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If we take a trip down memory lane, there was a time Nigeria board (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5107528) was requested for on this forum, but due to one reasons or the other, we were not given local board. It would be as a result of some reasons, best known to theymos, but of which the reasons will be genuine.

CryptopreneurBrainboss created a local thread, Africa Bitcointalk Community Hangout. (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5121680.0), where some of us do have some discussions related to bitcoin, other cryptocurrencies and our country. Later, we noticed all of us there are Nigerians, we finally have to discuss about it, and CryptopreneurBrainboss changed it to Nigerian Bitcointalk Community Hangout. (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5121680.0). Two languages are accepted on the thread, English and Pidgin.

The thread surfaced to be for Nigerians and we are happy for that as the evolution of Nigeria local board on bitcointalk is dawning to become reality. That is why we are making a request for theymos to grant our request and give us Nigerians a local board.

There are many reasons we Nigerians need local board
1. Like the Brainboss exchange service, some new Nigerians may not know there is anything like that, but moving it to our local board will make it more easy to be seen and known. Not only Brainboss service, there will be some Nigerians that will like to provide service for people in Naira (the Nigeria fiat).

2. There was a day I wanted to convert litecoin to Naira, I have to call a member on this forum that did it for me, requesting such directly from our local baord would have been the best which will make such transactions transparent in case by making such offer on our local baord.

3. Our government just banned cryptocurrencies, but we know it is going to be legalized back, our local board is a place to easily find latest information that will be posted by our members about how to exchange Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies  to Naira during this hard time. The way we can still make trades in Bitcoin, in other cryptocurrencies and in naira will be easily discussed on our local board.

Nigerians have many active users on this forum, only what we need is for us to be given a local board, we active users are ready to develop the board. Please, we need support from other members about this to help us leave positive comments which are true about us Nigerians to convince theymos into giving us a local board.

Boards requested for

• Nigeria

Child-boards

• Altcoins
• Marketplace
• Off-topic

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Monthly stat, starting from January 2022

January 2022 : [CHARTS] Monthly Overview Of The Unofficial Nigeria Local Board (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5357434.msg59164105#msg59164105)

One other reason is that Nigeria has a fast growing Bitcoin market, with a large percentage of the citizens looking to understand and own Bitcoin. Bitcointalk being the largest discussion forum for Bitcoin would attract a lot of these users as we can see by checking the activity on the local thread. Having a dedicated local board would make those users feel more welcome and create a strong community.

I noticed that some of the arguments against the Nigerian board in the past, was the lack of a distinct language;
• Pidgin English is a very distinct language in Nigeria and parts of Africa and is common to everyone irrespective of tribe.
• Local boards aren't really divided by language, but rather it's a community of individuals who share things in common.
• On a micro level, there are news and updates that would be useful to the Nigerian community, but not so to the rest of the world. Having a board to post such is a welcome development in my opinion.

I would support this, and not just for the fact am a Nigerian but
+ Nigeria is the most populated black nation and very resourceful, and excited about crypto-currency
+ many African nation see Nigeria as a pillar of example and if Nigeria board get shape they can be encouraged of the free and fairness of forum
+ help other members know about the fast growth of crypto-currency, which may foster business friendship.
+ also for -Newbie- Nigerians coming to the forum which are much, they can have a sense of relief and be bold to ask question in their frequently used words, thereby learning more.

I support this suggestion since Africa has a lot of crypto user and they contribute a significant amount of transaction volume in crypto market before.

I suggest to OP to atleast gather all the active Nigerian  member here in the forum so that the admin will see the need of adding Nigerian Local Board. Best of Luck

I think the reason why the request was denied in the past is because all of the Nigerians On Bitcointalk speak English and admins probably didn't think a Pidgin English board would have many users. But if the number of Nigerians is much higher now, it makes sense that you guys have your own local. However, if your local would allow users to write in English as well, the admins might turn down the idea. A Pidgin English only local would have better chances.

Discuss among yourselves how you would like your board to look and what sub-boards it should have. That helped the Croatian community get new sub-boards a few months ago. Those ides were then presented to theymos and Cyrus and the new boards were created.   

I think it could help to see how many Nigerians there actually are and how many of you are active on Bitcointalk.If the numbers aren't as high as they should be, maybe an African local could be an alternative option. In that case, you have to agree on which local languages would be accepted.

Good luck with the request!

I think you are correct, and to add, and some may find it new, pidgin English is not a language thats familiar to Nigerians alone but some African countries, such as Ghana are familia with the language, and they maybe excited to connect since we not only connected by the language but by distance.

In addition to what Charles_Tim had aired out, Nigerians are one of the most active users in the bitcointailk forum that had contributed positively for her development, in the recent time, we have about 500+ active members if I'm not mistaken and we keep having new members that comes in on a regular basis and more to be coming.

I came across similar thread (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5107528.msg49639304#msg49639304) long time ago by a user requesting same for Nigerian local board, I came to realize that Nigerians infact African as a whole weren't active enough to form a community at that time, now we have accumulated up to 520 replies and 11722 views with up to 27 pages in our community hangout (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5121680.0) discussing crypto related topics in our understood pidgin language at the moment.

My explanations above might not be convincing enough but it shows some slight improvement more than before, It's high time we get what we are requesting for.

Edit:
Here are some active Nigerian members in the forum. [members upward]

I don't think there should be strict restrictions on what languages are allowed. Communication is key and if the community understands Common English (UK or US) as well as Pidgin English, then any of them can be used to discuss on a Nigerian board. The Indian local is run primarily using the English language, which is one of their national languages.

A rough estimate could be drawn from the local thread linked in the OP. It's an estimate cause not every Nigerian who is active on the forum posts there or is aware of the thread. About broadening it to accommodate more African countries, that was how the local thread started, but majority of the interactions were from Nigerians, so it would not change much to make it a continental board.

Considering how popular bitcoin is in Nigeria despite not so friendly government I am glad to see that you decided to ask for your own local board and it's an important first step but I think that you will have to increase your activity in Nigerian Bitcointalk Community Hangout (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5121680.0) in order to have real chances of getting your own board. Since you have many members that are active in English part of the forum, that shouldn't be an issue, you just have to encourage them to be more active there so you show forum staff that there is a real need for local board and that you "outgrown" the thread started by @CryptopreneurBrainboss.

I wanted to support most active communities without local boards so I included them (starting from October 2020) in monthly overview of the local boards activity (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5231446.msg55551963#msg55551963) so you can see how Nigerian thread stands compared to others.

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As explained to me by one Indian member, reason why Indians use English language in their board is very simple: they have 22 official languages and it would lead to chaos if they start opening sub boards for each of them. Using English is more elegant solution, but that also probably discourages some from being active there.

Thanks for this information, I did not even know it is existing. There are many of us that are not still posting in the local thread, and many are not active yet. If we are given local board, you will still see increase in Nigerain local board posts per month. I am very certain it will increase. Some consider the local thread as a way many information can not be passed across, there will be increase in our zeal to make quality topics and replies if we are given local baord.

