{"id":14784,"date":"2018-02-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2019.dash.org\/2018\/02\/07\/dash-surges-in-venezuela-with-80-new-merchants-2200-conference-attendees-two-new-exchanges\/"},"modified":"2021-09-18T11:38:04","modified_gmt":"2021-09-18T11:38:04","slug":"venezuela-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dash.org\/news\/venezuela-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Dash Surges in Venezuela With 80 New Merchants, 2,200+ Conference Attendees, Two New Exchanges"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dash has had an impressive run in Venezuela, with thousands of conference attendees and dozens of new merchants.<\/p>\n

In September of last year, the newly-formed Dash Caracas group launched a series of monthly conferences in Venezuela to promote Dash, the first several being shorter informative events, with recent conferences lasting all day with the addition of a \u201cDash City\u201d afternoon portion focused on demonstrating a Dash-based micro-economy. The first conference drew over\u00a0double the projected attendance<\/a>, with a relaunch of the first conference\u00a0drawing over 350<\/a>. Subsequent conferences have since\u00a0been funded<\/a>, and five conferences on four subjects have been held so far. Now, a new conference has\u00a0recently been funded<\/a>, expanding the team\u2019s impressive adoption record so far.<\/p>\n

According to Dash Caracas founder Eugenia Alcal\u00e1 Sucre, reception from conference attendees has been far beyond projections:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reaction has gone way over our expectations. People are very interested in learning about blockchain, cryptocurrencies and Dash. Also, they are very excited about having the opportunity of putting theory into practice through Dash City. Also, now we have enough experience to help other teams to create new proposals, and to take this events to other mayor cities in our country.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In total, the five conferences so far have drawn an estimated 2,210 total attendees from all walks of life, including about 50 entrepreneurs for the Dash City portion.<\/p>\n