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Re:The World's First Bitcoin Conference by nethsix on Friday October 21, 2011 @06:59AM (#3139262)
I am a researcher and I publish papers...for the record. I am not proud of every paper that I publish. For those uninitiated with the research industry, take conferences (in general, not referring to this particular one), etc. with a pinch of salt. In some ways, conferences are the main mechanism for the organizing body to make money/achieve sustenance, committee members to embellish their resumes, researchers to add to their publication list while milking taxing-payers/profits (depending on her affiliation) to go on 'vacation' to present.
Re:The World's First Bitcoin Conference by philipn on Friday October 21, 2011 @07:47AM (#3139349)
Based on this, it looks like the conference organizer is quite the sleezeball: http://buttcoin.org/has-bruce-wagner-pulled-off-the-financia...