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 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. 
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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.
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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.
Bitcoin ATMs
Nigeria is home to several Bitcoin ATMs, so take your pick! The good news is that these machines allow you to convert the local currency into Bitcoin with ease. At the same time, they allow you to remain completely anonymous. The downside of using them, however, is that you may encounter rather steep fees in the process. Alas, such is the price for complete anonymity!
Nigeria is home to several Bitcoin ATMs, so take your pick! The good news is that these machines allow you to convert the local currency into Bitcoin with ease. At the same time, they allow you to remain completely anonymous. The downside of using them, however, is that you may encounter rather steep fees in the process. Alas, such is the price for complete anonymity!
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 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.
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.
There's certain flavour 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.
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. 
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.
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. 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.
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.
I will also still encourage Nigerians to continue posting on the thread, likely one day something good will come up.
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 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?
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.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 will also still encourage Nigerians to continue posting on the thread, likely one day something good will come up.
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 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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.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 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 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. legendary
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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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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. legendary
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Judging by tranthidung's thread, History of local boards, the last local subs were added back in 2017.
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Namely:
- The Japanese
- The Arabic
- The Uzbekistan, Armenian, and Sri Lankan language threads
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.
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...
Judging by tranthidung's thread, History of local boards, 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.
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.
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.
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!
Even without a local board we were one of the most active at some point with just a thread
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, 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.
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