I am not doing this for myself or for my own fame or recognition. The reason I am doing this is because these islands I have targeted aren’t having some Bitcoin, crypto and Web3 awareness, education and adoption as they’re already left behind (unlike in the National Capital Region where there are will only be many activities, workshops, hackathons, etc.) and no one’s stepping up. I see some of the locals in these areas are just wondering on when will they experience having more events and activities in their respective islands.
After reading your thread @OP I began to compare your works with those of the Apostles in the Bible that were moving from place to place preaching about Jesus Christ. Its had to believe that people like you still exist. In this current age nobody does anything for free because they will always seek for financial gain or fame. You have done really well and your selfless service is worth emulating. Its also good you shared it with the community because it will serve as a motivation to some of us to also engage in this selfless drive when ever we have the opportunity.
I believe it's hard to keep them if the community are just money-motivated rather than being bullish on the tech and utility itself. I can relate to that because I have built a community last 2018 and it failed because of the bear market where they are so affected. They only emerged from their "caves" when bull run comes again and then goes silent and hiding when things are really quiet.
I don't know the economic situation of the people in the Island you visited. Most time if there is high rate of unemployment and poverty, the people might only be attracted to investment that will give them instant profit. And most of them might not have the financial power to engage in bitcoin investment or use it as a legal tender. The level of infrastructural development is these areas will also affect the level of attention they will give to bitcoin. This is not to dispute the fact that regardless of these challenges some person will still become bitcoiners.
The economic situation in these islands I have visited are just fine especially my hometown. However, there is no to very little Web3 awareness, education and adoption.
They said that Philippines is one of the crypto-friendliest countries in the world. But most of the activities such as meetups, events, university roadshows, hackathons, workshops, conferences, summits, etc., only happen in Manila and other parts of the National Capital Region. There are also consistent activities happened in the Bicol region and Davao City in Mindanao.
There are 3 major regions in the Philippines. Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.
I was living in the Visayas group of islands. We are categorized nationally as Western Visayas (Region 6), Central Visayas (Region 7) and Eastern Visayas (Region
. So this is where I have initiated building hyper local communities in the group of islands region. It got me thinking on why the Visayas group of islands is so far behind in this trend where the others are already adopting? And no one’s willing to step up?
So I did the unthinkable to start this slow mid-last year. I don’t mind being a turtle. The turtle always wins the race.
I started in one city. Then I’ve expanded to other islands.
Last year, we only have less than 7 meetups/events combined in these group of islands. This Q1 alone, we have more than 15+ as I have counted combining all islands organized by me and the others.
We’re getting more attention now than before and this Q2 and beyond are getting bigger because of those big organizers Luzon, Mindanao and overseas are gonna hold events in one of the islands that I’ve initiated.
I thought that you're one of them but good thing that you also know them. I understand where you're coming from about being an advocate and you've got no source or you're gonna get the budget deep from your pocket. But with your eagerness and vision to educate everyone and re-educate those that have probably forgotten the lessons you've taught them. It's a thing that we mostly see from them that many in the community were just motivated during the bull run and lie-lows whenever we experience the bear market. You've been a lot, through thick and thin and you're all sharing them because you have passion and love to bitcoin and the tech. Well done and keep it up, mate.
I’ve got nothing to lose mate. It’s been a long time coming that I wanna do this after staying at home for 2+ years due to the lockdowns.
When I’ve started doing these meetups, only less than 1% of them have either left early or late due to certain reasons. But for most of the time? Surprisingly no one left? Why? Because they’re willing to listen. They’re willing to spend time learning about Web3.
You know in most MLM presentations? From my first hand experience, the guests are just freaking excited when the presentor talking about the six figure income, dream cars, houses, etc., or something like that. However, that excitement died down once the presentor revealed the compensation plan (the good ol’ binary structure, unilevel, etc.) and investment packages to start, I see that most of the guests aren’t impressed or disappointed (and even left saying that it wasted their time).
I do not want to end up like these MLM guys who are just building their communities for their own gain, fame and benefit and letting their “downlines” getting left behind as always. It is difficult to “keep” the community if you do not keep giving them more value. No disrespect to them but it’s the reality that we have to accept nowadays.
So this is what I was doing in my months of building inter-island Bitcoin, crypto and Web3 communities. I want them all to be happy and have equal opportunities. I want them to be benefited even more. I “technically” treat this like an imaginary DAO where me and my volunteer core teams from different islands are just presenting the proposals and let the community decide via number of votes.
I do not expect anything in return from the community, but I did get some unexpected blessings from them. Not just monetary stuff but other perks or so because of the value I give to them as well as maintaining a healthy relationship with one another.