Judging by this list and the personal reputation of the members, the request for a local board is really justified.
I'm an active member of the Croatian local board and throughout this time I realized how important this local section is for our local members.
First of all, not all members speak good English and some of them are avoiding the English part of the forum.
Local community members have a better understanding of the local situation and can give better advice on local options for selling or buying crypto, or finding stores that allow you to buy products or pay for services with bitcoin etc.
Local members can even arrange social gatherings or meetings as we already had in our local part of the forum.
Based on all this, I believe that if some basic conditions are met, all local communities, including the Nigerian one, should get their local board and I support that.

This is a very important announcement, I  and other active Nigerians would be grateful if the request is granted and it will be super active considering the widespread of Blockchain amongst the teeming Nigerian youths.

Nigeria is the most populated black nation and has the largest Cryptocurrency users in Africa and top 5 in the world today. In Nigeria Pidgin English is the most commonly used, every tribe understands Pidgin English. 98% of Nigerians speaks, write and understand Pidgin English fluently

These are some other reasons why Nigeria local board should be created, there are roughly about 1M+ Nigerians here on the forum( if I'm wrong I'll eat crow) out of the 3M total active users.

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Local Board is a place for bad English speakers, it will help them to be informed and speak whatever is easy for other users to understand. However, because the increase in bitcoin users there is quite significant, it's a good idea for the forum admin to consider your idea.
I support your idea that it is time you have your own local board. Given that so many people there spoke English, would it not die or have little activity in the long run ?

Despite the fact that the central bank of Nigeria recently placed a ban on the use of cryptocurrencies in the country, the interest in crypto has continued growing. It's also no longer news that Nigerians are some of the most active participants in the space - including traders, investors, developers and even end users who use Bitcoin for their day-to-day activities. One of the biggest problems with first time interactions is that you don't really know where you fit into the community or who you can meet. I felt the same when I first became part of this wonderful community. But it doesn't have to always be like this.

@Charles-Tim already make mention of the thread we currently use for our discussions. The thread used to be sufficient enough for our discussions but we have since grown as a community and even bigger than a "one thread fits all". I believe there should be separation of concerns - different threads (with topic replies) for very specific purposes under a central board.

On that note, I support Charles-Tim and other members of the Nigerian community with move to get our own board. I do hope that our request is granted as this would go a long way to help the Nigerian crypto community grow.

The board won't won't be speaking English but it would be speaking pidgin English it's a form of English but a vulgar format for the not so sound in fluent English, and they communicate in that way, many Nigerians has a lot to contribute but shying away of how to put there post in, I think a local board can help them before they are ripe to go in to main/prominent boards.

Am pretty sure I would not have ran away from the platform 2 years back when I first viewed it............ If there was a local board for Nigeria....
Confidence always builds up once someone has that feeling of belonging,
I hope and pray this request is being granted us, as am very sure most of us Nigerians are here without any proper connection to our fellowmen....
Not only will we connect, but we can learn faster, relate better and carry out transactions p2p with transparency  (especially as our government has banned crypto trading)

again the need for this request to be granted cannot be under emphasized....
I sign off

From one side is very good, especially to increase knowledge about crypto, especially Bitcoin in Nigeria.

On the other hand I have doubts about these two topics:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5315523.0

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5315130.0

So, I have a question, if, supposing that the local Board request is granted by Admin.

1. What about the news on the topic, true or not.

2. If, Admin agrees, if the government prohibits the Nigerian community from using crypto, especially Bitcoin and blocks all banks, automatically the Nigerian local board will die.

I am only concerned about bitcoin users in Nigeria especially Africa, if that happens.
Because I see that African people currently have many Bitcoin users, the government is actually doing rules that are not good for the community.

However, I pray for all of you especially in Nigeria, the government is not doing as said in the above topic.

And the Bitcointalk Forum Admin has wise considerations about this application, hopefully it remains safe, Bitcoin success for Africa.

China has their own local board and ban the use of crypto assets in their country. It is even always surprising that China mine 75% of total Bitcoin in 2019, while China still mined 65% of total Bitcoin in 2020. When India banned crypto assets, they also still have local board on this forum which was very helpful for them to know what to do.

Bitcoin can also be banned by a country, but the people of the country still have as many as possible ways to make use of Bitcoin while we strongly still believe crypto assets will later be legalized in Nigeria. When Nigerian government ban Bitcoin, why was Bitcoin price increasing that day to the extent it reached $40000 recently.

Let us hope theymos will give we Nigerians local board which will be very helpful for us.

I think one of the main factors considered in creating Local board is language barrier.

Example, bitcointalk is English by default, a Chinese man, or an Russian man can not understanding what is written here in english, so to solve this barrier, the need of having the local board is needed. This is quite different from why the Nigeria board is needed.

I can tell you how one such board is structured: The Spanish local board.
Spanish is vastly spoken by people in Spain and latam (with some wording differences). As such, the local board is the same for all, although there are four inner marketplace subboards that are based on a geographical areas.

Spain itself has more than one official language (some regions within officially have two languages), being the main official languages Catalan, Basque and Galego. These three bear their own thread in "other languages/locations", and are not currently defined as subboards within the Spanish local board. It is therefore essentially language based, not geographically.

That does not mean that all language situations need to follow the same pattern. Nigeria’s official language is English, but it seems a pretty complex country on the whole in terms of languages (see https://worldpopulationreview.com/languages/nigeria). I figure that a strong cultural common background and geographical area, and a demand from many members could constitute a valid candidacy to consider, whatever the outcome.

I don't agree with this statement. I am comfortable with writing and reading in English and I even watch movies with English subtitles, not a translation to my local language. But I still like to visit my local board and post and communicate with people that come from the same region that I come from. But I would agree that the local board is irreplaceable for users who don't speak English and have no other way to acquire information and guidance about crypto.

China hasn't banned bitcoin or the mining of bitcoin. They banned ICO's, and it's illegal for their citizens to take part in such activities.

I think you should read this quote below, Nigeria too ban cryptocurrencies in such way. Exchanges are the platforms linking banks to crypto users accounts on exchanges in order to make crypto purchase easier. Although, this is strongly discouraged on this forum but many people still are not concerned about such privacy and make use of custodial exchanges for crtpto purchase.


I remember binance head quarter was originally located in China before move to Japan because of the restriction.

Cryptocurrencies are not also banned in Nigeria, only it is restricted for banks not to support any crypto institution. Mining and other can still be done, p2p also is still legal in Nigeria.

In my opinion, the legality of Bitcoin in a country should not really matter to the forum or whether or not a particularly locality should have a  local board. No government can ban Bitcoin, they can only attempt to restrict its usage using local exchanges and banks. But, the entire idea of Bitcoin is a decentralized network, so there would still be Nigerian and Chinese users irrespective of legal actions taken by the government.
Bitcoin does not bend to regulations, neither should bitcointalk.

Nigeria is a populated country made up of 4 major Ethnics; Hausa, Yoruba, and Igbo, within these ethnics there are  371+ tribes and over 500+ spoken local dialects. The Northern and Western part of the country don't speak and understand English fluently. The only common means of communication is pidgin English; Every child, every ethnic every tribe write and understands pidgin. This is the reason we want a local board where we can learn crypto, communicate and build unity on a widespread ground

Don't get me wrong, I don't mean to offend anyone about what I said.

