{"id":29018,"date":"2020-09-22T13:39:01","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T10:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=29018"},"modified":"2025-08-27T14:38:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T11:38:54","slug":"bitcoin-community-warns-gary-vaynerchuk-against-attending-bitcoin-sv-supporters-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/bitcoin-community-warns-gary-vaynerchuk-against-attending-bitcoin-sv-supporters-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin community warns Gary Vaynerchuk against attending Bitcoin SV supporters conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Renowned entrepreneur and author Gary Vaynerchuk has been named as a speaker at the forthcoming CoinGeek Live conference. In the Bitcoin community, the news was met with scepticism, pointing to the organisers&#8217; questionable reputation.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The conference will take place in New York from September 30 to October 2. It is being organised by the self-proclaimed creator of Bitcoin, Craig Wright, and his business partner Calvin Ayre. The main theme of the event will be the Bitcoin SV (BSV) ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, September 21, Ayre-owned publication CoinGeek presented another conference speaker \u2014 the serial entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk.<\/p>\n<p>He rose to prominence as the host of the video blog &#8220;Wine Library TV&#8221; and as the author of New York Times bestsellers. In 2017, Vaynerchuk <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/forbespr\/2017\/12\/21\/forbes-releases-list-of-top-social-influencers-in-three-categories-food-techbusiness-and-kids\/#6452c0358ab9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u0432\u043e\u0437\u0433\u043b\u0430\u0432\u0438\u043b<\/a> the global ranking of the most authoritative thought leaders in social media.<\/p>\n<p>The entrepreneur serves as a consultant to Uber, Birchbox, Snapchat, Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr, and is a frequent participant at international entrepreneurship and technology conferences.<\/p>\n<p>At CoinGeek Live, Vaynerchuk is slated to participate in a panel discussion on creating social media platforms connected online. The investor said that he is &#8220;fascinated by blockchain technology and pleased to join CoinGeek Live&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>But the Bitcoin community did not share Vaynerchuk&#8217;s enthusiasm. The host of the popular podcast &#8220;What Bitcoin Did,&#8221; Peter McCormack, drew attention to the organizers&#8217; dubious past.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Does <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/garyvee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@garyvee<\/a> understand what he has signed up to present at?<br \/>\n\u2014 Hey Gary, this isn\u2019t the real Bitcoin<br \/>\n\u2014 Check the criminal record of the guy two to the left<br \/>\n\u2014 Check the criminal record of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/calvinyre?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@calvinyre<\/a> (paying your fee)<\/p>\n<p>Someone help this guy. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U5nIodL8qt\">pic.twitter.com\/U5nIodL8qt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Peter McCormack (@PeterMcCormack) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PeterMcCormack\/status\/1308088457076637696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 21, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Does Gary understand what he is signing up for? Hey Gary, this isn&#8217;t the real Bitcoin. Check the criminal record of the guy on the left. Check the criminal record of Kelvin Ayre (he&#8217;s paying your fee),<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Another commentator also urged Vaynerchuk to &#8220;study these guys,&#8221; noting that Wright and Ayre are the complete opposite of the values he professes.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Gary Vaynerchuk wrote that his team is already looking into this matter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">i am 100% having my team do as we speak \u2014 reviewing tongith<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gary Vaynerchuk (@garyvee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/garyvee\/status\/1308101867080122370?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 21, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As a reminder, Peter McCormack&#8217;s ongoing defamation battle with Craig Wright continues, Wright having filed the suit against him in 2019. The case rests on the British Bitcoin maximalist&#8217;s description of Wright as a &#8220;liar and a fraud&#8221; because of his claims to be the creator of Bitcoin.<\/p>\n<p>Wright has filed similar lawsuits against other industry figures: Blockstream CEO Adam Back, Norwegian Bitcoin enthusiast Hodlonaut and Bitcoin.com founder Roger Ver. All of these suits were later withdrawn; however in August Wright again decided to sue Ver.<\/p>\n<p>Among Wright&#8217;s numerous critics was Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin. At the Deconomy conference in Seoul in April 2018, he also called the self-proclaimed Satoshi a fraud.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on <a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/forklogcom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">VK<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Renowned entrepreneur and author Gary Vaynerchuk has been named as a speaker at the forthcoming CoinGeek Live conference. 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