Hey so im still fairly new to the space, ive been investing for about 7 month now and thought about going to a conference. im not to social of a person but i feel like it would be a good opportunity to just be around the environment. Has anyone been to one? and do you think its a valuable experience?
I may not have been into a crypto conference but I know the experience will be worth your time. As much as you want to learn, you will definitely gain a lot of new insights and new perspectives about bitcoin that will be very much helpful as you conquer the uncertainties and lessen the risks investing and trading with bitcoin. So never give it a doubt, it will be a good opportunity not only for a newbie but certainly for all crypto or bitcoin enthusiasts. 
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Since I stopped investing in Bitcoin a while ago, I am also an asocial person, and I haven't tried going to any conferences or other gatherings related to cryptocurrencies. I met a lot of people online who share my interest in cryptocurrencies and most of them have previously been to events linked to it. So, it's actually not that horrible. Go if you want to attend and have the time. There, you might pick up fresh information or make new crypto buddies. Who knows, maybe it will inspire you to pursue a career in cryptocurrency.
Attending any BTC/cryptocurrency conference is absolutely worthwhile. Not only do you learn the principles of BTC, but you also have the opportunity to ask questions of everyone who attended. This type of participatory experience makes these types of conferences extremely important and beneficial, particularly if you are new to the cryptocurrency world. There is a whole lot to learn in bitcoin conferences.
Hey so im still fairly new to the space, ive been investing for about 7 month now and thought about going to a conference. im not to social of a person but i feel like it would be a good opportunity to just be around the environment. Has anyone been to one? and do you think its a valuable experience?
Definitely it is. It will be another valuable experience since you will learn a lot more from the speaker or from the other participants in the conference. Also it will give you more courage and determination to pursue your goal in bitcoin as you will also be taught a lot of proven strategies how to gain and earn more bitcoin. 
Hey so im still fairly new to the space, ive been investing for about 7 month now and thought about going to a conference. im not to social of a person but i feel like it would be a good opportunity to just be around the environment. Has anyone been to one? and do you think its a valuable experience?
If you have knowledge about bitcoin then going on conference is just a waste of your time because for sure they will just tell you the basics and the history of bitcoin. But if you don't know about it better start with it since somehow you can gain knowledge with them, but make sure that you go on legitimate conference where main intention is to educate people about bitcoin and not those scam platform who hype people then offer scams.
If you have knowledge about bitcoin then going on conference is just a waste of your time because for sure they will just tell you the basics and the history of bitcoin.
I don't think going to conference is a waste of time even if you are not new to bitcoin, we keep on learning on a daily basic, we know they will talk about history of bitcoin and basics of bitcoin, but they might still talk about things that you haven't heard before or things you don't know and it's basic of bitcoin, nobody knows all and bitcoin is wide, I have been in crypto space for few year's and I do attend some conferences, even if they are teaching basic of bitcoin I still learn from them, I always bring myself very low and always assume I don't know anything about bitcoin so I think attending conference is not a bad idea. But as Taskford said make sure you do your research before attending conference to know if you are going for a right conference, some will just want to brain wash you then scam you later.
It seems to me that the value of such conferences is the opportunity to make useful contacts and surround yourself with people who are successful in crypto investing or involved in it. So if you can afford it, I think it's worth it. Just check the legitimacy of the conference so as not to get caught by scammers or something like that.
Hey so im still fairly new to the space, ive been investing for about 7 month now and thought about going to a conference. im not to social of a person but i feel like it would be a good opportunity to just be around the environment. Has anyone been to one? and do you think its a valuable experience?
Never have been on any Bitcoin conferences. But I do have friends who have good amount of knowledge and experiences with it comes to Bitcoin and crypto space. Because of that, I was able to learn about bitcoin. If you really like/want to feed yourself with more knowledge, I would suggest you to also go on those conferences that you're referring to. It will help you so much for sure as you can learn from other people and maybe get some advices from some of the most experienced person there.
Most of us today tend to learn online because they provide us with quite complete knowledge. But it won't be bad if we take a little time to attend bitcoin conferences because we can meet, exchange, connect with many investors, people share knowledge together, knowledge is very vast sometimes things we would never find on the internet without someone to guide us.
