Pals,
Within the time for the reason that 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 a good time 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 determination to carry off on reuniting for a bit longer somewhat 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 traits enhancing. Nonetheless, we wish to make sure that we do that responsibly and that as many individuals as doable are capable of make the journey from all around the globe, which appears unlikely by early August. We’ve got, in current weeks and months, continued to observe and take heed to the issues raised by the group, and normal 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 rather a lot occurring! The highway to Devcon might 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 buddies at Ethereum France). We’re excited to help the efforts of the entire superb and inventive groups working to maintain our ecosystem thriving. And whereas we have stayed engaged and linked during the last yr from afar, we hope to come back collectively once more because the scenario improves.
As quickly as we’re capable of make date-related bulletins, you’ll discover proper alongside it data on ticketing, speaker functions and all the opposite particulars we all know you’re desirous to study. Till then, we’ll proceed to actively overview Devcon Improvement Proposals, so should you’ve received an concept that you simply assume will make Devcon higher, ship it our manner. We’ll proceed to work towards placing collectively a tremendous occasion, which might be right here earlier than we all know it.