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Would people hate getting a few thousand Dogecoins? If nothing else I have learned how to make magic wands with my daughter for a birthday party of hers. The more I think about it the more I hope it isn't fake. BM isn't about avoiding currencies, it's about avoiding commodified trade.
The presence of a currency doesn't imply the presence of commodified trade. For example, you can gift someone twenty bucks. It would be kind of odd, but you could do it.
You can talk about dollars, and how you like or dislike them, and what you think their impact on our society is.
I'm really glad you joined this discussion. Thanks for the head-clearing viewpoints and good comparisons in this and your other comments.
I've become more and more curious about Bitcoin recently as a potential mechanism for individual empowerment and social change. But fundamentally I think there's a positive ideological aspect of it that is often missed. I'd add its about avoiding commidfication of CULTURE - avoiding the canned culture that we are fed every day in advertising and all that shit. I dont find anything contradictory between decommodification and discussing bitcoin or related tech, or organizing a camp around it.
Not sure why your disagreement has to also become disrespectful I wouldn't have assumed it was until you specifically said so.
Nothing about Burning Man indicates that it is promoting a world without currency or that currency itself is not to be discussed. What is completely in the spirit of the event is the discussion of major change and evolution in society. Thanks but no thanks on your offer to police what we're allowed to be excited about and discuss officially in BRC. Buying and selling is exactly what we don't do in BRC, and currency of any kind is used for that.
A discussion of how cryptocurrency could be used to not promote commercial activity is welcome although I'm skeptical that anyone can come up with anything to say about that.
Still go nuts, I say. People build camps around all kinds of things - Barbies, bacon, psychedelics. We thought it would be appropriate to bring bitcoiners to the burn, and burners to the world of cryptocurrency. We believe it's going to be the foundation for the future - and we believe that burners are helping to build the future. So there is a natural synergy.
The fact that you don't feel that way shows that there is a lot of room for education. Think about it, a randomly fluctuating faux currency. One person's "token" gets them a drink, while another one only buys than a paddling. At it's peak one random time like 3 am on Wednesday they can come up with a uber prize. Something like a really cool piece of art. Of course, besides the special piece of art, you can get all the rest of the stuff for free anyways.
But, it adds a certain level of uncertainty and speculation to your burn. Because we were burners before we were into bitcoin.
Cryptocurrency is the future, and burners are building the future. We need to work together and things can be infinitely more awesome. Unfortunately there's plenty of internet out there and bringing it for your own camp via satellite is a dish rental away. I'm sure if they make it out there I'll find them to discuss Bitcoin with some fun folks, but it seems like a clash from the get go to me.
They can't technically even show the Bitcoin logo regardless of it being a decentralized non-corporation , definitely can't sell or buy Bitcoins without violating the rules and the spirit of no-commerce.
I suppose it would just be a networking opportunity and potentially a classroom? They don't go into any detail at all on their site unfortunately, just that there will be "Psychedelic face paint" and "Impossibly beautiful fire dancers" guaranteed out there.
I'm no expert on bitcoin but this piques my interest. I did a search for logo use at BM and all I turned up is the org's own intellectual property policy.
I mean obviously if I'm renting a moving van I'd cover that logo up but if the subject of your camp is bitcoin it would seem to make sense to be able to display that. In order to preserve the spirit of gifting, our community seeks to create social environments that are unmediated by commercial sponsorships, transactions, or advertising. There's a good article on the Burning Blog here that urges us to cover every single logo.
Little by little people are just letting this part of the whole experience slide and we end up surrounded by thousands of logos and brand names.
It may not be pushed anywhere near as much as it was 15 years ago, but I for one think it should be. If they can't advertise that's fine, but the bitcoin logo doens't promote any company, so I say let it fly. Not letting people use the bitcoin logo just because its a logo seems pretentious to me because it's not advertising.
I'm torn on it - I don't think the concept is to allow logos we don't mind and exclude logos we disagree with. The concept, at least as I interpret it, seems more that a world with zero logos will help everyone separate from the default that much more. Just to clarify, I f-ing love Bitcoin. I'm just trying to look at this as objectively as I can and not give it any favoritism just because I know there's no central corporate authority.
It says nothing about logos, only the advertising done via logos. Since bitcoin isn't a corporate entity, it isn't advertising for anything; think of it like a camp logo or a camp symbol.
If we didn't allow logos of any kind then you wouldn't be able to fly a flag above your camp to identify it, because doing so advertises for your camp. But the Bitcoin logo doesn't represent a company or brand. Nobody owns it, nobody profits from it.
Just playing devil's advocate of course and I honestly don't think it'll be an issue if the real logo is used, but the central question is should we make those kinds of exceptions? I really think the similarity of the Bitcoin logo to most "logos" is in aesthetics, not in substance. The spirit of the BM principle is focused around commodification Corporate logos remind us of that. Bitcoin is not about that.
It's about decentralization, freedom, autonomy, and the power of the individual. Clearly it's important to distinguish between the type of logo and the Bitcoin logo has much more in common with the BM logo than it does with a Budget logo. I'm gonna have to slide over to your mindset on this - I'd agree that say the Bitcoin logo itself should be seen as no more corporate than say the Slut Garden logo.
The word itself and the currency symbol I can't imagine being against the spirit of the Decommodification principle. There are plenty of aspects of Bitcoin that are fascinating from an ideological, economic, sociological, and technological perspective.
You hear about Bitcoin in many contexts, but there's a niche community that's very deeply fascinated in it as an idea and its effects on society. I assume the camp is geared around that sort of community.
We are veteran burners and will respect the community. If you're interested in being involved sign up and mention who you are in the comments. My virgin burn i was almost run over by 2 assholes in metallic zoot suits, driving an "art" golf cart with a huge lit up dollar sign on the top, like 6' tall.
Thank you for asking the question though. I've been shy to get involved with Bitcoin and this is actually a big push for me to start. This is why I hope that bitcoin becomes a normal currency. Events I hate going to them with cash in my pocket. So going with coin and being able to use that would be some stress relief. First few years of fest fir me at least credit was out of the question. Luckily it's growing a bit. The atms in the area would surely be sucked dry in the first few hours.
Plus hate posting surcharges. It was always worrisome that someone would see the wade when purchasing something and target you for the cash. So the idea of something that you can easily hide your true balance and purchase goods with ease. Has appeal to me.