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I guess it has to do with the fact that when organizing a conference many optimize for speakers attracting crowds rather than content.

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On the other hand, most bitcoin devs I know would specifically avoid a conference that made that mistake.

True. And that's about attendees quality which is another metric I don't think they optimize for in general. They need to fill the halls first of all.

People relate to BitCoin conferences more like ComicCon.

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