Topic: Have you ever attended a bitcoin meetup? - page 4. (Read 3341 times)
Lots, I've been a very active member in my community, especially with helping other local businesses set up bitcoin as a payment option for their customers. Its been great to watch bitcoin blossom into a much more commonly accepted form of payment.
not yet. i feel like i still have a lot more to learn about bitcoin before i can go talk to people about it in public 
Not yet but I have planned into attending some of the NYC ones but never ended up going. Is the meeting about scaling Bitcoin open to public or its only for developers? it seems like its going to be one of the most crucial and interesting meetings of Bitcoin of all time. I would like to see Gavin and Greg discuss the different points of view live.
ScalingBitcoin is more of a conference. You'd usually have to pay to go to one of those (unless invited). It's in Montreal. More info: https://scalingbitcoin.org/
Not yet but I have planned into attending some of the NYC ones but never ended up going. Is the meeting about scaling Bitcoin open to public or its only for developers? it seems like its going to be one of the most crucial and interesting meetings of Bitcoin of all time. I would like to see Gavin and Greg discuss the different points of view live.
No not yet.but want to attend atleast once.
So that i can also learn something new.
So that i can also learn something new.
Not yet, but will next week. Did plan for my own little meetup in town, posted a date, time and place in the city center, but it seemed there where plans for a more organised meetup by others on the same date, so will go there and meet anyway. It is a great oppurtunity to meet likeminded people, I have attended other non bitcoin related meetings and have always been surprised by the variety of people showing up, always someone you can connect with and always good for business, might sound like a yup now, but I am an artist 
Anyone care to meet in the Netherlands, Utrecht, it is tuesday september the first! Look at the dutch meetup section of this forum.
Anyone care to meet in the Netherlands, Utrecht, it is tuesday september the first! Look at the dutch meetup section of this forum.
Just wish that there is one here in philippines.. I totally would like to focus more on knowing how the BTC industry works. Hope you can help me sir.
Haven't attended one but i like too.. Is there anything the same in Philippines?
Not yet, but will next week. Did plan for my own little meetup in town, posted a date, time and place in the city center, but it seemed there where plans for a more organised meetup by others on the same date, so will go there and meet anyway. It is a great oppurtunity to meet likeminded people, I have attended other non bitcoin related meetings and have always been surprised by the variety of people showing up, always someone you can connect with and always good for business, might sound like a yup now, but I am an artist
Anyone care to meet in the Netherlands, Utrecht, it is tuesday september the first! Look at the dutch meetup section of this forum.
Anyone care to meet in the Netherlands, Utrecht, it is tuesday september the first! Look at the dutch meetup section of this forum.
No need to be scared. 
You find the most incredible people at these meetups. I have met some of the most creative people I know at some of these meetups and also great contacts to buy and sell Bitcoins. {Not
a lot of them want to sell for some or other reason tho, so I might be onto something}
I enjoy it most if they invite a speaker and we have a interactive open discussion with the guys and gals within the industry. {Some connect over Skype, but it's still good}
Nothing like sitting back with a couple of Bitcoin mates, sharing the same interests and having a beer or two... ummm or three.... Who is counting?
You find the most incredible people at these meetups. I have met some of the most creative people I know at some of these meetups and also great contacts to buy and sell Bitcoins. {Nota lot of them want to sell for some or other reason tho, so I might be onto something}
I enjoy it most if they invite a speaker and we have a interactive open discussion with the guys and gals within the industry. {Some connect over Skype, but it's still good}
Nothing like sitting back with a couple of Bitcoin mates, sharing the same interests and having a beer or two... ummm or three.... Who is counting?
nope too scared ill get murdered
Yes I was invited to one a year ago, and it took me 3 hours to get there. I walk in there and 26 pairs of eyes turn to me, looking me up and down. I looked like a typical agent with my short hair, so people checked me out from a distance. That is until Alberto, the guy who invited me walked over and asked me if I was Harry
When I was identified as a friendly, they pushed a beer into my hand, and we talked until the early morning hours.
