Bitcoin Meetup: What’s your experience?

[Anayochukwu]

So last weekend, i got invited to one “Crypto and Bitcoin Masterclass Meetup” that happened around my area. The flyer was really attractive; they wrote things like:
1.   Unlock the secrets of Bitcoin
2.   Meet expert blockchain professionals
3.   Free networking and lunch
As person wey like Bitcoin genuinely, i no wan dull. i even iron my cloth and showed up early because i talk say: No how no how, i go learn one or two Bitcoin strategy wey fit change my financial life. But as we reach there, dem start late (as usual). Then, they called the so-called resource persons to come stage. The first speaker showed up this way:
Bitcoin is a… is a kind of digital something… that you can use to invest and cash out massively
At that point, my heart just begin cut small small. That was the beginning of my disappointment.
the second speaker come up and started explaining how to buy their own coin wey “go x100 before December”.
from there, the whole thing just turn to full-blown hype session:
“staking,” “airdrop farming,” “pre-sale whitelist,” and “double your USDT in 7 days.”
dem just dey jam all the crypto buzzwords anyhow.
Nobody mention Satoshi.
Nobody explain how Bitcoin really works.
No single word on wallet security or P2P risks especially for Nigerians.
Na just pure shitcoin promotion and fast-money talk full ground.
At that point, i just sit down dey look like - So na for this thing i wear fine cloth and was
Honestly, if na me organize that kind meetup, i for do way better.
i go break Bitcoin down like biscuit.
i for explain wallet safety, market psychology, and even show people how to use non-custodial wallets. But these ones, cruise and empty noise everywhere.
So i want to ask:

• Have you ever attended a Bitcoin or crypto meetup in Nigeria
• Did they teach anything useful, or was it just hype and fake project promo?
• if you were to organize a meetup in your area, what would you do differently?

Make we yarn abeg. No allow all these hype people dey run street with half-baked knowledge.
Na we go raise the standard from Nigeria.
Drop your experience below:
Even if dem don scam you small that time, just share am make we laugh together and learn from experience.

First of all, I've never attended any Bitcoin related meetups in Nigeria and I don't plan on it unless it is coming from the people I trust, and why do I feel like this meetups you attended is another MMM loading? This meetups is probably just a way to lure people in , make Dem feel save with Dem and then they scam people and disappear. I value my safety so much and I don't see myself printing out flyers for invites.

[Odusko]

Nigerians get format ooo, this na one of them so make e no supprise you, most of them have the tendency to scam and risks your life for example there was a case of a guy that was kidnapped and mouderd here in my region, he exposed himself at such events that make people to wet and discuss Bitcoin and cryptocurrency in general, not knowing that those guy's are working with a network of kidnappers seeking to get information about the victims and you know that anyone that gets Bitcoin is assumed to be super rich in the eyes of Many people.

[Adbitco]

See make i tell you one thing we no sabi at all because for we country everybody find how them want take survive and they go do wetin them no sabi just pack crowd and take money from them, like this now them fit say if you wan sabi more just hit them on whatsapp or any other place for communication. Just imagine person Iron him clothes finished thinking say him dey go learn better thing without knowing say na trash them dey go learn their. OP, I must say that if you were at home reading things from this forum you could have even gained better knowledge than going that meet up, sincerely I stopped to go meetup because most of them doesn't know what they are doing but they just want to show their face and gain popularity probably boost their profile. I no even get time to go visit down there dey wetin dem talking while forum dey wey i go read things understand wella pass them self wey come teach people there self.