Quote from: GreatArkansas on April 29, 2023, 09:08:01 AM

Quote from: mk4 on August 25, 2022, 03:25:52 AM

Quote from: Baofeng on August 24, 2022, 09:55:19 AM

Or maybe not? Maybe there is someone from those attendees who kept his bitcoin not on the exchange. Or probably forget about his wallet and eventually get rich in the next coming years.

I'm going to bet that most of them didn't(with at least majority of their holdings, probably a minority on exchanges). Let's not forget that these people are cypherpunks — pretty much one of the most hardcore technically-literate people in the crypto space.

Exactly. These guys are OGs and too many technical persons to be able to identify the risks of exchanges before. For sure they just did it just to help the Bitcoin community back then because the community before is still really small and this method will help to grow the Bitcoin community before.
It's just sad because it was sponsored by an exchange who was REKT which this conference will exist in history. This will be lesson for all.

Yes, pretty much that is the possibility, cyber phunk attendees or at least some of they wanted to test or learn what bitcoin, not necessarily to get rich or something, but to understand this new technology.

And indeed, how iconic and ironic this conference, sponsored by Mt. Gox, but then it was the only exchange and it gets hack and still this 2023, the effects is being felt the moment we mentioned Mt. Gox + repayments.