21 Futures Blog

FICTION - The Final Monopoly

Congratulations! You won, you did it, you have everything. Literally everything. Turns out unlimited growth works when there are no checks and balances to stop it. Well, for a while, right? You made T... ...more

Fiction

August 26, 2025•5 min read

FICTION - Ringcut

Exit moved in silence through the black zone. The road beneath his boots was fractured and blistered from a century of stress fractures, chemical erosion, and neglect. Every surface held the residue o... ...more

Fiction

August 05, 2025•23 min read

21 Tips for Winning Short Fiction Competitions

August 2025 will be the very first Fiction Month on Stacker News. 21 Futures has sponsored the competition, which boasts a total prize fund of 200k sats. The overall winner receives 100k sats, and te... ...more

Culture

July 29, 2025•5 min read

21 Futures Announces Strategic Partnership with Vexl

21 Futures and Vexl are announcing a strategic partnership to promote cypherpunk stories and non-KYC Bitcoin. ...more

Interview

July 23, 2025•2 min read

FICTION - Static Between Signals

Tonight, my pals are meeting to watch movies. Yup. That ancient stuff. Flickering screens. Glowing pixels in the dark. Eyes wide, and hearts racing. Sometimes laughter. Sometimes gasps. Priceless expe... ...more

Fiction

July 15, 2025•1 min read

The Story of 21 Futures - How We Started and Where We're Going

The Story of 21 Futures - How we started and where we are going. Get the latest news in this update from chief editor, Philip Charter. ...more

Interview

July 07, 2025•4 min read