Pals,
Within the time because the final Devcon announcement, the state of the Ethereum ecosystem has been electrical. We’ve realized essential milestones on the Eth2 roadmap, in addition to numerous breakthroughs and main progress by groups throughout the ecosystem. We’re extremely excited to have a good time these achievements with all of you at Devcon in Bogota quickly.
That stated, we have to speak about timing, as a result of we’ve made the tough determination to carry off on reuniting for a bit longer fairly than pushing forward with our August goal (☔️✔). Whereas nothing is assured given the continuing pandemic, we’re hopeful {that a} new date announcement is feasible quickly with the provision of COVID-19 vaccines ramping up now, and up to date pandemic-related tendencies bettering. Nonetheless, we wish to make sure that we do that responsibly and that as many individuals as potential 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 issues raised by the group, and common sentiment across the August date, and it’s clear that one of the best ways to make sure that that we will ship for everybody is with just a bit bit extra time.
In the meantime, there’s so much happening! 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 associates at Ethereum France). We’re excited to help the efforts of the entire superb and inventive groups working to maintain our ecosystem thriving. And whereas we have stayed engaged and linked during the last 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 data on ticketing, speaker purposes 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 when you’ve bought an thought that you simply assume will make Devcon higher, ship it our method. We’ll proceed to work towards placing collectively a tremendous occasion, which shall be right here earlier than we all know it.