every individual has different wants and needs and a different
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understanding of what Bitcoin is and what it might be in the future.
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Consequently, we have a saying: "Twentyone is what *you* make of it."
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Different folks will want to work on or emphasize different things, and that's
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perfectly fine. Let them, and more importantly: encourage them!
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# The Meme
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[Back to the map](/)
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