Attendee to Organizer to Conference Host: Portland, OR | Ep. 011

About this episode

Eric discusses organizing Bitcoin meetups and the largest Bitcoin conference on the West Coast.

Eric from Portland, Oregon joins Rev and Reed to talk about running six monthly Bitcoin meetups across the city and building Bitcoin Is For Everyone, the largest Bitcoin conference on the West Coast, from a nonprofit angle in one of the most crypto-skeptical regions in the country. He shares how the 501c3 structure creates cognitive disconnect for skeptics, why proof-of-work before sponsorships matters, and how a single politician's visit to the conference turned into a stage appearance the following year. Rev recaps Bitcoin Community College in Michigan, Reed teases a Connecticut meetup trip, and the V4V segment discusses the booster leaderboards. Reed's Meetup: westernmassbitcoin.com Rev's Meetup: South Bend Bitcoin Meetup: Meets the First Thursday of Every Month at Lang Lab 6:30pm Eastern Time Eric’s Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/portland-bitcoin-group/ Bitcoin is for Everyone Conference: https://bitcoinisforeveryone.com/ (Discount code NOSTRINSIDER for 21% off conference tickets) Find the show on nostr: npub1cvcgs83gw6pcrhvtmlf8gdqaegx93qkznwry96jteqhh2cexgkfq45rtya Reed's npub: npub1xgyjasdztryl9sg6nfdm2wcj0j3qjs03sq7a0an32pg0lr5l6yaqxhgu7s Rev Hodl's npub…

People in this episode

Hosts: Rev, Reed

Guest: Eric

Topics covered

• Bitcoin meetups
• Bitcoin conference
• crypto skepticism
• nonprofit organizations
• community building

Keywords

• Bitcoin
• meetup
• conference
• Portland
• nonprofit
• crypto
• community

Sponsors

Bitcoin is for Everyone Conference

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bitcoin Is For Everyone, Bitcoin Community College

Places: Portland, Oregon, Michigan, Connecticut, South Bend, West Coast, Lang Lab

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