As I wrote, we just published their event without permission (as any other event). There were lots of events taking place in Prague that week, and we just compiled an overview.
They framed our neutral infrastructure (an event aggregator) as "parasitizing" and "damaging speakers" when we were just doing what event aggregators do - providing information about what's happening in the city. Classic example of institutionalists treating neutral tools as threats when they can't control the narrative.
These are people who did a great community conference for local people (Chaincamp), but then they discovered that bitcoin maximalism can be a really good business, and that they can make a lot of money from it. Just put "bitcoin-only" on it and people will go for it.
So they came to Prague, rented a hall in the fields on the outskirts of Prague, and started selling booths and doing business from the community on a large scale.
This fight against being associated with other blockchains is just theater - ideological branding to protect the business model.
There are no principles behind BTC Prague. It's institutional wet dream - heavily curated talks designed to maximize tribalization, which they then monetize. Commercial booths you pay thousands for, selling products to people who've been primed with ideological messaging.
I have been to many conferences (Bitcoin, Ethereum, Monero...), but I have not seen this level of commercialization anywhere else. Even the commercial ones usually have an open system where anyone can propose their talk and sponsors have some limited space, not that commercial booths fill most of the space.
I recommend visiting BTC Prague and then maybe some Ethereum event, I think you will clearly understand what I am talking about.