As I meant earlier. Not everyone can speak and understand foreign language ​​fluently and local board are a place for them to absorb information about crypto. I believe the local board will be of great use to them and there are also no limit and limit for good English speakers to contribute there too.

You are right by your comment, local board is a means of providing means many people from your country can get access to more information online from posting activities in local board. But if we check this from another angle, local board does not suppose to necessarily mean posting in local languages. Let me make an example, central bank of Nigeria ban cryptocurrencies now, local board will be a good board for Nigerians to discuss what they can do in a way they can bypass the central bank of Nigeria and yet still making use of cryptocurrencies and fiat together, we know p2p is the next in line but they will be able to discuss the best p2p to be used in Nigeria or which are best in Nigeria at this time on their local baord. It can be in English or Pigin like they said, but the information discussion in their local baord will be able to become more accessible to people broswing from Nigeria.

This is unarguably true and best reinforces the axiom — No one knows where the shoe pinches, but he who wears it." We know the peculiarity of our Nigerian environment and the issues therein that either excite or sadden. Having a local board for Nigerians (we are the largest active crypto users on the continent of Africa, BTW) will enable us increase awareness of crypto usage, and drag more traffic to this forum too. It's not for fun that CZ Binance added the Naira trading pairs to his platform — Binance. CZ is smart enough to capitalize on the strength of the Nigerian population and financial capacity where trading is concerned. Despite the recent but senseless ban on crypto activities in Nigeria by the inept CBN, CZ still leaves BTC/NGN and USDT/NGN pairs on for the reason he knows that losing the Nigeria clientele will mean a huge blow to his business.

I, therefore, together with my compatriots, urge theymos to grant us this long overdue request for a local board. We remain humble in request.

Wait a minute, are you saying that if a government prohibits the use of crypto, nobody in those countries will be interested in crypto?
So, governments could kill bitcoin usage? We have found an infidel here it seems. Grab the pitchforks.


Ketchup or Mayo? First, there are 3 million accounts (not users) and not all are active, only 266,858 (https://bpip.org/) accounts were active in the last 3 months, so probably rather than 1 million the number close to reality would be under 10 000.

This being said I think Theymos will act only once the topics there get increased activity, so far neither Bangladesh nor Pakistan have been granted a board of their own still pretty weird that the topic for Nigeria is not pinned at least, that would get it a bit more exposure for certain and it's an easy thing to do.
Anyhow, good luck with the request.

The Nigerian local thread as being active since, maybe theymos do not check local board for other languages often, we suppose to have requested for that at first, but we see it not needed because the two Nigeria threads (Nigerian Bitcointalk Community Hangout and African Proverbs in Pidgin) are the ones constantly on the top list after the pinned local threads. And we think now that is high time to have a local board because of he increase activities we have on Nigeria local threads. We wish theymos to listen to request and Grant us one.

Nigerians love the flavour of pidgin English. It's an easier language that endears Nigerian to one another far ahead of English language. So, the board won't die once started. Rather, it will increase discussions therein as more home developments will be centre of discourse.

Thank you for your wish for us to have a board towards the end of your post. But your fear that the senseless ban on crypto by the Nigerian CBN (which will eventually be reverted) will cause the local board to be abandoned if granted is unfounded. There are several countries where crypto is banned but their local boards are still active. BTW, the CBN ban won't affect p2p activities. It's only bank accounts linked to crypto stuff that may be affected. A lot of Nigerians are into p2p more than direct bank transactions.

First and foremost, thanks to everyone who have contributed to this discussion of we Nigerians having a local board on this exalted Bitcoin museum platform. We're Nigerians, different from the rest of the world in terms of technology, though very slow to engage in new technologies doesn't mean we can't build a formidable force(sometimes the government does unusual to her citizens). Currently, the Nigeria Local Board (community hangout) has been in existence since March 17, 2019 and has more than 36+ active users and there are some who aren't interested to join until the local board be achieve.

Probably this discussion shouldn't pose difficulties before approve IMO becasue the Nigeria second largest language is the Pidgin English, meanwhile there are 9 major regional languages in Nigeria which are:- Yoruba, Edo, Kanuri, Ijaw Hausa, Igbo, Efik, Fulani, Idoma. Also, let not forget that there are 528 languages spoken in Nigeria, including some that have no known native speakers; and what bind us together is the Pidgin English which is the reason we are agitating for Local Board to harness the beauty of this great Africa Country withing the forum.  Learn more about the Us (https://www.quora.com/How-many-languages-are-there-in-Nigeria).

I appeal to all necessary authorities saddling with the responsibility of local board approval to consider the request of the Nigerians and give us a local board now that the CBN has started their ranting on Bitcoin lovers, we need trusted individuals to trade with within the forum and good and trusted escrow within the local Board also, please!.

I am a Nigerian 🇳🇬

Aside from the number of bitcoin and crypto activities done by the Nigerians last year, a lot has been said about the reason why Theymos should give the Nigerians (which I'm included) their own local board. I believe giving us the local board as a token amidst the Central Bank restriction will make a lot of us happy and feel cared for in the crypto community.

First, this is a short restrict and I believe an amendment will be done soon. However a lot of people misunderstand the restriction concept. The Central Bank does not prohibited Nigerian community from using crypto ( it not even possible in the first place), they only banned regulated institutions, banks etc from dealing with crypto currency or facilitate payment for crypto exchange. Here is the circular

I support the need for Nigeria local board for many noble and credible reasons.
Before stating the reasons, we should know that Nigeria is one of the leading countries in Africa in terms of crypto usage and adoption.

Here are the reasons.

1. We need to regulate our community. Since there are many players in this space, we need to introduce authentication to the crypto transaction. One of best approaches is the establishment of local board. This will help to facilitate exchange and members of the platform will acts as escrow.

2. We need to build a TRUST SYSTEM in our crypto system. Hence, we need a local to act as a trust system.

3. I am a copywriter as such many in Nigeria like CryptopreneaurBrainboss and others may need my services either to write copies, do research or write a whitepaper. We have other experts that are good in many other skills that can be valuable for everyone in the community.

Hence, I support 💯 % the establishment of a Nigeria local board.

Guys, several days have passed and a lot has been said already. I suggest you appoint one person you all trust in the Nigerian section and have that person communicate with either Cyrus or theymos. Check how other local forums look, and talk amongst yourselves to determine which sections you would like to have. After you reach an agreement amongst yourselves, have your appointee PM one of the two admins with details of the agreement you reached. Include reasons why you believe you deserve your own local and hope for the best.

Hope I'm not late to the party, I just want to use this opportunity to publicly decare my support for this initiative of nigerians having their local board. In a time like this that the government are trying to sabotage the growth of the industry in the country, I think it'll be of great interest if the community is given support to the nigerian bitcoin (cryptocurrency in general) enthusiast. We're not asking for too much but a board that will bond us together. As outlined in the OP, Bitcoin discussion, altcoin discussion and off topic board will be a great start.

