Mates,
Within the time for the reason that final Devcon announcement, the state of the Ethereum ecosystem has been electrical. We’ve realized crucial 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 resolution to carry off on reuniting for a bit longer reasonably 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 provision of COVID-19 vaccines ramping up now, and up to date pandemic-related traits bettering. Nonetheless, we need to make sure that we do that responsibly and that as many individuals as attainable are capable of make the journey from all world wide, which appears unlikely by early August. We now have, in current weeks and months, continued to watch and hearken to the issues raised by the group, and common sentiment across the August date, and it’s clear that the easiest way to make sure that that we are able to ship for everybody is with just a bit bit extra time.
In the meantime, there’s quite a bit occurring! The street to Devcon shall be paved with the numerous occasions, digital and in-person — together with EthCC, which is now scheduled to happen in July of 2021 (hosted in Paris by our buddies 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 yr 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 desperate to be taught. Till then, we’ll proceed to actively evaluation Devcon Enchancment Proposals, so when you’ve acquired an thought that you simply suppose 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.
