CoinFest: The Decentralized Bitcoin Conference – Or Holiday

NEW YORK (InsideBitcoins) – Bitcoin conferences these days are more often just like any other industry gathering: on-stage presentations, corporate sponsors and ‘networking’ opportunities. But there is one bitcoin event that calls itself the ‘decentralized bitcoin convention.’ However, the founder, Andrew Wagner, admits CoinFest is really more like a holiday than a conference.
‘Really all they have to do to participate is say, ‘Hey, it’s CoinFest this weekend! Want to come out and barbecue?’’ he says.
‘It started in Vancouver in 2013 but back then it was at one venue, at The Waves (a local coffee house), where we had the world’s first ATM from CoinTrader,’ Wagner told Inside Bitcoins. ‘In 2014 we spread to two more cities in Canada, as a simultaneous, decentralized convention.’
As the CoinFest website says, ‘Anyone is welcome to start a CoinFest of their own so long as they adhere to the ‘Spirit of CoinFest.’’ Mainly, that means that events must be held at venues that support cryptocurrency – and must offer free admission.

This post was published at Inside Bitcoins on Feb 12, 2015.