With time as the community increase other board can be added. We do have the number but they're scattered around the forum. This board will not only be used for communicating in the forum but also to help, guide newbie coming into the industry (forum). I was given the opportunity to manage one of the just concluded USDT bounty and from my observation there are hundreds of nigerians on that section of the forum. I'm pretty sure most would be net positive to the forum if the right guidance are given and all that can be achieved with our board.

It's becoming frustrating because if I can remember clearly we have been asking for this board from years back, now I think we have the numbers and It'll be a thing of joy if our request is been considered. The office language would be pidgin (if you visit our hangout thread, you'll noticed our communication there is mostly in pidgin). The thread is becoming less active because of the disappointed of our request not been approved but we'll keep asking until our request is guaranteed.

Pmalek, I guess that above 👆 answers your advice on "talk amongst yourselves to determine which sections you would like to have"

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The truth is that we have the numbers, not just on the Africa continent as the most populated country but also here on the forum (though I don't know the accurate number here). There are many Nigerians scattered across this forum and we need to bring everyone on board in a microcosm to maintain our unity on this Bitcoin story to further advance its awareness and show of solidarity to other Nigerians who may be panicking at a time like this with that senseless ban on cryptocurrencies from the Nigeria political bank — CBN.

I am sure theymos would've seen this thread. We await him doing the needful. Nigerians are an enterprising lot. Only our politicians are lazy and wicked. Those of us here are not the politicians.

That is what has not yet been done, but hopefully we are going to message theymos and also Cyrus. I may later bring this up in Nigeria local board. With the increasing activities our forum is having, I think there will be a time theymos will found good reasons to give we Nigerians local board because we really need it for more transparency about trades among us and for guild about how to use cryptocurrencies safely Nigeria.

The clamour for having a Nigerian Local Board in the forum is justifiable now that the CBN had placed an outright ban on cryptocurrency exchanges that singular act had consequently gave rise to a lot of fradulent and scam P2P, I was a victim of such a P2P scam yesterday however the approval of our local board will enable the Nigerian community to establish and create our own P2P transactions services using some trusted members like CryptopreneurBrainboss,  Mpamaegbu, Charles-Tim and other trusted members as escrew thus transact without any fear and possibly encourage other Nigerin members to use our community P2P service just like other escrewed services.

In resent times, the Nigerian government has taken to the forefront of the world against bitcoin and cryptocurrency activities. This in turn is sure to pose some negativism in the minds of bitcoin and crypto investors, a field that was gradually gaining investors in the country as citizens source for other means of investment to escape the impact of bad governance and other menace of an unjust political system.

As we all know, the threat can't and won't totally eradicate from the land the need for bitcoin enthusaist to invest in bitcoin and other altcoins but then, the issue comes in terms of transferring your return on investment (ROI) into it's fiat equivalent when the need arises. With the Nigerian government looking into all means of inhibiting this vital aspect of investment and enjoyment of ROI from being readily available only spreads the negativism on cryptos and its of great concern now than ever. The trust system already confers on some users some degree of credibility but then, a system needs to be put in place and with Nigerians, yet a third world country but fast gaining population in the forum and actively participating in forum discussions and contributions and the fact that, unique languages and not just the symbolic nature of the inscription of a spoken tongue (of which Nigeria do also have in the Nigerian Pigin which is unique to Nigerians and understood all round the nation) is given some sort of freedom in a local board to coordinate affairs with bitcoin, the forum and our nation at large, it becomes very disturbing for we Nigerians to actively sort out issues within ourselves in  these regards Bitcoin, forum and Nigerian crypto community/nation affair in ways that gives us some degree of comfort.

Its also of note that the Nigerian Bitcointalk Community Hangout. (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5121680.0) in the other languages section has a lot of participation and its rally on the charts as per participation and stays top on the other languages section but, its not easily noticeable by other Nigerians within the forum as not so many scavenge the forum like others, coupled with the anonymity which is a necessity in the crypto space but then, being with your country men and woman in a space filled with anonymous persons creates in the user a some sense of belonging and increase participation as a bond is been developed between the forum and the Nigerian community.

Also, facing the problem of our time as to exchanging bitcoin and known altcoins into its fiat equivalent for which the Brainboss exchange services by a trusted legendary member @Cryptoprenuerbrainboss would gain popularity and as well solve the problem on withdrawal while respecting people's privacy. It would also confer on the user @Cryptoprenuerbrainboss the freewill to transact with other members of the forum without fear of a possible alt at play and other complications that could arise as to this effect. The p2p system of withdrawal is our only option right now and the dangers associated with the p2p system isn't quantifiable so it becomes a problem as trust is all there is.

This is in regards for the plea on a local board and there is no legitimacy to the later but, it would be nice should this plea be looked into. Thanks.

You are right, local board is a board to bring together people of your mother languages, and yet not only that, local board also bring about connecting together people from your country, that is why I did not see it as a surprise that Indian local board on this forum is in English. There are matters partaining to the country that they will have to discussed and enlighting many of their members. But, yet not only that, people from their same country that are not even on this forum can just use search engine and bring up many contents from the local board and useful to them as it is what they search for.

I completely agree with the appeal for Nigerians to be given a local board not just because am one.
But as we here all know Nigeria is the giant of Africa and we are fast adopting the world's most popular cryptocurrency (Bitcoin). And with this we are setting a path for other African countries.
And having a local board will really help the New comers from Nigeria too, speaking in the language the really understand

It's been 4 months 8days since this thread was created, we are yet to get a response from sir @theymos. Nigeria is a large community in the crypto space, the biggest in Africa and among top 5 in the world in terms of crypto population. I think we deserve an official local corner to continue learning and promoting crypto via pidgin English and pure English as well.

Greetings theymos, I think it'll be highly appreciated if you respond to our request. We don't mind the response been positive or negative but atleast give us something to build on. Neither the numerous thread or personal message are been responded to and it's getting frustrating. What the Nigerian community will accomplish if this board we seek for is given will be very surprising to all including yourself.

We have our brothers and sisters lost in the forum especially in the bounty boards and having a board like this can help guide them into the right path. We don't ask for much, just a local board that'll have distinguish the different discussion we're having just on one thread and it's getting congested even making members lose interest since it's kind of hard to keep track of discussion ongoing as you'll never know which topic is been responded to.

Even without a local board we were one of the most active at some point with just a thread (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5231446.msg56274530#msg56274530) but all that is dying because there's no back bone (local board). The board would be a benefit to all as our brothers and sisters from the other countries on our continent African can come hangout with us and participants in discussion there too. We'll definitely create space to welcome them all just like the big brother we are. There's huge potential in the county and continent at large, you'll be doing more good than harm if this wish is granted. Please look into our appeal, just hoping you see this.

CryptopreneurBrainboss, are you the only one in Israel (literary speaking though) who doesn't know yet that silence is theymos' greatest weapon?

