Friends,
Since Devcon’s last announcement, the state of the Ethereum ecosystem has been electric. We have achieved critical milestones on the Eth2 roadmap, as well as countless breakthroughs and major progress made by ecosystem teams. We are extremely excited to celebrate these achievements with all of you soon at Devcon in Bogota.
That said, we need to talk about timing, as we made the difficult decision to delay the reunion a little longer rather than move forward toward our August goal (☔️✔). While nothing is guaranteed given the ongoing pandemic, we are hopeful that a new date announcement will soon be possible with the increasing availability of COVID-19 vaccines and improving updated trends related to the pandemic. However, we want to make sure that we do this responsibly and that as many people as possible can make the trip from all over the world, which seems unlikely in early August. Over the past few weeks and months, we have continued to monitor and listen to concerns raised by the community and general sentiment around the August date, and it is clear that the best way to ensure that we we can keep our promises everyone it’s with just a little more time.
In the meantime, there’s a lot going on! The road to Devcon will be paved with numerous events, virtual and in-person, including EthCC, which is now scheduled to take place in July 2021 (organized in Paris by our friends at Ethereum France). We are excited to support the efforts of all the incredible and creative teams working to keep our ecosystem thriving. And while we have remained engaged and connected remotely over the past year, we hope to come together again as the situation improves.
As soon as we’re able to make date announcements, you’ll find ticketing information, speaker applications, and all the other details we know you’re excited to learn right next to them. Until then, we will continue to actively examine Devcon Improvement Proposalsso if you have an idea that you think will improve Devcon, send it to us. We will continue to work to put on an incredible event, which will be here before we know it.
