That was the BTC22 in Innsbruck
Mountains and Bitcoin – they go together. At the BTC22 in Innsbruck from September 15th to 17th, the who’s who of the German-speaking bitcoin scene came together. While the eyes of the altcoin space were also on the second largest blockchain because of the ETH merger, there was only one topic at BTC22: Bitcoin!
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In short, the conference was a success. The organizers Peter Taschler and Lukas Waldner have set new standards in terms of BTC Meetup in the Alpine town. Because in the end it was exactly that: A gathering of up to 700 Bitcoin enthusiasts who celebrated their utopia of a new economic, even social order for three days.
From beer to coffee to lunch, everything could be paid for in BTC. The infrastructure is provided by Lipa, a Swiss Lightning payment provider – and with great success. In total, company information could be calculated with a total value of 17,500 euros. in one blog entry the company writes:
It was an honor for us to process all bitcoin payments for the entire event. We were able to process 2,868 payments totaling over 88 million satoshi without any major incidents.
Conferences like this are always a good opportunity to prove that a future with Bitcoin is not only conceivable in theory, but also in practice. In other words: Lightning works!
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At bitcoin-only conferences, a utopia is created as bitcoiners imagine it. That’s nice again, on the other hand it has something of Preaching to the Choir. Because let’s be honest: By coincidence, nobody here put the 599 euros for a ticket (at least) on the table. It would be nice if the community would dare to bring critical voices into the speaker program.
“If a community always drops to terms that they have agreed on, then sometimes you make it too easy for yourself,” warns Ijoma Mangold in his excellent lecture on critical thinking within the room.
Jimmy Song: A tad too thick
In addition to Mangold, the well-known top-class players from the Bitcoin space were also on the stage – or at least on the screen above them – and they tell their stories for the best. You already know it: Saifedean Ammous rails against “fiat universities” and their incentive structure, which only produce fiat academics, and Jimmy Song glorifies bitcoin as a kind of moral form of money that also makes men better (and above all Christian) fathers . So I got out.
Despite the expected Bitcoin romanticization, BTC22 was peppered with inspiring ideas and optimistic participants. I look forward to next time.
You can find all the lectures on the Youtube channel of the BTC22.
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