Mates,
Within the time because the final Devcon announcement, the state of the Ethereum ecosystem has been electrical. We’ve realized vital 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 mentioned, we have to discuss timing, as a result of we’ve made the tough determination to carry off on reuniting for a bit longer quite 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 supply of COVID-19 vaccines ramping up now, and up to date pandemic-related tendencies 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 around the globe, which appears unlikely by early August. We’ve, in current weeks and months, continued to observe and take heed to the considerations raised by the group, and normal 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 occurring! The highway to Devcon might 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 all the superb and inventive 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 be taught. Till then, we’ll proceed to actively evaluate Devcon Enchancment Proposals, so in the event you’ve bought an concept that you just suppose will make Devcon higher, ship it our method. We’ll proceed to work towards placing collectively a tremendous occasion, which might be right here earlier than we all know it.
