Hivefest is a great event, but should be organized having users in mind as making it easy for ppl to attend should be one of the priorities IMO.

It is a hard thing to do, especially in a bear market. The cost for me to get to Mexico was far too high, plus the time off work etc. But, it is the same for when the Americas come to Europe.

The tech is a difficult one. I still think that a lot of people believe it is going to have one form, like an internet protocol, but I see a lot of cross-chain interoperability and that will happen through those Smart contracts.