Quick reflection on a couple of conferences attended in the past 2 months.
- Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF) 2025 by HRF: Another signal-packdd event featuring freedom fighters and non-compliers from around the globe. Bitcoin as a financial freedom tool continues to feature more prominently. Privacy tech and tools (think Nostr, Cashu ecash, etc.) continue to mature and draw in more FOSS developers. And this year also marked the 5th Anniversary of BDF (Bitcoin Development Fund) - huge shoutout to the team at #HRF led by nostr:npub1trr5r2nrpsk6xkjk5a7p6pfcryyt6yzsflwjmz6r7uj7lfkjxxtq78hdpu. Another tech development of note is the launch HRF’s AI for Human Rights spearheaded by nostr:npub1zxu639qym0esxnn7rzrt48wycmfhdu3e5yvzwx7ja3t84zyc2r8qz8cx2y. 2025 somehow seems to be an inflection point for AI in terms of promises vs. reality. Kinda been sleeping on this tbh, so will wake up and pay more attention.
- Bitcoin Seoul 2025: for an event in its 2nd year, super professional production. So props to the organizers. Program wise, spent all of the first day (Industry Day) at Builders Stage. Save for maybe 1 talk (perhaps ours), every speaker was solid. 2nd day (Public Day) featured some great panels focused on Bitcoin adoption and financialization. And the dinners were legendary thanks to Calvin and Specter.
Finally, an image from each event ⬇️
