The Devcon VI Manual | Ethereum Foundation Blog

Welcome to Devcon!

That is your Devcon VI Guide, and it contains every little thing it’s essential learn about Devcon, the environment and extra. Learn carefully as we cowl issues to concentrate on earlier than departure, throughout transit to the venue from Bogotá’s worldwide airport El Dorado, and data associated to pre-registration dates, neighborhood efforts at Devcon VI, facet/after occasions, and extra!

Bookmark this tab for those who’re heading to Devcon, and we are able to’t wait to see you all quickly.

I. Arriving in Bogotá ????

To kick issues off, let’s begin with the primary steps when arriving in Bogotá.

Covid necessities ????

Vaccination or a unfavorable check result’s wanted for entry.

Please inform your self here, or use your own home nation’s embassy web page as necessities may change. Additionally, bear in mind that your airline or transit firm may need extra necessities.

Coming into the nation ????????

Return flight

You’ll want to indicate a ticket to your returning flights to enter Colombia. They often ask for it, and generally they don’t, however play it secure and guide your journeys accordingly.

Professional tip: Some journey websites like Priceline make it straightforward to guide a flight after which cancel inside 24 hours for a full refund, in case plans change.

Test-Mig

Between 24 hours and 1 hour earlier than departure, you will need to fill out the ‘Check-Mig’ form, out there on the Migración Colombia web site. You’ll obtain a affirmation electronic mail to current upon arrival in Colombia.

Security ????‍♀️

A neighborhood expression in Bogotá is: “No dar papaya” = “Do not give papaya (to thieves)”. It basically means, don’t make your self an apparent goal: use widespread sense whereas in Bogotá. Which means:

Look the place you’re going, being conscious of the world round you somewhat than getting misplaced in your cellphone’s display screen.
Don’t put on flashy gadgets like costly watches, or these gold-plated {hardware} wallets and loudly branded crypto-swag
Don’t stroll round along with your cellphone out or along with your laptop computer when not needed
It’s a giant metropolis, so depart these valuables (passport, extra money/playing cards) at your lodge
Use Uber or DiDi, the place a 20-min trip prices round $3 USD. Keep away from hailing avenue taxis in favor of one thing with a status/score system, an match these plates to what you see within the app, as at all times.
Tip: perhaps pay the additional greenback for a nicer “Uber Consolation” (really useful when coming from the Airport)
Strive to not stroll residence alone at evening (Reminder: Experience Sharing is simple & low-cost)

Climate ☀️

At an altitude of two,600m, the temperature in Bogotá hovers between 9° – 18° C (or 48° – 65° F) with out an excessive amount of wind. Nevertheless, you shouldn’t overlook your jackets and raincoats, as rain showers occur!

The place to remain in Bogotá? ????

Now we have some suggestions on areas near the venue in our Bogotá City Guide. Chapinero, Parkway / La Soledad, and La Candelaria are good areas, however at all times verify journey instances between potential-stays and the convention middle

Web3 Journey reserving ????

When you haven’t booked your keep but, take a look at one of many neighborhood initiatives round Devcon: Windingtree is a platform the place you’ll be able to guide motels in Bogotá with stablecoins.

To get your first web3 journey expertise, please read their guide or ask any query on the Windingtree Discord:discord.gg/MTYEm2BfWS.

Electrical energy ????

In Colombia, shops and sockets are Kind A (two pins) and Kind B (three pins). Maintain an adapter with you, if wanted!

Forex change ????

The foreign money is the Colombian Peso (COP). You’ll be able to change money or withdraw from ATMs on the Airport.

You’ll be able to verify change charges here.

Translation apps ????

We suggest Spanish Dict, DeepL, or Google Translate.

II. Transit ????

Most attendees will probably be touchdown quickly, and we need to just remember to’re in a position to simply navigate towards the Devcon venue.

The vast majority of of us will arrive at Bogotá’s airport, El Dorado Worldwide Airport (BOG). From there, there are a number of straightforward methods to succeed in the Agora Bogotá Conference Heart, the place Devcon will happen.

We suggest utilizing Uber and ordering an “Uber Consolation” or cabify from the airport to the place the place you’ll keep. Ubers are low-cost and the most secure type of transit. When you order an Uber Consolation, it’ll decide you up on the second flooring ‘Arrivals’ stage of the Airport, second lane, on the door you select.

There will probably be a Devcon logistics workforce on the airport to assist information you starting on October eighth. It is possible for you to to acknowledge them by their clothes (which we are going to share extra quickly).

III. Devcon Registration ????

a. Pre-Registration ????

Optionally, skip the road on Day-1 by registering beforehand, and obtain your wristband, SIM card (for those who want one), and POAP earlier than issues even kick-off!!

Pre-registration dates and locations are:

Saturday, October eighth

— Hilton Bogotá Corferias: 12pm – 5pm

Sunday, October ninth

— Hilton Bogotá Corferias: 9am – 5pm

— Hyatt Place Bogotá: 9am – 5pm

Monday, October tenth

— Hilton Bogotá Corferias: 8am – 5pm

— Hyatt Place Bogotá: 8am – 5pm

— Schelling Level @ Gran Carpa Américas Corferias: 8:30am – 5pm

— ETHLatam @ Ágora Bogotá: 8am – 9pm

b. DOORS OPEN: On-site Registration ????

DOORS: October eleventh @ 8:00AM**

OPENING CEREMONY: October eleventh @ 9:30AM

PROGRAMMING: Every day at 10:00AM

DEVCON VENUE: Agora Bogotá Convention Center

Registration “Have to Know”

Earlier than you arrive, you MUST redeem your code for a ticket QR and obtain the PDF to your system or print it prematurely.
Wristbands are required for entry and should be picked up at registration. Don’t lose your wristband — it won’t get replaced.
Swag will probably be distributed contained in the venue throughout Devcon. Paid add-on Sweatshirts can be picked up then.
For all on-chain public sale and raffle ticketeers, please make sure that you’ve got redeemed your tickets.

c. Web and SIM Playing cards ????

We’ll present free SIM playing cards for all attendees, first-come-first-serve! They are going to be legitimate for 15 days or 20 GB, whichever comes first.

You’ll obtain the sim playing cards at registration and pre-registration.

TIP: Be sure to have some cellular knowledge out there for when arriving on the airport, to get an Uber to your lodging. Bogotá airport wifi is free for half-hour.

Wi-Fi Information ????

We can have upgraded Wi-Fi at Devcon this yr! Nevertheless as at all times, offering excellent Wi-Fi for 1000’s of individuals is hard. Please be respectful and comply with the Wi-Fi tips supplied within the Code of Conduct.

Wi-Fi title: DevconBogota

Wi-Fi password: runafullnode

IV. Venue and Experiences ????

a. Welcome to the Agora Bogotá Conference Heart ????

The Agora is a contemporary and absolutely geared up venue, only a few minutes from Bogotá’s El Dorado Worldwide Airport and from the historic Santa Fe and Candelaria neighborhoods.

Now we have numerous distinctive actions and areas for everybody to stay up for each inside and outdoors the primary venue, together with a packed schedule on phases of all sizes, all kinds of meals choices, and different experiences.

Let’s begin with these experiences!

POAP ????

Snag your collectible ERC-721 token at registration to show your attendance at Devcon!

Colombian Chiva ????

All of the Ethereum communities in LATAM are united to share how Ethereum has been impacting communities round Latin America. The ETH LATAM and ETH Colombia communities will create a vibrant area with their Colombian “Chiva” bus. Yow will discover the colourful truck parked within the Devcon venue, within the outdoors area on the first flooring.

Music Stage ???? & Chiva Lounge ????

Subsequent to the Chiva bus, the music stage – one other neighborhood initiative – is awaiting you. There will probably be a program with breaks each day from 11AM to 9PM.

Discover this system, introductions to all artists, and more details about the Chiva Lounge here.

In the course of the day there will probably be comfortable jamming, sound therapeutic, and silent DJing. Within the night after 5PM you’ll be able to count on some major acts with native drinks and DJs to heat you up within the somewhat cool nights of Bogotá.

Artwork at Devcon ????

Rituals, shamanism, magic, and thriller spring to mind in Latin America’s id. Coding, hacking, and know-how at giant have develop into instruments for brand spanking new generations to decode and recreate Latin America’s digital narrative.

“RITUALES – Latinamerica decoded” is an NFT exhibition at Devcon that exhibits the work of digital & digital Latin artists who implement blockchain to reinforce the influence of their artwork whereas taking a crucial imaginative and prescient of their context, additionally on the lookout for revolutionary options to get well & re-scale our relationship with nature and the cosmos.

We invite you to go to the _Hacker Basement_ to look at the work of 13 chosen artists in addition to reside performances and interactive installations.

Hacker Basement ????️‍♀️

The hacker basement will probably be your high-focus zone away from the busy convention happenings.
It units the precise situations for a person to check new dapps on their laptop computer, to be taught, or to hack on new concepts in a bunch.

The whole lot a hacker wants will probably be taken care of: cozy seating, electrical energy, web, and, after all, cyberpunk lighting and low-fi beats to get you in the precise temper to construct!

Ebook a gathering room ????

Assembly rooms of assorted sizes will probably be out there within the venue on convention days 2, 3, and 4. They’re positioned on the fifth flooring and will probably be reservable on a first-come-first-serve foundation firstly of every day.

“Devcon After Darkish” ????

For the primary time in Devcon historical past, we’re holding the venue open late. As a substitute of ushering all attendees out of the constructing at 5PM sharp, we’re leaving the venue open till 11PM to offer an area for continued collaboration, reside music, recreation nights, a Completely satisfied Hour every day from 6-8 PM & extra!

Talk about and counsel neighborhood actions on the Froum.

Yow will discover an outline of Devcon After Darkish actions here. Keep in mind that this program remains to be a Work-in-Progress and extra gadgets will probably be added over time!

This yr, we need to foster collaboration, networking, change, creativity, creation, experimentation and rest by numerous areas devoted particularly to that.

Group Hubs are a reserved area on the Devcon venue powered by the neighborhood for the neighborhood. By enabling a handful of communities to create, talk about and show content material of their selection, we pave the way in which for a extra decentralized Devcon.

There will probably be six totally different hubs, all specializing in necessary and related subjects with their very own curated program, thrilling issues to be taught and to expertise. Yow will discover the Group Hubs space on Flooring 1!

Meet this yr’s Group Hubs:

Crypto Economics & Governance Hub
Design Group Hub
ReGen Hub
Momentary Nameless Zone
Ladies Leaders in Web3
Zero Data Group

Treasure Hunt ????

“No Time to DAI” is a story-based treasure hunt problem distributed by Devcon (and past) in Bogota. Gamers can have interaction with a browser-based cellular pockets dapp, which can maintain observe of all gamers’ progress on-chain.

To play, you will need to discover clue #0 within the devcon venue. Gentle role-playing is inspired, curiosity and a spotlight to element is required, and a few crypto data is useful.

Superior and/or aggressive gamers should keep forward of the time curve so as to win. A whole bunch of ETH is hidden all through the sport, proper there for the taking up Görl testnet! Görli ETH required to play.

Gamers can ask for assist/hints within the Discord: https://discord.gg/4PVZzNdsnW

Carbon Offsetting for Devcon VI ????

The neighborhood initiative, “Local weather Pleasant Devcon VI Dapp” allows you to compensate to your carbon dioxide emissions created by attending Devcon.

Upon getting into a departure airport the dapp calculates your flight emissions and provides it to the estimated occasion emission per particular person. All transactions happen totally on-chain.

You could instantly mint a particular POAP for taking part within the Devcon neighborhood offset.

After Devcon VI, the POAP additionally lets you vote on which nature conservation venture to retire carbon credit from. May it’s the Indigneous Reservation of the Matavén Forest in Colombia…?

You’ll be able to offset your flight and get the POAP here!

This work has resulted from over 2 years of neighborhood dialogue and implementation of DIP-17 which was primarily based on DIP-1 and DIP-12.

For more information, see the FAQ here.

Cryptomurals ????

CRYPTOMURALS goals to protect the cultural heritage of the perfect avenue artwork worldwide.

For the primary time, CM is internet hosting the “avenue artwork hunt” throughout Devcon Bogotá in partnership with DoinGud. They’re internet hosting graffiti excursions in downtown Bogotá through the 4 days of Devcon, the place folks will be capable of unlock the very first 3 cryptomurals that can create an NFT that will probably be air-dropped among the many ones who achieved the three spots.
Individuals can subscribe to the Graffiti tour & be a part of the mission to develop into a avenue artwork hunter by the CM website.

Ticket attestations / Minting distinctive NFT ????

This yr, in collaboration with Smart Token Labs, attendees can now permissionlessly attest that they had been a Devcon VI ticket-holder.

Utilizing this attestation, third events can supply unique “permissionless perks” to Devcon attendees with out your pockets tackle being made public. You can even mint a memento NFT!
For extra info go to the Devcon website, take a look at the FAQ in addition to different details about Bogotá and the Devcon programming!

Affect Cubicles ????

In previous years, cubicles have solely been out there to groups with giant budgets which are in a position to pay for sponsorship packages. This yr, we reserved cubicles for groups with excessive influence on the Ethereum ecosystem, no matter their budgets.

These groups embrace consumer groups, many teams working to enhance Ethereum’s infrastructure, public items efforts, rollup tasks, and chosen different high-impact tasks.

You’ll discover the Affect Cubicles within the foyer on the third flooring.

Public Good Supporters ????

We launched the Devcon Supporter Program in lieu of conventional sponsorships, and people groups who participated deserve particular thanks for his or her contributions to the ETHColombia Quadratic Funding Round @ Devcon, to Gitcoin, CLR.Fund’s open grants, and to the Protocol Guild (which supported core Ethereum analysis and improvement). EF will probably be taking part on this effort too!

Our workforce owes a huge THANK YOU to these groups and DAOs that joined our first-ever Supporter Program this yr with out most advantages anticipated by sponsors. Their help of the Ethereum ecosystem got here with out issues like reserved seating, most branding, speaker slots, named occasion areas and different conventional sponsor-like advantages.

Meals ????

Count on the meals to be a mixture of very native conventional Colombian meals, and worldwide meals.

We’ll attempt to at all times have vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free meals, though sadly can not accommodate all dietary restrictions.

V. Program & Agenda ????

a. Devcon Net Replace & Passport App Launch

For Devcon Bogota Occasion days http://devcon.org web site will get an entire re-lift so as to add info associated to all issues Devcon expertise. As well as the Devcon Passport PWA (Progressive Net App) goes reside at app.devcon.org. Make sure to set up the PWA in your cellphone and create an account to be sure to have the hottest info and a customized agenda you could share with your pals and colleagues.

The passport could be signed in by way of electronic mail or you’ll be able to merely Check in along with your web3 pockets. Add your favourite audio system to your record to see all of the periods they’re doing simply or just filter primarily based in your wants, and pursuits. Discover all the data associated to the venue map, the place to seek out particular rooms and activations and rather more.

b. Web3 video archive and occasion agenda by Swarm community and Etherna

Web3 Devcon Agenda
Here you can find a web3 version of the Devcon Agenda hosted on the Swarm community, a decentralized knowledge storage and distribution know-how.

Web3 video internet hosting

The Devcon video archive will probably be out there on Etherna, a web3 decentralized video platform utilizing the Swarm network as storage, along with the present video internet hosting choices.

c. Cannot discover a room?

When you want a hand with discovering a room (or the rest at Devcon), you’ll be able to at all times ask our volunteers (you’ll acknowledge them by their shirts).

d. Devcon Week

Don’t overlook that Devcon is greater than a 4-day convention, however an entire Devcon Week! That includes the ETH Bogotá hackathon, the DAOist, Schellingpoint and extra.

VI. Discover Bogotá ????

Excellent news! Our workforce has put collectively a Metropolis Information on a whole lot of the must-know particulars for getting round bogota. Check it out here

The information covers every little thing from methods to get round, to security, areas that you will need to see and/or keep round. See an included FAQ on vaccinations, meals, language and extra!

Devcon Facet Occasions ????

You’ll be able to count on many neighborhood occasions, meetups, and social gatherings to be occurring round Devcon. A giant due to the wonderful neighborhood for placing a lot devoted work into organizing facet occasions! Try the Colombia Blockchain Week schedule for a schedule!

Co-Work House After Devcon ????

In want of a spot to make amends for work after the push of all 4 convention days?

The venue will probably be open for co-working on Saturday the fifteenth and Sunday the sixteenth October.

Entry is FREE for all who’ve a Devcon ticket, with snacks and area for collaboration out there.

ETH Medellin & ETH Panama ♦️

A bus-ride or brief flight away lies Medellin, Bogotá’s hotter and extra touristic neighbor. A fantastic excuse to increase your journey or journey is to unite with the Ethereum Medellin neighborhood for every week of open co-working, night occasions, and numerous conferences.
ETHMedellin ???????? — Oct 18-22
Only one week after ETHMedellin and an inexpensive one-hour flight, ETHPanama will probably be going down in tropical Panama Metropolis. Be a part of for some continued studying, publicity to the Panamanian Ethereum neighborhood, and there simply may be a bunch surf journey afterwards for the extra adventurous of the group!
ETHPanama ???????? — Oct 26-28