'Steer clear of Near' this November! 3 reasons NOT to go to NEARCON23 #NEARCON23 takes place in Lisbon this November - the good, the bad and the potentially-very-jet-lagged will arrive en masse to talk Web3, decentralisation and blockchain. NEAR Protocol is making an open web accessible for absolutely everyone... but not everyone wants that. It's a church so broad that literally anyone can (and should) think about attending, but not everyone will. Here's three reasons why you might not want to attend. 1. You LOVE big corporates owning, harvesting and selling your data! If you're not comfortable making your own choices with your own data, then Web3 might not be for you. Pagoda , the team of devs building the NEAR Protocol, is obsessed with privacy, decentralisation and security. Your data is definitely not their business, building a super accessible and useable blockchain, definitely is. If you don't want want to listen to co-founder Illia Polosukhin and great developers like Josh Ford share their passion and vision for Web3, skip Lisbon in November. 2. You think Web3 is for crypto-bros trading from screens in their mum's attic. Nearians take their open web values pretty seriously, and they really want it to be accessible to everyone. They're obsessed with removing the barriers to Web3, building some of the easiest tech in the blockchain world. Several thousand Asian Web3 enthusiasts are attending Near APAC as we speak, and CEO of NEAR Foundation, Marieke Flament evangelises an open web for everyone. You can tell her that Web3 is just for the crypto-bros if you like, but make sure you have your sneakers on. She's very good at running and she'll likely chase you. 3. You love the status quo (not the 80's band, but living life as it is in 2023) Near is all about empowering change, not owning the next tech cycle. What does that mean in real language? It means: Creating a Web3 world that looks and feels like Web2 from a user perspective. Creating Web3 experiences like FastAuth - you can get started in Web3 with no crypto and zero knowledge of Web3 - just like setting up a new email account. Continually improving the tech so it looks and feels like Web2, but with your data being owned by you - totally decentralised. Allowing developers, founders and entrepreneurs to develop deploy and scale in 1 day thanks to the Blockchain Operating System (BOS) which aims to remove the silo culture of crypto blockchains. NEARCON23 really is for everyone - tickets are priced at just $99 in old money, which is less than a round of drinks in New York these days (thanks, inflation). If you're interested in talking, listening, building and hacking your way to a decentralised world - open your Web3 experience today. Tickets here. You might be surprised who is building on Near Protocol - from major sports like SailGP, lifestyle and fitness app Sweat, reforestation advocates Open Forest Protocol and DeFi evangelists Proximity - the community is eclectic, because your open web is totally unique to you, time to come help build it! ....... NEARCON23 will be held in Lisbon, Portugal on Nov 7-10. https://near.org/nearcon23.near/widget/Index?tab=home