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christopher
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I've noticed a few comments about ETHDenver being dead this year. I think what's really happening is we're seeing a growing inequality between the big teams and the floor projects. There are many respectable, product-led protocols with conference budget now, e.g. EigenLayer, Uniswap, Coinbase/Base, and so on. At the same time, we're seeing fewer talented outfits racing to find product-market fit. Hacking has become a side event comparatively to my last attendance at ETHGlobal NYC. Outside of ETHDenver, the meta has shifted from "first to market" to "best at market." Teams can't just be scrappy — they need to be focused with time here if they want to get noticed and attention moves toward organized side events. It's not better or worse, just different. The ecosystem is growing up, and the conference circuit is changing with it.
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Kartik Talwar
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Largely agree here — I know you're already aware ethdenver is not an ETHGlobal event but yes, you see this type of pattern every time the main event is a pure conference. Products that are working (or have launched mainnet recently) optimize for more general awareness and eyeballs - hence fancier booths - while the rest aim to capture their initial core audience by doing their own events and hacker houses etc hoping to create a more solid foundation for activity in their ecosystem. As a result everything looks and behaves even more fragmented. My meta take is that most of the companies in our ecosystem are creating infra/tooling where their customers are devs and other crypto companies, so unless the audience is majority builders you won't have a consistent shared experience on either side being at an event. This is why the devs end-up self selecting for smaller events where they can meet others like them and the conference ends up being the catch-all for everyone else. Ultimately, curation matters.
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