Pals,
Within the time because the final Devcon announcement, the state of the Ethereum ecosystem has been electrical. We’ve realized important milestones on the Eth2 roadmap, in addition to numerous breakthroughs and main progress by groups throughout the ecosystem. We’re extremely excited to rejoice these achievements with all of you at Devcon in Bogota quickly.
That mentioned, we have to speak about timing, as a result of we’ve made the troublesome choice to carry off on reuniting for a bit longer slightly than pushing forward with our August goal (☔️✔). Whereas nothing is assured given the continued pandemic, we’re hopeful {that a} new date announcement is feasible quickly with the supply of COVID-19 vaccines ramping up now, and up to date pandemic-related tendencies enhancing. Nonetheless, we need to make certain we do that responsibly and that as many individuals as attainable are capable of make the journey from all all over the world, which appears unlikely by early August. We’ve got, in current weeks and months, continued to watch and take heed to the considerations raised by the group, and basic sentiment across the August date, and it’s clear that one of the simplest ways to make sure that that we will ship for everybody is with just a bit bit extra time.
In the meantime, there’s rather a lot occurring! The highway to Devcon shall be paved with the various occasions, digital and in-person — together with EthCC, which is now scheduled to happen in July of 2021 (hosted in Paris by our mates at Ethereum France). We’re excited to assist the efforts of the entire wonderful and artistic groups working to maintain our ecosystem thriving. And whereas we have stayed engaged and linked over the past 12 months from afar, we hope to come back collectively once more because the state of affairs improves.
As quickly as we’re capable of make date-related bulletins, you’ll discover proper alongside it info on ticketing, speaker functions and all the opposite particulars we all know you’re desirous to study. Till then, we’ll proceed to actively assessment Devcon Enchancment Proposals, so for those who’ve obtained an concept that you simply assume will make Devcon higher, ship it our approach. We’ll proceed to work towards placing collectively an incredible occasion, which shall be right here earlier than we all know it.