I have seen criticism of #BTC22 and other Bitcoin conferences for high ticket prices, which are deemed antithetical to the open ethos of Bitcoin. A thread with some thoughts on the issue:
That entrepreneurs (in this case, conference organizers) are attacked for high prices is a typical and pernicious effect of inflation. Don't blame the victim and spare your anger for fiat driving up costs.
Conference-related costs have some of the highest fiat inflows. Fiat conferences like WEF are lavish events for Cantillonaire consumption, mostly of prestige.
The most lavish buffet I have ever seen was at a tax-funded conference in Africa on the topic of world hunger, with free entrance (for the selected few). Research the cost of conference locations, if you want to see the Cantillon effect in the real world.
Not all conferences are worthwhile, but high prices are good. Otherwise, you are not the customer, but the product. Openness is not sameness. A fair conference is financed 100% voluntarily and without deception, attendance an offer open to all and coercing no one.
Attendance at a good conference is like a holiday to a Bitcoin city: a node bringing together people for serendipitous cooperation, and rarely more expensive than a city trip.
Of course, you can just stack Sats, but stacking Sats should free you from money worries, not become your unique worry replacing all other worthwhile ventures or indulgences.
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