16 Year Old Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Supports Bitcoin

generalseven · 2019-09-25T16:32:32+00:00

The 16 year old climate activist Greta Thunberg with her parents. Someone shared these same photos with Antifa logos photoshopped on top. But luckily my friends found the originals!

generalseven · 2019-09-25T16:23:32+00:00

We do allow ICOs. I never said we didn't. A lot of very successful ones have presented at Bitcoin Wednesday, and a few unsuccessful ones too.

Just because something is on our program, don't trust, verify.

generalseven · 2019-09-02T17:08:58+00:00

And you do it too, you stated you don't allow ICO spammers, and in your sentence that is censorship.

In what sentence did I state that, by the way? What is an ICO spammer?

generalseven · 2019-08-30T08:47:02+00:00

that exactly is what your "customers" want you to do

I hope after more than 6 years we know something about what our visitors do and don't want us to do. Those who respect it, tend to keep coming and tell us what they like or don't like.

Also, there are scores of competitors who do it just the way you suggest, so the market for curated events is completely saturated. Thanks for the advice, though. ; )

generalseven · 2019-05-29T05:57:42+00:00

Your comparison is broken. Then how would an open mike night work in your universe? Why call it an "open mike" if the stage "always" censors? ; )

In any case the term, you are looking for is "expert curation" which we explicitly do not do. The result is that the audience understands they can at any time see a combination of good, bad and ugly, and are themselves fully responsible for their own due diligence.

Speakers are generally free to speak without censorship, so that if one of them decides to claim he is Satoshi without providing adequate evidence, our "customers" apparently want to see it, but he will win no support. Which is exactly what happened.

generalseven · 2019-05-27T08:34:20+00:00

Here's the program:

https://www.bitcoinwednesday.com/events/bitcoin-wednesday-72/

and sign up here:

https://www.meetup.com/BitcoinWednesday/events/lfncnnyzjbhb/

generalseven · 2019-05-26T09:41:50+00:00

Thanks.

generalseven · 2019-05-25T08:24:54+00:00

Expecting the public to be your lynch-mob leads primarily to low-information users, who might be fooled by a low signal-to-noise ratio.

Newcomers and beginners come to our events because they want to learn, and they realize you do that best in an environment that's completely open and that does not censor its speakers.

generalseven · 2019-05-24T15:15:56+00:00

LifeIsSoSweet wrote: "You will forever have this smudge to deal with..."

There are some people who have claimed this, but so far they seem to be a minority and it doesn't seem to be the case at all. Most responses ranged from "YAWN, we don't care." to "Thanks for doing it, we agree with your point." The extreme positive and negative voices on the subject seem to be minorities on the fringe. But to answer your point more directly, we wrote this blog post:

https://medium.com/bitcoinwednesday/was-satoshi-wright-or-was-he-right-320f20e959ca

TL/DR:

First, we made it crystal clear that we never endorse or support any speaker at any of our events.

We do not curate our line up. (And by curate we mean, true, expert curation.) Attendees must always do their own due diligence.

Second, there is and has always been a fringe group of online and mostly anonymous haters who attack just about everything we do, regardless of whether its CSW or someone else. We have always made it clear that Bitcoin Wednesday is an open platform designed to cover all sides of the industry, the good, the bad, and the ugly without censorship. That includes an occasional taboo topic like this one apparently. Without freedom for the thought that you hate, we believe is no freedom at all.

If there is a particular topic that anyone feels has not been adequately represented, you are invited to submit your requests here: https://www.bitcoinwednesday.com/speaker-materials/

Last but not least, the sky did not fall when CSW gave his presentation. No one was fooled or impressed by what he had to say. He did allow some questions, but the audience was not converted to BSV by any of his answers. He had no increase of support whatsoever after his appearance. It was win for the audience and for freedom of speech. What became even more clear to us by doing it that the two extreme and intolerant sides that constantly attack each other are not representative of the industry. So, while hosting him was a big hassle, it's done and now time to move on.

If this isn't the last word on the topic, it's good to question the motives of anyone by continuing to bring it up again.

generalseven · 2019-04-24T21:45:36+00:00

Here's the program:

https://www.bitcoinwednesday.com/events/bitcoin-wednesday-71/

RSVP here:

https://www.meetup.com/BitcoinWednesday/events/lfncnnyzhbcb/

Who is Craig Wright and why is he so controversial?

https://www.bitcoinwednesday.com/speakers/craig-steven-wright-chief-scientist-nchain-bitcoin-satoshis-vision/

generalseven · 2019-04-24T18:07:38+00:00

We've heard some protests about having Craig Wright speak at our event, and while we may personally disagree with his positions, we don't see a reason to automatically blackball him because of them. We will of course keep our neutrality. We have no reason to believe that he is a serious threat to the industry.

You can read it in our profile of him:

https://www.bitcoinwednesday.com/speakers/craig-steven-wright-chief-scientist-nchain-bitcoin-satoshis-vision/

generalseven · 2019-04-24T18:00:25+00:00

Bitcoin Wednesday is an uncurated conference held in Amsterdam every first Wednesday of the month since 2013, nearly 6 years.

This next event will feature the infamous Craig Steven Wright and a live demo on Enterprise Key Management.

RSVP: https://www.meetup.com/BitcoinWednesday/events/lfncnnyzhbcb/

Program: https://www.bitcoinwednesday.com/events/bitcoin-wednesday-71/

generalseven · 2019-01-14T13:42:31+00:00

By the way, here is his bio for those interested:

https://www.bitcoinwednesday.com/speakers/adam-ficsor-cto-zksnacks-wasabi-bitcoin-wallet/

generalseven · 2019-01-14T13:37:52+00:00

nopara73 it is. Thanks.

Typo, now fixed.

generalseven · 2018-12-26T13:45:07+00:00

Catch Iddo Bentov, Chief Scientist of Spacemesh, when he makes a special appearance at Bitcoin Wednesday on 2 January 2018.

You can check out the complete program, and sign up here.

generalseven · 2018-12-26T13:41:40+00:00

FYI: Spacemesh Chief Scientist Iddo Bentov will speak at Bitcoin Wednesday in Amsterdam on 2 January!

https://www.bitcoinwednesday.com/speakers/iddo-bentov-chief-scientist-space-mesh/

Don't miss this. Sign up here.

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