Vancouver has a rich history of Bitcoin, Crypto, Technology, and Decentralization. Let’s keep the city alive and flourishing!
Executive Summary
Vancouver plays an essential role in the global Bitcoin, crypto, decentralized ecosystem as the premier technology hub of western Canada. One of our most iconic venues is DCTRL, a space for builders, educators, investors, and decentralization enthusiasts.
Since its founding in 2013, DCTRL has been the birthplace of ideas, relationships, and companies that now operate at global scale. It has hosted hundreds of events and continues to serve as a hub for art, community, and cultural initiatives of all stripes.
As a result of city re-zoning and rising real-estate pressure, the city has decided to demolish the building and DCTRL has received formal notice to vacate the space by March 31, 2026. Without intervention, Vancouver risks losing one of its longest-running institutions for decentralization, innovation, and technology.
The future of DCTRL is to become a permanent, purpose-built, multi-community hub in Vancouver. A place that brings the existing crypto and digital communities together and supports the people, innovation, and culture to put Vancouver firmly on the map as a global crypto hub.
Vancouver helped shape crypto’s early history, and together we can ensure Vancouver will continue to shape its future.
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Founded in 2013, Decentral Vancouver, later renamed DCTRL, began as a neutral, open, and builder-friendly space for people working on decentralized technology. Since then, it has grown to become an educational hub, cultural meeting place, and ideation center for web3, crypto, and more.
Over the past decade, DCTRL has been a place for: