Topic: Bitcoin Supernode Summit Finland 9.-12. May 2013 (Read 13905 times)

Report on the conference

It is now about one month since conference started, and there has not been official report concerning it. I have taken care of my own businesses with a tad greater intensity than before, and not had time to concern this.

The venue was very nice old deciduous park. Rooms in manor house were recentry renovated, me and my family were actually first guests of our respective suites since renovation. The senior hosts and delegates, the secretariat, and the visiting artist lived Manor House, so it was actually a minority who lived in the spa hotel wing.

Food was very good: we had 3 dinners; opening dinner, Friday dinner and Romanov Gala Dinner (sat). Others had 3 courses + wine, Romanov was 5 courses + 4 wines. Part of the wines were not included, since we did not want to intoxigate the guests, also wine was about EUR 14 per glass there. The lunches were informal, and many took atvantage of the nearby Porvoo (20k town in walking distance). For the ones overnighting in Manor House, a 5-course breakfast with wine was served every day. This could be medium sparkling, goose liver, whitefish tatar, river crab on caviar mayo, and 2 cheeses with jam.  

We needed to leave early though, for the security concerns of sauna were not mitigated by moving the valuables to room #30 and locking the door out of their system (disable the door from all staff keycards, which never happened). After 2 breaches to that door, I ordered us out of there. Now we are in the process of settling the matter with the hotel.

I want a computer that works in Finnish sauna

Because he's bullshitting.

How is it possible that you would keep a large amount of bitcoins unencrypted on a computer in the sauna that could be accessed by anyone?

OK. So what was this "considerable force" used against Risto at his conference?

Thank you all, rpietila and company, for treating us to such a great weekend.

If rpietila measures quality of time by BTC earned, I measure it by progress toward freedom, and these four days are among the most valuable of my whole life. Only in the Bitcoin world can you find people with as varied and enriching a conversation as the delegates.

And to the others: LOL. The only physical harm I was in danger of suffering was staying in the sauna for too long.

I'm quoting this, doesn't sound good, waiting for more news:

so, else than Ristos very vague but somewhat worrying statement about force used against him, possible physical harm and redeeming, is there any news from any of the participants about the outcome of the conference so far? 

edit:

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/rpietila-public-diary-174620

I was just wondering if I can pay with .01 BTC.  Rpietila, the organizer, predicted $ 300,000 a bitcoin by the end of the year.  This should more than cover the $1000+ entry fee if you hold on to my .01BTC for a year.

I would like to announce my presence at the conference. It is my understanding that Bitcoin needs a whole ecosystem of nodes that take load off the blockchain. This is because we are seeing it suffer the tragedy of the commons, where its use is not sustainable and the stakeholders have little incentive to make it so. Thus, even if going against the sacrosanct decentralization, action towards that ecosystem is needed.

That, coupled with the fact that I am young and willing to take my life in a new direction, have pushed towards my presence at the Summit. Hope it is a valuable experience to us all.

This looks great. But why such short notice?

haha

Mkay, I have got the idea.

General

The I Bitcoin Supernode Summit will issue the following admissions:

1 Host Donator
2 Family Donators

1 Senior Delegate
1 Senior Host
1 Family

3 Delegates
7 Virtual Delegates (3 available for 8,000; 9,000; 10,000mBTC)
2 Guests
2 Hosts

2 Staff

30 Visitors (about 25 available for 500mBTC)



Schedule

Tuesday

17:00 Summit Starts

Wednesday

17:00 Summit Secretariat Begins Operations

Thursday

10:00 Sauna Starts
17:00 Opening Ceremony
18:00 Dinner

Friday


Saturday

12:00 Haikko Bitcoin Seminar (public event)
18:00 Romanov Gala Dinner
23:00 Sauna Ends

Sunday
16:00 Summit Ends

** Public event: Haikko Bitcoin Seminar 11th May 2013 **

Venue: Haikko Manor House, Romanov Ballroom (main floor)

Bitcoin seminar tickets (Visitor ticket) 500mBTC incl. coffee, spa access. If there are extra seats in the Ballroom, we admit the public to listen to the speakers without ticket. Comments disabled for non-ticket holders. Payment in bitcoin, prepayment, details will be announced. If paid with EUR upon arrival, the EUR will be discounted 20% when converting to bitcoin (equal to buying bitcoins at 25% margin).

