Driving Bitcoin Forward with Gary Leland - WBD745
Mr Obnoxious
Peter McCormack
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 6 December 2023
⏱️ 93 minutes
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Summary
Gary Leland is the founder of the BitBlockBoom Bitcoin conference. In this interview, we discuss the importance of Bitcoin conferences, how to organise, market and run Bitcoin events, and Gary’s path to Bitcoin. We also talk about approaches to Bitcoin investment and spending, our entrepreneurial journeys, travel experiences and approaches to parenting. The conversation concludes with a discussion about football and the offside rule!
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Gary Leland is a seasoned entrepreneur, Bitcoin enthusiast and podcaster with whom I have a lot in common: we have shared experiences, insights, and lessons learned, and we are now both Bitcoin conference organisers! Albeit, I have a long way to go to match Gary’s impact, given the BitBlockBoom event in Texas next year will be his 7th consecutive conference.
The positive influence such conferences have on the Bitcoin community can not be understated. Gary's journey into Bitcoin began at the Texas Bitcoin Conference, which sparked his interest in the concept of Bitcoin as an internet protocol for money. This led him to invest in Bitcoin and become a staunch advocate.
We discussed the importance of Bitcoin in relation to our upcoming events. While the price of Bitcoin can influence ticket sales, we agreed that it alone won't determine the success of the conference. We shared our experiences of selling tickets with Bitcoin and how it has impacted our sales. Gary mentioned that he had more Bitcoin sales for his previous conference, even when the price was down.
Concerning Bitcoin investment and spending, Gary compared his approach to holding onto his Bitcoin to being like a "crack addict," not wanting to dip into his stack unless absolutely necessary! He believes in using Bitcoin for things he couldn't afford otherwise, like gifts for others or a house for himself.
Gary shared his entrepreneurial journey to where he is now, which is a testament to resilience and learning from failures. Gary reflected on how running his Bitcoin event, BitBlockBoom, has given him a different perspective on Bitcoin. He believes that being involved with the event has allowed him to connect with a larger network of people than the average person. It has also connected him to me and allowed me to explain football’s offside rule, so, every silver lining…
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Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/driving-bitcoin-forward
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Some people don't see it until it's there. |
| 0:04.0 | There will be a point, I guess, when anyone who bought under 10,000 |
| 0:09.0 | is going to look like a rocket scientist |
| 0:11.0 | because they're going to be so early compared to the price that it is in the future. |
| 0:14.8 | Right, hello from Kenya now. We've just, we've been to Ghana. |
| 0:19.5 | And we're Danny, by the way, we've been to Ghana, we've to Malawi. We're now on the final leg of this trip in Kenya. |
| 0:25.0 | There's a lot to say about this trip which will come up in podcast in the future. |
| 0:29.0 | I come out out of our film. |
| 0:31.0 | I've got mixed views. There's so much to get into. There's depressing things, there's |
| 0:35.6 | amazing things, there's beautiful things we've seen but I think this trip's going to live |
| 0:39.9 | with me for a long time. Anyway I I'm going to get onto the show. |
| 0:42.8 | So welcome to the What Bitcoin did podcast, |
| 0:45.0 | which is brought to you by Iris Energy, |
| 0:46.9 | the largest NASDAQ listed Bitcoin miner |
| 0:48.8 | using 100% renewable energy. |
| 0:51.2 | I'm your host, Peter McCormack, |
| 0:52.3 | and today I've got Gary Lainland on the |
| 0:53.7 | podcast now. Been promising to make a show with Gary for a long time. It's just |
| 0:57.4 | trying to get together, it's been difficult, but we were in Fort Worth. |
| 1:00.4 | We're in his hometown so we made it happen. you know what so much respect for Gary he's been putting on his Bitcoin conference for like six seven years now Big Boom |
| 1:09.9 | When he first started he only had a few people coming, but he's stuck with it. |
| 1:14.0 | It's such a great conference. |
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