I think he does that on purpose and not that he hasn't read or seen the posts. Just give him time. He responds, sadly though, late to certain issues. But I hope he sees the same thing CZ Binance saw in Nigeria as a major force to reckon with in the crypto space as he allowed the Nigerian currency to be paired on his exchange. It will be in the overall best interest of this forum if the Nigerian community is granted a local board as that will further create more awareness and source of generating more adverts for this forum. Investors like numbers, and Nigeria has got that numbers in population.

I'm confident that Nigeria does got the numbers and the force when we talk about Cryptocurency despite the on going restrictions, the number of P2P exchange users from there are huge which is an obvious issue talk about in different crypto related article and news site.

This link shows an old data (February), we are even now more active than before, the last posted on the thread was on July 06, 2021 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5231446.msg57399486#msg57399486), and many previous ones have shown how more Nigerians are active.

I have noticed some good Nigerian posters are not posting on our local thread, some are complaining that discussing on a single thread is the reason they are not yet posting, that it will be better if they we have a local board. Many has also resorted to asking me questions on telegram, I keep on explaining what I have explained before as another person will still ask me the same question again, if we have a local board, I would have directed them more to the board for the question so others can gain from it.

We should just maintain good reputation, I know theymos will one day give us a local board for the benefit of Nigerians on this forum, there are a lot to discuss about cryptocurrencies in Nigerian board and we will have the board, we should just be patient.

I am proudly Nigerian and I strongly believe it is well within our right to request for a local board. We have a good and active user base in the community. As my fellow country have stated reasons why we need a local board, our argument is just and can't be denied. A local board would be a home inside a home (bitcointalk forum). Let's say we want to organise a Bitcoin hangout in maybe Lagos. How do we efficiently convey the information to the interested parties? A local board!

I am sure that posting in one thread is far from ideal and is putting away many many members who would would be active if you have your own local board, but imho it is crucial to be active there nevertheless. The more active you are month after the month, better are your chances of getting your own local board.

Creating a new local board is a big deal and those in charge haven't add one in years meaning better be ready for a long wait, and in the meantime keep both quantity and quality of posts as that's really the only thing that is up to you.

Judging by tranthidung's thread, History of local boards (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5205448.0), the last local subs were added back in 2017.

Namely:

• The Japanese
• The Arabic
• The Uzbekistan, Armenian, and Sri Lankan language threads

   
Since nothing has been done on this front for several years, the chances for significant changes don't look good. But there are always exceptions, so don't give up on your request.   

Looking at the current situation in those added boards/threads, all are basically dead except Arabic, so it's not a surprise that forum became very reluctant to add new local boards as they are probably concerned that the same thing will happen to new ones as well

As you pointed out, that doesn't mean that Nigerians ( and members of other communities) shouldn't try getting own local board. I strongly believe that if Nigerian board can increase current number of posts (~140) and keep it like that for some longer period of time, they will eventually get what they are after. Crypto is incredibly popular in Nigeria and bitcointalk could play a significant role in educating people form Nigeria about bitcoin.

Looking through the other languages thread on the other languages board I think the reason for not creating a local board for a long time is valid considering the high level of spam on those threads. The Nigeria thread has been around for a short time, it was created 2 years ago and since it creation it remains;

• The most active
• Most posts
• Most active members
• Most Pages
• Zero spam
• Zero low post

This could be the long awaited reason for the mod( in charge of board) creation to create one more board after a long period of time. That been said what are the criteria of having a thread pinned? Looking at the already pinned ones I think we are more than qualify to have our thread pin while we wait for our local board.

Just wanna use this opportunity to chip in my thought here.
Am a Nigerian too and I've been very active in this forum, I support the movement that theymos should give us Nigerians, our own board, there are so many reasons why we deserve this but am just going to mention two.

1. There are alot of Nigerian in crypto currencies today and alot of them are also on this forum, most of the Nigerians on this forum still have the newbie rank and as such, they don't even know who their fellow nigerians are, having our own board will help us discover ourselves and help each other on how to navigate around the forum and also grow.

2. Even binance, (world largest exchange) made it possible for  Nigerians to deposit our local currency(naira) directly to the exchange due to the enormous amount of users they have from Nigeria, this is a clear indicator that truly, there are alot of Nigerian supporting and investing in crypto, and like I said before, this numbers are also registered on this forum, but because we don't have our own local board, we don't know ourselves.

Please Mr. Theymos, do this for us, give us our own local board, we as Nigerians will forever be grateful to you sir.

I don't know about other facts, but those two bolded ones are not entirely true, as there are couple of other threads that have more posts written. Not going into quality of those posts, just referring to the numbers.

My guess is that thread has to be active enough to be pinned and I'm l sure that Nigerian thread meets that criteria easily. Imho, someone from your community should contact @Cyrus and ask for thread to be pinned.

I'm pretty sure we are quite active than most of the pinned local thread. What's the benefits or advantages of it been pinned so I can write him in hopes of achieving that. If the pinning only makes the thread visible then I don't think that's a problem that we're facing as we're quite active keeping the thread on the top of other threads excluding the pinned ones.

From the very day it was created, we have always been among the top thread and majorly held the top 1 spot for a number of months. Just viewed the board and (excluding the pinned ones) we're still holding that number one spot for most active as others (the closest) had their last discussion on 8th July but ours was yesterday 16th July and soon to begin discussion from where we stopped.

I also noticed most of the pinned thread aren't even active some having their last discussion dated backwards. If there's a significant of having a pinned thread like your local thread has to be pinned before getting a local board and there's or are posts to backed that then, we'll be grateful if link that to us so we can work towards it.

I agree with you, I mean this board should have boards for every country but there's a problem and I only assume this but I feel like there's not a lot of Nigerian users in the forum although I could be wrong and you are all just speaking the English language that good. Maybe it can benefit that they add a board, it's been a while since they've added a board and I think that the African countries, deserves to have one.

I think that's about it, being pinned will make your thread a bit more visible. It probably won't have a major effect on your thread activity, but why not having it pinned, as I don't see any downsides of getting that, while waiting for your own local board.

By the way, did any of you contact forum staff directly and asked them what's exactly needed to get your own local board, like if there is some specific criteria to be met?

I don't know if anyone has contacted a forum staff directly to know if there's any criteria, I know I haven't, but a global mod has weighed on on the discussion (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5072073.msg48052066#msg48052066) with his own reason, which is about the lack of a common language, different from the general English, and it has been extensively discussed how boards are not only for specific languages, but users who have a lot in common and there is also a pidgin language which is the main language used in the Nigerian thread.

Besides this the only other criteria I think, is being popular enough, another box the Nigerian board also ticks.

Well, the answer he gave was about something completely different, which was a request for African board, and that request indeed didn't make much sense, given so many different languages.

But even if you decide to use English (Wikipedia says its one of Nigeria's official languages), imho it shouldn't be a reason against Nigerian local board, as for example India has own local board, where everyone is using English due too many languages used, and English is spoken by most of the people.

There was a time I thought about the pinning of the local thread, I sent cyrus a pm. The thread was not pinned while cyrus sent back no message. I did not know the reason why cyrus did not send message, but we know how admin can be so mute while something is not yet relevant and at times even if relevant. In my high opinion, the thread needed to have been pinned, this probably would have even encouraged more Nigerians to join us on the thread.

