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Two weeks before Bitcoin 2024, Trump survived an assassination attempt. Then one phone call changed the conference floor plan.
Justin Doochin of @_btcinc tells the inside story. Live now.
Justin Doochin, explains how the biggest Bitcoin conferences get built: Bitcoin Amsterdam (Nov 5-6, 2026), the new AI event i27 in San Francisco (Apr 22-23, 2027) and Bitcoin 2027 in Nashville (Jul 15-17). He tells the story of Trump and Bitcoin 2024, two weeks after the assassination attempt, how the Bitcoin 2021 announcement of El Salvador's legal tender felt in the room, and why the real conversations happen in the bear market.
ā± CHAPTERS
00:00 Cold open: Trump, Nashville and a floor plan
00:51 Welcome to Season 6: the first English episode
02:53 Justin joins: BTC Inc's first AI event in San Francisco
05:42 From performance marketing to Bitcoin: a wedding in 2017
07:33 Bitcoin 2019: Snowden, the FBI and "make Bitcoin fun again"
08:42 What marketing teaches you about running a conference
09:59 Bitcoin Amsterdam 2026: what to expect
12:34 US vs. Europe: what changes in a Bitcoin conference
14:13 Sponsor break: Blockstream Jade, Bull Bitcoin and Umbrel
16:05 Same Bitcoin, different perspectives around the world
17:00 The Barcelona Cyber Conference and bringing Barcelona to Amsterdam
20:16 What attendees never see: 100 decisions a day
21:47 The calendar: Amsterdam, i27, Bitcoin 2027 Nashville, Hong Kong
23:41 What has to happen before Nashville
25:05 Miss Bitcoin's question: a Bitcoin pageant in Nashville
28:21 Juan's orange-pill story: Kaiser Report, his dad and El Salvador
33:15 Bitcoin 2021: when El Salvador announced legal tender
34:58 When things go wrong: Trump at Bitcoin 2024
37:43 How to tell if a conference helps Bitcoin: look at the bear market
39:18 What Bitcoin gave Justin
40:57 Closing
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