Did you arrange a meet up or make a gathering with local bitcoin community?

[LTU_btc]

Nope. I live in relatively small city and there is probably very few people who are interested in cryptocurrencies. And in general, crypto community isn't very active, especially after 2017, so it would be difficult to make such meetings. Many people looked into Bitcoin as fast way to become rich, they weren't interested in technology itself, development, adoption and.
These who are very serious with crypto and doing business related with it, offcourse they make meetings, participate in conferences. But ordinary people like me, I prefer to discuss stuff online on Bitcointalk and local websites.

[Upgrade00]

A meet up may be important in my country to not only make people aware of this technology, but also of its true nature. I have not organized one yet, but I'm in the process of doing so: inviting speakers, planning the logistics et all.

The world is moving digital and we would all be in better positions if we had understanding of how digital currencies work.

[franky1]

some of the best bitcoin gatherings i arranged were ones that did not allow 'investment' pitches

they were usually done in a function room of a pub/bar so that it was a casual session where people could drink and order food. that way it didnt feel like a lecture hall session, but a social event.

the locals got together and organised what local merchants they would all freqeunt often and decide which merchant was best to adopt bitcoin, and utilise their knowledge and experiences to help that merchant get bitcoin aware.

some done face to face bitcoin exchanges. some discussed scaling, some got technical, some discussed the social economics. and some just wantd to buy a pint with btc


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to make it appear more bitcoin friendly place to be without gtting the bar to lift a finger in caring much about the technicals or concerns any business would have... i set up a bar tab myself(prepaid in cash so bar was happy and had no concerns about being paid) and then just asked the staff if they are asked if they accept btc. to total up the drinks order like a normal cash transaction, but put the total into a btc price checker to know the totals btc value. and then show a customer a qr code. when the staff hear a 'ding' on the checker. they just take the cash out the hidden bartab and into the cashier regisiter like normal cash transaction.
thus the people buying drinks feel they bought their drinks with btc.
thus the bar still got their fiat in the cash drawer concern free
thus i converted my fiat into btc (yea the qr code was for me and my cash was for the bar)

i did then after the event, if the bar seemed like alot of locals were bitcoiners who would return. set up a ongoing cash bar tab for them to 'accept btc' and if they seen it popular told them about exchanges like bitpay/coinbase at the time thus removing me out of the equation of being the exchange for them and be more self reliant and on a path to learning about bitcoin independantly

[kayvie]

A meet up may be important in my country to not only make people aware of this technology, but also of its true nature. I have not organized one yet, but I'm in the process of doing so: inviting speakers, planning the logistics et all.

The world is moving digital and we would all be in better positions if we had understanding of how digital currencies work.

I havent also arrange a certain event, and I wasnt planning to do it, I can join by attending and supporting if I will like the topic about the gathering, but I have attended one of the seminar we had in our country where they explain about the use and importance of cryptocurrency, they have also gathered crypto users to become one and support a certain crypto project wherein a lot of investor have invested last 2017.

[malekbaba]

I dont think that is a good idea. Anonymity is a feature of crypto and one of the factor to make whole cryptocurrency concept popular. In some part of the world crypto is not welcomed. If anyone arrange such get together in that place, the participants may face difficulties. You may hide true identity but someone may take photographs and may blackmail you later

[pixie85]

I went to a conference once and it was nice. Not many people but it was a good effort from the organizers.

I've never arranged a meetup for myself but I know some bitcoiners and talk to them on social media from time to time. I also know a person who organized that conference and old him to mail me if they do it again or need some help with it. I think there will be another one next year and it will be my chance to get involved.  

[coin-investor]

I wonder with many people now know bitcoin as a new trend in many countries, did you arrange a meetup or make a gathering with local bitcoin community? I think that will give a chance to spread bitcoin in your city, and you can ask other people to join you to use bitcoin or other coins. What they reaction if they read or see a slogan of Bitcoin?

I haven't done yet from other place but here in our town, I and my friends always had a small talk about Bitcoin and it's future, it's a breeze if you can talk to some people face to face about your passion, but we really need meet up from other people from other cities, not only here online, it's different when you are talking face to face or in a meeting than doing it online.

[Ailmand]

I wonder with many people now know bitcoin as a new trend in many countries, did you arrange a meetup or make a gathering with local bitcoin community? I think that will give a chance to spread bitcoin in your city, and you can ask other people to join you to use bitcoin or other coins. What they reaction if they read or see a slogan of Bitcoin?

Haven't tried that, however I have been invited by an investment group here in our country which focuses on mining investment. What I didn't like about their approach is their wrong point of view on crypto and they are inviting people who are not related to crypto to invest in them, telling that they will earn passive income through mining and bitcoin price will constantly increase, etc. I wish there are groups of people who would share useable and legitimate information about crypto and it's potential to people without an intent to make money through them.

[Kyraishi]

That could be interesting for sure, I personally know a couple of friends in school that are pretty interested in cryptocurrencies, but it wouldn't be a huge meet-up.

In the city I live in, there are often events or bitcoin/crypto-based conferences and people are able to network and talk to others, so most people use that as a meetup option.

[uray]

I tried visit few, but most of them either focus on earning money while i'm more interested to discuss technical side of Bitcoin.
Overall it's not good experience since few people promote shady investment in many forms (ICO, money game, unknown altcoin, etc.)

This is exactly what you see in most of the get together as everyone wants to make money when they can and they will come up with shitty projects and their main aim is to make a name and make some money doing so, i have being to a few ones in the past and then i stopped as i did not feel comfortable doing that. Initially it was interesting because you see people who are intrested in mining and hence i liked those and now i have some contacts because of these meet ups which is fine.

