Our fifth Rootstock Rooftop meetup in Playa del Carmen was the highest attended we had so far – and the most fun one, too.
Diego Gutiérrez Zaldívar was our most prominent speaker at our event last night. Diego co-founded the Argentinian and Ibero-American Bitcoin Associations, as well as the Latin American Bitcoin Conference (Labitconf) and Rootstock, the smart contract layer on top of Bitcoin. His visit was very special for us. Diego came with a group of his top managers of his company IOV Labs, which has employees in 36 countries. This week they are meeting in Cancún, which is just an hour away from Playa del Carmen, so the IOV team came to visit our event.
The evening started with a short presentation about the “Bitcoin Car” by Devin Conopa. It was the first car bought for Bitcoin back in 2013. The 1000 Bitcoins someone paid back then for the used Toyota Prius would buy you a garage full of Lamborghinis today. Devin and his crews have restored the car, have it signed by many Bitcoin OGs and will auction it off at Bitcoin 2023 in Miami.
Our second speaker Angelina Aleksandrovich presented the blockchain based metaverse platform RD Land. It’s a platform for radical self-expression and sexual experiments. Angelina is a VR expert and artist and a perfect example for “radical self expression” with her blue hair and make-up.
Her incredibly sexy outfit took the men’s breath away, and the women in the audience (unlike most Bitcoin meetups we always have many female atendees) loved her smart and sexy presentation, too.
After a short break for socialising, Steph Ferrera invited people to Tulum Crypto Fest which will take place in early May.
While we were waiting for Diego and his crew to arrive from Cancún, Tony Sparks (who identifies himself as a Lesbian woman) entertained the audience with some really nasty jokes.
Diego came late as always, but this time he had a good excuse: his company meetings lasted until 6pm and the road from Cancún to Playa del Carmen always has a lot of traffic. However, his talk on the Internet of Values was definitely worth the wait. The audience did not stop asking him many questions.
We rounded up the evening with a short gig by our band, the Hyperbitcoinizers, consisting of Dee Klinger (lead guitar), Horácio Lopez (percussion), Lola Amar & Denise Valois (vocals) and myself (rhythm guitar and vocals). We played my songs Blockchain Eternity, Who is Satoshi? and I Lost My Wallet, as well as the jazz classic My Love, which we changed to My Love is an NFT, sung by Lola.
This time we had more than 60 participants, and I think they enjoyed the evening as much as I did.
By Aaron Koenig with pictures by Irvin Ruíz.