I like to go to local meetings. You can have wonderful conversations and engage with the local community. It's always cool to learn from others and help them with things. Sharing your thoughts or just chatting is one of the most valuable things in our space. And the best part about it: most of the people you interact with are nice! It's already a pre-sorted crowd.
Are you going?
What do you think?
Yes! I go to local Meetups51.7%
No I don't41.4%
Yes / No but... (Comments)6.9%
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yes, i also started one that snowballed into much more - the history of bitcoin ljubljana
i've since left the country but the meetup goes on. I do understand the opsec implications of it and if I'd do it all again I'd remain a nym
Thanks for that interest read and view!
Yes, locally on SN servers. Haha
These basement kids...
I am not in the basement. I am at my kitchen table right by the patio doors so I can see the outside world but I don't have to feel it. Haha Actually I have to take my dog for a walk and check the mail. I will wear my Bitcoin hat, maybe someone will mention it and then I can say I had a local meetup.
That would be the coolest local meetup there is
I haven't yet, but I may in the future
Same. I'm getting emails about one that I showed some interest in but haven't pulled the trigger. Feel like I'll be glowing fluorescent orange from orange pilling myself by the time I show up to one.
Maybe one will come up that some people I know from here go to... that may motivate me a bit more
I really like meeting fellow stackers in person. You get to know people pretty quickly after a few meetups. We do joke about getting rolled. We leave in a pack.
Ill keep my eyes open for stackers talking about meet ups on SN. Who knows right?
With an appropriate cold storage or multisig setup... it's probably a tired trope to say this but it really should be very difficult for anyone to gain access to your ice cold crispy sats.
That won't stop them from trying unfortunately.
True, but in one scenario they have a chance of coming out on top despite you going down.
Done correctly, you'd still go down but at least they didn't walk with your tasty sats.
You should give it a try!
I might. Ive only been into bitcoin for less than a year so I haven't thought about it too hard yet.
I have never been. I'm still leery about going since it could put unnecessary risk on you. I find SN a good alternative.
Stacker News is the GOAT.
Now if we could only get rid of Cowboy Credits...
What do you mean by unnecessary risk?
Being targeted. Perhaps I'm too paranoid, but if meetups are publicly known, then adversaries can monitor these meetups and pick out victims.
Is it true?
The co-founder of Ledger was kidnapped for ransom recently and had his finger cut off. This is an extreme example, and not necessarily tied to going to a meetup, but he was known to hold Bitcoin and was targeted.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/co-founder-french-crypto-firm-ledger-freed-after-kidnapping-paris-prosecutors-2025-01-23/
Thanks
Holy crap that is dark! But realistic...
I go frequently. I pack heat
Awesome!
I would like to, but the local meetups I have found seem to have a focus on shitcoins. Yeah, No thanks.
Fuck shitcoiners! The place where I lived before was promoting ETH and XRP as well. I only went once and never again! Don't support that shit!
True that, fuck shitcoiners indeed.
I live at the edge of the world; we don't have em!
So fucking sad...
No, I just on SN.