[Ethereum Co-founder Vitalik Responds to Devcon India Location Controversy] According to TechFlow, on November 1st, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin posted that India, with approximately 17% of the global population, has a large number of developers working on Ethereum, zero-knowledge proofs, and other security, privacy, and open technologies. However, none of the previous 11 Devcon or Devconnect events were held in India. Vitalik stated that he looks forward to engaging with the local community. His remarks were a response to a post discussing criticisms of Devcon's choice of India as its location.