I'll be watching this for developments. I may not be impressed by the "Bitcoin Education Project", but I am fascinated by decentralized and distributed exchanges. As a matter of fact, if you get a proof of concept working in this community by September, you're welcome to attend the discussion panel (http://theconference.eu/panels/) in Amsterdam regarding this very topic.

Cheers

Glad you feel that way, hope to see you there!


What would you consider going forward? Always open to suggestions, so long as they are doable with transparency and for the better of the community.

Moe Levin is currently the front runner, he's setting up the space in Amsterdam. Rassah is handling the finances and all the funds for added transparency. I'm here to give it energy and ideas. Anyone is welcome to join in and help organize as this is truly a community endeavor.

In Moe's own words:

For those who believe they'll be able to make it this year, you can make a pre-reservation (head counts basically) through PM. Drop me a line so I can add you into the spreadsheet. Once reservations are enabled on the site, you'll be notified instantly.

Make a pre-reservation (no payment required)

Seems to be, also maybe how long you spend on each page too. You'd have to ask Theymos, but I doubt he'd tell anyone. That newbiejail.org site seems to beat it just fine though.

I don't think that works. It's not perfect, but there does seem to be *some* restrictions involved in the time recording.

You hit the nail on the head, buddy. It's precisely this reason we're hosting it through community efforts. For what it's worth, I want this to be a conference that supports new faces, stories and prospects. I won't be happy unless I can come home after feeling like I learned something that could not possibly have been learned from these forums, and that's one of the main reasons this will be a non-profit sponsored endeavor, to avoid repeating existing agendas and the inevitable echo chambers that ensue. Expect to have your opinions challenged if you come!

In tune with being a community driven convention, as mentioned before, if you have any suggestions for speakers, panelists, or would like to represent a project you care about with a booth, don't hesitate to contact Moe Levin or myself.

EDIT: JuiceRapNews was planned to attend and perform but they said they may or may not make it due to previous scheduling and hope to make it next year if not this. There are other arrangements for musical performances as well, but if you have any suggestions, please send them our way!

A non-profit sponsored convention for cryptocurrency, the Bitcoin EU Convention 2013 in Amsterdam Netherlands on September 27th - 29th is a Watch / Ask / Meet / Trade convention.

Watch presentations suitable for TEDTalks from innovators in the field
Ask numerous panelists who work in the field and get your questions answered
Meet developers, investors, operators and supporters of all walks of life
Trade cryptocurrencies at the convention marketplace for food, gifts, technology and donate to real life charities

This convention is an open, community driven effort with fund-raising aided by 000 Media. Rather than opt for a politically charged display of wealth, we're here to get back to the basics of what bitcoin really is-- a community, decentralized effort. No foundations or agenda driven donors at this convention, just real people who really want the project to succeed.

The convention will feature panelists who will discuss topics relevant to the community, and answer open questions from the audience as time allows. If you have an idea for a panel or a panelist that you think should be included, feel free to email Moe Levin at panels@theconference.eu or PM me on this forum.

The convention will also feature diverse TEDTalks style 5~18 minute presentations from speakers such as the recent Cyprus account freezing victim, "zeroday", gaming entrepreneurs, and even a few musical performances by some special surprise guests.

Be sure to bring your bitcoins with you, this is one convention where there will be plenty of things to spend them on.

Managing Coordinator: Moe Levin
Managing Accountant: Rassah
Technical Support: Nick Kallechy, Joep Gottleib
Coordination Consultant: Matthew Wright

If you too would like to be a part of this event in any way, please contact community@theconference.eu

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The pricing for attendance and hosting of booths is awaiting venue selection. After selection, a floorplan will be created and distributed to potential booth renters with prices. Speakers and panelists are being interviewed for inclusion regularly, so expect our list to update often with new and familiar faces. Reservation for attendance will be officially open after venue selection, but unofficially we aim for a 500 person turnout, and 50 have already pre-reserved, most of them having already purchased airfare.

Will update this thread as progress is made. If you are from the Netherlands and know of a place that you think would make a perfect venue for this, feel free to PM myself or email Moe Levin at community@theconference.eu!

See you all at the convention!

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Make a pre-reservation (no payment required)
Reservations Open! Go to http://theconference.eu/tickets/ to order.

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Days until the conference!

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Among many of the planned discussion panels in Amsterdam this September 27~29, there is one that I think people will be particularly interested in.



I think people who have had criticisms or high hopes for decentralized solutions should make it there to speak freely to the panel and get their points discussed openly as it will be broadcast later.

Since the panels are coming together pretty steadily, feel free to nominate someone for a panel you'd like to see.

Looking forward to meeting many of the bitcoiners from the EU this time around!

Did Ian Bakewell ever respond to anyone about his debts in the bitcoin community?

I think newbie jail is a ridiculous duct taped solution to a problem that could be handled through reputation and a trust network (like Ripple's design for example). Effectively banning people on criteria as shallow as how much time they have to post pointless threads is one of the most ludicrous concepts I've ever seen. There are many good ways to fight spammers and scammers, and this isn't even in the top 10.

For people who want to simplify the process, there is a website called http://newbiejail.org that will help you get out of jail. I don't speak for the site, but I am starting to like what it's trying to accomplish (which seems to be getting the lazy admins off their piles and piles of donated coins to actually upgrade the forum).

1 @ 0.75 BTC (I'm going to move my factoid to the actual advertisement space)

I HATE TABLES I HATE TABLES I HA(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻ TABLES I HATE TABLES I HATE TABLES

I guess there is a connection between elitism and lacking a sense of humor. huh.

So Tonko's entire argument is that we should mass genocide against coders who don't use the tools that he prefers?

"Any tool can be the right tool."

I'd venture a guess that anyone who was serious about decrying scams would put effort into providing evidence, and that only someone who was paid by a competitor would be so lazy. If op disagrees with my opinion of him, then he is wrong because I say so. 

I haven't tried it myself because I don't make accounts regularly, but I saw it referred by someone and asked a friend to try it and he said it worked, sent me the code that the website gave him, and it doesn't seem fishy. Basically it's just a site that charges you 0.01 BTC to be a robot and keep your account busy with harmless actions (like reading random forum threads) apparently.

This is the only way for some people get out of newbie jail I believe, since some people don't spend enough time here to constitute a full 4 hours. I read one user who had been here about a year, and she still hadn't logged 4 hours of time because sometimes she was offline when browsing, or would just pop in and out again. That's kind of ridiculous but I'd imagine that page is more of a solution for her than most.

I'm glad someone finally made a site like that.

Thank you for that. I've been using Rentacoder for years, and when they were bought out and changed to "Freelancer.com", I've not experienced anything bizarre with them (aside from the normal onslaught of non-talented hacks from India trying to get pre-payment for services they have no intention of delivering on-- "I MAKE GOOD SITE FOR YOU YES SEND MONEY FIRST").

It is a logical fallacy to think that a company's lack of lawsuits against a random person in a random country means they are not in the right on an issue. Regardless, evidence is king. All I'm seeing so far is anonymous forum accounts saying things. I'm not blaming you, just saying.

If you want to save time, try using http://newbiejail.org

It seems like every single day a thread like this is created. I've seen this site recommended before and although I can't promise it's not a scam, I don't think it is (and no one has reported it as such): http://newbiejail.org

This of course is the loophole to that solution. The person would literally need to DoS the forums by mashing F5 in order to keep another entity out (and in turns log themselves out in the process, giving a window of opportunity to the hacker).

Not really the best solution for a forum I suppose. PGP keys required for logging in might be smarter.