jonsanders
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This was the first Blockchain Week for 80% of cryptocurrency enthusiasts.
Sentiment on Reddit reveals that attendees and online viewers of Consensus
2018 were unsatisfied, perhaps because 25% of speakers become involved in
blockchain only within the last year.
The cryptocurrency and cryptoasset market lost nearly 10% of its value through New York’s Blockchain Week as attendees expressed dissatisfaction in the headline event Consensus 2018. According to analysis by Dimpull, sentiment about the week’s events was extremely negative.
2017 marked the explosion of cryptocurrency and cryptoasset markets and global mainstream media interest in blockchain technology. With this came a major influx of new developers and projects as well as new entrants learning about the technology for the first time. These new entrants looked to Blockchain Week for quality education on current activity in the space and a vision of the future, but sentiment shows that speakers failed to provide.
HOW NEW ARE PEOPLE NEW TO BLOCKCHAIN? (VERY NEW)
Consensus 2018 attendance reached ~8500, up from ~2750 in Consensus 2017a 3x increase. Coinbase users increased more than 5x from 3.7M in May 2017 to 20M today. The market cap of all cryptocurrencies and cryptoassets as calculated by CoinMarketCap increased from 35B USD in May 2017 to ~400B today. From these values, Dimpull estimates that at least 80% of all blockchain enthusiasts became active in the space less than 1 year ago.
HOW EXPERIENCED WERE MOST SPEAKERS AT CONSENSUS 2018?
Dimpull reviewed the current job positions of all 248 Consensus 2018 speakers from their LinkedIn profiles. 37 people are not in positions or companies that are involved with blockchain technologies, or their experience is not available on LinkedIn, so they were not included in the results. Of the remaining 211 people who have some form of blockchain credentials, 25% have been in the space for less than one year, 10% have been in the space for less than 5 months. The majority of speakers (57%) have been working in the space for less than 3 years.
Dimpull reviewed the top Reddit posts regarding Consensus 2018. Of the top 8 posts (more than 50 comments and 200 points), 5 were very negative, such as “Consensus 2018 sucked hard” and "Consensus 2018: It sucked. Here’s why”. Only two could be considered positive (although comments on those posts could not be). 1 was neutral.
Dimpull is a platform for people to connect with blockchain experts through
paid 1-on-1 phone calls. Dimpull exists to provide quality, peer-reviewed
education to the 80% of crypto enthusiasts who are brand new to the space.
Dimpull
admin@dimpull.com
dimpull.com
Sentiment on Reddit reveals that attendees and online viewers of Consensus
2018 were unsatisfied, perhaps because 25% of speakers become involved in
blockchain only within the last year.
The cryptocurrency and cryptoasset market lost nearly 10% of its value through New York’s Blockchain Week as attendees expressed dissatisfaction in the headline event Consensus 2018. According to analysis by Dimpull, sentiment about the week’s events was extremely negative.
2017 marked the explosion of cryptocurrency and cryptoasset markets and global mainstream media interest in blockchain technology. With this came a major influx of new developers and projects as well as new entrants learning about the technology for the first time. These new entrants looked to Blockchain Week for quality education on current activity in the space and a vision of the future, but sentiment shows that speakers failed to provide.
HOW NEW ARE PEOPLE NEW TO BLOCKCHAIN? (VERY NEW)
Consensus 2018 attendance reached ~8500, up from ~2750 in Consensus 2017a 3x increase. Coinbase users increased more than 5x from 3.7M in May 2017 to 20M today. The market cap of all cryptocurrencies and cryptoassets as calculated by CoinMarketCap increased from 35B USD in May 2017 to ~400B today. From these values, Dimpull estimates that at least 80% of all blockchain enthusiasts became active in the space less than 1 year ago.
HOW EXPERIENCED WERE MOST SPEAKERS AT CONSENSUS 2018?
Dimpull reviewed the current job positions of all 248 Consensus 2018 speakers from their LinkedIn profiles. 37 people are not in positions or companies that are involved with blockchain technologies, or their experience is not available on LinkedIn, so they were not included in the results. Of the remaining 211 people who have some form of blockchain credentials, 25% have been in the space for less than one year, 10% have been in the space for less than 5 months. The majority of speakers (57%) have been working in the space for less than 3 years.
Dimpull reviewed the top Reddit posts regarding Consensus 2018. Of the top 8 posts (more than 50 comments and 200 points), 5 were very negative, such as “Consensus 2018 sucked hard” and "Consensus 2018: It sucked. Here’s why”. Only two could be considered positive (although comments on those posts could not be). 1 was neutral.
Dimpull is a platform for people to connect with blockchain experts through
paid 1-on-1 phone calls. Dimpull exists to provide quality, peer-reviewed
education to the 80% of crypto enthusiasts who are brand new to the space.
Dimpull
admin@dimpull.com
dimpull.com