Introduction

Where should you create your community?

How to Create a Bitcoin Community

Where should you create your community?

The first question to ask is: where should your community be based? This decision is crucial if you want to keep the option of organizing meetups later.

If members have to drive two hours to attend an event, attendance will likely be low. That's why choosing the right location for your community, and therefore your future meetups, has a major impact on its growth.

A few tips to guide your decision:

1/ Create and grow your community in a medium-sized or large city. This will make it easier to:

- Find pleasant venues for meetups and projects (presentations, workshops, promoting Bitcoin adoption, etc.);
- Increase the sense of involvement and belonging among a larger number of people;
- Improve event accessibility (public transport, parking, etc.). Choosing a location close to public transportation and parking is highly recommended.

2/ Choose a name linked to your city. This makes it easy for people to identify with your community. Examples: Bitcoin Paris, Einundzwanzig Berlin, Satoshi Spritz Milano, etc.

3/ Check if a meet-up already exists near you. You can check btcmap.org, which lists most Bitcoin communities and meet-ups worldwide.

After some research, you might find an existing meetup or community in your city. Bitcoin is decentralized, so naturally, anyone is free to do as they wish.

However, joining forces often makes more sense than splitting nearby communities and reducing each one's impact. Starting a brand-new community where one already exists can unintentionally create competition.

In this sense, a simple "rule of thumb" can help: if there's no active Bitcoin community within 30-45 minutes of where you live, it may be worth starting a new one. That said, you're always free to do as you wish.

And of course, if an older community has "evolved" in a direction that no longer aligns with your values, and you don't have the time or motivation to "orange-pill" them, then creating your own fork is always an option.