Extras:
Lunch of your choice from the carte (about 10-30 EUR + optional wines). No reservation needed.
Dinner (Romanov Menu 5 courses 75 EUR + optional wines 60 EUR). Reservations upon registration, limited seats, payment (in EUR) upon arrival
This menu was served in the accession of Emperor Nicholas II in St. Petersburg in 1896. They used gold plates, we will use silver cutlery.

12:00 Lunch
13:00 Speakers
Coffee will be served during speakers. Speakers may speak in Finnish or English.
Simultaneous small group translation (whisperer) will be provided between Finnish, Swedish and English.

Jeremias Kangas (kangasbros) - Successful OTC Bitcoin Business
Risto Pietilä (rpietila) - Bitcoin Fundamentals
N.N.
N.N. (Speakers and topics are subject to change)

15:00 Free time; access to the spa and amenities
18:00 Dinner (spa and amenities continue for non-participants of Dinner)
21:00 Evening programme

Seminar is included for I Supernode Summit Delegates and Guests.
Dinner is included for Delegates and Guests.
Wine is included for Donators.

I am one of the hosts for this summit. I welcome all participants beforehand and I do expect a lot from this meetup. Last week I joined rpietila at Haikko to test the place, and I am very happy about the place and the service. It is a peaceful environment and the Finnish spring weather has been wonderful for a few days now.

I take my time to reply to some posts here:
May I kindly remind you that this is, I quote rpietila here, “Bitcoin meetup for the ones most deeply interested in it.” People at Silicon Valley are obviously interested in Bitcoin, maybe even deeply, but not the most deeply. This is not a pitching conference, people will come here and talk themselves. I think your idea is good, and I encourage you or someone else to do it. So thank you for your suggestion, but it does not fit the idea of this summit.
It is never possible to find a time suitable for everyone. If you announce something earlier it is certainly easier for people to plan their timetables accordingly, I must admit that. However this is meant for people who own their freedom, and thus can decide a day, a week, or two week earlier what they want to do. Of course they might have had something of importance planned already, and then they just have to weight what they find to be the most important. It is very simple.




And I also want to announce, you may add this to the first post, what we and Haikko Manor has to offer for leisure time during the extended weekend:
Leisure activities
Frisbee-golf course around the mansion
Jogging in a forest route
Spa (sauna, warm & cold pools, a swimming pool)
Gym
Beach sauna (rented to us for the whole summit, sauna and cold ocean water)
Some board games (Carcassonne, Ticket to Ride) & playing cards (& chips)

And to eat and drink:
Restaurant premises and cafes
Fine dining at Haikko Manor
À la Carte, menu TBA 7.5
Spa Bistro & Café
Spa Bistro & Café offers light, quick and tasty food. Baked potatoes, pasta, Finnish tapas-plates, Haikko Burgers, salads, pastries and snacks are available. You can also buy your sauna beverages here - we sell also organic and local beer, cider, wine and juice.
The Manor House Club
A cozy club restaurant for after dinner drinks. A small dance floor and a good selection of whiskies.

Ah, I thought this was self-moderated. It does not seem to be... I think we need to make a new thread since non-sm is trollfood these days

You need the 'other' thread (https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/rpietila-public-diary-174620) - the thread that these pages have split from - to answer that question. It's a long read but the signal/noise ratio is high and it might just be the start of something interesting. Give it a whirl.

Excuse my ignorance, but what is a "Bitcoin Supernode"?

Goat, did you have something particular to say?