What do Bitcoin mining have in common, collaboration with communities in Bolivia and the elections in Costa Rica? For the Bitcoiners Junior Pérez and Kike, founders of the 21 Bitcoin Academy community, these elements are part of a vision to promote the adoption of Bitcoin (BTC) and strengthen ties with other communities in Latin America.
In an exclusive interview with cryptootics, both shared how their mixed community, that is, virtual and face -to -face, combines financial self -sufficiency, education through regional collaboration networks and A possible incursion into the political landscape of Costa Rican.
Pérez is a Venezuelan bitcoiner who lives in Costa Rica and Kike (under anonymity) remains in his native Cuba. They, one day, felt the need to go beyond the Meetups of Bitcoin and the introductory talks. That is why they did not miss the opportunity when they met and immediately associated to create a community and conceive a strategic formula to consolidate as A true engine of change in the region.
First, 21 Bitcoin Academy was born, in early 2025, and recently joined the Latin American Bitcoiners Federation, which already brings together 39 groups one month after its launch.
Far from operating like an island, the academy functions as a collaborative hub. Pérez recounts how this spirit of cooperation materializes in a day -to -day basis. “The theme of the Federation is a superplus to strengthen ties and to be able to join more,” he said. This is not an abstract yearning, but a constant practice. “Other communities have their forte, so they help us strengthen us,” he added.
Pérez revealed the strengths of four pillars of his community that combines education on bitcoin and digital mining, Promoting adoption with cross -border collaboration and an ambitious vision of the future with political projection.
First component: Bitcoin mining
In an ecosystem where many projects depend on donations or voluntary work, 21 Bitcoin Academy has found its own financial engine such as Bitcoin mining. This is not only a technical activity, but the basis that allows them to operate independently and sustain their long -term development projects.
“We have this strength of mining, we have certain tools,” said Pérez, highlighting a capacity that gives them a deep practical experience. This internal strength is what allows them to focus on their second and perhaps more crucial mission as it is Build a solid knowledge network throughout Latin America.
According to Junior Pérez, people wanted to know what the mining issue was and the root of that have also brought many people to the community that arrive with the same initial question: «How do I do to undermine? Where do I invest? For the Venezuelan, this curiosity is precisely the main point of differentiation of their community.
The 21 Bitcoin Academy team ensures that unlike a purely commercial approach, where “you simply go and sell you a machine without teaching you”, they have integrated it to Your educational platform. “That is our hook also to attract people who are new in Bitcoin,” he said.
«We have even been talking to reach a collaboration to train technicians within our community. I have been told that the strengths of mining and mining technicians are in Paraguay, Argentina and Venezuela, and at this time they are starting to appear in Ecuador, so we also want to cover that option for training technicians to export ”.
Junior Pérez, 21 Bitcoin Academy co -founder.
Second component: collaboration and education
Far from operating like an island, the academy functions as a collaborative hub. Pérez recounts how this spirit of cooperation materializes in a day -to -day basis. “Other communities have their forte, so they help us strengthen us,” he added.
The most revealing example of this synergy is a recent consultation from Bolivia. “Bitcoin Research of Bolivia wrote me recently, to ask me the mining issue,” Pérez shares. This simple exchange illustrates an ecosystem where borders fader and knowledge flows where it is most needed.
Kike complements this vision with a strong emphasis on education. He Go to Bitcoin as a key tool for Latin Americawhere corruption and inflation problems affect purchasing power.
“Bitcoin is really a monetary revolution that goes from the bottom up, which allows the individual to take power and take freedom and ensure their private property with cryptography”
Kike, Cuban bitcoiner.
For kike, Educating people is essential: “It is very important to gather to study Bitcoin, to teach, to give courses, to teach people.” Its objective is that more businesses and citizens adopt Bitcoin, creating a standard that promotes the independence of the state system.
Philosophy is clear and simple: “It’s that, sharing knowledge, supporting us.” The success of his case is such that he is already being replicated by others, such as Emmanuel Fermín, founder of the “Satoshi are all” community of the Dominican Republic, who, according to Kike, grabbed his model to implement it in his own community.
The conquest of public debate
But the 21 Bitcoin Academy vision does not stop in education and collaboration. The third pillar of his formula is, perhaps, the boldest: The incursion into the political arena. Pérez, with an eye on the future of his country, suggests that the organization and influence they are building could have a new scenario.
«The elections in Costa Rica come and I think that 21 Bitcoin Academy can also appear. Costa Rica has not been characterized by the world of Bitcoin, except in the political issue, then let’s see what can happen.
Junior Pérez, Costa Rican Bitcoiner.
Your statement suggests an ambition from Bring Bitcoin’s message to the public debatea disruptive step in a country where pioneer digital currency is not yet a central theme.
In this way, the 21 Bitcoin Academy formula is exposed: collaboration that feeds a Bitcoin education network, adoption and a projection of that influence towards social and political transformation.
More than a community, what is created by this virtual and face -to -face community is a prototype of How a Bitcoiner group can redefine its own impactbecoming an active and relevant agent in the future of Latin America.
Climbing the formula: a network of decentralized communities
Looking towards the future, Kike visualizes a community in full expansion, but is pragmatic in the face of the challenges that this growth implies. Demand is already a palpable factor. “Some days we have too much demand with questions and doubts of people who are new in the use of Bitcoin and we really do not supply,” he confesses.
To manage this growing need, the plan is to evolve to “be like a kind of custom and free bitcoin support,” a structured help center.
This structure It has a very clear educational purpose. It works as “a kind of filter” designed to optimize the experience of newly arrived users to Bitcoin. The ultimate goal, Kike emphasizes, is “trying to keep the new ones on a learning ladder as quickly and as healthy as possible,” protecting them from misinformation and guiding them effectively in their first steps inside the digital asset ecosystem.
«We could expand with 21 Bitcoin Academy Venezuela, 21 Bitcoin Academy Mexico, and 21 Bitcoin Academy Spain, and beyond. Because we are so solidified with the theme of Bitcoin’s philosophy that we are sure that it will climb. I see it as something quite large, so much that we would even have to open a customer service directly with people that we are forming to help others, to create a completely decentralized support network, cells around the world of 21 Bitcoin Academy, I see it.
Junior Pérez, community co -founder 21 Bitcoin Academy.
Thus, the initial question finds your definitive answer. Mining, collaboration and politics are not disparate elements, but the gears of the same change machinery designed by 21 Bitcoin Academy. What Junior Pérez and Kike are demonstrating is not just how to direct a community, but how sow the seeds of a regional transformation With a clear strategy, a brave execution and the conviction that Bitcoin’s true power lies in La Unión.