[bounceback]

In my city there is also a bitcoin community meeting. I also attended some of these events. I am personally very happy because there are events like that, especially if we often gather fellow bitcoin communities, so we can ask a lot about bitcoin and about other coins like altcoins to understand. maybe with an event like that, our knowledge will increase about cryptocurrency.

[shoreno]

i didnt experience to do that because i cant find a companion yet . almost every crypto/bitcoin enthusiast that i met here and on other sites are always living abroad and only few of them are from local countries which is also far away from my region but  i hear  one time that there are crypto and blockchain expo here on our country as welll as on other countries were real people gather and talk about stuffs related to it .

[Oasisman]

Most of the case, when a company or the people calls for a public meetings to tackle about crypto currency in their local city, is either selling their products or inviting people to invest in cryptocurrency through them (probably HYIP's)

There's a lot of seminars and orientations happening in my local hometown about Bitcoins and all other Cryptocurrency. Sad to say, not all the people could totally understand the other functions of Bitcoin except It can generate good profit for their investments. Because, like I said these companies are just selling their product/coin/token, they do not discuss the Bitcoin and blockchain technology itself.

Talking about Bitcoin adoption through this kind of strategy may require a lot of effort because not everyone is interested. Not unless if majority of merchants and big businesses starts accepting Bitcoin and other alts. That way people would start to wonder how does Bitcoin acquire market value, thus on the latter it will catch their interest.

[Wintersoldier]

I wonder with many people now know bitcoin as a new trend in many countries, did you arrange a meetup or make a gathering with local bitcoin community? I think that will give a chance to spread bitcoin in your city, and you can ask other people to join you to use bitcoin or other coins. What they reaction if they read or see a slogan of Bitcoin?

In our area, we aren't trying to make a meet up or gathering in order to protect the anonymity and security of each and every one of us. None the less, if from the start, we grow and we already know each other. Basically, we already have a huge growing forum up until now, and it is considerably enough for us to discuss topics in here, so there's no need for a gathering.

[Kakmakr]

Yes, a group of us arranged with a local pub to provide us a venue at their establishment every Friday to host a Bitcoin meetup. We also showed the owner how Bitcoin works and he allows us to pay with bitcoins for our drinks and food. We arrange everything and invite "newbies" to every meetup to grow adoption. 

We use these meetups to discuss the current news and developments in Bitcoin and other Crypto currencies and we invite speakers to talk at these events. <We do not have enough money to invite Bitcoin influencers, but the local Bitcoin merchants normally speak about the product and services that they have on offer> 

[timerland]

Yes, a group of us arranged with a local pub to provide us a venue at their establishment every Friday to host a Bitcoin meetup. We also showed the owner how Bitcoin works and he allows us to pay with bitcoins for our drinks and food. We arrange everything and invite "newbies" to every meetup to grow adoption. 

We use these meetups to discuss the current news and developments in Bitcoin and other Crypto currencies and we invite speakers to talk at these events. <We do not have enough money to invite Bitcoin influencers, but the local Bitcoin merchants normally speak about the product and services that they have on offer> 

Damn, that sounds like a really tight-knit community and it feels amazing that crypto-currencies and bitcoin could connect such a huge group of people together and create amazing things .

Most of my meetups are not specifically for BTC related events, but often involves me and friends doing an activity like bowling and then we end up chatting about crypto-currencies and the market, a lot of our conversation actually revolves around the altcoin market and what coins are becoming new hot topics.

[febriyana]

I never experience it. Because Bitcoin here in my town is still not yet famous. There is still many problem if we try to educate people, like why we need use Bitcoin? It can't buy item in shop, that is waste of our time. 
But if in Facebook Group, that is some people already take meetup, maybe in big town.

[nankers]

for now I rarely meet up with the bitcoin community in my area. but in 2018 when bitcoin became popular in my country and I was actively working with bitcoin, I always had meetings with several local bitcoin communities. much was discussed at the meeting, trading, mining, bounty campaign, etc. from that meeting my knowledge of bitcoin increased. What's interesting about this meeting, we are required to wear a t-shirt, clothes or accessories related to cryptocurrency as a characteristic. this clearly attracts people outside our community to want to get to know and want to know cryptocurrency (especially bitcoin). this is proven every time we have a meeting, there is always a new person who joins us and I am personally happy with it. but now some communities in my area rarely meet up like this. maybe because of the members' busyness that makes it a bit difficult to have a meeting again

[Arsenyo]

I live in small city, it's difficult to organize such a bitcoin gathering. The interest in bitcoin is really low here. Last year I gathered with some of my crypto friends and people I know, but I soon stopped visiting those gathering as people there see bitcoin only as the way of becoming rich, they desperately waiting for a bullrun to earn money. They do not care about development and adoption of cryptocurrency. So, I don't see a point in such meetings.

[Wexnident]

I wonder with many people now know bitcoin as a new trend in many countries, did you arrange a meetup or make a gathering with local bitcoin community? I think that will give a chance to spread bitcoin in your city, and you can ask other people to join you to use bitcoin or other coins. What they reaction if they read or see a slogan of Bitcoin?

I haven't really tried it since most of the groups or companies I have joined were for information sources or campaigns. Although, i indeed have discussed some stuff together with my friends about the current market and random FUDs they found over lunch and dinner every now and then. I'd expect a lot of engagement though if a meetup ever happened and imo, the time should be near when people start inviting others for irl engagements and such.