Hey @dergigi I just watched your video on 21 World and thought it was amazing!

Just so you know... I have the "opposite" problem to you in Switzerland 🇨🇭. The so called Röstigraben (invisible line between French speakers and German speakers) is a very powerful divider of "everything" - meetups/Bitcoiners in Bern having no idea what is happening mere kms away in French-speaking cantons where Bitcoiners are extremely busy creating / talking / meeting.

So your concept of local culture and language has to be broken. The culture here IS to be decentralised and a language like English is the much-needed "glue" for common communication (a bit like in India)

I am currently creating a meetup-of-meetups in Telegram and will bring out a bot that publishes meetups in regions (sub-groups in Telegram) where e.g. German-speaking Bitcoiners become aware of what happens just down the road...

What is more, and you hit the nail on the head - this MUST happen in cyberspace first, not Meatspace - I will create a real event and invite cantons / regions to "show off" what they are doing, so their linguistically-challenged cousins finally are aware.

I would like to co-opt the cool map of yours however, and maybe my "Pan-Helvetic" group can get "red" pins on the map! Maybe we can chat if that's doable?

Iterating ideas is great and I think you should consider breaking the "one-language" rule SOMETIMES (not always, I get the "local" take of yours!). I found the German flavour of meetups totally different than the French ones and again different to the English ones. I can see potential "dolmetschen" services of use here, as to understand other cultures' views on BTC is a HUGE HUGE HUGE plus, not a negative.

Anyway... Great video as always, and I hope to continue your work, just with the Swiss flavour changing the needs somewhat...

Gemeinsam sind wir stärker

On est plus fort ensemble

(and some Italian phrase to the same meaning lol)

- Swissnode