While others are back to building, our eyes are on Devcon. After all, the last time the official Ethereum conference took place was two years ago.

In this issue: 

• Chiang Mai, the latest crypto experiment  

• We ran a Crypto Merch Survey & got some brutally honest answers

• What we know about Devcon so far 

• Builder Highlights 

There are only 7600 developers who work in crypto full time*

To attract more builders, our industry has raised salaries, expanded globally, provided millions in grants and organized hacker houses free of charge.

But what if we took it a step further, and got builders to live together for several weeks, instead of just days?

That is the upcoming October experiment in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Participating companies include NEAR, Eigen Layer, Celo, or Filecoin.

Find the full list of Chiang Mai pop-up cities & events here 

From our sponsors:

On November 10, Codex will be exploring the potential of decentralized storage technology with panels, workshops, and an Open Bar After Party.

The first 100 participants will receive special merch & you get the chance to win Raspberry Pi 5 or a limited edition Dappnode. Learn more here.

“If protocols want me to be a walking advertisement for them, it has to either serve a purpose or make me look good in it”

As we were in the middle of designing our merch, a black T-shirt, we thought, why not run a survey to find out what our members & audience think?

We asked 4 Questions:

The Answers

Takeaway: T-shirts are still in, just make sure they are unique. Good merch should be of high quality, and be either useful or stylish.

4 things we know about Devcon so far 

1. Devcon organizers don’t want side events that clash with their programming and will not feature conflicting events on their site.

2. Devcon programming will end at around 7pm everyday.

3. Speakers have all been selected and announced (in case your Twitter feed isn’t flooded with it!)

4. There will be at least 20 full day conferences on November 11, the day before Devcon. If an average cost for a full day conference is $60k, we’re looking at $1.2M. Then there’s night parties, hacker houses and shorter side events. Since we’re still over a month away, $2M total spend on November 11 side events is probably a fair estimate.

We found our old side events list from Devcon Colombia 2022 (back when we were just known for our viral spreadsheet), we’ll share it in the next newsletter issue, as well as more Devcon alpha.

If you’re looking for sponsors, co-hosts, or need event help, reach out.

Builder highlights

Highlights from our community: 

• Congrats to Han Tuzun for being selected to speak at Devcon 🥳

• Welcome new members: Kimmo, co-founder of Orb, a social app on Lens & Yair from Lava Network, who is looking to hire a Customer Service representative from anywhere

Who are we?

• We’re building cryptonomads.org - The place to discover crypto events, companies, jobs & professionals

• We also run a private club -  a community of web3 founders and builders who meet at events worldwide.

Cheers!

_{*Source: https://www.developerreport.com/}