Ethereum.org 12 months in evaluation | Ethereum Basis Weblog

A glance again at 2023, and a glimpse at what lies forward in 2024

2023 was a superb 12 months for the group behind the ethereum.org website, and its group — we already really feel a bit of nostalgic, nevertheless it’s vital 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 constantly fostering accessibility in Web3, one phrase at a time. It’s considered one of our proudest achievements, with an impression and scale so spectacular it deserved its own recap post!

🔡 Translated pictures 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 superb. Our group developed a course of for translating visible content material, which massively enhanced the expertise for everybody visiting our web site who would not converse English.

👛 Interactive pockets walkthroughs

Keen to start out your web3 journey however a bit of involved about leaping straight and downloading a dapp? All of us have been there earlier than. With that in thoughts, the ethereum.org group have designed user-friendly guides to pockets utilization, bettering the onboarding expertise for brand 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 with no studying sport? Properly, that was ethereum.org earlier than June 2023… now, you may take a look at your Ethereum information by taking one (or all) of the eight interactive quizzes out there on the Quiz Hub. The group are serving to to develop our quiz library, so for those who’ve bought concepts or would like to contribute by creating questions check out our contributing guide!

✍️ ethereum.org Writers Cohort

Strive something as soon as, twice for those who prefer it — and because of this we hosted two editions of ethereum.org’s Writers Cohort: a 3-week on-line program for folk excited by writing about any Ethereum-related matter of their alternative. With greater than 400 contributors and over 540 articles printed, we will doubtlessly say that gathering our group to be taught collectively, put their concepts on paper and assist one another alongside the way in which was the largest spotlight of this initiative! You’ll find the #ETHWriters recap on Twitter.

🛣️ Protocol roadmap: (nearly) all the pieces in a single place

Ethereum’s roadmap is fluid and adapts continually, however we’re tuned into the most recent proposals from builders around the globe, 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 group additionally assists with internet growth throughout different tasks within the EF group. Over the previous 12 months, we have labored on designing and deploying new web sites for go-ethereum and Solidity and we could not be prouder of the outcome – and extra importantly, the impression this will convey to the Ethereum ecosystem.

🖼️ New 12 months, 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 folks at Gitcoin, we launched a assist spherical to present again and reward group members who made impactful contributions on ethereum.org. In whole, 19 individuals were awarded, and this initiative validated our want to seek 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… properly, at the very least we will all agree they have been fairly trendy!

🎲 Hacking and taking part in within the infinite backyard

Midway via 2023, an concept began to emerge — what if we hosted a gathering the place people might disconnect a bit of from the hecticness of web3 occasions’ and spend the time chilling and taking part in 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 group was too busy taking part in Uno they forgot to snap an image… guess we should always set up a second version at Devcon SEA then?

🧭 Navigation redesign

ethereum.org is at all times a piece in progress. Earlier than we bid farewell to an eventful 12 months, our group redesigned the web site’s menu navigation, bettering the data structure for higher consumer navigation. We’re rolling this out early Q1, so hold a watch out for this modification.

🧰 Full migration to NextJS

With over 16,000 pages and tens of thousands and thousands of views yearly, we can not overlook the engine that retains this ship operating! After loads of sweat, many tears, and numerous PRs, we efficiently migrated ethereum.org tech stack to NextJS, paving the way in which for improved web site efficiency, accessibility, and scalability. We’re excited to ship many new options in 2024 enabled by this modification!

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 potentialities) in our contributors pages.

Thanks as soon as once more to each individual concerned in making ethereum.org attainable. Right here’s to a fantastic 2024 🎉