Welcome to the world of 21 Futures
Freedom through fiction
OUR MISSION
21 Futures is a cypherpunk fiction project designed to further our understanding of privacy, personal liberty and financial freedom.
Our Work
Tales from the Timechain (2023)
The world's first bitcon fiction anthology
Financial Fallout (2025)
Currencies debased.
Privacy under attack.
Cash goes underground.
The crushing weight of debt.
WE WERE NEVER PREPARED
Blog
Dozens more freedom and cypherpunk stories
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Reviews
Eric Bies, Bitcoin Magazine
"What 21 Futures promises to do for bitcoin is to be one of the vehicles making headway toward that future."
Max Hillebrand, CEO of zkSNACKs
"I'm a supporter and sponsor of this project because it is propagating freedom tech and cypherpunk ideals through beautiful stories and art."
21 Futures Blog
OPINION - The Rapid Rise of Bitcoin Fiction
Written stories have been crucial to spreading ideas for centuries. And with bitcoin now on the radar of traditional finance and legacy media, fiction is helping to build understanding and speed up ad... ...more
Fiction ,Review
February 19, 2025•3 min read
FICTION - The Facility
A flawless red sky stretches out past the hills — means the end is coming. Ain’t seen nothing like it in my forty-three years on this planet, and I’ve seen a lot of horrors. ...more
Fiction
February 19, 2025•18 min read
FICTION - Are We or Are We Not
There was a genuine reason to work the code words in seamlessly. Malbots tended to detect extra security in conversations and increase the level of attack in the hope that there was a bitcoin transfer... ...more
Fiction
February 19, 2025•10 min read
INTERVIEW - Decent Money
An interview with 21 Futures contributor and Financial Fallout competition prize runner-up, Decent Money. ...more
Interview
February 18, 2025•2 min read
FICTION - The Bitcoin Overlay
In a dystopian future, a man caught between two worlds must help guide those on the fringes to a new digital utopia, while evading government agents and facing his own doubts about leaving behind his ... ...more
Fiction
February 18, 2025•8 min read
FICTION - Satoshi's Ghost
The bright orange of the box-like machine emits a glow that draws them both, and the woman moves closer. The hint of a smile lifts the corner of his mouth as he notes her approach, even with his back ... ...more
Fiction
February 18, 2025•12 min read
REVIEW - The Mandibles by Lionel Shriver
This book traces the fortunes of the Mandibles, a wealthy family living in a badly decaying New York of 2029. ...more
Review
February 17, 2025•2 min read
FICTION - Transit
Viktor.Adler.Areo00187 peeled out of his training gear in the tiny hygiene pod. When he heard the first dull thud on the door of his sub-habitat, his adrenaline spiked. The next instant, the metal pla... ...more
Fiction
February 17, 2025•15 min read
FICTION - Home Base
I'm sure you've all heard the stories about the Phoenix. About the notorious figures that have cut its rugs. Or the Republic of Freebooters getting started at one of its tables. Everyone’s heard of ou... ...more
Fiction
February 17, 2025•13 min read
INTERVIEW - Carl Andrews
An interview with 21 Futures contributor and author of a new bitcoin haiku book. ...more
Interview
February 17, 2025•3 min read
FICTION - The 8th Wonder of the World: 1111 Peace Park Project
“When we build it, we will thrive” This was the relentless rallying call of the fearless freedom warriors. The call dwindled to a faint whisper and near extinction as the automaton slaves and their ... ...more
Fiction
February 17, 2025•16 min read
FICTION - Bitterfly
Hidden deep in the meanders of a sophisticated script was the information that the press clamoured for and only an experienced metroologist could unveil. ...more
Fiction
February 17, 2025•13 min read
INTERVIEW - Satillionaire, visual storyteller
Visual storyteller and 21 Futures author, Satillionaire, drops by to talk about writing, new media and bitcoin. ...more
Interview
February 17, 2025•1 min read
FICTION - A Matter of Survival
One early December morning, Dad came home with a triumphant grin on his face, and without giving the horror time to subside, he announced: “Get your affairs in order, girls! This fall we’re moving to ... ...more
Fiction
February 17, 2025•14 min read
FICTION - The US of A 2120
I woke up feeling refreshed. Every day is an opportunity for gratitude now that we are free. Every day is a new opportunity to unlearn things we thought we knew about how the world worked. Our minds (... ...more
Fiction
February 17, 2025•10 min read
REVIEW - A Lodging of Wayfaring Men
Fiction perspective - A review of 'A Lodging of Wayfaring Men' by Paul Rosenberg ...more
Review
February 14, 2025•3 min read
FICTION - The Noderoid Saga: Dreamers
I am a noderoid, a half-flesh, half-machine creature harnessed to propagate and store the timechain. My life is a ceaseless cycle of handling and relaying bitcoin data. Approximately every ten minutes... ...more
Fiction
February 14, 2025•12 min read
FICTION - Shiro by Symbol Satoshi
SANTIAGO, CHILE (AP) — An American military jet slips in from the sea, past the grim old monoliths that ring Rapa Sat Island and roars to a short, dusty stop on the new airstrip. ...more
Fiction
February 14, 2025•13 min read
FICTION - Doxa by Dillon Hamilton
South of the Aleutian Chain and over the trench a man is reminded of how central the sun is to his life. ...more
Fiction
February 14, 2025•17 min read
REVIEW - Love Death + Robots
A review of Season 1 of the Netflix animated anthology series. ...more
Review
February 14, 2025•3 min read
FICTION - Hello World by Decent Money
Before the ocean and the earth appeared — before the skies had overspread them all — the face of nature in a vast expanse was naught but chaos uniformly waste. It was a rude and undeveloped mass, that... ...more
Fiction
February 14, 2025•18 min read
Our Story
21 Futures was conceived in 2022 by author and editor Philip Charter.
In 2023, our first anthology was published by Konsensus Network and was presented at Bitcoin Atlantis the next year.
In 2025, 21 Futures became an imprint of Konsensus Network, offering a new platform and publishing services to authors in the freedom fiction space.
Our team is made up of a group of dedicated individuals who are all committed to achieving one goal: spreading freedom through stories.
