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Communities

Bitcoin communities, meetup groups, and grassroots organizations around the world fostering peer-to-peer adoption, education, networking, and local growth.

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Featured Communities

La Crypta
La Crypta

Argentine Bitcoin and open-source community fostering education, development, and circular economy adoption in Buenos Aires and across Latin America.

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2023
bitcoin.ar
bitcoin.ar

Argentina's oldest Bitcoin non-profit, founded in 2013, known for LABITCONF, La Bitcoineta, and a 30,000-member online community across the country.

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2013
Club Satoshi
Club Satoshi

First Bitcoin community in Tucuman, Argentina, hosting weekly meetups and working to promote Bitcoin education and circular economy adoption in the region.

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2023
Bitcoin NEA
Bitcoin NEA

Bitcoin network spanning four northeastern Argentine provinces — Chaco, Corrientes, Formosa, and Misiones — promoting adoption and sovereignty since 2019.

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2019
Bitcoin School Argentina
Bitcoin School Argentina

Free Bitcoin education hub in Cordoba, the first Mi Primer Bitcoin node in Argentina, hosting weekly meetups, monthly BitDevs, and self-custody workshops.

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2023
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La Casa de Satoshi

Dedicated Bitcoin community space and coworking hub in Mexico City, hosting monthly beginner events, technical BitDevs sessions, and networking meetups.

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2024
BTC Isla
BTC Isla

Grassroots Bitcoin circular economy on Isla Mujeres, Mexico, with 30+ merchants and 130+ rental properties accepting Bitcoin via the Lightning Network.

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2024
Bitcoin Berlin SV
Bitcoin Berlin SV

Bitcoin circular economy in Berlin, El Salvador, with 150+ merchants accepting Lightning payments and the second largest Bitcoin community in El Salvador.

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2023
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Bitcoin Santa Ana

Salvadoran group promoting self-custodied Bitcoin, open source software, privacy, and food sovereignty since 2023 — operating exclusively on Nostr.

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2023
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Bitcoin Ruta de las Flores

Grassroots Bitcoin community along El Salvador Ruta de las Flores corridor, championing self-custody and financial sovereignty in the western highlands.

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2024
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21 Bitcoin Academy

Bitcoin education platform in San Jose, Costa Rica, offering courses, mining advisory, hardware wallet sales, and a Spanish-language Bitcoin podcast.

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2024
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Próspera Distrito Bitcoin

Bitcoin district inside Honduras Prospera economic zone, where BTC is legal tender, building toward the world first fully Bitcoin-native urban economy.

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2025
Lago Bitcoin
Lago Bitcoin

Non-profit at Guatemala's Lake Atitlan combining Lightning Network merchant adoption with a waste cooking oil to Bitcoin mining program for lake cleanup.

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2022
Cuba Bitcoin
Cuba Bitcoin

Cuba's first Bitcoin-only community, promoting education and meetups on the island while operating the first Mostro P2P node launched in Latin America.

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2021
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La IslaBTC

Bitcoin community on Cuba's Isle of Youth, born from Cuba Bitcoin, organizing in-person courses and meetups to help build a local Bitcoin circular economy.

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Satoshi Somos Todos
Satoshi Somos Todos

Bitcoin education and freedom community in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, spreading Bitcoin knowledge across the Caribbean through meetups and events.

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2024
Bitcoin Dominicana
Bitcoin Dominicana

First Bitcoin-only community in the Dominican Republic, winner of the Bitcoin Beach Grant 2024 and grower of merchant adoption from 5 to 65 businesses.

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ColombiaP2P
ColombiaP2P

Colombian Bitcoin community in Bogota focused on P2P trading, Lightning Network, node operation, and building a sovereign circular Bitcoin economy.

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BtcxBolivia
BtcxBolivia

Bolivia Bitcoin community connecting enthusiasts and promoting adoption in a country that banned all crypto transactions from 2014 until June 2024.

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Bitcoin Paraguay
Bitcoin Paraguay

Paraguay's leading Bitcoin community based in Asuncion, connecting enthusiasts and supporting the growth of local circular economies across the country.

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2024
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Motiv Perú

US-registered 501(c)(3) non-profit using Bitcoin donations to deliver essential supplies to indigenous Kechua communities in Peru remote Andes mountains.

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2020
Orange Pill Peru
Orange Pill Peru

Bitcoin-only meetup community in Lima, Peru, hosting regular in-person gatherings and monthly BitDevs Lima sessions for Bitcoin developers and enthusiasts.

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P2P Bitcoin Ecuador (BitMaxis)

Ecuadorian Bitcoin community founded in 2025, running meetups and workshops alongside a coastal circular economy project called Bitcoinizacion Costera.

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2025
Escuelita Bitcoin
Escuelita Bitcoin

Non-profit Bitcoin education project in Uruguay and Paraguay, teaching practical Bitcoin skills through community workshops for non-technical audiences.

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Bitcoin Pichilemu

Community building Chile's first Bitcoin circular economy in Pichilemu, the country's surf capital, blending Bitcoin merchant adoption with surf culture.

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ONG Bitcoin Chile

Chile's oldest Bitcoin non-profit, established in 2015, promoting education and adoption through the CryptoNight conference and TransBIT payment gateway.

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2015

Communities

Bitcoin communities, meetup groups, and grassroots organizations around the world fostering peer-to-peer adoption, education, networking, and local growth.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

The Bitcoin Wiki is a curated knowledge base that maps the Bitcoin ecosystem across six categories: organizations, open-source projects, key people, essential books, communities, and events. It helps newcomers and researchers navigate the people and projects shaping Bitcoin.
The Organizations section covers companies and foundations building Bitcoin infrastructure — from Lightning Labs and Blockstream to exchanges like Coinbase and Bitstamp, and corporate adopters like Strategy. Each entry includes founding date, headquarters, key people, and relationships to other wiki entries.
The Projects section covers open-source software and protocols powering Bitcoin, including Bitcoin Core (the reference implementation), Lightning Network (layer-2 scaling), BTCPay Server (self-hosted payment processing), and more. Each entry links to repositories, contributors, and related organizations.
The People section profiles individuals who have shaped Bitcoin's history — from Satoshi Nakamoto and Hal Finney to developers like Adam Back and Nicolas Dorier, educators like Andreas Antonopoulos and Lyn Alden, and entrepreneurs like Jack Mallers and Elizabeth Stark.
The Books section features essential Bitcoin reading, including The Bitcoin Standard by Saifedean Ammous, Mastering Bitcoin by Andreas Antonopoulos, The Blocksize War by Jonathan Bier, Broken Money by Lyn Alden, and the original Bitcoin Whitepaper by Satoshi Nakamoto.
The Communities section highlights Bitcoin meetups and local groups like La Crypta. The Events section covers major conferences including Bitcoin 2024, Baltic Honeybadger, and Adopting Bitcoin. Both sections help you find and connect with the Bitcoin community worldwide.
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