The Bitcoin conference definitely represents Bitcoin imo. Anyone who uses Bitcoin in any way represents Bitcoin. I don't think there's anything like good or bad representation for Bitcoin because no one's narrative about it trumps anyone else's. It's just that feds and bankers think they can take all the Bitcoin because it's the strongest money and give the rest of the world paper instruments instead. Why I think they want to take over the conference is to put their weight all over Bitcoin to make the general population think of them as the portals into Bitcoin. But it's so easy to custody and use Bitcoin peer-to-peer that I don't think it'll ever work out in the long run that they can be that gatekeeper as well as they are for gold. Every time they wreck people who hold paper Bitcoin, the smart ones will shift to self custody.