I ended up, staying over at Alberto's flat and drove back the following day. It was a awesome experience and I just wish I lived closer to all of them. I now have more Bitcoin friends than normal friends. Normal, because most of us Bitcoiners are being seen as abnormal beings. ^heh^
When I was identified as a friendly, they pushed a beer into my hand, and we talked until the early morning hours.
I ended up, staying over at Alberto's flat and drove back the following day. It was a awesome experience and I just wish I lived closer to all of them. I now have more Bitcoin friends than normal friends. Normal, because most of us Bitcoiners are being seen as abnormal beings. ^heh^
I'm surprised at how many people are against going to meetups. Not every meetup is the same so you can't really generalize and they are usually really flavoured by the region you are in. You make what you want out of it.
Have you guys ever attended any bitcoin meetup? What do you usually discuss about?
No, I haven't attended never a meetup. Or to be sincere I have attended one or two but only the few first minutes then I leave those. The reason is very simple. I am able to communicate in written English but not in spoken. So I don't understand almost nothing from someone who spike English. This is the reason of my absence in meetups of any kind in English.
Have you guys ever attended any bitcoin meetup? What do you usually discuss about?
No, I haven't and will not. Mind if I know why? You don't find it interesting or anything else?
There was one meetup last year,what I was in college
I will attend the next one if I can
I will attend the next one if I can
I haven't yet because the nearest ones are 6 hrs away by bus and ferry. I believe there was one in my town year or two ago but had dissapointing turn out.
My town has pretentions as a tech hub but it's also got a hippy tradition, so while there are a good number of tech savvy people here they still manage to be anti-technocracy. Microsoft came and opened a hub here a few years ago and wound up shuttering the operation inside 6 months. You can't force tech hub on a place, you just have to find where the hub already is and then go there.
That place is 6 hours away.
That said, I occasionally visit that city. I'm on their mailing list. They have regular monthly meet ups and they always look pretty cool. There is a lot of btc activity and interest there.
I intend to try and attend next time I visit. The bitcoiners I have met in my town are so apathetic, it would be nice to meet some enthusiastic bitcoiners for a change
My town has pretentions as a tech hub but it's also got a hippy tradition, so while there are a good number of tech savvy people here they still manage to be anti-technocracy. Microsoft came and opened a hub here a few years ago and wound up shuttering the operation inside 6 months. You can't force tech hub on a place, you just have to find where the hub already is and then go there.
That place is 6 hours away.
That said, I occasionally visit that city. I'm on their mailing list. They have regular monthly meet ups and they always look pretty cool. There is a lot of btc activity and interest there.
I intend to try and attend next time I visit. The bitcoiners I have met in my town are so apathetic, it would be nice to meet some enthusiastic bitcoiners for a change
Have you guys ever attended any bitcoin meetup? What do you usually discuss about?
I did not, its too much hastle. Bitcoin "live" in internet, we can discuss it and collaborate in internet only .
No and I don't think I would. Every time adults gather around a common interest things tend to get a bit weird.
Yes, I went to one meetup. It wasn't very interesting, though. There were some people very supportive of BTC in the assistance, but the speaker was much more of a critic. I still think of meetups as a good idea, they're certainly useful, but don't go there as I did only because it's a BTC meetup. Check what will be the subject(s), and who will speak.
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Nope, but I would love to go to one.
But I doubt that in my country, the meet ups happen or not. BTW I'm from India.
Don't think that meet ups happen here because in my friend circle, only one person knows about Bitcoin, so it's a long way to go.
But I doubt that in my country, the meet ups happen or not. BTW I'm from India.
Don't think that meet ups happen here because in my friend circle, only one person knows about Bitcoin, so it's a long way to go.
http://www.meetup.com/IndiaBitcoin/
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