From the North to the South of the Peninsula, a growing movement of activists and meetups spreads the principles of Bitcoin through local meetings and grassroots initiatives.

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While in many countries the attention is scattered between the price of bitcoin, institutional adoption, and the hype for new financial products, Italian communities maintain an approach focused exclusively on Bitcoin technology and its economic and social impact. This characteristic distinguishes Italy as a context of grassroots adoption, where meetups, events, and educational initiatives develop through the work of local organizers who focus on the fundamental principles of the Bitcoin protocol.

Italian communities show a Bitcoin culture oriented toward the original values described by Satoshi Nakamoto. Local groups focus discussions on topics such as monetary sovereignty, privacy, and autonomous management of private keys. It is a movement that develops territorially, through meetings in bars and local venues where ordinary people discuss technology, cryptography, economics, and monetary theory.

Growth has been progressive in recent years. Since 2017, there has been a spread of local groups that have maintained activities even during bear market periods, focusing on educational content. Cities such as Brescia, Turin, Bologna, Venice, and smaller centers host communities with hundreds, if not thousands, of active members.

To better understand the landscape of Bitcoin communities in Italy, Atlas21 interviewed the main organizers and founders of the most active groups nationwide, collecting their direct testimonies on the evolution, activities, and objectives of each reality.

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