Bitcoin Forum

Something crossed my mind recently, especially after reading Welsh's topic (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5191127.0) regarding collectible coins; I'll explain below.

Would anyone be interested into celebrating the 15th anniversary of the forum by a real world meeting, held in Arnhem?

I don't know how many forum users know each other in real life, but I think only a few. Besides, I also think that many would like to know each other, or to get to know the elders here. This could be a nice chance!

Why I suggested Arnhem? Because this city proclaimed that it is the world’s most Bitcoin-friendly city and it wants "to demonstrate there is an alternative for the current financial system by creating a bitcoin economy".
Other reasons for thinking about Arnhem: the city is beautiful and there are many merchants accepting Bitcoin. Furthermore, this city already held an important Bitcoin event in the past: The Future of Bitcoin conference, in 2017.

Now what's the connection with Welsh's topic: he mentioned at some point that he started to think about the respective coins in February 2019, but, apparently, it was already late, in order to have them on November 22nd. So I imagined that if 9 months weren't enough for obtaining the coins, most likely, for organizing such event it would take much more time. Even years.

That's why I wrote this suggestion now, almost 5 years prior the date of November 22nd, 2024.

What do you think about this? would anyone be interested in a meetup of this kind?

Nice plan, count me in if timing is right (don't do it in the winter ;))

Let's hope we will all stick around that long ;)

All good, so far we are two already :) If nobody else is interested, we'll do it together :)

It seems this section of the forum isn't visited by many members. I posted this topic 1 week ago, but it has only 16 views so far, therefore I'm thinking that Meetups section may not be the best choice for posting this. But let's see what happens...we still have 4 years and 11 months ahead :)

About the weather, I don't think there are reasons to worry. Weather is soft in Holland during the entire year - not too hot during summer and not too cold during winter. Today, for example, temperature in Arnhem is 9 Celsius degrees.

Good initiative, and I think it would be really nice to celebrate 15 years of the forum this way. I recently found out about Arnhem and their friendly attitude towards Bitcoin, and it seems to me that the location is pretty well chosen. I'm personally interested in something like this, but 5 years is a really long period, it's hard to say what will happen by then.

I agree that this board is very poorly visited, but I'm not sure which place would be more appropriate for a thread like this.

Hehe, then we are 3 so far :) It's a good start. Let's hope that in time the number will increase. There are still 4 years and 10 months left.

I'm glad that two people think it is a good initiative :)

 Count me in.

Hehe there are 4 of us now :) Good to hear!

Just received 4 merits from LoyceV for this proposal I made 11 months ago :) Thanks LoyceV! If the merits mean also you'll show up it would great hehe! So we'll be 5 guys at the meeting. Of course, there is enough time until then. If in 1 year we have 5 participants, maybe until then we'll have 25.

However, those merits also reminded me about this topic, which needed a bump after so much time :) So thanks for this reminder as well :)

No way, not even with dark sunglasses, full face mask and wearable voice changer device.

My Merit means "it may be worth reading", that's all. I noticed your topic because of this topic: Does anyone want a "I'm in the area lets hangout board" (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5287573.0).

Your presence is now a must, young padawan! :) Merits == presence hehe. Maybe Foxpup comes too and we'll make a huge party orgy there, so big, that Arnhem will remember for centuries!


Uh-huh, I missed that topic. Hehe, it seems Lucius has a great memory!

I'm not much of a meetup person, I guess, but I can think of some people of this community with whom it would be my pleasure to have a few beers.

@LoyceV, being present doesn't oblige you to share your username, rite? ;)

@GazetaBTC If you bring your gun, I'll bring a can of spam, and we can do some spam hunting together IRL ;D

https://www.rtlnieuws.nl/sites/default/files/content/images/archive/90/spam.jpg

Let me put it this way: if anyone claims to be me, ask for a signed message as explained here (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4826180.msg51266018#msg51266018). You won't get it, so get the tar and feathers ready :D

 ;D :D

I like my privacy as well, so the only question I'll ask you, is which beer you'd like. (rather do the meetup in a Belgian beer bar, on second thought ;) )

edit: I might have my own personal #JeSuisLoyceV T-shirt printed for the occasion :D

Loool that would be awesome! To meet at the 15th anniversary and bust some spam :)


What about this idea? We can all wear #JeSuisLoyceV T-shirts! Therefore we'll all be LoyceV at the meet-up. Of course, we could all wear also #IAmSatoshi T-shirts, but we would look more yolo with LoyceV ones :)

The idea sounds nice in theory but difficult to implement in practice, Arnhem A really beautiful city, but I personally did not know it and I got to know it through the internet. There is a difficulty for me and many members of the forum to reach that town because we live in far away and different countries, so the gathering will be somewhat difficult, I think.
But the idea is really beautiful and well worth working on.

Interesting Idea, You can count me in [hopefully]!
Prior to COVID-19 I visited The Netherlands almost every year over a 10 year period
and im guessing/hoping by 2024 this pandemic will be only a memory.

I have become curious lately about how many members have actually met up especially
those who have been on the forum since its inception and those "legends", OgNasty,
vapourminer, malevolent, cAPSLOCK, marcus_of_augustus, Vod oh and theymos :-)
to name a few, have they met in person?

I have been here since March 2017 and have not made any connections with anyone,
"its not you, its me" sort of thing. I kind of scratched the surface a bit with one of my first
posts back in March 2017 before realising that the predominant feeling throughout the
forum was to remain private.

I thought also about that... That's why I suggested with 5 years before. So users will have plenty of time to decide if they're willing to come, to have plenty of time to save some money, to talk with other friends if they also would like to come and so on.


I visited Holland only once. I went to Rotterdam and Hague. Beautiful cities! I believe Arnhem is also a very nice place. Even if that gathering won't take place, I'd still like to visit this place.



Thank you!

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That will make 5 of us! :)


Yes, privacy is a top concern for many forum users, including myself. However, I managed to build good relations with many forum users and with a part of them I am happy to say that I have a very friendly relation. I met (online) many nice forum users and I discovered a great pleasure in talking to them, working together on various projects and exchange ideas.