DEVCON3 was the third public Ethereum developer conference, held at the Moon Palace Resort in Cancún, Mexico from November 1 to 4, 2017. It was a significant scaling up from previous editions, attracting around 2,000 attendees.
Key Themes
DEVCON3 took place during a period of explosive growth for Ethereum and the broader cryptocurrency ecosystem. The conference covered topics including:
- Scaling solutions (Plasma, sharding, state channels)
- Proof of Stake and Casper research
- Developer tooling and frameworks
- Enterprise Ethereum applications
- Privacy and security
- Decentralized governance
Notable Presentations
The conference featured talks from many key Ethereum figures including Vitalik Buterin, Vlad Zamfir, Karl Floersch, and others working on Ethereum's core research and development.
Archive
Recordings of DEVCON3 talks are available on the Devcon Archive.