Seeing crypto projects continue to host events in Dubai is a strange phenomenon. Either it’s due to ignorance or outright malice, but it makes a clear statement that there are some groups of people they don’t want involved in the project given if said people were to show up, they’d be executed/imprisoned.

BDFL of Quilibrium, Eng @ Farcaster, ex-Coinbase, always opinionated, never hydrated

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The projects are inclusive of people / groups that are not inclusive. To not go there would be excluding them / people in that part of the world in some way.

The people =\= the lawmakers

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I’m not talking about regional events, that’s a different thing. But imagine if DevCon were hosted there? It’s not impossible to imagine: Algorand is currently hosting their massive annual event there. It’s saying “some people are unwelcome in our project” because going to it as one of those people risks de

Ah okay. Their global annual event, yeah, def should host somewhere neutral and welcoming

this isn't directed at you or even at crypto, Dubai as the rich people's playground is probably never going away i'd just like us to acknowledge what the truth is here

cis people either take the hit on the privilege of going to that playground or take the hit on the (rapidly diminishing) ally social capital