Mates,
Within the time because the final Devcon announcement, the state of the Ethereum ecosystem has been electrical. We’ve realized crucial 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 mentioned, we have to discuss timing, as a result of we’ve made the tough choice to carry off on reuniting for a bit longer relatively than pushing forward with our August goal (☔️✔). Whereas nothing is assured given the continuing 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 bettering. Nonetheless, we wish to make certain we do that responsibly and that as many individuals as attainable are in a position to make the journey from all around the globe, which appears unlikely by early August. We have now, in current weeks and months, continued to watch and take heed to the considerations raised by the group, and normal 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 occurring! The street to Devcon will likely 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 mates at Ethereum France). We’re excited to help the efforts of the entire wonderful and inventive groups working to maintain our ecosystem thriving. And whereas we have stayed engaged and related during the last yr from afar, we hope to return 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 purposes and all the opposite particulars we all know you’re desperate to study. Till then, we’ll proceed to actively overview Devcon Improvement Proposals, so when you’ve bought an thought that you simply suppose will make Devcon higher, ship it our manner. We’ll proceed to work towards placing collectively a tremendous occasion, which will likely be right here earlier than we all know it.