Are you going to local BTC meetups? \ stacker news ~AskSN

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530 sats \ 32 comments \ @Shugard 29 Jan AskSN

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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104 sats \ 1 reply \ @aljaz 29 Jan

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

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Shugard OP 29 Jan

Thanks for that interest read and view!

30 sats \ 7 replies \ @j7hB75 29 Jan

I have never been. I'm still leery about going since it could put unnecessary risk on you. I find SN a good alternative.

6 sats \ 0 replies \ @028559d218 29 Jan

Stacker News is the GOAT. Now if we could only get rid of Cowboy Credits...

0 sats \ 5 replies \ @Shugard OP 29 Jan

What do you mean by unnecessary risk?

9 sats \ 4 replies \ @j7hB75 29 Jan

Being targeted. Perhaps I'm too paranoid, but if meetups are publicly known, then adversaries can monitor these meetups and pick out victims.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @NovaRift 29 Jan

Is it true?

9 sats \ 1 reply \ @j7hB75 29 Jan

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/

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @NovaRift 29 Jan

Thanks

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Shugard OP 29 Jan

Holy crap that is dark! But realistic...

52 sats \ 3 replies \ @grayruby 29 Jan

Yes, locally on SN servers. Haha

40 sats \ 2 replies \ @Shugard OP 29 Jan

These basement kids...

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 29 Jan

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.

40 sats \ 0 replies \ @Shugard OP 29 Jan

That would be the coolest local meetup there is

21 sats \ 2 replies \ @Blank 29 Jan

I would like to, but the local meetups I have found seem to have a focus on shitcoins. Yeah, No thanks.

25 sats \ 1 reply \ @Shugard OP 29 Jan

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!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Blank 20h

True that, fuck shitcoiners indeed.

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 29 Jan

I go frequently. I pack heat

41 sats \ 0 replies \ @Shugard OP 29 Jan

Awesome!

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @denlillaapan 29 Jan

I live at the edge of the world; we don't have em!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Shugard OP 29 Jan

So fucking sad...

21 sats \ 9 replies \ @Aardvark 29 Jan

I haven't yet, but I may in the future

21 sats \ 6 replies \ @catdaddysoprano 29 Jan

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.

21 sats \ 5 replies \ @Aardvark 29 Jan

Maybe one will come up that some people I know from here go to... that may motivate me a bit more

63 sats \ 4 replies \ @siggy47 23h

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.

41 sats \ 0 replies \ @Aardvark 23h

Ill keep my eyes open for stackers talking about meet ups on SN. Who knows right?

41 sats \ 2 replies \ @catdaddysoprano 23h

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.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Aardvark 23h

That won't stop them from trying unfortunately.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @catdaddysoprano 23h

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.

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @Shugard OP 29 Jan

You should give it a try!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Aardvark 29 Jan

I might. Ive only been into bitcoin for less than a year so I haven't thought about it too hard yet.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Mumbo 22h

No, I just on SN.