" Gavin Andresen, bitcoin’s long-time maintainer and one of the community’s oldest and most visible developers, has said he will not be traveling to Hong Kong. "
" Also absent will be developer and new R3 employee Mike Hearn "
They would rather stay, where they have the biggest support for their BIP They started the whole thing, and now they are standing back and laughing at the whole division they created. The irony of Life.
Yes, to be quite honest I don't understand why the heck are those two not attending? Maybe they have some clear indications that none of their conditions will be fulfilled so they have decided that it ain't worth of their time and trouble to even make a trip!
I don't know, but this is quite interesting turn of events!