I've become more appreciative of crypto conference culture.

Its value add is: it gives the benefits of cross-org in-person person coordination, serendipitous connections, weak ties, etc, without everyone being gravitationally pulled into NYC and SF.

It's maybe the only institution to have successfully done this.

It’s really nice to have the rest of the world be as close to first class citizens in the ecosystem as possible.

Devcon Colombia was incredible for this. I had no idea there was so much eth talent out there, but didn’t have another way to meet them.