Here I am, sitting on the beach front, as the moon illuminates the waters of Cancun below, and I think to myself…

I knew it would be worth it.

Friends, family, the news; they all said it would be a bad idea to attend.

Mexico is dangerous! The event is too expensive!

I can’t explain why, but I was so drawn to this convention, I just knew I had to be here. For too long have I been an investor; it was time that I stepped up and immersed myself in the development world of Ethereum. I knew it would change my life forever…

I’ve been here in Cancun for 7 days now, and it has been such a surreal experience. This event has delivered more news and information than I ever could have imagined. I’ve met so many interesting people in the Blockchain space, and every single one of them had something they were working on. Everyone was busy, everyone had ideas.

The amount of long awaited projects that are releasing in the following months is crazy. Even the announcement that the foundation was nearing the finalization of Proof of Stake caught me off guard.

Proof of Stake was something I hadn’t imagined until the end of 2018, and even then I was worried about being too optimistic.

Right after that, Vitalik comes out and starts talking about sharding. Like, in detail.

Sharding was something I hadn’t imagined until 4 years from now.

Yeah, they aren’t out yet, but to see the progress the foundation has made on these technologies is amazing. Most importantly, there is a roadmap, and they’ve solved the hard parts.