Somehow I doubt the aspirations of this conference were to liberate the North Korean people.
With respect to internet restrictions in North Korea
"Whereas the real Internet is reserved for a select and trusted few, everyone else in North Korea gets access to a national, walled-off intranet, a "pseudo Internet," available for public use called Kwangmyong. "
"exclusive environment of confidentiality and contacts with the highest government officials and engineers"
https://nkcryptocon.com/
Somehow I doubt the aspirations of this conference were to liberate the North Korean people.
With respect to internet restrictions in North Korea
"Whereas the real Internet is reserved for a select and trusted few, everyone else in North Korea gets access to a national, walled-off intranet, a "pseudo Internet," available for public use called Kwangmyong. "
https://money.cnn.com/2014/12/22/technology/security/north-k...
There is no chance this conference was anything except a tool for the leadership to exploit cryptocoin.