Topic: Future BTC Conference (Read 1571 times)

When I heard that registration was going to cost $300 or the BTC equivalent, I agonized over it before finally deciding not to go. For me, the cost of travelling there was going to double the expense, not to mention food, lodging, taking time off my "day job", time away from my family, etc.

Then I received an email from Lindsay inviting me to speak as part of the "lightning sessions." I mentioned it to my wife and she encouraged me to go. That was the tipping point. I was confident there would be plenty of individuals I had only met online and that ideas and optimistic energy would saturate the place. The contacts alone would be well worth the $300.

When I was finally in the middle of it, I knew that I had made the right decision. Every person I met had interesting ideas or stories, had either business plans or money to invest, was either already contributing to the betterment of the Bitcoin community or was using the underlying ideas behind it to attack some other issue in new and exciting ways. I also can't stress how much positive energy there was. I heard debates but no shouting matches; constructive criticisms but no outright attacks; honest, penetrating questions but no avoidance tactics. I may have just been lucky in the people I interacted with but it seemed that even the most skeptical had open minds and even the most fervent had well-considered arguments and facts to back them up.

And I was right: The business cards I gathered are worth the price of admission in and of themselves.

Working on Starting a Bitcoin town here:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/bitcoin-town-lets-make-the-future-come-to-us-216139

Yeah, sorry. My mistake. Sorry, I didn't hear anything about the conference until today, so I was a little misinformed.

Glad to hear it was so awesome.

Not only is it good to hear it was worth it, a conference being worth $300 (and apparently abundantly so) is telling about the value of Bitcoin itself!

The $300 fee was worth it.

Earlier this year I was bashing the conference on this. I apologize as the conference had exceeded my expectations and changed my outlook on the community as a whole.

It is a lot bigger than you can imagine. 

Actually that was 1 of about 4 rooms total.

I hear that bout 1100 users registered and showed up.

I was there, I seen it with my own eyes.

+1

You seem to be hearing only what you want to hear.
I never said that what they had was a problem, I suggested ways to make I better for bitcoin.

Market research bro it comes at a cost sometimes. All I'm saying here anyway From my experience of being at the event is it was promoted well, it was catered well and the topics where great. It was also held in the tech hub of the world. I don't think someone who didn't go can comment on how it wasn't what he wanted it to be.

And I plan on going to bitcoin events before making my own.

In that case it would just be extra stalls. And that's not true, stalls just want people to be there and interested, they don't care if people spent money to get in. I've been a part of a few events, some free some half and half.

And I definitely plan on doing my own stuff when I get some money, but I'm probably going to be more Devcoin oriented since I'm a writer & video maker.

Yeah I hear that but I think the stalls probably paid already. It's an Idea that could be considered but I don't think may stall holders would want to be outside with the people who don't want to spend any money to get in. I think you should organize your own bitcoin festival or market. rather than a conference

And earn extra money by selling stall space in the free area.

You aren't listening. I never said take away the 300$ cover charge, I said put a free version outside.

$300. is a small price to pay for the information food drinks and open bar's all included. It is also a good price considering attending is putting you at the events that are set to revolutionize money for the world. You cannot say it wasn't justified if you never showed up. 

I think inviting people to come for free would be a great more to advance bitcoin, and having stalls outside that have contests for preloaded USB wallets, and maybe a computer to make a wallet and get a free alt coin. Then brochures and places to put yourself on email lists.

Then have the "movers" in the paid area.

And selling stall space would help to break even, or even better.

Too many non-movers undermines the point of the conference. You need the right number of the right kind of people for the conference to be a success...and success is not measured in # of attendees or ฿ collected in conference fees. The goal of the Bitcoin Foundation holding the conference is to advance Bitcoin and hopefully not lose money on the event. In fact, if I recall correctly, in the early days there was talk of "hoping to break even."

I wish I had hear about it before today... That's another reason, I think there should be more awareness next time.

But I heard about the bitcoin seasteading and political zone stuff, and that sounds like AMAZING progress.

Sorry buddy I'm just wound up by all these ripple guys undercover in the bitcoin community.
It's a good event and yeah you should really try to attend the next one. They did a great job organizing this so well. I had a ball and heard a lot of great stuff.

My motives are to make the next event awesome. Then I want to go to it