I will also still encourage Nigerians to continue posting on the thread, likely one day something good will come up.

Sorry to hear that your request for getting Nigerian thread pinned went unanswered, these things happen. Hopefully this one won't end up the same and you get your own local board.


Well said, that's the best thing that can you can, keep your thread active and something good will happen come out of it, sooner or later.

I guess @igehhh was referring to those you bolded given the short period of 2 years that the Nigeria local thread had been opened in comparison with others. We are clearly visible on the forum and a lot of our people are making valid, contributory and educative posts here on the forum. No one with an objective assessment can deny this. Nigerians are multitasking and industrious. There's certain flavour we bring to the party. Little wonder CZ Binance recognized the hard working Nigeria population immediately his exchange got its footing and created a trading pair for the Nigeria currency. That also helped further boost awareness of cryptocurrencies in Nigeria and popularized Binance too. That action from CZ is generating a lot of traffic for Binance now. Nigeria has the number and this will be for the betterment of this forum.

Even if you count from the moment Nigerian thread was created, I think that there are few threads that were more active in that period. But I don't think that matters that much, as some other things are also (if not more) important like post quality, amount of active members etc.

As one of the most populous countries in the world, Nigeria is a huge market. What's even better is the popularity of crypto there, despite your government's attempts so that makes it even more important for bitcointalk to create a place where Nigerians can talk about their local issues in an appropriate way, and not having everything stucked in one thread. I personally think that bitcointalk can only profit from this.

@theymos


I am not surprised to see this type of wrong information on a reputed news platform in Nigeria, when Nigeria still have only one Bitcoin ATM which is in Lagos. I have not used the Bitcoin ATM before but most likely will indirectly request for mobile number for low transaction amount, and ID card for high transaction amount.

We need local board to provide more accurate information that Nigerian crypto lovers will also be able to read. Best and most accurate information about bitcoin and other crypto assets related to Nigeria can most likely be from this forum.

I haven't used the bitcoin ATM either. Maybe we should have a poll of how many Nigerians on the forum have used the bitcoin ATM. We know how frustrating it is to even use a traditional ATM in Nigeria. There is so much misinformation and fake news circulating in the media houses. I understand the hype, we want to look developed in the eyes of the rest of the world. But the anonymous part is very deceitful. This article is not one from a blog or a wannabe  journalist. Its from a reputable media house in Nigeria  one would think the journalist would take his/her time to research about bitcoin before publishing this article. The punch has good reputation so people will generally believe whatever garbage they throw at them. Newbies and the general public will swallow the lie hook, line and sinker.

I do not think that would be necessary, but just to bring out a fact that Nigerians can have quality information from us (we Nigerians) on this forum which can only be possible if we are giving a local board. Can you imagine many quality information we would have provided Nigerians just through this forum. There was a time I was searching for a particular content online, I was directed to this forum, if we have been making such threads, there are likely chances that also anonymous Nigerians will be directed to this forum of what they are searching for about Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. This forum is a very helpful forum but not yet showimg its potential to Nigerians, it could have been our fault, but now requesting theymos to give us a local board which makes the blame to be shifting from us as we are ready to develop the board.

Check the profile links you put out here for these users. They either lead to wrong profiles or none at all.
1. CryptoprenuerBrainboss
2. Posi
3. Smartvirus
4. cryptocurencyKing
5. Miaallen

UPDATES!!!!!!! (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5357434.0)

Based on the conclusion of Nigerian local board posters, the boards demanded for have been edited.

Board requested for

• Nigeria

Child-boards

• Altcoins
• Marketplace
• Off-topic

We hope theymos will one day consider our request.

We also hope that the one day does not become one year. It will be good for this forum to have a board for Nigeria because we are the most populated country in Africa and also very active in cryptocurrency business and trading. Theymos should consider all this and grant us a board.

I noticed I haven't seen you before posting on Nigeria local thread (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5121680.0), our post activity counts, if you have any contribution about bitcoin or other crypto in relation to Nigeria, you can post it there, also there is nothing bad to join in the active discussions going on the local thread.

In regard to your post, local board has been demanded for long time ago, but probably is wasn't a good to be given, but more Nigerians are there on local thread now which makes the local thread more active ever than before, and surprising active with quality posts. We believe the more active we are with quality post will be the evolution of the creteria needed for a local board to be created.

Nigeria is similar to our country in that it is full of people who are interested in cryptocurrency. Fortunately, we had our Pilipinas Local board (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=219.0) from the start, since a lot of Filipinos are already here in the early years of bitcointalk and I'm hoping that you will have your Nigerian Local board as well. We all deserve those local boards because it's where we share our news, updates, and opinions about what is going on crypto in our country especially if the country is full of people who're willing to explore cryptocurrency and I've noticed that in your country, it should be given a chance. You seem to have gathered around in that thread (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5121680.0), and there are a lot of users, same in the other threads.

If the statistic thread  (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5357434.0)is constantly updated and they notice a significant change, more active users and quality posts, maybe there is a good chance of getting a local board. Good luck!

It is not correct that I have not been posting there. You can check the statistics posted by igeehh and you will see my name too there as one of the active posters. The only thing is that I have not been very active in the forum for some time now but I hope to get back on now.

Hy Igehhh

can you make a little correction to that table, Miaallen (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2811536) is a Member rank with 29 merits but added among the Full member rank.

The chart will now become 32.4% Members and 8.8% Full member

Thank you, corrected.

Weekly UPDATES!!! (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5357434.0)

This isn't a case for argument, Charles-Tim only said, he noticed. It doesn't go for everyone though, I might understand your defending yourself as Charles-Tim is a regular or frequent user of our yet to be pinned Local Board.  I must say, Nigerians on the forum have rated amongst the top users with a zeal to learn and use the things we learn here to affect our nations in whatever way we can and a local board could help us archive even more. A community within a community, as one of the populous indigenous people of bitcointalk and the fact that, we have at least a lot required criterias, admins could do us this favour. So, we could appraise our discussions into proper subboards. A lot are been allowed to fly into the wind and its so uncool.

Don't take it too personal, what he's just trying to say is to be more active as we'll need all the support we can get to achieve this board. Everyone is doing their best to be active and that's appreciated. Many might not join the struggle now but when we get the board, it will draw in more attention as other Nigerians on the forum will want to associate with their own. We Nigerian are known to always hang around each other there by creating a community anywhere we find ourselves.

This is already been noticed on the forum and the board will only enhanced this attitude of ours. Let's not get to fighting ourselves now, everyone can't be as active as the other but in your own little way keep contributing to this great goal of ours.

I did not take it as an offense and my comment portrayed that except if someone is reading it wrongly. I only reminded him that I have been posting there and that is truth. We can not be divided on a small issue like that.

I think enough said already about your active-ness on the nigerian local board post, but if anything further it can come on the nigerian local board post probably quoting igehh statistics, but this post on meta is for nigeria to have a board -Local board- on the forum, and I think on the local board, the nigerian post has activities that if not for the sake of pinned post the nigerian post May be first, second or third on that board.

