RE: STEEM Absent at Wire Summit 2018 in India?
@the1ramp is a dapp from India and they are based out of Delhi. As for myself it's hard to fund travel for these things specifically when current prices are so low that they don't even pay for the costs of running my witness nodes. So budgeting travel for these events where benefit to Steem community from India remains rather low and logically feels like a waste of money if one has to travel a lot to get there. If I lived in Delhi I would've probably attended. If there was a project on Steem from India trying to get funding then it makes sense to attend events where one can pitch. However, raising funds for crypto projects is tricky in India. Until the market turns around I'm just gonna sit these events out as I have other day to day expenses to meet. Ofcourse, anyone can represent the Steem community from India and they should. :)
WOW! I wasn't aware of @the1ramp though it was present at Steemfest. Thanks for the heads up on it!
I can very much understand the expenses, time and efforts needed in traveling from distant places for attending such events. And I do know, you are over a couple of thousand kilometers away from New Delhi.
You already put a lot of efforts in developing and promoting STEEM community in India and abroad. So I wasn't specifically targeting you or any other Witness, for that matter. However Witnesses & senior Steemians from Chandigarh or nearby cities could have attended.
But it's not always possible for everyone to be everywhere. However I was definitely expecting some of the local city dwellers to be there. When they can turnout in large numnbers for a STEEM meetup then why can't some can attend a general blockchain event like this one ...and that too on a weekend!
If I were in Delhi, I would have attended ...but may be it's easier said than done!
I very much agree on difficulty in funding travel cost owing to current market prices. It's not even viable to run a Witness node for many. So sustaining oneself in these times is itself an achievement. Probably this event was wrongly timed and had almost zero impact on markets.
I agree with your points. I think it was an important event for the blockchain industry in India. Not very good for pro-cryptocurrency. Also it was organised by a digital publication and not many people knew about it I guess. There is also https://fundition.io/#!/@aneilpatel/pq2i3003r from India.