But please make sure that the conference is held for the purpose of exchanging, sharing and connecting with each other and not for the purpose of marketing altcoin projects. We should walk away or reject it immediately if we discover it, it just wastes our time.
I never said that going to conferences is bad! I was only weighing the best options to learning for the OP since conferences only crash the surface and might give insights that you will still have to work upon by yourself online. It is the option of the OP now, if serious learning is needed, then he should go for my advice. And if associating, links and some crypto discussions are what he needs, he might want to go for the conference option.But please make sure that the conference is held for the purpose of exchanging, sharing and connecting with each other and not for the purpose of marketing altcoin projects. We should walk away or reject it immediately if we discover it, it just wastes our time.
I am not saying it is bad to go to conferences, but in my view, conferences should be for the informed people that want to associate mainly. The dedicated learning/training is on the internet, which includes webinars that can perfectly replace the conference.
Hey so im still fairly new to the space, ive been investing for about 7 month now and thought about going to a conference. im not to social of a person but i feel like it would be a good opportunity to just be around the environment. Has anyone been to one? and do you think its a valuable experience?
It all depends on you on how you want to learn about cryptocurrency and the time you can spare for this purpose. As for me, the best way to learn cryptocurrency is online, you can read as many as possible articles and blogs about cryptocurrencies online and also watch some useful videos about the practicals.These will teach you the in-debt of the subject matter in the comfort of your home better than going for conferences that might be for a particular topic, with questions and answers only.
I am not saying it is bad to go to conferences, but in my view, conferences should be for the informed people that want to associate mainly. The dedicated learning/training is on the internet, which includes webinars that can perfectly replace the conference.
Most of us today tend to learn online because they provide us with quite complete knowledge. But it won't be bad if we take a little time to attend bitcoin conferences because we can meet, exchange, connect with many investors, people share knowledge together, knowledge is very vast sometimes things we would never find on the internet without someone to guide us.
But please make sure that the conference is held for the purpose of exchanging, sharing and connecting with each other and not for the purpose of marketing altcoin projects. We should walk away or reject it immediately if we discover it, it just wastes our time.
Hey so im still fairly new to the space, ive been investing for about 7 month now and thought about going to a conference. im not to social of a person but i feel like it would be a good opportunity to just be around the environment. Has anyone been to one? and do you think its a valuable experience?
It all depends on you on how you want to learn about cryptocurrency and the time you can spare for this purpose. As for me, the best way to learn cryptocurrency is online, you can read as many as possible articles and blogs about cryptocurrencies online and also watch some useful videos about the practicals.These will teach you the in-debt of the subject matter in the comfort of your home better than going for conferences that might be for a particular topic, with questions and answers only.
I am not saying it is bad to go to conferences, but in my view, conferences should be for the informed people that want to associate mainly. The dedicated learning/training is on the internet, which includes webinars that can perfectly replace the conference.
Hey so im still fairly new to the space, ive been investing for about 7 month now and thought about going to a conference. im not to social of a person but i feel like it would be a good opportunity to just be around the environment. Has anyone been to one? and do you think its a valuable experience?
If there is such chance to attend the conference, this will be good for us. However, there, we will meet with many people who probably mostly it will have similar mindset, prospects, and also goals about Bitcoin. The environment may be different, but at least we can take some advantages by attending such a ocnference. We can get not only additional knowledge about Bitcoin, investment, and also crypto istelf, but we will also get another experience, relations, and more people to know. You may also talk and discuss about something worthy there moroeverif you have any question.
Hey so im still fairly new to the space, ive been investing for about 7 month now and thought about going to a conference. im not to social of a person but i feel like it would be a good opportunity to just be around the environment. Has anyone been to one? and do you think its a valuable experience?
Attending conferences might or might not be a fantastic decision. Everything comes down to your expectations and aspirations. There are several reasons why people go to conferences. Personally, as a participant in the cryptocurrency ecosystem, you should network, exchange ideas, and form bonds with those who share your interests. With people I met at a Blockchain conference, I have made lasting connections, and it was because of one of those friendships that I formed a partnership that doubled my income. Prior to the conference, make a list of your objectives, and make sure to follow through on them while there. legendary
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Can't say for sure what would go on with the smaller local bitcoin conferences; they might end up promoting some cloud mining scheme or something.
