A glance again at 2023, and a glimpse at what lies forward in 2024
2023 was a superb yr for the staff behind the ethereum.org website, and its group — we already really feel a little bit nostalgic, nevertheless it’s essential to create space for celebrating the issues the ethereum.org group helped us construct in 2023 and proceed the momentum in 2024.
In that spirit, we ready a recap with our 2023 highlights of the ethereum.org group — benefit from the studying!
The highlights
📚 ethereum.org Translatathon
56 languages, 217 contributors, and 1.47 million phrases (🤯) translated in a one-week on-line competitors, the Translatathon set the tone for the significance of repeatedly fostering accessibility in Web3, one phrase at a time. It’s one among our proudest achievements, with an affect and scale so spectacular it deserved its own recap post!
🔡 Translated photographs and diagrams
If it wasn’t apparent, we strongly imagine the expertise of people that don’t converse English ought to be equal to those that do. So, we realized that having our pages translated into Spanish (for instance) however leaving all of the diagrams and pictures in English was lower than ideally suited. Our staff developed a course of for translating visible content material, which massively enhanced the expertise for everybody visiting our website who would not converse English.
👛 Interactive pockets walkthroughs
Keen to begin your web3 journey however a little bit involved about leaping straight and downloading a dapp? All of us have been there earlier than. With that in thoughts, the ethereum.org staff have designed user-friendly guides to pockets utilization, enhancing the onboarding expertise for brand spanking new Ethereum customers. Test it out and let us know what you think 😀.
🤔 Take a look at your Ethereum information with Quizzes
A studying portal and not using a studying sport? Properly, that was ethereum.org earlier than June 2023… now, you possibly can check your Ethereum information by taking one (or all) of the eight interactive quizzes accessible on the Quiz Hub. The group are serving to to broaden our quiz library, so if you happen to’ve acquired concepts or would like to contribute by creating questions check out our contributing guide!
✍️ ethereum.org Writers Cohort
Strive something as soon as, twice if you happen to prefer it — and because of this we hosted two editions of ethereum.org’s Writers Cohort: a 3-week on-line program for folk inquisitive about writing about any Ethereum-related subject of their selection. With greater than 400 contributors and over 540 articles revealed, we will doubtlessly say that gathering our group to study collectively, put their concepts on paper and assist one another alongside the way in which was the most important spotlight of this initiative! You could find the #ETHWriters recap on Twitter.
🛣️ Protocol roadmap: (nearly) every little thing in a single place
Ethereum’s roadmap is fluid and adapts consistently, however we’re tuned into the most recent proposals from builders all over the world, and have constructed a complete hub detailing detailing Ethereum’s protocol roadmap. Inquisitive about proposed concepts, upcoming modifications, technical upgrades, and the way Ethereum is developed? Head to ethereum.org/roadmap to learn more.
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🏠 Geth and Solidity: a brand new dwelling on the web
Alongside sustaining ethereum.org, our core staff additionally assists with internet growth throughout different initiatives within the EF group. Over the previous yr, we have labored on designing and deploying new web sites for go-ethereum and Solidity and we could not be prouder of the end result – and extra importantly, the affect this may deliver to the Ethereum ecosystem.
🖼️ New yr, new illustrations
We entered our glow-up period by commissioning eight new illustrations to ethereum.org, now featured on pages throughout the positioning (see some: Layer 2, Developers’ home, Community Hub). Higher than that, these artworks are open-source, and we encourage their use by the Ethereum group. Check out our assets page for extra assets (and inspiration)!
🤲 Ethereum.org Contributors Spherical @ GG19
Helped by some nice individuals at Gitcoin, we launched a assist spherical to provide again and reward group members who made impactful contributions on ethereum.org. In complete, 19 individuals were awarded, and this initiative validated our want to search out extra methods to return worth to our group in 2024!
🧦 New merch, who dis?
A token of appreciation to our contributors: in November, we shipped over 100 swag packing containers to ethereum.org group members – socks pictures have taken over our Twitter feed… effectively, no less than we will all agree they had been fairly trendy!
🎲 Hacking and enjoying within the infinite backyard
Midway by way of 2023, an thought began to emerge — what if we hosted a gathering the place of us might disconnect a little bit from the hecticness of web3 occasions’ and spend the time chilling and enjoying playing cards/board video games with the group? With that premise, we organized (in)finite video games at Devconnect IST and the suggestions from the Ethereum group was overwhelmingly optimistic. Sadly (or not), our staff was too busy enjoying Uno they forgot to snap an image… guess we should always manage a second version at Devcon SEA then?
🧭 Navigation redesign
ethereum.org is all the time a piece in progress. Earlier than we bid farewell to an eventful yr, our staff redesigned the web site’s menu navigation, enhancing the knowledge structure for higher person navigation. We’re rolling this out early Q1, so maintain a watch out for this alteration.
🧰 Full migration to NextJS
With over 16,000 pages and tens of tens of millions of views yearly, we can not overlook the engine that retains this ship operating! After quite a lot of sweat, many tears, and numerous PRs, we efficiently migrated ethereum.org tech stack to NextJS, paving the way in which for improved website efficiency, accessibility, and scalability. We’re excited to ship many new options in 2024 enabled by this alteration!
So, what’s subsequent?
Our Q1 2024 roadmap is already out for suggestions, recommendations, and contributions. Take a look on how one can begin contributing to ethereum.org (e.g. writing or reviewing content material, creating new designs, translating the web site, creating new options or fixing bugs, and plenty of extra prospects) in our contributors pages.
Thanks as soon as once more to each individual concerned in making ethereum.org potential. Right here’s to an important 2024 🎉