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. 
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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.
Don't get me wrong, I don't mean to offend anyone about what I said.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.
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. 
Does the forum create board according to locations or are they dependent on language? What are the official language in Nigeria and do many members speak that language?
I see some boards on languages, not places.
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 I see some boards on languages, not places.
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.
Bitcoin does not bend to regulations, neither should bitcointalk.
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. Cryptocurrency-related activities have received little tolerance from the Chinese government. Initial coin offerings (ICO) were banned in China in September 2017. Exchange platforms that traded cryptocurrencies or provided facilitation services were also ordered to be closed following the crackdown on ICO.
I remember binance head quarter was originally located in China before move to Japan because of the restriction.
Quote from: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binance
Binance was initially based in China, but later moved out of China due China's increasing regulation of cryptocurrency.
“As regards our recent policy pronouncement, it is important to clarify that the CBN circular of February 5, 2021 did not place any new restrictions on cryptocurrencies, given that all banks in the country had earlier been forbidden, through CBN’s circular dated January 12, 2017, not to use, hold, trade and/or transact in cryptocurrencies.
“Indeed, this position was reiterated in another CBN press release dated February 27, 2018.”
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. “Indeed, this position was reiterated in another CBN press release dated February 27, 2018.”
Local Board is a place for bad English speakers
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 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.
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. 
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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.
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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.
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.
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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.
Board requested for
1. Bitcoin discussion
2. Altcoin discussion
3. Off topics
From one side is very good, especially to increase knowledge about crypto, especially Bitcoin in Nigeria.1. Bitcoin discussion
2. Altcoin discussion
3. Off topics
On the other hand I have doubts about these two topics:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/what-is-the-way-forward-now-5315523
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/cz-taking-advantage-of-the-nigerian-government-ban-on-bitcoin-wrongly-5315130
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.
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
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
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 ?
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. 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.
@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.
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 ?
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 ?
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.
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.
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.
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 so you can see how Nigerian thread stands compared to others.
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. 
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 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 so you can see how Nigerian thread stands compared to others.
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 so you can see how Nigerian thread stands compared to others.
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.
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. 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.
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.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.
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. Jump to: