Community leaders who attended the event were shocked by the amount of attendees who persisted, even in the face of challenges faced by members of the crypto community who had flown to the United Arab Emirates for the Token2049 event.Roadblocks and other difficulties that may have caused many individuals to simply give up and leave the nation were presented to the delegates on April 18.Leaders in the field who were due to speak with Cointelegraph were stranded in several airports and were forced to return due to the circumstances.
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino had to wait an extra two hours in the sky because the plane was unable to land due to the storm. “I was quite lucky because I only spent two more hours in the sky,” said Ardoino.
Nonetheless, Ardoino expressed gratitude for the kind of individuals in the crypto world after observing the sheer number of attendees. He remarked
“It’s a good sign that this industry is made by people who are willing always to gather, to discuss and keep pushing the industry forward. I’m grateful to see many people around.”
Emin Gün Sirer, the founder of Ava Labs, also talked about the difficulties his team had traveling to the event.
“It was very difficult to come here. We were landing in the middle of the biggest storm ever. We spent five hours on what should’ve been a 20-minute landing,” he said.
In spite of this, Sirer thinks that coming was worthwhile and the right decision. He declared.
“We ended up going through a lot of water. My luggage and clothes were wet, but it was so worth it because the energy I see in the room right now is amazing.”
Nearly all of the attendees dealt with personal struggles.Nevertheless, all of the tickets were sold out by the middle of the first day, therefore the Token2049 team stopped taking new registrations.Members of the crypto community participated in the range of activities offered at the gathering.This included networking, project booths, and a variety of highly informative speakers.In the end, the crypto community proved resilient in the face of a record storm that made it challenging to attend the gathering.