[quazeekotl]

How many non-complicit-with-the-government North Koreans do you think have safe, unmonitored access to computers and the internet, and so can safely (or even unsafely) use cryptocoin? If the number is not 0 it is very, very close to 0.

We already know that the North Korean government is using cryptocoin tech to evade international sanctions to fund their missile and nuclear programs.

How many North Korean non government officials do you suppose were permitted to attend this conference?

Actions like this absolutely enable this terrible regime to perpetuate itself and its horrific actions, they do little or nothing to aid any ordinary North Koreans.

[throwaway2048]

Adding to this, the website of the conference says

"exclusive environment of confidentiality and contacts with the highest government officials and engineers"

https://nkcryptocon.com/

Somehow I doubt the aspirations of this conference were to liberate the North Korean people.

With respect to internet restrictions in North Korea

"Whereas the real Internet is reserved for a select and trusted few, everyone else in North Korea gets access to a national, walled-off intranet, a "pseudo Internet," available for public use called Kwangmyong. "

https://money.cnn.com/2014/12/22/technology/security/north-k...

There is no chance this conference was anything except a tool for the leadership to exploit cryptocoin.