Meet the person who offered comfy beds for ‘scrappy’ hackers during ETHDenver

Thousands of developers, hackers, and crypto and blockchain enthusiasts descended upon Denver, Colorado in the United States for the ETHDenver conference from Feb. 24 to Mar. 5.

With accommodation a limited resource in the Colorado capital city, many opted to seek refuge from the crowds and tight quarters at “hacker houses” — where sleep is optional and networking is the goal. 

Jessy, the name behind one such house — Jessy’s Hacker House — organized four “hacker houses” that hosted 50 participants from the ETHDenver conference and BUIDLWeek — a series of workshops and events as well as a BUIDLathon allowing teams to compete for prizes and investments.

Meeting with Cointelegraph at one of their houses on Feb. 28, Jessy and co-organizer Waylon Jepsen kept busy setting up posters and checking up on the guests’ comfort.

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ETHDenver concluded on March 5, but other large conferences related to crypto and wallet in the immediate future include Paris Blockchain Week and Consensus in Austin, Texas. Though ETHDenver had not released official numbers on attendance at the time of publication, more than 30,000 people reportedly registered for the conference.