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Now write that in laymen's terms...

Yeah. The crux of the matter is that to prevent double-spending, all we need is to set an ordering on the transactions - only the first of a conflicting pair would be valid. With multiple peers the transactions are inherently asynchronous. A central server can easily put an ordering on the transactions based on the order it received them, and all nodes submit to its authority. With Bitcoin, PoW acts as a synchronization signal all nodes can observe, setting an ordered history they can agree on.

yes, i liked the mining presentation as well.  learned another applicable word to Bitcoin to help describe it:  "Synchronization".

Apology accepted.

You can be sure we'll all report back here.

My sincerest apologies for my crude comments in this thread. I hope the conference is very productive.

Duty calls.

Seriously though I prefer to give people a chance and wait a bit before disengaging.

Thanks. I've been meaning to give such a presentation for a while, eventually I wrote it for the occasion of the Tel Aviv Bitcoin Meetup January 2013.

I hope so.

Death and Taxes

Are you presenting at the conference.  I think if you cared to share you could present a very unique perspective based on your experience thus far.  Or at least you should sit on a panel. 

Meni,

Whe do you bother responding to these idiots.

Buy the way.  Thanks for that recent, short simple presentation on mining.  Very clear and helpful for the uninitiated.

Looking forward to meeting you at the conference. (are you presenting??).

Read what I wrote. The organization/material is a way to:

1. Get individual people to meet each other.
2. Get press coverage for Bitcoin.

I didn't say anything about getting press coverage for individual people (that too plays a role for some people).

Once again, the $250 fee is insignificant compared to the ~$3000 many people will have to pay for flights, hotels and time. The conference is for people who are willing to pay the latter, call it elitism if you want.

And yet snail mail still exists, and it's not going away any time soon. Some things you can send over email, some you can't.

Of course you can do stuff without meeting people, but you can do more and better with meeting them. It's another tool in your arsenal which complements the others.


That's factually incorrect, NYC had the smallest turnout by a large gap.

Mitty

Great point. And idiots like smoothie wouldn't dare show his face and make the same inane comments in public. He adds no value to this board and he certainly adds no value to bitcoin. And he probably knows it which is why he continues to troll this and every other thread he comes across. Op you should just lock this thread now and the rest of us can enjoy thoughtful and intelligent conversation at the conference.

This is such a great point.  Internet communication clearly allows one to hide behind a computer screen and veer a meaningful discussion off into a troll fest.  If you tried this at the conference you'd likely get punched in the face.

The fact in itself that a Bitcoin conference is going to be held at a nice venue will most likely make the currency seem more legitimate to a lot of people.

$300 (actually $250 right now) is a very reasonable fee to attend a conference compared to the price of other professional conferences, especially considering the substantial costs involved in hosting the event.

I personally don't think $300 + travel expenses (I'm in Rhode Island) + taking a day or two off work is worth it to attend the conference.  I would probably think differently if I were more involved in Bitcoin and/or if I lived near San Jose.  I also don't understand why people are against a Bitcoin conference.  The Bitcoin foundation should encourage collaboration among the bitcoin community and a conference seems like a great way to do that.  It's pretty obvious that the impact of real-life communication is much more than than of Internet-based communication.  Just because you can communicate ideas via the Internet doesn't make the Internet the best medium for doing so; it's just the most convenient.

I think having a conference is a great idea even though I won't be attending.  If anything it'll give Bitcoin additional press coverage which certainly won't hurt the currency's path to the mainstream, and of course it'll bring together people who are serious enough about Bitcoin to pay for admission + associated fees.

It's amusing that a topic about an official conference for a decentralized global currency has started deteriorating into an argument over frequency and duration of sexual activity... that in itself is proof that the Internet isn't always the best medium for meaningful discussion.

i think the point trying to be made in the last post was that bitcoin conferences are usually just "get together's" of people already in the community.

take the euro conference of 2011 and the london conference of 2012. there was not much outsider involvement, nor much media coverage.

yet. if bitcoiners went to outsider conferences. EG going to technology conventions like CES, or the money2020 it will get more outsiders involved with bitcoin and help grow bitcoin more.

bitcoin conferences are more like tea parties for the community. so they can meet up face to face with people they have only seen before as a forum avatar and username. great for networking with people and so i do hope the main emphasis is on making everyone's business known so that new collaborations / projects are made. and not just for the social tea party scene.

LOL you really sound butt hurt! I guess you now see my point about touting LEET skillz.

 

168 hours = 10080 minutes.

I highy doubt you've gotten with 10,080 pies at your rate of "stamina". trollface.jpg

Good thing you've got bitcoin 10 minute blocks to over compensate for your shortcomings. 

Cypher keep up okay?

Price of conference admission $300.

Price of airfare, lodging, food, .... > $300.

So no it's not cheap.

Akin to conducting business during a round of golf, oppose to doing it in some conference room or over the phone. BTW, is this practice still done, or was that so 1990's?(?)?

I'm making plans to attend, and it'll cost me two to three grand. Note to self: Quit smokin' psy's shit.

yes, investing in Bitcoin itself doesn't require trust.  but investing in other ppl when forming business partnerships does.

but lets get back to the point at hand.  conferences can be very helpful at multiple levels and $300, unfortunately, is not an outrageous price.  there is info to be found out speaking to ppl in corners that won't be found out in public forums like this.  pm's, Skype and email can be insecure w/o the proper precautions as you know.

plus, when you get alot of ppl together with like mindset, alot of creativity takes place and deals struck.  it may sound old fashioned but that's how things work.  

otoh, i admit technology is changing things as we speak.

Let me rephrase that "You don't need to trust a person or organization when it comes to the bitcoin network."

LOL nice try. But once again you're wrong. I've probably gotten more pie in a week than you get in a lifetime!  

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