The COVID-nineteen crisis may have put a terminate to millions of sports events, work conferences and run across-ups across the world, merely it has not halted those in the cryptocurrency space.

The Coinfest Briefing, which runs until April 4, has found a way to defy the coronavirus lockdown past setting up shop in the digital blockchain realm of Decentraland.

The first day of the virtual conference kicked off on March 30th, beginning with a round of games that offered users the take chances to win MANA tokens — one of Decentraland's native currencies.

Nearby museums and art galleries (seen below) offer visitors the chance to take in original art exhibits hosted inside the virtual realm.

In-world screenshot of the Museum District

In-earth screenshot of the Museum District

April 1 sees attendees relocate to coordinate point (61,-27) to Decentraland's MetaZone, described as a "virtual fairground [...] with fireworks, nutrient stalls, gazebos and gardens." The main attraction volition be a four-story tall tower of blockchain games, with players given the chance to win more than MANA tokens.

The tertiary mean solar day of the briefing takes place across multiple coordinate points, including a nightclub, the Saccharide Club. Also open up for visitors is free entry to Ross Belfry — a digital tribute to imprisoned Silk Route founder Ross Ulbricht. Five venues in total volition comprise the landscape for a treasure-chase, with winners beingness rewarded with Ether (ETH).

The final day of the outcome takes place at the Decentraland Conference Center on April four, where presentations will exist made via a virtual projector. Nearby attractions include a meditation garden, a temple and a theater commune. A dance party has besides been scheduled for 5pm UTC at a nearby cafe.

In-world screenshot of the Conference Center

In-world screenshot of the Conference Center

Relocation to Decentraland's Digital Realm

The Coinfest Conference is a gratuitous almanac issue that unremarkably runs in multiple locations effectually the globe simultaneously. On March 17, the creators of the event notified followers on Twitter that all event locations hosted in Europe and Northward America would be canceled due to the coronavirus lockdown.

The hosts initially hoped the Africa-based locations would still go ahead, simply by March 21 information technology was appear that those too had been canceled.

Decentraland (MANA) launched in 2022, and comprises over 90,000 "parcels" of digital land — represented by LAND tokens. The dimensions of those parcels are 10 square meters, equating to a virtual landscape that'south ix square kilometers in size (not including vertical space).

In May 2022 a 64-cake parcel of country known as "The Secret of Satoshis Tea Garden" sold for $fourscore,663, or 1,299,999 MANA.