Consensus 2024参会感受：以太坊和ETF闇然，AI与DePIN绽放

Odaily星球日报Published on 2024-06-03Last updated on 2024-06-03

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人更少，但质量更高。

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Consensus 2024参会感受：以太坊和ETF闇然，AI与DePIN绽放

2024 年 5 月 29 日至 31 日，美国知名 Web3 媒体 Coindesk 在德克萨斯州奥斯汀市举办了 Consensus 2024 大会，Odaily 驻北美记者前往参与。

作为全球最大、最具影响力的加密货币和区块链行业盛会之一，Consensus 大会汇聚了来自世界各地的开发者、投资者、创始人、品牌和政策制定者。本次大会不仅提供了一个展示前沿技术和探讨行业趋势的平台，还为业内人士提供了一个交流合作的绝佳机会。

牛市以来的第一场大会

这次的 Consensus 大会算是本轮牛市以来的第一次行业大会。此前，由于比特币 ETF 的批准和 ETH Denver 期间比特币从五万美元疯涨至七万，整个行业在前几个月对于牛市来临作出了充分的反应。

此次，虽然参会人数相比往年有所减少，但整体质量显著提升；从现场交流的状况来看，与会者更加专业，讨论内容非常深入，交流效果也更为高效。像对于区块链行业没有了解的新人或者是来学习的学生人数比起其他会议而言大幅减少。可以发现，今年的参会者大多是业内的深度参与者，对于想要在美国融资或是寻找客户或投资标的的公司而言，Consensus 仍然是全美前三的不可错过的区块链盛会。

会场内并不冷清，但大家都在 Side Event

尽快采用了去年经典的有一条主干道和许多小分支的主会场设计，会场内的正式活动的参加者似乎并没有去年多，甚至我在现场碰见的很多人直言并没有怎么去主会场。更多的讨论和交流发生在各种 side event 中，参会者更倾向于参加这些小型、灵活的活动，在 Consensus 活动持续的四天之内，大概有 200+场类似的活动，由各类 Web3 公司主办。这些活动更贴近实际应用和前沿技术，提供了更多探讨和合作的机会。

此外，高昂的票价（学生和开发者的票价相对要低一些）也是很多人并未出现在主会场的原因。

Consensus 2024参会感受：以太坊和ETF闇然，AI与DePIN绽放

Consensus side event 表格，来源：Consensus 官方

AI 和去中心化物联网（DePIN）是本次大会最受关注的生态系统赛道。无论是技术讨论还是项目展示，都集中在这两个领域；最直观的就是，有很多集中在这个生态上的活动，而其他 DeFi、游戏等传统赛道并没有受到以前那么多的关注。而相比之下，以太坊和 ETF 虽然仍有一定的讨论，但显然没有获得与会者的过多关注。

亚洲参会者的数量非常显著，很多与会者都是专程从国内飞过来参与这次大会，而这些人大多并非来自知名大机构，基本上都是创业公司的创始人或者是基金的投资者，来美国寻找融资机会、标的或者最新的欧美资金趋势。这也使得本次大会成为了一个国际化、高度多元的平台，促进了东西方之间的交流和合作。

总体而言，Consensus 2024 展示了行业的深度和广度，通过国际化的交流，为区块链和加密货币的未来发展提供了方向。这次大会不仅是一次行业盛会，更是一场全球顶尖思想和技术的碰撞与融合，预示着一个更加开放、创新和去中心化的未来。

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