Associates,
Within the time for the reason that final Devcon announcement, the state of the Ethereum ecosystem has been electrical. We’ve realized important 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 want to speak about timing, as a result of we’ve made the tough choice to maintain off on reuniting for a bit longer slightly 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 would like to ensure we do that responsibly and that as many individuals as doable are ready to make the journey from all all over the world, which appears unlikely by early August. We’ve, in latest weeks and months, continued to monitor and pay attention to the considerations raised by the group, and normal sentiment across the August date, and it’s clear that one of the simplest ways to be sure that that we will ship for everybody is with just a bit bit extra time.
In the meantime, there’s quite a bit happening! The road 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 pals at Ethereum France). We’re excited to assist the efforts of all the wonderful and artistic groups working to preserve our ecosystem thriving. And whereas we have stayed engaged and linked over the past 12 months from afar, we hope to come collectively once more because the scenario improves.
As quickly as we’re ready to make date-related bulletins, you’ll discover proper alongside it info on ticketing, speaker purposes and all the opposite particulars we all know you’re keen to study. Till then, we’ll proceed to actively assessment Devcon Improvement Proposals, so when you’ve bought an concept that you just assume will make Devcon higher, ship it our approach. We’ll proceed to work towards placing collectively a tremendous occasion, which shall be right here earlier than we all know it.
