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The first decentralized decentralized currency convention
Free.
Open source.
So crypto!
http://www.coinfest.org/coinfest-2016/
Cool Event!
CoinFest 2015 was a stunning success, taking Canada’s crypto holiday to countries around the world. CoinFest 2016 is building on that momentum, preparing a series of events for April with two dozen cities already planning to participate.
They will commence April 5–the rumored birthday of Satoshi Nakomoto–and conclude with the end of the weekend on Sunday April 10. Confirmed cities so far include:
Vancouver, Canada
Toronto, Canada
Niagara, Canada
Omaha, United States
Kansas City, United States
Tulsa, United States
Anaheim, United States
Tampa Bay, United States
Fortaleza, Brazil
Valdivia, Chile
Manchester, United Kingdom
Arnhem, Netherlands
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Copenhagen, Denmark
Helsinki, Finland
Tallinn, Estonia
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Moscow, Russia
Seoul, South Korea
Popayán, Colombia
Caracas, Venezuela
Valencia, Venezuela
Maracaibo, Venezuela
Jijel, Algeria
Bou Sada, Algeria
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Kumasi, Ghana
Gaborone, Botswana
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Origins and Purpose
CoinFest started in 2013 as a relatively small gathering of 100 or so Bitcoiners, celebrating the adoption of Bitcoin at a Waves Coffee House in Vancouver. It was conceived as a way to incentivize cryptocurrency acceptance while educating the public about its importance and use. Its popular success prompted the Bitcoiniacs (now CoinTrader) to place the world’s first Bitocin ATM there, which we again celebrated.
By 2014, CoinFest was growing in popularity, and that year it took a new direction: CoinFest spread across Canada and now internationally, exemplifying the border–defying and decentralized nature of crypto. Vancouver lead the way again by booking multiple venues simultaneously for a less centrally organized variety of exhibits, as Satoshi would have wanted. In 2015, CoinFest spread worldwide, and new ground was broken in Latin America and Europe.
Now it is celebrated worldwide, with no real center of authority.
we can take CON to Coinfest!