You are absolutely correct about this, I personally have once attended a local bitcoin conference here in Nigeria which was organized by some group of boys, initially, I thought the conference was organized by some well reputable bitcoin investors, which is what motivated me to want to attend in the first place.But on getting there, everything was so disorganized, there was no coordination, even the hosters of the conference lacked thorough knowledge of how bitcoin operates, at some point, they started promoting an altcoin (name withheld), asked us to invest in the token that it was going make many people rich, they even called the founder of the project on a video call and told us to ask him whatever we want to know about the project.
It was a really sad experience for me, as I not only wasted my money to transport myself to the place, I also wasted my precious 10 hours which I would have used for some thing more productive.
Since then, I've vowed never to attend any local conference again, but only international ones, but this would be when I've become a millionaire and able to travel round the world.
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I read your earlier replies in this thread and it kind of reminded me another thread where I also mentioned about $5 wrench attacks. I would probably not join any sort of conference that involves even my whole subdivision community even if I am somehow close to some of my neighbors. It is kind of letting most people there know that you could potentially hold something valuable at your house. That kind of scenario will kind of trigger my security check around my house after the conference. It surely will be paranoid reaction from some users here, but I heard horror stories already of people being robbed. 
This! The privacy risk is high when attending such conferences, and this risk increases when it is around your locality.
Yep. The last thing you'd want is someone to follow you as you leave the conference and hit you with the $5 wrench attack.
Can be mitigated by carrying a concealed gun with you to the conference.
If it's a "state-of-bitcoin" type of conference, then technical people and/or developers probably have to attend to make their views and ideas heard. These guys probably possess a lot of bitcoins, so some security precautions are necessary to protect themselves and keep some state of order.
Experience is the best way to learn if you have a circle of known people and have some talk and conversation to them about the crypto or the bitcoin there's a chance that you can learn more it is really worth it to attend some meeting, conference and seminar reltead to this
It is not a bitcoin conference when you sit and discuss about bitcoin with 'known' people, you can talk about bitcoin with your family and friends at the dinner table or maybe in a leisure time you guys spend together, that is not the what is being discussed in this topic, the discussion is about a proper bitcoin conference with many people in attendance, and if it is not within your area you will have to travel many hours to attend it, a conference that has many speakers, etc.Needless to say that either bitcoin conferences, seminar or bitcoin little gatherings with your folks isn't the best way to learn about bitcoin, many of the things that will be discussed are what you know, and can easily find by yourself, and if you are a beginner that does not know anything at all, you won't understand what is going on in the conference because they will not go all over the basics, so i feel any way one looks at it, you will learn more all by yourself if you are determined to do so.
Experience is the best way to learn if you have a circle of known people and have some talk and conversation to them about the crypto or the bitcoin there's a chance that you can learn more it is really worth it to attend some meeting, conference and seminar reltead to this because base on your thread you are still investing some knowledge and it is really worth it to do with not all the time we can see by the project in the screen still it is good base on the understanding of other people at the same time.
Imho these conferences just brainwash you, whatever you need is available on Internet.
Manipulative content also exist on internet though.True, but you have more freedom when surfing Internet than around people, at least that's what I feel anyway.
But personally, I wouldn't go to one. The bigger conferences have their content free on YouTube anyway. I wouldn't risk my privacy(might be a honeypot *wears tinfoil hat*) just to see it live, unless I'm there to promote a business/service and/or connect with people.
I guess that depends whether or not anyone can enter or if there is a sign-up form where you have to submit personal information and show ID on entry. And while you are there, you can make up a story how you are brand new and have very little knowledge. If you are holding 100s of BTC, no one needs to know. If you are profitable trader driving a Lambo, no one needs to know that either. Role playing. 
The best option is the one you mentioned. Livestreams. Although I do not think I have ever heard about a large conference being live streamed on YouTube, would you mind sharing a few names?
I am sure that during the COVID outbreak, most of the crypto conferences were online-based virtual events. Restrictions made it impossible for too many people to stay in the same room, so there was no other choice than organizing them online and selling some sort of virtual tours. But I don't have any names, sorry. Jump to: