- hey
@kaereste, how was
@EFDevcon Mumbai?
- interesting you should ask - Iโve been trying to wrap my head around the past week.
Iโll be honest: when I first heard about the location, I wasnโt fully convinced. On the one hand, Iโd heard India could be tough. On the other, itโs an enormous country with a huge population, a long list of globally successful CEOs, and rapid economic growth. I wanted to experience it firsthand!
And with the current crypto market and sentiment, Mumbai seemed like a risky choice for Devcon. But overall, imo, it worked out pretty well.
Yes, the event was smaller. Yes, itโs a shame that many popular projects didnโt have much of a presence. Yes, the timing could have been better for onboarding more locals into crypto.
But at the same time, it was great to see so many new faces - so many people who clearly didnโt yet know what this whole Ethereum thing was about, but approached it with curiosity. And hey, weโve all gone swag-hunting at some point. Judging anyone for that is lame imo. I hope the Ethereum seeds planted in the minds of some of those ambitious students will grow into fruitful CROPS in the future.
And imo the whole experience was very humbling. A lot of us came to India thinking we were bringing the fire of a new financial future with us, only to learn that this future is already there - and that weโre the ones who should be learning, not the other way around.
So yeah, I think it was good. And I think that in a few years, it might prove to have been perfectly timed - a real turning point for Ethereumโs future.
But now Iโm super excited for Devcon Lisbon and all the events across Europe leading up to it! Next year is gonna be legendary - weโre gonna make it so!