Sort:  

thanks but for me personally this is not an option:

I like the ChainCulture idea of being a more open / outward facing concept where Hive is integrated / present. An external happening of some sort, but born out of Hive. I scouted a perfect location for a 1 day festival event, imho. And deliberately put the event next to EBC week (check it, big).

But I explicitly said above, I don't want to do a "light" version. If I go for it, I go all in and was really feeling it (although with loads of doubts and what ifs, but here on a mural in Haarlem we have the saying "He who won't doubt, won't learn". My "all-in"-style reflected by going to BCN 2 weeks ago, 15+ appointments done and getting ready for the next trip in 10 days from now. That is some sunken cost, but nevermind that I also loved to be back in that city, so I will see it as a tiny mission holiday trip, if after all it won't happen.

Also been running tiny ads on X for this since beginning of May, and funnily enough without changing anything somehow they got paced up by X since yesterday and now every 2 hours or so a registration from BCN ecosystem is coming in on the Luma. As if Elon read this post haha.

Wie niet twijfelt, leert niet D.V. Coornhert (1522-1590) “He who does not doubt, does not learn”, is a quote by Coornhert that is painted large on a wall in the Coornhertplantsoen in Haarlem

You are right. I didn't get to see how the concept went in KL, and unfortunately, I'm missing BCN too. HiveFest finances mean that it can't stand on its own at a worthwhile scale, and it's not attracting new energy. So, as you are doing, pairing HiveFest with something bigger could be a good move. Hopefully, something comes out of rubbing shoulders - there are a lot of synergistic opportunities right now, esp with AI.

I'm stealing that quote: Wie niet twijfelt, leert niet!