A glance again at 2023, and a glimpse at what lies forward in 2024
2023 was a wonderful yr for the workforce behind the ethereum.org website, and its neighborhood — we already really feel a little bit nostalgic, but it surely’s essential to create space for celebrating the issues the ethereum.org neighborhood helped us construct in 2023 and proceed the momentum in 2024.
In that spirit, we ready a recap with our 2023 highlights of the ethereum.org neighborhood — benefit from the studying!
The highlights
???? ethereum.org Translatathon
56 languages, 217 members, and 1.47 million phrases (????) translated in a one-week on-line competitors, the Translatathon set the tone for the significance of constantly fostering accessibility in Web3, one phrase at a time. It’s one in all our proudest achievements, with an affect and scale so spectacular it deserved its own recap post!
???? Translated pictures and diagrams
If it wasn’t apparent, we strongly imagine the expertise of people that don’t communicate English ought to be equal to those that do. So, we realized that having our pages translated into Spanish (for instance) however leaving all of the diagrams and pictures in English was lower than preferrred. Our workforce developed a course of for translating visible content material, which massively enhanced the expertise for everybody visiting our web site who would not communicate English.
???? Interactive pockets walkthroughs
Keen to start out your web3 journey however a little bit involved about leaping straight and downloading a dapp? All of us have been there earlier than. With that in thoughts, the ethereum.org workforce have designed user-friendly guides to pockets utilization, bettering the onboarding expertise for brand new Ethereum customers. Test it out and let us know what you think ????.
???? Check your Ethereum data with Quizzes
A studying portal and not using a studying sport? Properly, that was ethereum.org earlier than June 2023… now, you possibly can take a look at your Ethereum data by taking one (or all) of the eight interactive quizzes accessible on the Quiz Hub. The neighborhood are serving to to broaden our quiz library, so if you happen to’ve received concepts or would like to contribute by creating questions check out our contributing guide!
✍️ ethereum.org Writers Cohort
Attempt something as soon as, twice if you happen to prefer it — and because of this we hosted two editions of ethereum.org’s Writers Cohort: a 3-week on-line program for people involved in writing about any Ethereum-related subject of their alternative. With greater than 400 members and over 540 articles printed, we will doubtlessly say that gathering our neighborhood to be taught collectively, put their concepts on paper and help one another alongside the way in which was the largest spotlight of this initiative! You will discover the #ETHWriters recap on Twitter.
????️ Protocol roadmap: (nearly) every part in a single place
Ethereum’s roadmap is fluid and adapts always, however we’re tuned into the most recent proposals from builders all over the world, and have constructed a complete hub detailing detailing Ethereum’s protocol roadmap. Inquisitive about proposed concepts, upcoming modifications, technical upgrades, and the way Ethereum is developed? Head to ethereum.org/roadmap to learn more.
???? EF Weblog, straight to your inbox
Wish to get updates from EF groups, gardeners and builders proper in your inbox? We helped code a characteristic permitting you to subscribe to receive new posts on this weblog on to your e-mail inbox
???? Geth and Solidity: a brand new house on the web
Alongside sustaining ethereum.org, our core workforce additionally assists with internet improvement throughout different tasks within the EF neighborhood. Over the previous yr, we have labored on designing and deploying new web sites for go-ethereum and Solidity and we could not be prouder of the consequence – and extra importantly, the affect this could carry to the Ethereum ecosystem.
????️ New yr, new illustrations
We entered our glow-up period by commissioning eight new illustrations to ethereum.org, now featured on pages throughout the location (see some: Layer 2, Developers’ home, Community Hub). Higher than that, these artworks are open-source, and we encourage their use by the Ethereum neighborhood. Check out our assets page for extra assets (and inspiration)!
???? Ethereum.org Contributors Spherical @ GG19
Helped by some nice individuals at Gitcoin, we launched a help spherical to provide again and reward neighborhood members who made impactful contributions on ethereum.org. In whole, 19 individuals were awarded, and this initiative validated our need to seek out extra methods to return worth to our neighborhood in 2024!
???? New merch, who dis?
A token of appreciation to our contributors: in November, we shipped over 100 swag packing containers to ethereum.org neighborhood members – socks pictures have taken over our Twitter feed… nicely, at the least we will all agree they had been fairly trendy!
???? Hacking and enjoying within the infinite backyard
Midway by means of 2023, an concept began to emerge — what if we hosted a gathering the place people might disconnect a little bit from the hecticness of web3 occasions’ and spend the time chilling and enjoying playing cards/board video games with the neighborhood? With that premise, we organized (in)finite video games at Devconnect IST and the suggestions from the Ethereum neighborhood was overwhelmingly constructive. Sadly (or not), our workforce was too busy enjoying Uno they forgot to snap an image… guess we must always arrange a second version at Devcon SEA then?
???? Navigation redesign
ethereum.org is all the time a piece in progress. Earlier than we bid farewell to an eventful yr, our workforce redesigned the web site’s menu navigation, bettering the knowledge structure for higher person navigation. We’re rolling this out early Q1, so hold an eye fixed out for this variation.
???? Full migration to NextJS
With over 16,000 pages and tens of hundreds of thousands of views yearly, we can not overlook the engine that retains this ship working! After loads of sweat, many tears, and numerous PRs, we efficiently migrated ethereum.org tech stack to NextJS, paving the way in which for improved web site efficiency, accessibility, and scalability. We’re excited to ship many new options in 2024 enabled by this variation!
So, what’s subsequent?
Our Q1 2024 roadmap is already out for suggestions, options, and contributions. Take a look on how one can begin contributing to ethereum.org (e.g. writing or reviewing content material, creating new designs, translating the web site, growing new options or fixing bugs, and plenty of extra prospects) in our contributors pages.
Thanks as soon as once more to each particular person concerned in making ethereum.org attainable. Right here’s to an ideal 2024 ????