Achieving the sole aim of having a local board for Nigerians will be lovely if given the chance. Nigerians are pretty much active in this forum and they contribute meaningfully to the growth of the btt forum. Should I say, they have what it takes to have their own board.
Am happy to see my Africa brothers and sister requesting a board

Even in what looks like bumping this thread, it's not so much as that though as the issue that birthed this thread is still topical. On behalf of all industrious and actively involved Nigerians on this forum, I once again crave the indulgence of theymos as the CinC of bitcointalk to kindly consider our noble plea for a local board. The merits and gains of assigning one to the Nigeria community will undoubtedly astound members of this forum. Nigerians are a vibrant set of humans on the face of planet earth and will put that gesture to good use.

I'm not sure what else we're doing wrong or why we haven't heard from @theymos since the appeal thread last year. We have the numbers, the activities, and reputable members who are making significant contributions to the forum; at this point, all we can do is hope.

@igehhh, i don't know if you missed it but the user Mpamaegbu is a Legendary user already, but he is in the column for hero members in the table, if there is no particular reason why, then you can put him in the column for Legendary Nigerian users, which he is.
Hope, and wait patiently, quite a lot of implementations that have happened in the forum took a lot of time before it became possible, and that is the same with this request, prolly somewhere along the line this would become a reality as well.

You dey mind am, if I bend im neck he will know himself. He wants to demote me like Buhari did – APC! From top to bottom, from top to bottom – at the campaign ground a few years ago 😆. On a serious note, I think there are other users too who weren't placed in appropriate columns like Gozie51, Oshosondy, just to mention but two. They're Hero Members now. Initially I thought it was because he quoted from past data. I guess Engineer knows what happened there. All the same, Aluta continua...

There is no particular reason for this; it is simply an error. I've been drinking a lot of garri lately, and I think it's affecting my vision. I sometimes skip when I think too much, but everything's fine, chief.

Na Ogun go kill dis one, make you free President alone make matter no diver enter your head oo werey.  ;D I forgot our brothers have been making a name for themselves; having more Hero members than Sr. members now is a huge accomplishment! Engineers are always able to fix problems.

Drink more of the yellow garri and you definitely I'll be fine 🧐. I shouldn't be giving that advice for free but then what are comrades for.

A President that was busy introducing the vice president as Osinbade at campaign grounds abi? Let me just free him for you, anyway. Well, it's good engineers can fix problems. Invariably, the world doesn't have one then because there's a whole lot of chaos globally right now and no one seems to have the capacity to fix them 🤪

Have you ever (by "you" I mean members of Nigerian community) tried contacting Cyrus regarding your request as he is moderating Other Languages section to get any sort of feedback what would be the requirement for getting the local board. He helped us when we asked for more child boards in our local, so maybe you can get some answers from him.

By the way, I released the new brief monthly overview of the local boards activity (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5231446.msg59847413#msg59847413) and you are 11th most active community, ahead of many others that have their own local board so hopefully you can use those numbers as another argument.

We didn't want to start sending messages from different accounts on a specific demand, so to be on the safe side, we appointed the leader of the group CryptopreneurBrainboss to talk to Cyrus in Pm instead of going individually. We don't want it to appear as if it's our right, we are only demanding.

More Nigerians are joining every day, and that means, the number is increasing day by day. In additions to what Igehhh and Lordhermes Nigerians active users. I found some active users recently and they post quality posts. Such as:
1. Agbe = Member
2. Davidvictorson = member
3. Cryptoheadlinenews = member
4. Markinzo = Member
5. Mr-rights = full member
6. And a lot of members and newbies that are still roaming around to find their colleagues.

If it is the population to be considered, Nigerians are well populated in this forum. They more populated than most of the Countries in the forum. And most of the Nigerian can't grow Because they can't express with English fluently, but very good with the national language (Pidgin). We can only identify their present by creating local board with Pidgin language. Therefore, Theymos should be fair for the Nigerians as he has done for others. Nigerians have contributed a lot for the growth of bitcoin in particular and Crypto Currencies and large. It is not good for a great magnitude use of bitcoin NATION, has no local board in this forum.

Considering the child Boards to be credited under the mother board. I suggest the following:

1. Newbies orientation (All Newbies will identify themselves here and giving a proper orientation etc)

2. Economic/Politics (Nigerian Economy and Politics will be discussed here)

3. Bitcoin/Fiat Exchange ( If anyone wants to discuss Trading, Exchange of cash and activities).

Most Nigerians don't even know where the Nigerian Bitcointalk Community Hangout is, because probably, it is hiding under a mother board which they can't find out. But if there is a Nigerian Local Board is created, it will be easy to locate and identify themselves with their colleagues there. Theymos, Nigerians are supportive to your administration and they are obeying all rules and regulations that guiding the forum. They will do well if the board is created. They are people that can be or handle the meditators' activities very well. People like: Charles-Tim, Igehhh, Cryptocurrencybrainboss etc

I continue to appreciate your concerns and contributions to this course. Though not a Nigerian, your sensitive to the fact and gives insights on paths we should walk to archive this and for that I am grateful. Its some useful stats you've put out there and trust me, all that is provided to aid this course would be put to good use and I also wish to beacon on other forum users, non Nigerians that sees some legitimacy to our course to not be idle on the matter. To solicit along side us, in the shadows and public alike in the search for a Locale for Nigerans.

Long have we been operating like scavengers and its our wish and plea that we don't be judged based on the failures of other local boards that have followed same path to its accreditation and yet failed. Instead, we should be looked upon from a different angle and perspective that breaths hope for cryptocurrency.

The data you provided is outdated, and it appears that we have lost a few members; I drafted mine from the active members of the local thread, taking into account only those who have posted in the last 150 days.

Thank you for your observations

All the data that has been provided are 100% correct and accurate. The only mistake might be done there is the spelling of username. Those users told me that they believe me to be a Nigerian because most of my post are Africa or Nigeria Concerned, Some of them are living in London, Abuja, Port Harcourt etc. If the users you are saying that are outdated, sir I am very much convinced and 100% sure that are very much active on the forum. And if you are referring to other information that I provided in the comment, I might not argue with you but I still believe that all the information that were provided  are new. Although, I quoted Lordhermes and Igehhh which I believe that the information of Lordhermes has been outdated because from his analysis some of the users are no more. That is why I combined your own and his own to have accurate data. And also most the Nigerian that are in the forum are still roaming around to see their colleagues from Nigeria. So creating a local Board will help them to easily identify themselves in the board. I appreciate the hard working Nigerians and Theymos for kind gesture.

You're right. Rikafip has been highly sensitive and concerned towards our plea to having a local board.

You missed the post igehhh referred to as outdated. It was the first one you quoted in your comment, and that's true. It's not about wrong spelling of usernames. It's the basic information it contained. That post was done in February 2021 by Lordhermes. Many things have changed with our members since then as many have even stepped up in ranks too.

The last time I knew we sent Cyrus PM was when we wanted Nigeria local thread to be pinned, CryptopreneurBrainboss did that after/before (I have forgotten if it was after or before but I remember it was exactly during the time and CryptopreneurBrainboss initiated the move) I created the request for the thread to be pinned. I think it is not bad if CryptopreneurBrainboss can send him PM about our activeness on the local thread and the reason we need a local baord and what is required of Nigerians to be given local board.

