Associates,
Within the time because the final Devcon announcement, the state of the Ethereum ecosystem has been electrical. We’ve realized essential 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 speak about timing, as a result of we’ve made the tough 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 tendencies enhancing. Nonetheless, we wish to be certain that we do that responsibly and that as many individuals as doable are in a position to make the journey from all world wide, which appears unlikely by early August. We now have, in latest weeks and months, continued to observe and hearken to the issues raised by the neighborhood, and common 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 so much happening! 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 associates at Ethereum France). We’re excited to assist the efforts of all the superb and artistic 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 in a position to 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 assessment Devcon Improvement Proposals, so when you’ve bought an concept that you just assume will make Devcon higher, ship it our manner. We’ll proceed to work towards placing collectively an incredible occasion, which might be right here earlier than we all know it.
