Mates,
Within the time for the reason that 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 have fun these achievements with all of you at Devcon in Bogota quickly.
That stated, we have to discuss timing, as a result of we’ve made the troublesome choice to carry off on reuniting for a bit longer quite 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 traits enhancing. Nonetheless, we need to make certain 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 have now, in latest weeks and months, continued to watch and hearken to the issues raised by the neighborhood, and common sentiment across the August date, and it’s clear that one of the best ways 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 rather a lot happening! The street to Devcon can 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 all the wonderful and inventive groups working to maintain our ecosystem thriving. And whereas we have stayed engaged and related during the last 12 months from afar, we hope to return 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 desperate to be taught. Till then, we’ll proceed to actively evaluation Devcon Enchancment Proposals, so for those who’ve bought an thought that you simply suppose will make Devcon higher, ship it our means. We’ll proceed to work towards placing collectively an incredible occasion, which can be right here earlier than we all know it.
