Mates,
Within the time for the reason that 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 fun 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 troublesome resolution to carry off on reuniting for a bit longer relatively 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 tendencies bettering. Nonetheless, we need to be certain that we do that responsibly and that as many individuals as potential are in a position to make the journey from all all over the world, which appears unlikely by early August. We’ve, in current weeks and months, continued to watch and hearken to the considerations raised by the neighborhood, and common 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 so much happening! The highway 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 associates at Ethereum France). We’re excited to assist the efforts of the entire superb 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 return collectively once more because the state of affairs improves.
As quickly as we’re in a position to 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 wanting to study. Till then, we’ll proceed to actively overview Devcon Improvement Proposals, so for those who’ve acquired an thought that you simply assume will make Devcon higher, ship it our method. We’ll proceed to work towards placing collectively an incredible occasion, which shall be right here earlier than we all know it.