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April 04, 2013, 08:26:06 PM |
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You guys realize this things going to be a media frenzy now. I hope the venue holds up.
Good point! Everybody, remember to look and behave professionally. Top hats and monocles all the way!  Also, if there IS media, they WILL try to talk to you. Take this from someone with a lot of experience, Do not talk to them! You WILL sound like a babbling idiot! If they want legitimate bitcoin related stories, they will be trying to get to the top people behind bitcoin, like guys behind BitPay, Bitcoin Foundation, Bitinstant, etc. If all they are looking for is to write up some sensationalist garbage about this crazy libertarian currency that's supported by gold-bug, tinhat wearing, gun-toting yokles, they'll be coming for you. So if they come for you, just remember, don't be that exploited yokle! No matter how much the "Look, I'm on TV!" tempts you. Also, trolls are not just on the internet. Bitcoin is big enough for them to bother now, so there could be some of those at the convention, too. If you happen to come across any, just behave and ignore them. |
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kiko
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April 04, 2013, 08:32:32 PM |
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Everybody, remember to look and behave professionally. No way! It's animal costumes for admission. By May 17 everyone there will be a millionaire so WTF right. |
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April 05, 2013, 06:32:13 AM |
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You guys realize this things going to be a media frenzy now. I hope the venue holds up.
Good point! Everybody, remember to look and behave professionally. Top hats and monocles all the way!  Also, if there IS media, they WILL try to talk to you. Take this from someone with a lot of experience, Do not talk to them! You WILL sound like a babbling idiot! If they want legitimate bitcoin related stories, they will be trying to get to the top people behind bitcoin, like guys behind BitPay, Bitcoin Foundation, Bitinstant, etc. If all they are looking for is to write up some sensationalist garbage about this crazy libertarian currency that's supported by gold-bug, tinhat wearing, gun-toting yokles, they'll be coming for you. So if they come for you, just remember, don't be that exploited yokle! No matter how much the "Look, I'm on TV!" tempts you. Also, trolls are not just on the internet. Bitcoin is big enough for them to bother now, so there could be some of those at the convention, too. If you happen to come across any, just behave and ignore them. great advice, now... looking at airfares and costs, would spending 3.5K USD for this convention be worth it ? coming in from scandinavia.. one one side i an thinking i will be taking part in an historical event, on the other hand - the wallet cries. decisions, decisions.. |
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April 29, 2013, 08:42:08 PM |
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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.
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April 30, 2013, 11:40:21 AM |
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Similarly, protect your smartphone with Bitcoin Wallet.
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May 07, 2013, 06:02:00 AM |
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This may be too late to organize right now, but next year you should have a session where everyone in the room just laughs at the terrible media coverage of bitcoin. Point out all the factually incorrect statements, the ignorant criticisms and the outright FUD. Or better yet, turn it into a trivia game with contestants answer whether the reporters got it right or wrong. Put the whole thing online. It'll be great!
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May 11, 2013, 03:59:24 PM |
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Man, I really wish I could go to this, but with PorcFest (The Porcupine Freedom Festival in New Hampshire) coming up and expenses associated with that, I had to choose one or the other. In that case, PorcFest wins. Hopefully I can make it to Bitcoin2014... any idea if there are plans for another one next year, or is that on hold until it's seen how successful this one is?
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May 11, 2013, 04:30:50 PM |
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I'm coming to the conference all the way from Finland. Very excited.
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May 11, 2013, 04:41:00 PM |
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I'm coming to the conference all the way from Finland. Very excited.
Not to change the direction of the thread, but is "Technomage" a Babylon 5 reference, by any chance? |
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May 11, 2013, 05:19:42 PM |
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Not to change the direction of the thread, but is "Technomage" a Babylon 5 reference, by any chance? It is. I started using the nickname after reading the book trilogy "Passing of the Technomages", which is some of the best B5 related anything that you can experience. It's so good that I'd rank it fairly high on my overall book ranking. |
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May 11, 2013, 05:21:28 PM |
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Great, too bad it's in the US. Organize one in Europe and I'll be there!
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Deslock Darkstar
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May 11, 2013, 05:25:52 PM |
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Not to change the direction of the thread, but is "Technomage" a Babylon 5 reference, by any chance? It is. I started using the nickname after reading the book trilogy "Passing of the Technomages", which is some of the best B5 related anything that you can experience. It's so good that I'd rank it fairly high on my overall book ranking. Excellent, and agreed, though I really enjoyed the PsiCorps trilogy as well... the ultimate fate of Bester was one of the things I wanted to know after the TV series ended. I'm glad JMS declared the book trilogies to be canon to the story line. |
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May 11, 2013, 05:27:48 PM |
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Great, too bad it's in the US. Organize one in Europe and I'll be there!
Even being in the US, it's still a bit far for travel in some ways (west coast)... hopefully, a future one will be on the east coast or at least the middle of the country. |
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May 11, 2013, 08:44:28 PM |
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Great, too bad it's in the US. Organize one in Europe and I'll be there!
Here you go: http://unsystem.net/  See you guys in Silicon Valley next week  |
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May 14, 2013, 03:26:11 PM |
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Similarly, protect your smartphone with Bitcoin Wallet.
If my Android phone is not rooted, are the bitcoins on it reasonably secure? |
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Rassah
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May 14, 2013, 03:39:10 PM |
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Similarly, protect your smartphone with Bitcoin Wallet.
If my Android phone is not rooted, are the bitcoins on it reasonably secure? Only after you create a backup of your wallet and move it off the phone. |
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May 14, 2013, 05:16:26 PM |
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I'd love to go... Next time! Any update about the video recording? I really hope there will be something available shortly after the conference!
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Monero's privacy and therefore fungibility are MUCH stronger than Bitcoin's. This makes Monero a better candidate to deserve the term "digital cash".
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May 14, 2013, 09:02:57 PM |
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I'll be there. See you guys in a few days.
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