kinoshitajona

My company doesn't use internet at all... just a pipe dream.

We also use horses. Friggin' cars are a pipe dream.

We also don't use fire or wheels. Those are the REAL speculations.

Wednesday, I held a hackathon/how-to-bitcoin-tutorial with over 30 web developers in Tokyo, and it was definitely 大盛況でした。

I have taken it on as a personal goal in my interactions with Japanese companies to further the technical knowledge required to be literate in cryptocurrency here in Japan. However, I have been met with most of my colleagues at my day job/other people (dev job) brushing it off as another 円天 scam by some anonymous person.

Do you have any insight into how Japanese engineers reacted to the internet back in the early 90's, and what advice to you have for me in my goal to foster a strong developer community in Tokyo?

Thanks for the insight.

I guess I'll just have to keep grass-rooting my way to reaching as many devs as will listen, then hope that some mixture of bitcoin startups and independent projects can start to change the landscape here in Japan.

I look forward to meeting you in July at Digital Garage's conference.