I hope Cryptoprenuerbrainboss is no more one side about language barrier as you call him a leader, let me hope so. He should always carry us along on the local thread about what is going on.

My people I greet Una.
e done tey wey I show face for here no be really my fault na one or two things. I hope all of us dey alright. Blessings.

When it comes to language on the thread I'll still favor our local dialect to English but the community have the final say. If all we want to do is communicate with English then there isn't any need to be asking for a local board but this is just my personal opinion and I'll always voice it as such. Nigeria is a country filled with multiple languages and the used of those languages should be encouraged instead of just English. If our demand for a local board get approval it'll be very encouraging to see different native dialect get their dedicated thread for members interested to join conversation there.

English is an adopted language, although it's a necessity for communication this days that doesn't mean you should throw away your own language. You can't see other countries with their own native language doing that. Pidgin is also vastly been accepted as a universal language to English in the country. Nevertheless the rules will be community driven, instead of putting some users over others.

It was voted for, over 90% people that were active on Nigeria local thread voted for all languages (English, Pidgin and local languages). A leader should accept not based on his opinion but on the opinion of the local community.

I had emphasized on the need to accept all languages including English while I did also accepted Pidgin to be included. I do not know the exact reason why English should not be accepted. In Nigeria, pupils are taught in English, lecturers lecture students in English, reputed news sites are in English (I can give examples if need be), the largest community in Nigeria which is Nairaland (https://www.nairaland.com/) are posting mostly in English, even wallets and exchanges are in English, not Pidgin. Every Nigerian on this forum speak English. I still do not understand why English should not be accepted on our local thread or board.

Indian (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=89.0) board is in English. But nobody ever opposed Pidgin.

If I should dig dipper, I can bring out some example of discussions on Nigeria local thread that were still written in English but partaining to only Nigerians. Recently, the discussion is about Nigeria presidential politics which can also be in English, how about the time Binance did not accept NIN slip for verification, a Nigerian brought it up about how he printed the NIN online and turned it to a card and Binance accepted it, also a Nigerian brought it up lately on our local thread that Binance is now accepting BVN. How about discussion on exchanges that Nigerians are highly using that can be brought up on local board, and many like that like piloting and creation of eNaira and Nigeria government crypto regulation.

Local board is not about the language people are speaking, it is about local community to discuss about what is happening in their community, and like on this forum, in relation to bitcoin, crypto adoption in the local community and the likes. Just that local community can have a single common local language they are using which is most likely the case, definitely the local language will be used, but Nigeria is having many local languages, but English dominates, followed by Pidgin.

Pidgin is never a local language, it is spoken in some west African countries (most commonly in four west African countries) that Britain colonized. It was used by local traders to communicate with foreign traders in old time (during Atlantic slave trade in the late 17th and 18th Centuries) to ease trade dialogues. Even from our local thread (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5121680.0), we can see its similarity with English. So, Pidgin was also an adopted language which was formed from English in a way it can be more understandable by local people that were uneducated in a way they can be able to communicate with foreign traders at the time.

Yeah, a lot of things, including inactivity, member ranking up, and bans for some of the members on LorHermes' old list.  sharom (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2476325) & abdulodoi (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2840864) got banned and Becky666 died from the old list. Some users from the old list are still active, but they haven't posted in the local thread in the last 150 days, so they weren't included.

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@Cyrus With the number of Nigerians on the forum and the number of Bitcoin adoption in Nigeria, it would send the wrong message to other African countries if the leading country in terms of population and Bitcoin adoption did not have a local board on bitcointalk. Nigeria's local board will represent Africa as a whole! It would also send the message that bitcointalk is not biased and that people of all tribes and cultures are welcome. We guarantee to keep it clean.

The request for local board for Nigerians and Africans extension is not unconnected to the activeness and lofty height of contributions many Nigerians users of Bitcoin talk have added to the forum in past and presently.

A local board will give a sense of belonging and self fulfilment to the Nigerian comity on the forum and new users when they come in and discover they have a place to identify with even as beginner's.  And more.

The Nigerian community on the forum is growing steadily which is why we deem it fit we need a local board for carrying out discussion that concerns the adoption of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency in general on the forum. A quick read through started threads on the forum are Nigeria related discussion raising on the forum and this topic are been pitched to the wrong audience since not many know about the activities ongoing in the country. Unlike the Western country that we all can have an idea on any topic raised, that which is concerning countries like Nigeria will always be flooded with myopic views or totally out of context.

I strongly believe we'll get our wish one day, at first it seems like getting the local thread some attention was impossible but we achieved that and even got it to be pinned and from the recent stats, it's one of the active locals even without having a board. Bitcoin and cryptocurrency adoption is growing steadily in the country and as this forum is the center of the knowledge, people will always be draw to it and having a boards to help guide them with the little knowledge we have acquired as individuals would be great and productive. We'll keep waiting patiently until @Theymos hears our cry or others like (@Cyrus @mprep @hilariousandco @Welsh etc) with some advantage over the average user, pick interest in our appeal to strengthen it.

Rather than waiting patiently, can Theymos or the other moderators or admins you mentioned, tell us the criteria for having a local board. If you meet the criteria, we will be expectant and if we don't meet the criteria, we'll keep mute and work hard to meet the said criteria. Tbh, I think this is the best approach to our request for a local board.

While it would be interesting to know that info, I don't think that they will tell you some specific numbers because in that case local communities might start stat padding in order to reach the criteria. If your thread has such activity 5-6 years ago you would probably already have your own local board, but situation is different now and forum staff is very reluctant to add new ones due constantly decreasing activity on majority of other local boards.

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@CryptopreneurBrainboss did you get any response whatsoever?

Why not try to send him a direct message through private messages?
As far as I know, Themos has never released clear criteria for adding a new local board.
This probably means that it's his personal assessment, I guess based on the activity, the number of local members and more.
Anyway, I wish you good luck with this. You have my support  :D

That would definitely be some of the criteria no doubt about that, but the admins would never make any set in stone criteria on how to get a local board request accepted, infact maybe there is no hard-and-fast criteria on that, the forum does not work with rigid rules for example, and that is somewhat the case in other aspects and areas of the forum; issues are handled in the forum on the basis of a lot of things, which are flexible, and subject to different interpretations, this keeps things open and interesting. Thus sending a pm to the admin to ask about that would yield nothing.

Having said that, we should just continue enjoying the forum, discussing about Bitcoin and other whatnots, keep the local thread active and alive with quality discussions, bump our request once in a while and wait for a response, i believe we would get one somewhere along the line, i hope it would turn out to be a positive one.

If those be the criteria, I think Nigerians here have a pass mark. We beat some local board in terms of that. To be frank, giving Nigeria a local board even goes beyond the mere gesture of a local board. It transcends into continental which by extension will mean that Africa is now fully recognized on this forum.

But of course, we shall continue to do all that while watch paint dry so to say.