Bitcoin Forum

Bitcoin/cryptocurrencies was created, that are supposed to lower down cost.

And sometimes voluntary in the spread of bitcoin awareness.

Why are tickets to Bitcoin/crypto seminars around the world selling at ridiculous prices? 300- 1000USD

the price deters bitcoiners as they might as well buy 1btc instead of attending the seminar. :'(

we need decentralized bitcoin seminars 8)

people dont value the bitcoin
if you HOLD you will win

For the same reason they do seminars for other investments. They are for speculators and are also probably some mlm vultures as well.

If you mean conferences ....

The excuse usually given is that its for entrepreneurs and business owners.

They garner financial benefit from it by meeting others in the industry, therefore they pay to attend.

A lot of the Bitcoin conferences have not been for enthusiasts/hobbyists.

Conferences are a different animal for sure. More of an educational and networking opportunity.

There's one conference like that coming up shortly where I live. And... thinking about the price of it... Yep - I'd be better off simply buying BTC with that $$$.

And given how BTC prices go, I could then attend 10 conferences next year! :)

it is expensive.. but then again people pay a couple hundred in FIAT just to see Bieber for 3 hours. i prefer to spend a couple hundred for a couple days of bitcoin rather than seeing that little twit

What, no Biebercoin?  Lol...

3 hours of the Bieb for only 2 C-notes? I'm going, albeit for the life of me at this penning I can't name a single song s/he sings.

Not like I didn't try back in the day.

Every seminar is this way.  I attend some seminars for work and they're very expensive affairs.  I don't get why companies spend tens of thousands (flights / hotels / booking fees) to have representation at the seminar but 90% send some intern or lowly employee who can't answer simple questions.  

Can't complain since I get to attend them for free and I get all the free pencils, USB sticks and candy I want.   ;D

Seminars, if the big shots bother to show up, is all about networking and socialites.

How effective are they?  Probably not.  It's a relic (a dinosaur) from the pre-internet age.  Considering these Bitcoin / coin seminars only attract hundreds, what good does it do when it's a market involving millions of people?

this is why I'm working toward bringing a free event for the community. powered by volunteers and sponsors.

www.nycbitcoinfair.com

we need help spreading the word out. it's next week. the after party is sponsored free food and discounted drinks if paid in btc.

recently there were a couple of bitcoin conferences too where i lived. Had to give it a miss due to high price.

yes, i mean conferences.

why is everyone into bieber..
his songs doesn't sound nice,
i would go to bruno mars concert, song rocks.

hoping to see this kind of event in my place, so far theres none..

The better question to be asking is why are people paying the silly prices? If people are willing and prepared to get fleeced then they will.

People are ready to pay ALOT almost everything connected about Bitcoin. Did you see all BTC miners on Ebay? They are selling! It's undesrtandable that seminars are hot too. GHS on cloud mining services are going by ridiculous prices. Almost everything connected to BTC is going far above real price. It's just the way it is, and if you have some business potentional in yourself, you can use it to earn a living out of it.

Conferences are expensive.   

I'm running the Dubai Bitcoin Conference.

Some conferences have lost money, most just break even.

For me this one is a labor of love-- I want to see more info about Bitcoin spread.


Interesting the mention of a decentralized conference.   We thought about making this one run by a token and let everyone chip in for speaker and other costs and also share in any profit.

For comparison sake--  Superreturn, the major private equity conference costs about $5000 for a regular, standard ticket.   (Not a misprint)

Random "Joe" (not talking about Americans...i'm talking about International random "Joe") is really....REALLY stupid. I'm not talking only about prices that ppl are ready to pay connected to BTC, i'm talking to every day stuff people pay, that they dont have to, or can buy better and cheeper, or even make themselves. Is it laziness, is it lack of information, or plain and simple stupid, i have no idea, but it is how it is and those that have ambition are living out of it (inside BTC ecosystem, or out of it).                              

They cost a lot of money to run, but that doesnt mean they should charge such ridiculous prices.

If you want a cheaper conference, your best bet is to start laying the foundations yourself to make it happen.  If you're waiting for someone else to do it for you, you might be waiting for a long time.

Granted I haven't paid a great deal of attention to it, but the forum does have a Meetups (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=86.0) section if you're going to organise something.

Time to grow up boys. Bitcoin is big business now. .5 BTC is very fair. These conferences (the good ones) help investors and business people to share the latest, build relationships that are needed for collaboration all so that the next level of bitcoin infrastructure can develop ASAP. Without this community building, the explosive next wave of mass adoption could stall.

I guarantee you these conferences are not the BS corporate seminar meetings that waste everyone's time, or that you send interns to or a how to get rich investment seminar. These are mostly packed with real entrepreneurs and investors looking for the right place to put resources and make wise strategic decisions. You need best information and trusted relationships for that. It is also important because it gets the best minds and thinkers in the bitcoin world to meet each other and challenge each others ideas. This network will become more and more important as bitcoin faces legal, technical, political and other challenges along the way. Of course some of this can happen virtually, some of this just works better in person. That's why smart business people do it.

If you don't need to go, because you are not dong anything significant in the btc world, and the investment is not worth it to you, then you obviously should not go. No one is forcing you. But please have some respect for the people taking risk to make these conferences happen. And do not doubt that they are a very important part of the growth/adoption story.

And finally - as the last poster said...if you want to make something happen that will work better for you...make it so...and let us all know about it!

thats my point. if people are stupid enough to pay a coupl hundred for that lame ass, they'd pay anything for something with actual substance


there are already hundreds if not thousands of fre events. they are called 'meetups'
if its just a few people meeting up in a non booked destination (pub, bar, coffee shop) they are free and last a few hours.
but the bigger the attendance, the requirement to book a hall, food, hotel, and pay for speaker. The more it costs