My Insightful Journey at EthDenver Explores Denver's Vibrant Crypto Community
Unveiling Innovation and Building Connections in the Heart of Crypto's Mile High City
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The Story📝
Until last month, the city of Denver largely felt very foreign
As a sports fan, I may catch the Broncos or the Nuggets on TV.
More recently, watching Coach Prime lead the Colorado Buffs took the sports world by storm.
However, I never realized the significance of Denver in the crypto space.
Last month, I was fortunate enough to travel to the city for EthDenver.
EthDenver was an awesome experience.
For me, my EthDenver trip began while I was on the plane in New York.
The JetBlue flight I was on had so many “crypto bros” on it that we had to stop in Detroit for fuel.
But seriously….
The flight was 85 percent filled with builders in crypto.
I was able to learn about various projects and build rapport with people that can hopefully lead to partnerships.
After we landed, I met with an existing friend for dinner in downtown Denver.
Who knew Denver had pretty good Mexican food?
More importantly, this dinner featured some diligent investors who LIVE crypto.
This was important to learn not only new narratives in the space
But also figure out how we can share value.
Thus, in the first hour and a half in Denver, impactful business discussions were had.
You know what was even cooler?
I built rapport with smart, passionate, people who lived all over the world.
There were a lot of people living in New York, which crypto ecosystem seems to be forever growing.
To hear stories about the innovation happening in Europe, Asia, and Latin America shows how impactful this technology will be.
Outside of the crypto festivities, the city of Denver surprised me.
The weather was nice and the air was crisp.
Also, EthDenver has become a major part of the community.
In every Uber that I was in, the driver was lightly knowledgeable about crypto.
Additionally, crypto projects were highlighted everywhere.
I saw crypto projects like Injective being placed on billboards or buses like Zetachain.
It was the perfect place to assemble people in the crypto community.
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Fostering Community and Advancing Crypto Innovation
As mentioned earlier, there were a ton of people in town to discuss crypto and do business.
I had a few one-on-one meetings which are always better than virtual calls.
Outside of the one-on-ones during the day, I also built community through group happy hours.
Notable organizations in crypto like GSR and Sei hosted some awesome happy hours.
While taking ice shots and throwing the ice material shot glasses at the bell was fun,
There were a ton of learnings from the founders and investors who were at the event.
Additionally, many of the narratives that were discussed revolved around DePin, AI, modular networks, and gaming.
There were also conversations about both non-EVM blockchains and Layer 2’s built on Ethereum.
A couple of platforms that dominated the Ethereum scaling conversation were Monad, Linea, and Metis.
More importantly, it was inspiring to see how diligent founders were working during the bear market.
These warriors survived a very challenging time and continued to be creative to build unique experiences that progress the future of this technology.
EthDenver Unites Innovators to Shape Crypto's Future
The crypto industry is hot right now.
Bitcoin is getting closer to all-time highs, which made EthDenver even more special.
The energy in Denver was electric and we all bonded over the industry's future.
It was a place to learn about new technologies in the nascent space which will not only drive new topics for the CryptoJeter newsletter
But also provides value to understand where the future of the industry is going.
Thus, CryptoJeter will be able to focus more on the most relevant categories of our nascent industry.
More importantly, it was great to build rapport with the builders who stared down the adversity of a bear market.
By surviving the challenging market, these founders drove advanced product functionality.
After this experience, CryptoJeter will remain at the forefront of championing these pioneers.