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On this episode of Decentralize with Cointelegraph<\/em>, United States policy reporter Turner Wright and opinion editor Rudy Takala speak to listeners about their experiences at the ETHDenver conference from Feb. 24 to March 5. Wright arrived in time to interview industry experts, check out a \u201chacker house\u201d and watch developers go through BUIDLWeek. Takala talks about the highlights of ETHDenver and how it compared with, in his opinion, better-organized conferences.<\/p>\n The topics discussed by Wright and Takala include the logistics of traveling between different venues at ETHDenver and other events held the same week, the general vibes among participants on various panels, and how the weather and altitude affected the experience of the two writers traveling from Texas and Florida. Takala also attended Cointelegraph\u2019s afterparty on March 3.<\/p>\n \u201cI will say, it was a packed house,\u201d said Takala. \u201cIt was wall-to-wall in the bar they had it hosted in. I met a lot of interesting people \u2014 investors, developers.\u201d<\/p>\n He added:<\/p>\n \u201cThe crypto community is really full of an eclectic group of people.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Wright interviewed Solana Foundation head of strategy Austin Federa<\/a> at the conference and met with a group of \u201cscrappy\u201d hackers<\/a> who found a comfortable place to sleep thanks to the organizers behind Jessy\u2019s Hacker House. Takala also served as moderator on a panel at IoTeX\u2019s side event on March 3. <\/p>\n \u201cIt was just a bit overwhelming for me, for the most part, as someone who had never been to ETHDenver,\u201d said Wright. \u201cThere was Interop \u2014 you needed a different badge to get in there \u2014 there was WalletCon going on, on March 1, and there was Security Day, both by Denver\u2019s train station downtown.\u201d<\/p>\n Check out\u00a0Decentralize with Cointelegraph<\/a> <\/em>and other podcasts from Cointelegraph \u2014 including Crypto Trading Secrets<\/em><\/a>, Hashing It Out<\/em><\/a>, The Agenda<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0NFT Steez<\/em><\/a>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts or TuneIn.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n