if the speakers are showing up from far away someone's gotta pay for that.
Thanks sherry. Looking forward to watching the recording nostr:npub1ftw5mdhk9c2zcsc7fzs0vxydxtdqs8jfj2va5egz05hemsm50saqgr8wjt . happy to zap in but dont see why something that should be used to gain as much visibility for the benefit of the people is being used to leverage revenue - esp when speakers are not charging
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so you guys pay for the speakers flight and accommodation ? no wonder everyone wants to be a speaker lol - talk about free holiday. I seriously hope sponsorship and physical attendee tix covers the cost otherwise it will be a headache. I understand the allurement of exclusivity - but given this is one of the few major SEA events, use it as an opportunity to attract people to Bitcoin.
I think its great Jack joined in and lent his name but it should be used to attract more people in SEA, not generate revenue for your management to pay other speaker's free holidays.
i've got nothing to do with this, i'm just pointing out that if you gather people for a conference everyone has to pay to get there.
there is a conference coming up in madeira in march, but i'm already here, but i also don't think i'll be speaking at it. but who knows, maybe i will.
you are right to be hostile towards the infuencoor free riding problem though, they dilute the distribution of resources that would be available for more productive things.
i would also suggest that valuing adoption above all else is a grave mistake, however. better to have fewer users and no compromises than compromise something fundamental and wind up being coopted.