100 sats \ 3 replies \ @starbuilder OP 14 Oct 2023 \ parent \ on: Bitcoin Conferences Are for Losers bitcoin
Meetups and hackathons are labeled mostly as meetups and hackathons and at times they happen around conferences too. I think we agree that the BTC Mag conf are mainly the bad ones but also we have other ones with over 1000+ attendees.
My goal for this article is to spark a debate and get some specific examples where people benefited by going to these events. While I provided you with example of someone made a real impact by not going to conferences, I would like to get some real examples of people benefited from going to these conferences.
Your example was a case study in the importance of conferences.
If you're denying the personal and professional growth that comes from meatspace interactions, SoURcE1!!, God help you because I can't.
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My goal for this article is to spark a debate and get some specific examples where people benefited by going to these events. While I provided you with example of someone made a real impact by not going to conferences, I would like to get some real examples of people benefited from going to these conferences.
I went to bitcoin++ last weekend and it was great to meet all these interesting people I only "knew" from online so far. It feels different to attach character + face (some never show their face online) to projects instead of just nyms. Makes it more personal and you start to care more about projects (for some reason)
For example, @calle made a short presentation about ecashu and that inspired me to look more into it. The community around it is still small (4-5 people according to a contributor I met) so it's quite easy to get involved. The protocol also isn't finished yet.
So great time to get involved :)
There was also a lot of fedimint stuff which I also didn't look into yet so the conference was a great primer for a lot of things I never took the time to look into yet. Including NixOS, the theme of the conference.
But I agree. It probably depends a lot on the conference. Small vs big, commercialized vs developer focused etc.
But I think all are great to meet people and getting yourself out there (to get inspired and potentially be inspiring!?). Just depends on what kind of people you want to meet.
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Really cool! Nice to meet you, please do get involved! My estimate is more in the range of 10-15 people working on Cashu projects, some more some less! We are still early and we plan to upgrade the protocol this year but we'll try to keep it backwards compatible for the time being. If you use libraries, you might not even notice but we will see!
Make sure to join our dev chat and say hi! https://t.me/CashuBTC
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