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Quote from: jwinterm on April 26, 2022, 10:20:39 PM

Anything would be better than the cringefest that was the art installation at this year's event...

Dude, it was awful. I was at work watching highlights on CNBC and some of my coworkers were watching with me at times and I was just embarrassed. I work for a finance company so everyone is at least somewhat knowledgeable about crypto, and of course all know how I feel about it. They are mostly interested , understand it’s technological achievements, etc but they have some reservations as well. This just made bitcoin look bad imo. Makes it looks like a cult filled with morons.

As for the museum at a conference..there are some people here who’ve had physical btc tables at crypto conferences. I think they mostly get positive to interested feedback, but I wonder how how much stuff sells and how much shit they get.

Post s physical bitcoin on Reddit and you will be downvoted in to oblivion. Mostly seeing “crypto isn’t physical this is fake” or “that’s a scam”. So I just wonder if this would be the kind of feedback a museum might get at a major conference.

I do understand your point about reddit. There will be naysayers at anything. Some will hate the idea that physicals defeat the purpose of BTC being digital or dont trust the concept of funded coins/ trusting others with private keys, while others are the opposite, and complain that there's nothing tangible about BTC, and want something to physically touch. We can't make everyone happy, but we can make an effort to try to get physicals to be more visible and accepted in mainstream. It might be a battle, but we can start somewhere.

If physicals were more well known, it could make them become highly sought after collectibles. Many editions have only 50-100 made and are very rare. I'd love to see our hobby become sought after like other mainstream collectibles, as the public sees crypto becoming more ubiquitous everyday.

I personally liked the art exhibit. Maybe its just me. They had a very visible centrally located presence and nice displays. Not sure what I would have done better. But I respect your opinion, if you didnt care for it.

Personally I think having a physicals display and sale/auction would be something different to offer at the next convention, provide more visibility to our hobby, while at the same time, providing a new avenue to possibly resell them to a wider audience. Its something I personally would love to see between the exhibit and having a speaking panel.

But unless this has adoption from our community, I wont go forward with it.

Oh yea don't get me wrong I think this would be pretty cool and worth doing. The only things I worry about at times is people not understanding the risks with these collectibles. I even see way too many people here who are recklessly trusting. So if this was set up, I think a big presentation board explaining the potential risks that come with these coins would be a smart/responsible thing to do.