Bitcoin Forum

FYI

Would be interesting to attend.

Hotel Kabuki
1625 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94118
8:45am – 6pm + cocktails!
Monday, February 28, 2011

Registration: $390 (in advance, online)

http://futureofmoney.com/moneyconference/

Would be even more interesting to talk about Bitcoin. Too bad I don't live in the US.

I'm talking with the conference organizer right now...

Although the conference literature and speaking schedule has long been set in stone, the organizer is interested in squeezing in something about bitcoin somewhere...

What bitcoiners are planning to attend this?  If we can get speaking slot, I'll buy a last minute ticket, attend the conference and help with the pitch.

Just an FYI, other upcoming events this spring:

Prepaid Expo USA
  Orlando, FL USA - March 6-9, 2011
  http://www.iirusa.com/prepaid/welcome-page.xml (http://www.iirusa.com/prepaid/welcome-page.xml)

[ACH] Payments 2011
  Austin, TX, USA - April 3-6, 2011
  http://payments.nacha.org/c/DiscoverPAYMENTS2011.cfm (http://payments.nacha.org/c/DiscoverPAYMENTS2011.cfm)

Annual Card Forum and Expo
  Miami, FL, USA - April 24-29, 2011
  http://www.paymentssource.com/conferences/cfe11 (http://www.paymentssource.com/conferences/cfe11)

Electronic Transactions Assoc. 2011 Annual Meeting
  San Diego, CA, USA - May 10-12, 2011
  http://www.electran.org/content/view/283/346 (http://www.electran.org/content/view/283/346)

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List of events:
  https://cp01.telcom.net/~prepaidp/calendar.php (https://cp01.telcom.net/~prepaidp/calendar.php)

I doubt the people at that conference would touch Bitcoin with a 10 foot pole. Citibank? Paypal?? Both have huge ties to government. Those companies would get punished severely for using Bitcoin in their products. They might see it as future competition though.

Good point. Come to think of it, I don't think I'd want to take Bitcoin to this particular conference, for the same reasons.

The idea of bitcoins existing in some ethereal world outside government regulation is fantasy, and always has been.

I want bitcoin to succeed; that means doing stuff like paying your taxes with bitcoins.

TANSTAAFL.

Non sequitur.

I will be attending this conference on Monday.  While I agree that the vast majority of typical bankers will have no desire to see bitcoin succeed, there is a small subset that will see the inherent opportunity.  It's that subset that I am willing to work with and educate along the way.  I'll let you know how the conference goes.

If any other bitcoiners will be there, please let me know.

That's painting with a broad brush :)  Most bankers probably have never heard of bitcoin, and when they do, they won't care because it won't change their daily lives one bit.  The bankers I talk with say "hum, that's pretty cool" and then go back to filing :)

Bitcoin is a currency.  When bitcoin is big, they will use it.  While bitcoin is small, they will ignore it just like they ignore the currencies of hundreds of tiny, inconsequential countries.

Bankers are just there to make money while handling money.  It's not an ideology :)

Agreed.  Luckily there are more entrepreneurs than bankers attending :)

One that was not in that list is:

Digital Money Forum
March 2nd and 3rd, 2011
Guoman Charing Cross Hotel, London

The agenda is here:
  http://www.chyp.com/digitalmoney/agenda-2011