Bitcoin 2013: The Future of Payments - San Jose, CA - May 17-19, 2013

[maaku]

Ugh, just found out about the GigaOm meetup tonight. Registration is closed. :\

[World]

Here is for the networking app
via @bizzabo http://www.bizzabo.com/event/#124315

[QuestionAuthority]

I'm hoping to come down from SF for a few hours. Does anyone know if there will be a "more reasonable" one day fee at the door or if entrance is closed now?

[internationalaw]

The cast of "Let's Talk Bitcoin!" will be in San Jose this weekend!

We would love to meet some of our fans and hear their take on bitcoin.

http://www.meetup.com/Lets-Talk-Bitcoin-San-Jose-2013-Conference-Meetup/events/119200952/

[bobdude17]

I'm in the Bay Area, is this worth going to San Jose for if you are not going to spend the $300 to actually go in the event?

[jamesgarfield]

Im going to show up, il be the guy in the green yankees hat

[zacharycebu]

Everyone going to this conference, please post pics and let us know how everything went.

I'm so mad cannot join, so I'd like to get as close as possible to being there thx

[freedomno1]

You guys realize this things going to be a media frenzy now. I hope the venue holds up.

That's why I posted early on this and waited for an official thread to appear want it to be exciting And the forum to unite there XD
Even though I won't be going sounds like it will be interesting its the convo's not the speakers sometimes

[smoothie]

Another piece of fun advice:  Laptop thefts happen with some regularity at tech conferences ... at a Bitcoin conference if the thieves don't STEAL ALL THE LAPTOPS, they're sleeping on the job.

Prepare for theft by having a good backup and either not leaving coins on your laptop or at least using full disk encryption and wallet encryption. Be prepared to keep your laptop with you at all times. Consider bringing a lock for it.

Let's hope Marriott and the rest of the major hotels are done changing all the guest room locks:
 - http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/12/fix-for-hotels-electronic-door-lock-hack-slow-to-roll-out/

I'm coming and I'm not bringing any coins with me. Fuck that. 

[FoBoT]

for those not attending the conference, there will be some 'talk radio' coverage as the hosts of Free Talk Live are broadcasting live each afternoon from the conference, you can listen at http://lrn.fm/ or on tune in radio app on smartphones , search 'Free Talk Live'

[freedomno1]

Who knows maybe this conference will be a Woodstock of Virtual Currencies someday haha

[QuestionAuthority]

I'm in the Bay Area, is this worth going to San Jose for if you are not going to spend the $300 to actually go in the event?

The $300 entrance fee actually makes it more of a Bitcoin elite/high society club. Why don't we "commoners" get together at Singlebarrel on San Salvador st Saturday night? If the lords & ladies of Bitcoin Abbey want to come too that's fine.

[joesmoe2012]

I'm in San Francisco!  Where can I spend bitcoins?  Is there a list somewhere?  I'm only aware of Cups and Cakes, the sushi restaurant, and the grocery store that were listed in that reporter's article about trying to live on bitcoin.

Note that San Francisco is very, very far from the conference. Hope you got a hotel room closer.

Troll...

San Jose is under an hours drive from sf. Many people commute that daily in ca.

[joesmoe2012]

I'm hoping to come down from SF for a few hours. Does anyone know if there will be a "more reasonable" one day fee at the door or if entrance is closed now?

Ill have a beer with ya if nothing else...just pm me when your around.

[bobdude17]

I'm in the Bay Area, is this worth going to San Jose for if you are not going to spend the $300 to actually go in the event?

The $300 entrance fee actually makes it more of a Bitcoin elite/high society club. Why don't we "commoners" get together at Singlebarrel on San Salvador st Saturday night? If the lords & ladies of Bitcoin Abby want to come too that's fine.

I might be be able to do that. Get back to you.

[DavidBAL]

Just a heads up, since today's premeetup went so well.. the plan is for people to meet up again tomorrow at 4:00 in the Marriott Bar prior to conference registration opening.. feel free to come by, grab a drink, and talk some bitcoin...

[evoorhees]

Yeah the pre-conference meetup was like a conference itself! Standing room only, very high energy. Everybody was so excited to be there and meet people they've seen online for so long. The camaraderie was palpable.

Really excited to be here with all you guys!

[bitjoint]

Has the BTC foundation planned to live-stream the event for those of us who can't make it? You just need to rent a decent camera, a computer with Flash Media Live Encoder and a UStream/LiveStream account. Please guys do us a favor... looks like it is going to be epic. The best part will be the networking tho. Plenty of awesome people there!!!

[World]

http://quantabytes.com/articles/report-for-day-zero-of-bitcoin-2013-the-future-of-payments

[justusranvier]

This thing had better be good - I had to wake up at an extraordinarily uncivilized hour in order to get up in time to make my flight.